A member of the German bomb disposal squad stands next to a World War II bomb following its sucessful defusion in Koblenz December 4, 2011. Some 45,000 people, nearly half of the city's population had to be evacuated on Sunday within a 2km radius of a World War II bomb that was found in the partially dried up river Rhine. The defusion of the 1.8 ton bomb that was dropped by the Royal Air Force (RAF) caused the biggest bomb-related evacuation in Germany's post-war history. The bomb was found after water levels fell significantly in Europe's largest waterway due to a prolonged dry period.
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Mongolian tribesmen take part in a camel race during a winter Naadam festival in Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia region on December 2, 2011, in the latest event to promote tourism in the cold winter months. China's latest five-year economic plan calls for tourism revenues to rise 10 percent annually to 2.3 trillion yuan by 2015, up from 1.44 trillion yuan in 2010.
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Indian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik (L) gives finishing touches to a sand sculpture of Dev Anand at a beach in the eastern Indian state of Orissa December 4, 2011. Movie actor and director Dev Anand, known for his joie de vivre as Bollywood's "evergreen hero", died aged 88, an aide said, bringing the end to an era of Indian cinema. Anand died on December 3 from a heart attack.
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Star V838 Monocerotis's (V838 Mon) light echo, which is about six light years in diameter, is seen from the Hubble Space Telescope in this February 2004 handout photo released by NASA on December 4, 2011. Light from the flash is reflected by successively more distant rings in the ambient interstellar dust that already surrounded the star. V838 Mon lies about 20,000 light years away toward the constellation of Monoceros the unicorn. It became the brightest star in the Milky Way Galaxy in January 2002 when its outer surface greatly expanded suddenly.
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A member of the German bomb disposal squad stands next to a World War II bomb following its sucessful defusion in Koblenz December 4, 2011. Some 45,000 people, nearly half of the city's population had to be evacuated on Sunday within a 2km radius of a World War II bomb that was found in the partially dried up river Rhine. The defusion of the 1.8 ton bomb that was dropped by the Royal Air Force (RAF) caused the biggest bomb-related evacuation in Germany's post-war history. The bomb was found after water levels fell significantly in Europe's largest waterway due to a prolonged dry period.
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An RSX Windsurfing competitor returns to Bathers Beach from a training session during day two of the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships on December 4, 2011 in Perth, Australia.
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Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates after defeating Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro at the end of their Davis Cup final singles rubber at the Olympic stadium in Seville December 4, 2011.
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A vendor sells dog meat at the Hanoi Beer festival held in downtown Hanoi on December 4, 2011. With a 1 USD entrance ticket people can drink free "bia hoi Hanoi", a very popular local streetside draught beer. The event attracted thousands of beer drinkers.
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Mongolian tribesmen take part in a camel race during a winter Naadam festival in Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia region on December 2, 2011, in the latest event to promote tourism in the cold winter months. China's latest five-year economic plan calls for tourism revenues to rise 10 percent annually to 2.3 trillion yuan by 2015, up from 1.44 trillion yuan in 2010.
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Tiger Woods celebrates after his birdie putt on the 18th hole to win the Chevron World Challenge at Sherwood Country Club on December 4, 2011 in Thousand Oaks, California. Woods finished at 10 under par to beat Zach Johnson by one stroke.
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Richard Freitag of Germany during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup HS138 on December 4, 2011 in Lillehammer, Norway.
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Young Congolese boys pushes chikudus (wooden bicycles) in Mushaki near Goma, in Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, on December 4, 2011. Chikudus are as much a source of local pride as they are a part of the local economy. Formal jobs are rare here, and crafting chikudus is a skilled and prestigious occupation. Chikudus are the brainchild of desperate improvisation. Before they overtook the dusty foot paths and rocky roads of eastern Congo, men carried produce to market in wheelbarrows. No one is certain when chikudus were invented, or by whom, but locals agree they appeared after independence from colonial Belgium in 1960. By then bicycles and motorcycles had reached Congo, and chikudu makers tried to replicate their functionality.
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View of the Tungurahua Volcano throwing incandescent rocks and lava, from the town of Runtun, Ecuador, on December 4, 2011, 135 km south of Quito. A reactivation of the eruptive process of the Tungurahua volcano, forced authorities to increase from yellow to orange the alert in the surrounding areas.
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A giant panda called Tian Tian (Sweetie) is seen in a travel crate at the airport in Edinburgh on December 4, 2011, after its transfer from Chengdu in China. An eagerly anticipated pair of giant pandas arrived in Edinburgh on a special charter flight from China, to become the first of the endangered animals to live in Britain for 17 years. Edinburgh Zoo is paying about $1 million (750,000 euros) a year to the Chinese authorities for the pandas.
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Animal rights activists of the AnimaNaturalis international organization stage a naked protest in the middle of the Plaza de Espana square in the centre of Madrid on December 4, 2011, to denounce the slaying of animals to make fur coats.The men and women, covered in red paint that resembled blood, lay down and curled up against each other under a sunny sky in the busy square which is home to several cinemas, cafes and restaurants.
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Competitors take part in the annual Santa Dash in Liverpool, north-west England on December 4, 2011. The five kilometer race sees thousands of entrants run through the streets of the city centre dressed as Santa Claus. Many runners wear a blue suit, usually supporters of Everton FC, who refuse to run in the colours of their city rivals Liverpool FC.
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A woman marks her ballot at home, as the members of a local electoral commission brought a mobile ballot box in the village of Shelomets, 25 km outside the western Russian city of Smolensk, on December 4, 2011, during parliamentary election Russians voted today in elections set to see Vladimir Putin's ruling party win a reduced majority in parliament, amid claims the authorities were engaging in foul play to ensure it maintained dominance.
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