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Smoke rises after mortar bombs landed on the Kafr Sousa area in Damascus in this handout distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA. One woman was killed and thirteen people were injured, SANA said.

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07 April 2013


Brazilian Military Police training at the Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Corcovado mountain, Rio de Janeiro Picture: REX/ZUMA

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An employee adjusts a humanoid robot at the Hanover Fair, the world's biggest industrial technology exhibition Picture: EPA

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Bugle Major Steve Martin, 33, from Barnsley, south Yorkshire, of 4 Rifles, who carries on the traditional role as battalion bugler. Since the Rifles Regiment was formed in the 19th century, each battalion has had its own bugler and tradition dictates that he must have a distinctive mutton-chop beard so that it is easy to pick him out on the battlefield Picture: PA

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Over 100 gallons of paint and 350 brushes are used on a giant canvas in Rome's central Piazza del Popolo. The city's cultural association Kitchen Art is aiming to make the Italian capital a family-friendly city Picture: AFP/GETTY

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08 April 2013


A South Korean soldier patrols at a checkpoint on the Grand Unification Bridge, which leads to the demilitarized zone separating North Korea from South Korea, in Paju, north of Seoul.

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A Coptic Christian man touches a broken crescent and a cross, a symbol of national unity among Christians and Muslims, which was previously on the wall of the main Coptic cathedral in Cairo.  A second Egyptian died on Monday of wounds sustained in clashes at the cathedral the previous day in an outbreak of sectarian violence.

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Workers assemble a monument to the late Pope John Paul II, in Czestochowa, April 7, 2013, in this picture provided by Agencja Gazeta. The monument, which is 14 meters high, is to open to the public on April 13.

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09 April 2013


Damaged houses are seen in the earthquake stricken town of Bushehr in Iran. A powerful earthquake struck close to the country's only nuclear power station, killing more than 30 people and injuring more than 800 as it devastated small villages, state media reported.

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Protesters flee as tear gas explodes in a field during a demonstration near Dicle University, in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Leftist Kurdish students protest after clashes between left and right-wing groups inside the university.

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Workers paint furniture in Karma Gongsong, lhasa, Tibet. (Photo by Tongqi Huang/VOA reader)

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10 April 2013


Pope Francis waves to the faithful as he arrives in St. Peter's square for his weekly audience in Vatican City. At the end of this morning's catechesis, the Pontiff made an appeal for those affected by the powerful earthquake in southern Iran. Picture: Franco Origlia/Getty Images

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A member of security tries to grab Pope Francis' skullcap after it was blown by a gust of wind at the end of the weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican.

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A Chinese fishing vessel that ran aground in Tubbataha Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is pictured in Palawan Province, west of Manila, Philippines. (Picture provided by Naval Forces West)

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Volunteers attempt to free an elephant stuck for 11 hours in a sewage drain at Ugab Rest Camp in Namibia. The animal had fallen into the 3ft by 4ft channel during the night and it took a group of volunteers three hours to fill the ditch with stones, rocks and sand to allow the elephant to step out. Picture: Laramon Tours / Barcroft Media

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Reuters/Reuters - Chinese fishermen from the vessel that ran aground on Monday in Tubbataha Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage site, hold their belongings on a Philippine Coast Guard vessel as they arrive in Palawan Province, west of Manila April 10, 2013 in this picture provided by Tubbataha Management Office. REUTERS/ Tubbataha Management Office Handout (PHILIPPINES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

11 April 2013


Hundreds of crosses, representing gun deaths since the Newtown, Connecticut elementary shootings, are placed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Two U.S. senators have reached a compromise that would expand background checks for gun sales in what could result in the most ambitious change to gun laws since 1994, an official said.

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Women pro-democracy protesters march on a road past the house of Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, during a demonstration to hail a military shake-up he carried out, in Sana'a. Hadi removed the commander of the elite Republican Guard, a powerful political foe, from the military, state television reported, in an apparent move to unify the divided armed forces under his own control.

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Justice civil servants of Baracaldo's court wearing penitents costumes and carrying wooden crosses take part in a protest against the government's spending cuts in justice services, outside the court in the Northern Spanish Basque city of Baracaldo, Spain.

