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A Malaysian KTMB worker walks across the railway tracks in Tanjong Pagar. Singapore and Malaysia agree to move the station in Tanjong Pagar to Woodlands Train checkpoint, near the border by 1 July 2011. - AFP

An aviation official holds up an aircraft part which is believed to be the "black box" of the Air India Express plane that crashed in Mangalore, India. - AFP

An oil-stained brown pelican (L), stands with its clean counterparts on an island in the Barataria Bay on the Gulf coast of Louisiana. - AFP

 

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Farmers help a horse into a boat in flooded Juliszew village in central Poland at Wisla river. - AFP

The fourth Asian Vinexpo featuring 840 exhibitors from 32 countries opened Tuesday in Hong Kong. - AP

England's Theo Walcott (L) is challenged during their international friendly football match against Mexico at Wembley Stadium in London. - AFP

Argentina's midfielder Jonas Gutierrez (R) vies with Canada's Michael Klukowski during a friendly football match at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires. - AFP

 

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An anti-US base banner painted with a dugong, an animal that is often seen off the coast, is displayed onto the barbed wire ag football match at Stamford Bridge. -- PHOTO: AFP

Voodoo dolls hang from a tree at the general cemetery in Port-au-Prince. -- PHOTO: AP

Farmers help a horse to jump into an amphibious vehicle in flooded Juliszew village in central Poland at Wisla river. Flash floods caused by days heavy rainfall have hit parts of central Europe, killing at least 14 people, disrupting power supplies and forcing thousands of people from their homes. -- PHOTO: AFP

 

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In this photo provided by the San Diego Zoo, Yun Zi, a 8-month-old panda cub, embraces one of his toys this morning at the San Diego Zoo. The toy, and others like it, was made possible through donations from an online baby shower for Yun Zi and his family. -- PHOTO: AP

A Canadian soccer fan waits for the start of the friendly soccer match between Argentina and Canada in Buenos Aires. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Faithfuls read the bible before a mass at the St. Mary (Mariam) Coptic Orthodox in Entoto, on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. Emperor Menelik II was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in 1889 in this church. He established the church as part of his effort to build up his new capital Addis Ababa which meant New Flower in English. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

 

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A South African fan reacts during their international warm-up match against Bulgaria at the Orlando stadium in Soweto, South Africa. -- PHOTO: AP

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French Eva Gina Runner performs during the 2010 French Air guitar Championships final, as part of the Art Rock Festival in Plerin, western France. Runner won the event by pretending to play a US rock band Smashing Pumpkins song. -- PHOTO: AFP

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An image released by Nasa shows the Heart and Soul nebulae in an infrared mosaic from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.Located about 6,000 light-years from Earth, the Heart and Soul nebulae form a vast star-forming complex that makes up part of the Perseus spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy. The nebula to the left is the Heart, designated IC 1805 and named after its resemblance to a human heart. To the right is the Soul nebula, also known as the Embryo nebula, IC 1848 or W5. Also visible near the bottom of this image are two galaxies, Maffei 1 and Maffei 2. Maffei 1 is the bluish elliptical object and Maffei 2 is the spiral galaxy. -- PHOTO: AP

 

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A parent shows school children an attack during a demonstration at an elementary school in Beijing, as police recruit parents to join patrols at school grounds. - AFP

Protestors from SACOM (Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour) place figures of former Foxconn workers as part of a ceremony to mourn the dead during a demonstration outside the offices of Foxconn in Hong Kong. - AFP

Anti-government protest leader Jatuporn Prompan (C) reports to the Department of Special Investigations in Bangkok to be interrogated over his alleged violation of the emergency decree. - AFP

 

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A shop employee prepares for business in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, following a military crackdown on anti-government protesters. - AFP

Residents try to salvage belongings from their flooded houses in the area of Swiniary village in central Poland, at Wisla river. - AFP

A dead porpoise dries up as a BP clean-up crew works to remove oil from a beach at Port Fourchon, Louisiana. - AFP

 

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Gun battles rage in Kingston, Jamaica, as soldiers and police hunt for an alleged drug lord wanted by the United States. - AFP

Georgia's Aleksandre Amisulashvili (L) and Zubab Khizanishvili (C) fight for the ball with Cameroon's Mohamadou Idrissou during their international football friendly match in Lienz, Austria. - AFP

Spain's Rafael Nadal returns the ball to France's Gianni Mina during the men's first round match in the French Open tennis championship at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. - AFP

 

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Russia's Maria Sharapova returns the ball to Russia's Ksenia Pervak during their women's first round match in the French Open tennis championship at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. - AFP

Stefano Garzelli of Italy celebrates on the podium after winning stage 16 in the 93rd Giro d'Italia, from San Vigilio di Marebbe to Plan de Corones, Italy. - AFP