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islander · « **Reply #40 on:** January 09, 2014, 03:57:12 PM »

Bulgarian men dance in the icy waters of the Tundzha River during a celebration for Epiphany Day in the town of Kalofer, some 150 km (93 miles) east of Sofia, Bulgaria.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #41 on:** January 09, 2014, 08:29:50 PM »

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islander · « **Reply #42 on:** January 10, 2014, 11:00:04 PM »

The U.S. side of the Niagara Falls is pictured in Ontario on Wednesday. The frigid air and "polar vortex" have resulted in record freezing temperatures affecting about 240 million people in the United States and southern Canada. (Photo by Aaron Harris, Reuters)

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islander · « **Reply #43 on:** January 11, 2014, 09:49:34 AM »

Members of the Australian cricket team wave to passengers sailing past on ferries during a public celebration ceremony at the Sydney Opera House.

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islander · « **Reply #44 on:** January 11, 2014, 09:59:05 AM »

German Chancellor Angela Merkel uses crutches as she attends the annual reception for Carolers at the chancellery in Berlin. Merkel suffered a pelvis injury during ski holidays in the Swiss Alps and will have to cut back on her work schedule for the next three weeks.

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islander · « **Reply #45 on:** January 11, 2014, 10:01:42 AM »

Patrick O'Brien in a Spiderman wind suit jogs around Lake Harriet in south Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. A blast of Arctic air gripped the mid-section of the U.S., bringing the coldest temperatures in two decades, forcing businesses and schools to close and causing widespread airline delays and hazardous driving conditions.

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islander · « **Reply #46 on:** January 11, 2014, 10:02:30 AM »

Newly recruited members of the Yemeni military police force participate in exercises at their barracks in Sana'a.

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islander · « **Reply #47 on:** January 11, 2014, 10:04:01 AM »

Protesters set a car on fire near a police vehicle during clashes with riot police at Nasr City district in Cairo, Egypt.

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islander · « **Reply #48 on:** January 11, 2014, 10:05:08 AM »

Hot lava from Mount Sinabung volcano hits trees as seen from Berastepu village in Karo district, Indonesia's North Sumatra province.

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islander · « **Reply #49 on:** January 11, 2014, 10:06:08 AM »

Dark clouds and a heavy rain approach Montevideo from the Rio de la Plata, Uruguay, Jan. 7, 2014.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #50 on:** January 11, 2014, 12:28:59 PM »

In this image taken from video and provided by New York City Hall, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio eats pizza with a fork at Goodfellas Pizza in the Staten Island borough of New York, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. That's a no-no for most New Yorkers, who are very opinionated when it comes to proper pizza-eating technique. Many advocate using their hands to hold the slice, folding it like a taco and then taking a bite. (AP Photo/New York City Hall)

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islander · « **Reply #51 on:** January 13, 2014, 11:36:43 PM »

but his name sounds italian, which means he may be of italian ethnicity. why not leave proper pizza eating to italians?

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islander · « **Reply #52 on:** January 13, 2014, 11:54:12 PM »

Devotees struggle to hold the Black Nazarene during a grand procession in Manila, Philippines. The Black Nazarene, a life-size wooden statue of Jesus Christ carved in Mexico and brought to the Philippines in the 17th century, is believed to have healing powers in the predominantly Roman Catholic country.

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islander · « **Reply #53 on:** January 13, 2014, 11:54:57 PM »

Iraqi police commandos unit march during a ceremony marking Police Day at the police academy in Baghdad.

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islander · « **Reply #54 on:** January 13, 2014, 11:55:39 PM »

Abdul Ghafar talks to her daughter known as Spozhmai in protective custody in Lashkargah, capital of Helmand province, south of Afghanistan. The father of the girl, who police say was part of a botched suicide bomb attack, said he's afraid the Taliban will kill him and his daughter if they return to their village.

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islander · « **Reply #55 on:** January 13, 2014, 11:56:21 PM »

Volunteers use sticks to fend off the crowd trying to enter a food and supplies distribution point at a makeshift camp housing an estimated 100,000 displaced people, at Mpoko Airport, in Bangui, Central African Republic.

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islander · « **Reply #56 on:** January 13, 2014, 11:57:00 PM »

A flower is surrounded by ash from Mt Sinabung near Sibintun village in Karo district, Indonesia's North Sumatra province, January 9.

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islander · « **Reply #57 on:** January 13, 2014, 11:57:40 PM »

Nepalese children feed pigeons in Durbar Square in Kathmandu.

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islander · « **Reply #58 on:** January 13, 2014, 11:58:29 PM »

Children play around a man disguised as Batman at the Favela do Metro slum, area just near the Maracana stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Families living in this shantytown within a stone's throw of Rio 's mythical Maracana stadium refuse to have their homes demolished as part of a project to renovate the district before the FIFA World Cup circus pitches camp in June.

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islander · « **Reply #59 on:** January 13, 2014, 11:59:11 PM »

A commuter ferry navigates through the ice flow in the Hudson River between New Jersey and lower Manhattan in New York.

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islander · « **Reply #60 on:** January 13, 2014, 11:59:55 PM »

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (2nd L) watches a basketball game with former U.S. NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman at Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in this photo provided by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

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islander · « **Reply #61 on:** January 14, 2014, 12:00:30 AM »

An engineer crawls through a hole in a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) during the breakthrough of a tunnel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The world's first variable density TBM has completed the first section of the 9.5 km (5 miles) twin tunnels of the Klang Valley MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) line.

