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Skagit, US: Local children enjoy the muddy conditions at the Skagit Valley tulip festival

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Afghan boys at work in a bakery

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Madrid, Spain: An image of the Spanish television cameraman Jose Couso at a protest in front the US embassy on the fifth anniversary of his death. Couso died in Baghdad after a US tank fired a shell at the Palestine hotel, where many journalists were staying

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Japan: Noodle-based products on display at the Nissin instant ramen museum

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Paris, France: Policemen tackle a protester after clashes during a demonstration by several hundred French school

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India: A man washes in the Dharavi slum quarter, said to be Asia's largest

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Germany: A Polar bear called Vera swims at the zoo

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Port-au-Prince, Haiti: UN peacekeepers protect the national palace after Haitians stormed the building, throwing stones and demanding the resignation of their president over soaring food prices

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