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12 April 2013


One of the beaches on Bohol, the tenth largest island of the Philippines (Photo submitted by Jayson Aquino to VOA Photo Contest)

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Women mourn during the funeral ceremony of shooting victims in the village of Velika Ivanca, about 40 km (25 miles) southwest of Belgrade, Serbia. A war veteran, who killed 13 relatives and neighbors in a dawn rampage in the village this week, before turning the gun on himself, died in a hospital on Apr. 11, 2013.

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Sergeant Major Pearse Lally inspects Chelsea Pensioners, who will take part in the funeral of the late former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, during a uniform inspection at the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London.

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Bo, the Obama family dog, waits for First Lady Michelle Obama on the South Lawn driveway before departing the White House, March 20, 2013. Bo accompanied Mrs. Obama during her visit to Maryland Fisher House IV at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

13 April 2013


People fly kites during the international kite festival in Berck-sur-Mer, northern France.

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Revelers on a vehicle are sprayed with water during the traditional Thingyan celebrations in Rangoon, Burma. Burma celebrated its annual water festival, known as Thingyan, marking the start of the New Year according to the traditional Buddhist calendar.

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In this photo released by Indonesian Police, the wreckage of a crashed Lion Air plane sits on the water near the airport in Bali, Indonesia. The plane carrying more than 100 passengers and crew overshot a runway on the resort island of Bali and crashed into the sea, injuring nearly two dozen people, officials said.

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A heavily armed Afghan policeman destroys an opium poppy field in Noorgal district of Kunar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan.

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A children's choir takes part in the unveiling ceremony of the statue of the late Pope John Paul II in Czestochowa, Poland. Archbishop Waclaw Depo unveiled the 13.8-meter (45.3-foot) white fiberglass figure that was funded by a businessman, Leszek Lyson, in gratitude for what he believes was an intervention by the late pontiff in saving his drowning son.

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Fireworks are seen during the official opening of the renovated Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Rijksmuseum, home of Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" and other national treasures reopened its doors to the public after a decade-long renovation.

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14 April 2013


A Somali girl and her brother run to safety near the scene of a blast in Mogadishu April 14, 2013. At least 16 people were killed as two car bombs exploded outside the law courts in Somalia's capital Mogadishu and gunmen stormed the building on Sunday, before a gunbattle erupted with security forces besieging the compound, witnesses said. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

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A man cries at Oviedo cemetery in front of a memorial grave for Republicans killed during and after the 1936-1939 Spanish civil war, in Oviedo, northern Spain April 14, 2013. The bloody civil war lasted three years and claimed half a million lives. Francisco Franco's rebel forces overthrew the republic in 1939. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso

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Tibetan Buddhist monks attend a mass prayer in memorial for victims of the earthquake which hit Yushu county three years ago, in Yushu, Qinghai province April 14, 2013. The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that jolted Yushu of northwest China's Qinghai Province three years ago caused 2,698 people dead and 270 missing. Picture taken April 14, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer

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15 April 2013


In this image from video provided by WBZ TV, spectators and runners run from what was described as twin explosions that shook the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 15, 2013, in Boston. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/WBZTV) MANDATORY CREDIT

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In this photo provided by The Daily Free Press and Kenshin Okubo, people react to an explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Daily Free Press, Kenshin Okubo) MANDATORY CREDIT

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Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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A Boston police officer wheels in injured boy down Boylston Street as medical workers carry an injured runner following an explosion during the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria at the marathon's finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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16 April 2013


Visitors participate in the annual water-splashing festival to mark the New Year of the Dai minority in Xishuang Banna, Yunnan province.

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An Indian Sikh devotee takes a holy dip in the sarover (water tank) at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

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Flowers are seen at the barricaded entrance at Boylston Street near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts.

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17 April 2013


A South Korean soldier during anti-terror drills at the Government Complex in Sejong, south of Seoul, South Korea Picture: AP

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Remains of pressure cooker that FBI says was part of one of the bombs that exploded during the Boston Marathon, April 17, 2013.

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Members of the Armed Services prepare to carry the coffin up the steps of St Paul's Picture: GETTY

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The Archbishop of London, Richard Chartres, walks behind former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher's coffin Picture: PA

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Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's coffin is carried by pallbearers out from St Paul's Cathedral Picture: AP

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The Queen walking behind the sword that was also used at Winston Churchill's funeral Picture: GETTY

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AFP News - A tiara inlaid with diamonds and South Sea pearls from a collection seized by the government from former first lady Imelda Marcos. The Philippines said it plans to put on public display the fabulous jewels seized 26 years ago from the former first lady, to help draw more tourists. http://ph.news.yahoo.com/

i thought only those of royal blood in monarchies wear tiaras.  maybe i'm going to ask the banana republic to buy me one after all; i already have a scepter anyway... (secret: it's shaped like harry potter's broom.)