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islander · « **Reply #62 on:** January 14, 2014, 12:00:58 AM »

A man with a child walks toward the top of Vodno Mountain in Skopje, Macedonia.

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islander · « **Reply #63 on:** January 17, 2014, 03:26:06 PM »

Mourners read the Koran beside the grave of Pakistani student Aitzaz Hassan, 15, who was killed in a suicide attack outside his school Thursday in Hangu district. Police have recommended the teenager, who was killed stopping a suicide bomber from attacking a school, for a top civilian honor.

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islander · « **Reply #64 on:** January 17, 2014, 03:29:19 PM »

Egyptian security forces clash with supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi in the Nasr City district of Cairo. Hundreds of Islamists rallied in Cairo and across the country, calling for a boycott of an upcoming constitutional referendum.

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islander · « **Reply #65 on:** January 17, 2014, 03:30:22 PM »

Pilgrims make their way to attend mass at the baptism site in Bethany, Jordan. Thousands of Catholics flocked to the site on the banks of the Jordan River to kick start the pilgrimage.

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islander · « **Reply #66 on:** January 17, 2014, 03:31:02 PM »

Tibet's third holiest man, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorjee, performs a Vajra dance during the 31st Kagyu Monlam for World Peace in Bodhgaya. The Kagyu Monlam is an annual prayer festival in Bodhgaya.

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islander · « **Reply #67 on:** January 17, 2014, 03:31:39 PM »

A procession of people dressed as Santa Claus walk down the main street of Oslo, Norway. The people were headed to the Norwegian Parliament building to promote the upcoming "Santaâ€™s Winter Games".

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islander · « **Reply #68 on:** January 17, 2014, 03:32:25 PM »

People walk outside T2, the new integrated terminal at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, during its inauguration in Mumbai, India. Indiaâ€™s overcrowded financial capital unveiled its long-awaited $2 billion new airport terminal Friday.

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islander · « **Reply #69 on:** January 17, 2014, 03:33:13 PM »

Participants of a flashmob throw pillows and feathers on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg, Germany. A few hundred people took part in the pillow fight to protest against the "danger zone" set up by the police.

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islander · « **Reply #70 on:** January 17, 2014, 03:40:05 PM »

This NASA TV handout image shows the Orbital Sciences Corporation's unmanned Cygnus cargo ship arriving at the International Space Station on the company's first regular supply mission to the research outpost.

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islander · « **Reply #71 on:** January 17, 2014, 03:41:06 PM »

A combination picture shows a car, driven by stunt driver Xie Yujun, hitting carton boxes upon landing after it leaped over a section of the frozen Songhua River in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, near the border of China and Russia. Xie successfully leaped over an approximately 40 m (131 ft) wide section of the Songhua River where temperatures hit - 40Â°C (- 40Â°F), local media reported.

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islander · « **Reply #72 on:** January 17, 2014, 03:44:22 PM »

Participants play a game of bubble bump soccer during an amateur championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Jan. 11, 2014. The game is played by five-a-side teams wearing inflatable balls trying to score goals against the opposing team.

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islander · « **Reply #73 on:** January 18, 2014, 09:03:27 PM »

A dog stretches on the red carpet ahead of the arrival of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at the parliament in Caracas.

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islander · « **Reply #74 on:** January 19, 2014, 12:00:09 AM »

Anti-government protesters help a fellow protester injured in a grenade attack during a rally in Bangkok January 17, 2014. A bomb went off as anti-government protesters marched in central Bangkok, spurring fears about rising political tension. Police and health officials said a bomb exploded near the area where protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban was marching on a road in central Bangkok, injuring at least 28 demonstrators. REUTERS/Stringer

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islander · « **Reply #75 on:** January 19, 2014, 12:01:07 AM »

An Afghan policeman keeps watch at the site of an explosion in Kabul January 17, 2014. A suicide bomber blew himself up near a popular Lebanese restaurant frequented by foreigners in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday and bursts of intense gunfire ensued. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

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islander · « **Reply #76 on:** January 19, 2014, 12:02:00 AM »

A smiley face is left in the skies by the DHL Extra 300 aerobatic plane during the Bahrain International Air Show held at the Sakir airbase south of Manama, January 17, 2014. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

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islander · « **Reply #77 on:** January 19, 2014, 12:03:42 AM »

A traditional Sicilian chariot with a horse is seen in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, January 17, 2014. Animals, including pigs, chickens, horses, cats and dogs, were at St. Peter's Square to mark the feast of St. Anthony the Abbot, the third-century holy man who is the Catholic Church's patron of animals. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini

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islander · « **Reply #78 on:** January 19, 2014, 12:04:28 AM »

Pet dogs, Kitty (L-R), Toby, Luna and Ariel, are placed on a bench by their owners before they are blessed by a priest outside San Anton church in Churriana, near Malaga, southern Spain, January 17, 2014. Pet owners bring their animals to be blessed every year on the day of Saint Anthony, patron saint of animals. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

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islander · « **Reply #79 on:** January 19, 2014, 12:05:36 AM »

A man kisses his dog before his pet was blessed by a priest outside of San Anton church in Churriana, near Malaga, southern Spain, January 17, 2014. Pet owners bring their animals to be blessed every year on the day of Saint Anthony, patron saint of animals. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

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