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Several hundred imams listen to Mohammed Mursi at a rally in Cairo on May 20, 2012. The May 23-24 presidential election is the first since last year's ouster of longtime authoritarian ruler Hosni Mubarak.
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Brent Bloom urges on his frog "Jumping Bob" at the Jumping Frog Jubilee on May 20, 2012 in Calaveras County, Calif.
The Jumping Frog Jubilee at the Calaveras County Fair was first held in 1928, inspired by a short story written by Mark Twain. The event is taken extremely seriously by the competitors, who have to adhere to a long list of rules and regulations.
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An annular solar eclipse is seen briefly during a break in clouds over Taipei, Taiwan, May 21. The annular solar eclipse, in which the moon passes in front of the sun leaving only a golden ring around its edges, was visible to wide areas across the continent Monday morning.
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People peer through special glasses to see the annular eclipse of the sun in Tokyo, Japan, May 21. The eclipse was visible from China to Texas.
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An annular solar eclipse is seen at Hirai Daini Elementary School in Tokyo May 21. The sun and moon aligned over the earth in a rare astronomical event - an annular eclipse that will dim the skies over parts of Asia and North America, briefly turning the sun into a blazing ring of fire.
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Boston University manager in Facilities Management and Planning and beekeeper William Murray removes a chair covered in a swarm of bees at the Boston University commencement 2012 in Boston, Mass., May 20.
From the University of Nebraska's Entomology Department:
Honey bee swarms are a favorite topic of people who make horror movies. Actually, they are one of the most beautiful and interesting phenomena in nature. A swarm starting to issue is a thrilling sight. A swarm may contain from 1,500 to 30,000 bees including, workers, drones, and a queen. Swarming is an instinctive part of the annual life cycle of a honey bee colony. It provides a mechanism for the colony to reproduce itself.
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TOKYO, TOKYO - MAY 19: Members of the Japanese Yakuza Takahashi-gumi crime syndicate wait with their 'mikoshi' portable shrine before carrying it through the streets, as part of the second day of the Sanja festival, at Asakusa Shrine in Asakusa district, on May 19, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan. The Takahashi-gumi are one of the two large Yakuza groups in the Nishi-Asakusa Sanchome Hokubu Chokia (North Block of 3-chome, West Asakusa, known as Nishi-Asa San-Kita for short) area. The town has the largest and heaviest 'mikoshi' portable shrine in Asakusa, apart from the three owned by the Asakusa Shrine. Many of the visitors and spectators at the Sanja festival come specifically to see the 'Nishi-Asa San-Kita' mikoshi portable shrine being carried by the almost naked, and heavily tattooed, yakuza crime syndicate members. The Sanja Festival is held annually on the third weekend in May, and is considered one of the three great festivals of Tokyo, the other two being the Kanda Festival and the Sanno Festival. It is claimed that over the course of the three day religious festival, between 1 and 2 million spectators come to witness the mikoshi portable shrine floats being carried by men and women through the streets
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NEW YORK - MAY 19: Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng gesters before making remarks to the media upon arriving on the campus of New York University on May 19, 2012 in New York City. China allowed the activist to leave a hospital in Beijing and board a plane for the U.S., a move that could signal the end of a diplomatic standoff between the two countries
Strauss-Kahn faces 'gang rape' inquiry
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A French prosecutor has ordered an initial inquiry into claims that ex-IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn was involved in "gang rape" in Washington.
The allegations come from a Belgian prostitute who said she was at a hotel sex party in the city in December 2010.
Mr Strauss-Kahn, 63, is already under investigation with three other men over their alleged roles in a prostitution ring. He denies the allegations.
A charge that he attempted to rape a US hotel maid was dropped last year.
But the case put an end to Mr Strauss-Kahn's career at the International Monetary Fund and dashed his hopes of running as Socialist candidate for the French presidency.
In March, prosecutors in the northern French city of Lille placed him under formal investigation in connection with what has become known as the Carlton affair, after the Lille hotel in which several orgies are alleged to have taken place.
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Some inspired garden designs have been revealed at the press preview for the Chelsea flower show but this pyramid of pensioners by Diarmuid Gavin has proved one of the most eyecatching. The prestigious gardening show opens to the general public on Tuesday
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A brief moment of crisis occurred during the Olympic torch relay when the flame being carried by David Follett went out on the leg between Torrington and Bideford. Happily the torch was relit from the carefully nourished mother flame so the spell wasn't broken
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Friends and relatives carry the coffin of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing which killed 270 people, during his funeral in Janzur, west of Tripoli, Libya
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Lebanese women pass a burnt-out car after violent overnight clashes between pro and anti-Syrian groups in Beirut. At least two people were killed in a battle
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Chicago police used batons to control the crowd during the march through the downtown streets
Chelsea flower show 2012
The Chelsea flower show opens to the public on Tuesday, but on Monday Olympic athletes, Chelsea pensioners and Cliff Richard have been enjoying a sneak preview of the gardens
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A gold lantern at the opulent Thai garden
Clash over Syria in Lebanon
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Lebanese Sunni Muslim men with their faces covered, walk as others burn tyres to block a road to protest the killing of Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Wahid, a Sunni Muslim cleric, and Muhammed Hussein Miraib, both members of the Lebanon-based March 14 political alliance, in Jeb Jennin, West Bekaa May 21, 2012.
