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44 A kangaroo stands on iron ore boulders near the port of Dampier in the Pilbara region of Western Australia April 19, 2011. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

45 Pakistani Hindu devotees climb a mud volcano to perform a ritual offering of coconuts before visiting Shri Hinglaj Mata Temple located in Balochistan province province April 24, 2011. Every year thousands of Hindus from Pakistan and India gather to attend the four-day ritual at the Hinglaj Mata Temple in Balochistan. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

46 Concert goers dance in a spray of cooling mist amid the heat of the desert at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California April 15, 2011. REUTERS/Mike Blake

47 Mithun, 11, carries soil at a laterite brick mine in Ratnagiri district, about 360km (224 miles) south of Mumbai, April 14, 2011. He is paid two Indian rupees ($0.04) per brick and carries an average of 100 bricks out of the mine each day. Each brick costs between 10-14 rupees ($0.22-$0.31), and weighs around 40 kg. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

48 A statue of late Chairman Mao Zedong is pictured under the sun at a white marble factory in Dashiwo, near Beijing April 11, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Lee

49 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R) talks with U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia James Smith on the tarmac before departing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 6, 2011. REUTERS/Chip Somodevilla/Pool

50 Police officers are splashed with paint in Oxford Street, during a protest organised by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), called 'The March for the Alternative,' in central London March 26, 2011. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

51 U.S. Navy safety swimmers stand on the deck of the Virginia class submarine USS New Hampshire after it surfaced through thin ice during exercises underneath ice in the Arctic Ocean north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska March 19, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

52 Seven laser beams, matching the colours of the stripes on the Utrecht University flag, are projected on the Dom Tower from a building in the university three kilometers (1.86 miles) away, in Utrecht March 22, 2011. The laser show, which runs from March 21 to 27, is part of the 375th anniversary celebrations of the university. REUTERS/Michael Kooren

53 Dancers attend the traditional Opera Ball in Vienna March 3, 2011. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

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Researchers dressed in panda costumes put a panda cub into a basket before transferring it to a new living environment at the Hetaoping Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan province February 20, 2011. Researchers wear panda costumes to ensure that the cub's environment is devoid of human influence, according to local media. REUTERS/China Daily

55 A hawk attacks a rabbit during an annual traditional hunting competition near the village of Uzynagash outside Almaty, February 12, 2011. Kazakhstan's national sport of Sayat - or hunting with birds of prey - is popular in the Central Asian state. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

56 A veiled Muslim protester wears sunglasses as she chants anti-government slogans during mass demonstrations against Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in Alexandria February 4, 2011. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

57 People apply coloured powder to a woman's face as they celebrate Holi, also known as the festival of colours, in Ahmedabad March 19, 2011. The traditional event heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. REUTERS/Amit Dave

58 A reveller of the Portela samba school participates in the annual Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome March 6, 2011. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes

59 An owner waits with his dog, painted with spots, before a traditional dog fighting competition in Kabul February 18, 2011. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

60 Friar Anthony rollerblades in downtown Rome February 24, 2011. REUTERS/Max Rossi

61 Drag queens tussle as they run on Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach during the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras drag race March 4, 2011. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne

62 Karima Delli, a French member of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, is disguised as a man to mark International Women's Day as she takes part in a voting session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, March 8, 2011. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

63 Somali camel herder Ali Abdullahi Hassan, 40, holds three Bactrian camels after taking them for a ride near the rural town of Gyttorp March 3, 2011. Hassan emigrated to Sweden in 2007 and had been working at odd jobs until a relative told him of a local couple who needed help tending to their pet camels. Now Hassan takes care of the three animals, Kalle, Anna and their son Karlsson, training them to carry riders and singing songs to them in Arabic. Picture taken March 3, 2011. REUTERS/Bob Strong

64 Lu Zhihao, 4, kicks a ball at a basketball court in Foshan, Guangdong province March 28, 2011. Lu, who is 1.1m tall and weighs 62 kg, put on weight dramatically since his appetite grew when he was 3 months old. His worried parents took him to several hospitals, but the reason for his obesity remains unknown, though it is possibly due to his dietary habit, according to local media. Picture taken March 28, 2011. REUTERS/Joe Tan

65 A radiation check-up worker uses a urinal at a toilet of an evacuation center in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, April 1, 2011, located about 70 km (44 miles) from the earthquake and tsunami-crippled nuclear reactor. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

66 Villagers stand next to trees covered in spider webs in the flood affected areas of K.N. Shah, located near Dadu in Pakistan's Sindh province, December 7, 2010. The cocooned trees have been a side-effect of spiders escaping flood waters in the area. Although people in this part of Sindh have never witnessed this phenomenon, they report there are now less mosquitoes, thus reducing the risk of malaria. Picture taken December 7, 2010. REUTERS/Department for International Development/Russell Watkins

67 Souvenir teabags with depictions of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton are seen in London April 7, 2011. A British minister said on
Wednesday that two billion people were expected to tune in to TV broadcasts to watch this month's royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

68 A boy washes soap off while taking a bath next to shacks in Moita, near Lisbon April 8, 2011. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

69 A Palestinian beekeeper holds a a smoker used to calm bees in order to collect honey at a farm in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip May 3, 2011. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

70 Simone Arrigoni of Italy attempts to set an apnea diving record, pushed by two dolphins named Paco and Marco, in Torvaianica near Rome May 19, 2011. Arrigoni completed 13 loops in 1 minute and 53 seconds to set a new record. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

71 Labourers work at the construction site of a commercial complex in the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar May 19, 2011. The infrastructure sector accounts for just over a quarter of India's industrial output. REUTERS/Stringer

72 Karren, part of the Pujie Girls, poses for a photograph while demonstrating planking during an interview with Reuters outside Taiwan's National Theatre in Taipei May 25, 2011. Lying face flat on the ground may not be the world's most glamourous photo pose but two Taiwanese planking women have made a name for themselves on the Internet -- and hope to use the craze to spread positive social messages. Calling themselves the Pujie Girls which literally translates to falling on the street in Mandarin, the pair are Taiwan's most well-known plankers, with almost 100,000 fans following them on Facebook. To match Reuters Life! story TAIWAN-PLANKING/ REUTERS/Nicky Loh

73 Young Bavarian farmer woman Julia poses during a photo shoot for a calendar of German and Austrian farmer's wives in Kadeltshofen near Munich June 26, 2011. 'The German Girls edition 2012' is a homage to all young farmer's wives in Germany and Austria working in the agricultural industry. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

74 Brown bear (Ursus arctos) cub Medo plays with the Logar family dog in Podvrh village, central Slovenia June 1, 2011. The Slovenian Logar family has adopted the three-and-half-month-old bear cub that strolled into their yard about 30 days ago. Although the family would like to prepare a fenced enclosure for it, veterinary authorities would prefer to move it into a shelter for wild animals. REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic