World News in Pictures

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New pictures of China's refitted aircraft carrier released



There is even a plane in this shot, wonder how it got there.

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There is even a plane in this shot, wonder how it got there.

This might answer your question

...Wikileaks has just released an image from the People's Republic of China's Naval Engineering Section.

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Aizhai, China: photographers line up to take pictures of the Aizhai suspension bridge as it opens to traffic. The bridge which spans over 1,100 metres is the world's twelfth-longest suspension bridge



Miami, Florida, US: Mohawk Gaz wears a picture of Trayvon Martin in his hair as he and other supporters gather for a rally in his honour at the Bayfront Amphitheatre



Ushuaia, Argentina: people look at the names of Argentinian soldiers killed during the 1982 Falklands war at a memorial

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Bilad al-Qadeem, Bahrain: a riot police officer fires teargas during clashes with anti-government protesters after a rally held in support of opposition members currently serving life in prison



London, England: a builder installs glass panels near the top of the Shard, the European Union's tallest building. The enormous glass-clad structure will have 95 floors

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Officers and members of the Alameda County Coroner's Bureau transport a body into a van from the site of a multiple shooting in Oakland, California, April 2, 2012. A gunman opened fire at a private Christian college in Oakland, California killing several people, according to authorities



Students and onlookers at Oikos University talk amongst themselves at the scene of a multiple shooting at the school in Oakland, California, April 2, 2012

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Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi makes her way trough the crowd as she arrives to the office of her National League for Democracy (NLD) in Yangon, April 2, 2012.



A child holds up a portrait of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as election results are revealed on a screen in front of the head office of the National League for Democracy in Yangon, April 1, 2012.

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Colombian police sergeant Cesar Augusto Lasso Monzalve (L) and army sergeant Luis Alfredo Moreno (2-R) wave after being released by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and landing with a humanitarian commision at the airport of Villavicencio, Colombia.

BOGOTA — Colombia's FARC rebels on Monday freed 10 members of the armed forces held hostage in jungle prison camps for more than a decade, the last of a group of captives the drug-funded group has held as bargaining chips to pressure the government

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Smoke and flame rises from the top of the Federation Tower in the Moscow City business compound in downtown Moscow on April 2, 2012

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Rhode Island National Guard commander Maj. Gen. Kevin McBride, right, presents a flag to Dennis Weichel , left, father of guardsman National Guard Sgt. Dennis Weichel Jr., during funeral services at the state Veterans Cemetery in Exeter, R.I. on April 2, 2012.


The Providence resident was struck and killed by an armored vehicle March 22 after moving an Afghan boy to safety who was trying to retrieve something under the vehicle.



Nicholas Weichel, son of Sgt. Dennis Weichel Jr., stands next to his father's casket during funeral services

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People view a fly-covered cow's head, part of an artwork by Damien Hirst entitled 'A Thousand Years' in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. The Tate Modern is displaying the first major exhibition of Damien Hirst's artworks in the UK, bringing together the collection over 70 of Hirst's works spanning three decades.



Live butterflies sit in a bowl of fruit in an installation 'In and Out of Love' by Damien Hirst in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, in London, England. The Tate Modern is displaying the first major exhibition of Damien Hirst's artworks in the UK, bringing together the collection over 70 of Hirst's works spanning three decades. The exhibition opens to the general public on April 4, 2012 and runs until September 9, 2012.

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Palestinians wait in a queue to fill containers with fuel at a petrol station in Gaza City on April 2, 2012. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) began transferring emergency supplies of fuel to the Gaza Strip where an electricity crisis has hit medical services hard.

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Emergency service workers investigate the wreckage of the UTair airlines ATR 72 passenger plane that crashed near the Siberian city of Tyumen April 2, 2012. A Russian passenger plane crashed and burst into flames after takeoff in an oil-producing region of Siberia on Monday, killing at least 31 of the 43 people on board, emergency officials said.

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Mount Etna, Europe's tallest and most active volcano, erupted again for the fifth time this year. Although lava and ash were spewed forth, air traffic was not disrupted as it was in February.