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Blood is seen on the ground, after overnight clashes between Sunni Muslim Future movement supporters and a pro-Syrian group in the Tariq al-Jadideh district in Beirut May 21, 2012.
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A turban lies on the blood stained backseat of Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Wahid's car after he was shot in the vehicle, near Halba town in northern Lebanon May 20, 2012.
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A killer tornado tore through Joplin, Mo., on May 22, 2011, destroying 7,500 buildings and killing 161 people. AP’s Charlie Riedel documented the destruction over the next few days. He returned two months later to see how the cleanup was going, and again on May 7, 2012. These pictures show the changes the town is going through.
They’ve made considerable progress in Joplin, aided by donations and volunteers.
However, there are still many empty lots, and the town is only now breaking ground on a new high school to replace the one destroyed by the storm.
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The foundations of homes are all that remain after the debris has been cleared following the catastrophic tornado that hit almost one year ago in Joplin, Missouri
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Camryn Dean, 7, plays in the newly built tornado shelter behind her mother's rebuilt home in the heart of what was once nothing but debris and destroyed homes after a tornado hit the neighborhood almost one year ago in Joplin, Missouri.
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John Fiorenzo catches a brief nap during the address to the graduates at his Boston College Commencement ceremony while a classmate yawns behind him at Alumni Stadium on the university's campus in Boston on May 21. Fellow graduates Patrick Dingham, left, and Brandan Kirby, right, watch the stadium's score board jumbotron. All of the men received their Bachelors of Science degrees from the university's Carrol School of Management.
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Filipino fans of pop star Lady Gaga hold slogans outside the concert venue before her performance in suburban Pasay, south of Manila, Philippines, May 21. Authorities in the conservative, majority Roman Catholic country approved the concerts, set for May 21, and Tuesday, but said they won't allow nudity or lewd acts. A religious group warned they will sue Lady Gaga and concert organizers if she sings "Judas" during her concert.
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Conservative Christian groups hold placards to protest against the first day of singer Lady Gaga's concert in Manila, May 21. Protesters urged authorities to cancel the show because of the singer's overly sexual content and the use and abuse of religious symbols in her music. Lady Gaga's two-day concert ends May 22.
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A man rides pauses to read signs outside a closed shop prior the funeral service of Melissa Bassi on May 21, in Mesagne, near Brindisi. Bassi, a fashion student, died on May 19 when a homemade bomb exploded at a vocational school just as she and fellow pupils were arriving for morning classes. Five other students were injured in the blast.
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Bikers unite
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A biker known as Wild Bill, parks his bike at Suck Bang Blow biker bar in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, May 19, 2012 during the annual Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Spring Rally in and around Myrtle Beach.
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Christina Davie of Christiansburg, Virginia, waits outside the biker bar Suck Bang Blow in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, May 19, 2012, during the annual Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Spring Rally in and around Myrtle Beach.
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Competitors wait to enter Suck Bang Blow biker bar during a slow ride competition in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, May 19, 2012. Later this week, events will start for the Atlantic Beach Bike Fest in nearby Atlantic Beach.
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Blazing a trail, the SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft on the top of rocket Falcon 9 lifts off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The launch this morning makes SpaceX the first commercial company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station
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On the subject of space travel, Vex, a flying saucer by artist Dinu Li, has crash landed at Tatton Park. The sculpture is part of the 2012 Tatton Biennial which this year explores 'flights of fancy'
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Sao Paulo, Brazil: A man uses a public phonebooth decorated as a brain. The phonebooths are nicknamed Orelhao, meaning 'big ear' in Portuguese
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Ajmer, India: A Sufi Muslim pilgrim self-flagellates during the annual procession of the 'Urs' Festival
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London: Chelsea pensioners enjoy cups of tea at the Chelsea Flower Show
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Chicago, US: Police detain a woman during a demonstration against the Nato summit being held in the city
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An injured protester holds his head during clashes between the local people and protesters during the second day of the three-day long general strike called by the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) in Kathmandu May 21, 2012. The general strike was called to demand the names and territory of the 11 federal states and to guarantee the rights of indigenous nationalities in the new constitution, according to local media.
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A demonstrator gestures during an anti-government rally as Chile's President delivers a speech inside the national Congress at Valparaiso city May 21, 2012.
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A friend of Melissa Bassi, the 16-year-old who was killed by a bomb that exploded in front of her school before classes on Saturday, cries on her coffin after the funeral service in Mesagne, near Brindisi May 21, 2012. A bomb attack which killed the teenage girl and wounded 10 other people in the southern Italian town of Brindisi was probably done by an individual operating alone, a senior official said on Sunday, playing down initial suspicions of mafia involvement. Saturday's attack on the Francesca Morvillo Falcone school, a vocational training institute named after the wife of a famed anti-mafia judge, horrified Italy and sparked speculation it was the work of southern Italy's organized crime gangs.