Hmm, tan-awa una kon angayan ba ka...

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 18, 2013, 10:31:46 AM



Hmm, tan-awa una kon angayan ba ka...

aherm, kailangan pa bang i-memorize yan?

SPECIAL SERIES

Boston bombings: The world reacts
text and some images from http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/16/world/gallery/; most images from http://news.ripley.za.net/



French soldiers patrol the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Tuesday, April 16. Security in several major cities was stepped up after at least three people were killed and scores wounded in two explosions Monday near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

Arsenal and Everton soccer teams observe a moment of silence for the Hillsborough disaster anniversary and the victims of the Boston terror blasts during the Barclays Premier League on April 16, in London, England. In 1989 nearly 100 people were killed and several hundred injured due to overcrowding at a match at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England.

A man puts flowers near the U.S. Embassy in Moscow on Tuesday.

During a committee session in Tokyo on Tuesday, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that police have stepped up security at key domestic facilities after the Boston explosions.

Quote from: islander on April 18, 2013, 10:41:38 AM
aherm, kailangan pa bang i-memorize yan?

Di kaha ingon ani ang dating?

she's my lady-in-waiting.

Kosovo's foreign minister, Enver Hoxhaj, expressed sympathy for the victims of the Boston explosions following talks with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle in Berlin on Tuesday.

Members of the U.S. Army National Guard Joint Task Force Empire Shield patrol Grand Central Terminal in New York on Tuesday.

A message asking passengers to report suspicious activity flashes on an electronic sign inside a New York City subway station on Tuesday.

Quote from: islander on April 18, 2013, 10:57:53 AM
she's my lady-in-waiting.

Don't you think she might be overqualified?

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 18, 2013, 11:04:12 AM
Don't you think she might be overqualified?

far from it.  qualification requirements for the job are rather steep.

Speaker of the House John Boehner makes remarks after a House GOP caucus meeting on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick speaks at a press conference about the bombings on Tuesday. From left, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, FBI Special Agent in charge of Boston Richard Deslauriers, and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, seated at front left.

A police K-9 unit dog stands by as train passengers pass through Penn Station on Tuesday in New York.

The bombings dominate the front pages of newspapers at a newsstand on Newbury Street in Boston.

Members of the Calgary Flames observe a moment of silence before the start of their National Hockey League game against the Minnesota Wild in Calgary, Alberta, on Monday, April 15.

President Barack Obama makes a statement Monday evening.

Police officers stand in front of the White House on Monday after the Secret Service heightened security.

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 18, 2013, 10:31:46 AM



Hmm, tan-awa una kon angayan ba ka...

or this one...

i do not go for her scepter, loll.  she's a sadist queen.  not me.

A New York police officer inspects a man's bag in Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan on Monday.

A police officer mans his post at New York's Times Square on Monday.

Cars stop at a checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday.

Quote from: islander on April 18, 2013, 02:32:17 PM
i do not go for her scepter, loll.  she's a sadist queen.  not me.

This one fits your standard... the most friendliest of all

hehe, da uy, mauwaw man ta...

but thanks anyway, lollafield.

18 April 2013


Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama walks across the Peace Bridge during his visit to Londonderry, northern Ireland April 18, 2013. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

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Firefighter Jason Kelley and police officer Shannon Vandenheuvel carry children from Barbara Jones' partially submerged car in Grand Rapids, Mich. Thursday, April 18, 2013. Middle America was getting everything nature has to throw at it on Thursday, from snow in the north to tornadoes in the Plains, and with torrential rains causing floods and transportation chaos in several states. (AP Photo/Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark)

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A Boston Red Sox hat is seen among a makeshift memorial for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings on Boylston street in Boston, Massachusetts April 18, 2013. President Barack Obama was due to visit Boston on Thursday to attend a memorial service for victims of the Boston Marathon bombing amid a manhunt for a suspect seen on video taken before two blasts struck near the finish line on Monday. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

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19 April 2013


False alarm: A man lies spread out on the ground as police trains their weapons on him, however it is thought he is not of the suspects

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People attend the interfaith memorial service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing in Boston, April 18. Obama spoke at a memorial service for the Boston bombing victims, saying that "we will find" whoever carried out the attack that killed three people.