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This March 23, 2012 photo provided by Terrafugia Inc. shows the company's prototype flying car, dubbed the Transition, during its first flight. The vehicle has two seats, four wheels and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car, and flew at 1,400 feet for eight minutes during the test. Commercial jets fly at 35,000 feet

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Visitors read the names of the fallen Argentine soldiers during Falkland Islands War on a Malvinas Cenotaph in Ushuaia April 1, 2012. April 2 marks the 30th anniversary of the war over the island chain, known commonly in Argentina as "Las Malvinas". Diplomatic tensions have surged in recent months ahead of the 30th anniversary of the brief war which left about 1,000 people killed before Argentina surrendered to the British on June 14, 1982



Margaret Allen, wife of British serviceman Iain Boldy, who was killed in an Argentine attack on his ship HMS Argonaut during the Falklands war on May 21, 1982, lights a candle at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, England, on Monday. Britain and Argentina marked 30 years since the invasion of the Falkland Islands triggered a 74-day war, with diplomatic tensions still running high

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Serbia: Deadly nightclub fire

At least six people died and dozens more were injured in a nightclub fire that broke out in Novi Sad, Serbia




People light candles during a vigil for victims of a fire which broke out in a nightclub in Novi Sad, some 80 km (50 miles) north of Belgrade April 1, 2012. Six people were killed in a fire that tore through a packed nightclub in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad overnight, and the owner and two others were arrested, police said on Sunday. Police said faulty wiring was the likely cause of the fire, which appeared to have started in the stage area of the Contrast nightclub during a live performance shortly after 2 a.m



Workers remove a dead body from the nightclub Contrast in Novi Sad, Serbia, Sunday, April 1, 2012. Serbian police say six people died in a nightclub fire in the city in the country's north

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Bin Laden family receives prison sentences

A Pakistani court on Apr. 2 convicted Osama bin Laden's three widows and two of his daughters of illegally entering and living in the country and sentenced them to 45 days in prison, with credit for time served, their lawyer said.




Wife: Bin Laden Hid in Pakistan, Not Caves, for Decade



this photo taken Thursday, March 8, 2012, Afghan refugees gather outside the house in Haripur, Pakistan, that Pakistan's intelligence agency believes Osama bin Laden lived in for nearly a year until he moved into the villa where he was eventually killed. The home in the frontier town of Haripur was used by bin Laden while he waited for construction crews to finish his new home in the garrison town of Abbottabad, just 30 kilometers (18 miles) away. The graffiti at right reads, "journey with persistence in light and congregation in Punjab Universality Lahore called by an Islamic students group Islami Jamaiat Tulba, Haripur."

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Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi receives flowers from supporters as she leaves the headquarters of her National League for Democracy party in Yangon, Myanmar Monday, April 2, 2012. Suu Kyi claimed victory Monday in Myanmar's historic by-election, saying she hoped it will mark the beginning of a new era for the long-repressed country

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Office workers wearing hard hats stand outside of a building that was evacuated after an earthquake was felt in Mexico City, Mexico, Monday April 2, 2012. Mexico was shaken Monday afternoon by a strong apparent aftershock from a powerful earthquake late last month. Officials said there were no immediate reports of serious damage or injuries from the quake, which had an initial magnitude of 6.3

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Snow returns to Scotland

One week the Scots are sunbathing, the next they are sledging. Snow has returned to parts of Scotland just a week after the country enjoyed a record high temperature for March






A greenkeeper clears snow from paths on the Kings Course at Gleneagles

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Seville, Spain: A Penitent walks to church, during Holy Week



Salmabad, Bahrain: An anti-government protester brandishes a molotov cocktail at riot police



San Pablo, Philippines: Pit bulls and other breeds are chained in their steel drum cages at a coffee farm after being rescued from dog fighting gangs



Karachi, Pakistan: A blind beggar tries to make his way through a rock and debris-strewn street

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Oakland police officers cordon off the scene of a shooting at Oikos University in Oakland, California, April 2, 2012



Maintenance staff walk on the roof of the Olympic Stadium in Kiev April 2, 2012. The stadium is set to host the final match of the Euro 2012 soccer tournament.

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British artist Damien Hirst poses next to his painting "I Am Become Death, Shatterer of Worlds (2006)", at the Tate Modern gallery in London April 2, 2012. Hirst's retrospective show runs from April 4 to September 9

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Men and women dressed in burqas from the group 'Faceless' call for the banning of the conservative Muslim apparel throughout Australia during a rally in Sydney. The group says the complete covering of a woman's face leads to cultural isolation within multi-cultural Australia and can be used by criminals to conceal their identity.



A Bahraini anti-government protester throws a stone toward approaching riot police during clashes Monday, in Salmabad, Bahrain. Also on Monday, lawyers of a Bahraini human rights activist who is on a hunger strike and attorneys for 20 other opposition figures appealed their convictions on anti-state charges.