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last SG · 2006-02-22T23:49:08+00:00

Day in pictures: 21 February 2006 Indian police use water cannons against protesters from the National Potters Association in Delhi.

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A villager looks at Mount Merapi as it spews volcanic smoke in Kaliurang, Indonesia. The government was preparing a mass evacuation amid fears the mountain could blow.

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An orangutan smuggled into Thailand awaits repatriation to a wildlife reserve in Indonesia after being rescued by authorities.

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In Israel, a mother whose son was killed in a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv on Monday cries with her daughter-in-law, who is nine months' pregnant.

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Six Taiwanese former "comfort women" - used as sexual slaves by the Japanese army in WWII - take part in a mock wedding organised by local support groups.

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In the UK, sweat trickles down Prime Minister Tony Blair's face as he delivers a speech in London on the future of the health service.

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A Sikh priest sits inside the Golden Temple at Amritsar in India. Sikhs are celebrating the 385th anniversary of the birth of the ninth Sikh Guru Teg Bahadur.

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A visitor to a museum devoted to the Chernobyl disaster in Kiev watches a film about the "liquidators" deployed to clean up the mess, nearly 20 years after the nuclear meltdown.

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AFP - Tue Apr 18, 9:59 PM ET
Wipe out : A Brazilian surfer flies off a wave at Leblon beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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AP - Mon Apr 17, 5:50 PM ET
A bee lands on an early spring flower blossom Monday, April 17, 2006, in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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AP - Sat Apr 15, 5:07 AM ET
Two Taiwanese indigenous AT3 training jets fly in formation during a commissioning ceremony for two E2K early warning planes, Saturday, April 15, 2006, at the Pingtung Airbase in Pingtung, southern Taiwan. Taiwan's military on Saturday showed off two early-warning planes recently purchased from the United States to bolster its defenses against the island's rival, China. (AP Photo/str)

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AP - Sat Apr 15, 1:17 PM ET
Daryl Boyington, center, Toby Day, left, and Larry Doucette, paddle in the rain at the start of the 40th annual Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race, Saturday, April 15, 2006, in Kenduskeag, Maine. This was the 21st year the Gumby team competed. 'If you can't be fast be funny,' said Boyington. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Reuters - Tue Apr 18, 4:29 AM ET
Residents perform a dragon dance to celebrate the upcoming 23rd Weifang International Kite Festival in Weifang, China's Shandong province April 18, 2006. The 23rd Weifang International Kite Festival will be held in Weifang on April 20, 2006. CHINA OUT REUTERS/China Daily

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AFP - Tue Apr 18, 10:22 PM ET
Voodoo ritual : A woman in a trance stands in a pool of water during a Voodoo Easter ceremony in Gonaives, Haiti.

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AFP - Tue Apr 18, 10:15 PM ET
Stepping in : The Dzerzhinsky Interior Ministry troops soldiers march during a rehearsal for the 09 May Victory Day parade in the town of Balashikha outside Moscow.

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AFP - Tue Apr 18, 10:10 PM ET
Young patient : A young patient wears a surgical mask at the children hematologic and oncological centre in Minsk which was built after the Chernobyl nuclear accident.

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AFP - Tue Apr 18, 9:51 PM ET
Sharp focus : Chilean Fernando Gonzalez hits a return to Spain's Carlos Moya during their Monte Carlo ATP Masters Series tournament tennis match. (AFP/Valery Hache)

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AFP - Tue Apr 18, 9:43 PM ET
Girls at vigil : Lebanese girls participate in a candle-light vigil in front of the headquarters of the United Nations Economic and Social Development for West Asia (ESCWA) in Beirut, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the "Qana massacre."

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AFP - Tue Apr 18, 9:37 PM ET
Swan Lake : Ballet dancers of the English National Ballet rehearse "Swan Lake" under the direction of Wayne Eagling at the Royal Theatre in Madrid.

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AFP - Tue Apr 18, 9:36 PM ET
Swollen Danube : A Bulgarian army soldier looks at the swollen waters of the Danube river near the town of Vidin, northwestern Bulgaria.

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AFP - Tue Apr 18, 9:28 PM ET
Ballerina : A ballerina of the English National Ballet rehearses "Swan Lake" under the direction of Wayne Eagling at the Royal Theatre in Madrid. (AFP/Javier Soriano)

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