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20 April 2013


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After Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured alive Friday night, it was revealed that thermal imaging had been utilized in the hunt to find him.  The 19-year-old was discovered hiding in a boat after the death of his older brother in a violent shootout with police, and a manhunt nearly shut down the city.

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Police also released two aerial images of the boat’s tarp being lifted by a mechanical arm, in case it was rigged with explosives or the suspect was wearing a suicide vest.

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Rescuers carry a paralyzed elderly person from his damaged house in Qingren township in seriously damaged Lushan county after a shallow earthquake at magnitude 7.0 hit the city of Ya'an, in southwest China's Sichuan province.

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Workers and residents stand on a mountain of garbage at a landfill during a rescue operation in San Isidro, Rizal province, east of Manila, Philippines. Police said four workers were reportedly missing after a garbage landfill slid along a mountainside.

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German Greens' top candidate for the upcoming general elections Juergen Trittin is hidden behind a shrub as he speaks during a party convention in Bingen, western Germany.

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A huge red ball is installed on the Simone de Beauvoir's bridge as part of the Red Ball Project by artist Kurt Perschke in Paris, France.

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Over a thousand overseas Filipino workers, including women and their children, are presently camped outside the Philippine Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The OFWs are seeking immediate repatriation after the Saudi government launched a crackdown on undocumented migrant workers. Most of the campers are undocumented trafficking victims or those who ran away from abusive employers. GMA News/Migrante Int'l
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22 April 2013


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Runners observe a moment of silence before the start of the London Marathon in Greenwich, southeast London, on April 21.

Undaunted by the Boston Marathon bombings, big crowds lined the route of the London Marathon on Sunday to cheer on some 36,000 runners who paid their respects to the Boston victims by wearing black ribbons and holding a 30-second silence before the start.

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Lynn Clay via WOOD TV   
Lynn Clay grabbed her camera to snap a frame of the floodwaters outside one of the windows in her office building at the Riverfront Plaza in Grand Rapids, Mich., and captured a little fish swimming by. She didn't even realize the fish was in the frame until she looked at it later and, as even the most seasoned photographer will admit, she said, "I got lucky!" 

Clay told NBCNews.com she has never seen the Grand River this high before. "The water is usually only 18 inches to 2 feet deep outside the building, but now it's probably 20 feet deep. It's up over the walkways, the roads, and up the buildings to the windows."

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23 April 2013


An aerial photo shows a Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian No. 66 (C) cruising next to Japan Coast Guard patrol ships in the East China Sea, near islandes known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in this photo taken by Kyodo.

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Anti-narcotics police officers stand guard near packages of marijuana at a police base in Bogota, Colombia. According to authorities, anti-narcotics police confiscated around 6 tons (5,879 kg) of marijuana during an operation named "Republica III" on Apr. 22, 2013.

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A road is submerged during flooding along the Mississippi River north of Clarksville, Missouri, USA. (Photo courtesy of the Missouri Governor's Office)

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A dog wrapped in a jacket, belonging to a street artist, sits on a pavement in London, Apr. 22, 2013.

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24 April 2013


People rescue garment workers trapped under rubble at the Rana Plaza building after it collapsed, in Savar, 30 km (19 miles) outside Dhaka, Bangladesh. An eight-story block housing garment factories and a shopping center collapsed on the outskirts of the capital, killing nearly 100 people and injuring hundreds.

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Apartment towers and the International Commerce Centre are seen through an art installment entitled "Poetic Cosmos of the Breath," by Argentinian artist Tomas Saraceno, which is part of an exhibition called "Mobile M+: Inflation!" at the waterfront of the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong, April 24, 2013. (Vincent Yu/AP Photo)

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25 April 2013


Honor guards stand in front of caskets prior to a memorial service for first responders who died in last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, April 25, 2013, at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Firefighters and other first responders were among those killed when a fire at the plant erupted in an explosion last week. Hundreds of people were injured. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)

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Pope Francis greets a young girl as he arrives for his weekly general audience at St. Peter's Square, April 24, 2013, at the Vatican. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images)

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North Korean soldiers and civilians pose for photos in front of a fountain as they tour the grounds of Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the mausoleum where the bodies of the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il lie embalmed, in Pyongyang, April 25, 2013. North Korea today marked the 81st anniversary of the founding of its military. (David Guttenfelder/AP Photo)

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