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Dharun Ravi stands alone following a sentencing hearing for his conviction in using a webcam to invade the privacy of his roommate, Tyler Clementi, and another man in their college dorm room, in New Brunswick, New Jersey May 21, 2012. The former Rutgers University student was sentenced to 30 days in prison for bias crimes after he spied on his roommate's gay encounter in a case that drew national attention to bullying.
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Protesters occupy Mali's presidential palace in the capital Bamako, May 21, 2012. Hundreds of protesters entered Mali's presidential palace unopposed on Monday and said they would remain there until interim civilian president Dioncounda Traore resigned, a Reuters witness said. The protesters tore up images of Traore and called for him to be replaced by Captain Amadou Sanogo, the officer who led the March 22 military coup, the witness said.
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Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) waves to supporters as she arrives to attend the opening ceremony of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party's branch office in Hlaing township, in Yangon May 21, 2012.
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Activists of Ukrainian women's rights group Femen (L-R) Yana Zhdanova, Alexandra and Inna Shevchenko, and Oksana Shachko sit in their office in Kiev May 18, 2012.The topless activists of Femen, whose eye-catching antics have made them the cover girls of international feminist protest, are shouting loud and clear that their attendance at next month's Euro-2012 soccer tournament - welcome or not - can be counted on
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Lebanese Sunni Muslim mourners and gunmen carry the body of Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Wahid, a Sunni Muslim cleric, during his funeral at his hometown at al-Bireh, northern Lebanon, May 21, 2012. Lebanese soldiers shot dead two members of an alliance against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in northern Lebanon on Sunday, security sources said, in the latest incident to raise fears Syria's turmoil was spilling over the border into its neighbor.
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Dead soldier lie in a hospital morgue after a suicide bomb attack in Sanaa May 21, 2012. A man with explosives strapped under his army uniform killed more than 90 people in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday when he blew himself up in the midst of a military parade rehearsal, the defence ministry said
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An investigator shines a flashlight on a single-engine plane which crashed in the front yard of a home in Glendale, California on May 21, 2012.
NBCLosAngeles.com reports — A Cessna 210 crashed in front of a Glendale home Monday night, tearing down power lines and cutting electricity to surrounding homes, authorities said.
The fixed wing single-engine plane landed upside down on the sidewalk in the 1200 block of Glenwood Road near Grandview Avenue about 8:30 p.m.
The pilot, a 55-year-old man, was treated on the scene complaining of shoulder pain and was transported to the hospital with minor injuries, according to aerial communications.
No other injuries or victims were reported
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Niagara Falls emergency officials rescue a man who plunged over the falls in an apparent suicide attempt on May 21, 2012.
Reuters reports — A man survived a 174-foot plunge over Niagara's Horseshoe Falls on Monday but sustained life-threatening injuries, Canadian police said.
The man, whose name has not been released, became only the third person known to have lived through a fall over the massive cataract without safety devices.
Canada's Niagara Parks Police said witnesses reported seeing the man climb over a retaining wall about 20 feet above the brink of the falls at mid-morning and deliberately jump into the swift waters.
He surfaced a few seconds later in the lower Niagara River Basin below, near an observation platform, police said.
He "was located by a Niagara Parks Police officer along the rocky shoreline as he collapsed in waters that were up to the subject's waist," police said in a statement.
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Riot police try to arrest students who interrupted a military parade in honour of the Chilean Navy
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Soldiers carry the coffin of a victim of a bus crash in southern Albania. At least 11 students were killed and 22 injured when their bus plunged hundreds of feet into a ravine on Monday
Italy comic Beppe Grillo's party wins local polls
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Comedian Beppe Grillo has shaken up Italian politics, with his party winning elections in the northern city of Parma and several smaller towns.
His Five Star movement has surged in popularity in its opposition to the euro, austerity and corruption.
His candidate Federico Pizzarotti won 60% of the vote for mayor of Parma.
Another anti-austerity candidate, Leoluca Orlando, won the vote in Palermo. He described his victory as "a slap in the face of the party system".
Mr Orlando is a former mayor in the Sicilian city who became prominent in the 1990s for his anti-mafia stance.
Deadly train crash in south India's Andhra Pradesh
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At least 24 people were killed and 25 injured when a passenger train collided with a goods train in India's Andhra Pradesh state.
The Bangalore-bound Hampi Express crashed into the stationary goods train at Penneconda railway station early on Tuesday, a railway spokesperson said.
Four coaches were derailed and one of them caught fire, reports say.
Train accidents in India have killed 1,220 people over the past five years, railway officials recently revealed.
The immense railway network connects every corner of the country, operating 9,000 passenger trains a day, carrying some 18 million people.
"Sixteen people died in the fire which broke out in one of the coaches of the train," police chief of Anantapur district Charu Singh told the BBC.
A railway official said most of the victims were labourers who were travelling to Bangalore from Bellary and Hospet in neighbouring Karnataka state.
Durga Das, a senior official of Anantapur district where the incident happened, said 18 passengers had been rescued from the Hampi Express. Rescue workers fear that more passengers may be trapped in the train.