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Former fruit grower Heinz Pabel checks the blossoms on a small cherry tree after a cool night on a fruit plantation near Gierstaedt, central Germany. Springlike temperatures and sunny weather conditions in the region lured people outdoors. Jens Meyer/AP
The Union Flags are hung along Regent Street in London in celebration of the forthcoming royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton. Carl Court/AP
A youth practices parkour, jumping off a wall during a sunny day in central London. Britain's Met Office weather service expect temperatures to rise to 77 degrees Fahrenheit in London and southeast England. Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
Teenage girls run in excitement upon the arrival of pop star Justin Bieber before his concert as part of his "My World" tour in Singapore. Wong Maye-E/AP
Easy the dog speeds on a park path during the second week of almost daily protests by animal rights activists outside the parliament building in Bucharest, Romania. A parliamentary committee has passed a draft law that says stray dogs can be killed. Hundreds of animals rights' activists gathered outside Parliament to protest the decision. Protesters called for stray dogs to be sterilized, saying it is cheaper and more humane. Vadim Ghirda/AP
A gaucho is unseated by an untamed or unbroken horse during the celebration of "Criolla" (Creole) Week in Montevideo. Gauchos from all over the country come to Montevideo during Creole Week to compete for the award of best rider. Andres Stapff/Reuters
Workers gather birch sap with plastic bags, in a field near the village of Belitsa, south of Minsk, Belarus. Only state organizations are allowed to collect birch sap for its further procession and sale. Sergei Grits/AP
Anti-government protesters gesture while chanting slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen. A Yemeni activist said four anti-government protesters have been wounded after security forces opened fire on demonstrators in south Yemen. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
A Paraguayan Maka Indian woman draws facial markings on herself during the celebration of the American Day of the Indian in Puente Remanso, on the outskirts of Asuncion. The American Day of the Indian was first celebrated in Patzcuaro, Mexico, in 1940, during a conference of native American peoples who created the Interamerican Indigenist Institute. Jorge Adorno/Reuters
Cavalrymen of the Blues and Royals, part of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, perform several maneuvers, including some that will be used at the Royal Wedding, before the general commanding the Household Division, in London's Hyde Park. The review determines whether the Household Cavalry is fit to perform its ceremonial duties for the summer, including the Royal Wedding and the 'Trooping the Color' on the Queen's birthday in June. Sergeant Dan Harmer/AP
A soldier stands as honor guard at the Memorial of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the beginning of the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II in Warsaw. Wojciech Surdziel/Reuters
A boy runs behind a fountain during warm weather in Derby, central England. Darren Staples/Reuters
Two of four White Tiger cubs play with a photographer's camera at the Safari-Park Stukenbrock in Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany. The rare cubs were born on Valentine's day in February. Frank Augstein/AP
A nomad woman covers her child with a cloth as she walks during a rain on the outskirts of Srinagar, India. Mukhtar Khan/AP
A fighter from the "Invisible Commandos" militia stands guard outside a beauty salon in the Abobo neighborhood of Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan. Ibrahim Coulibaly, the head of the Invisible Commandos, a powerful militia that fought against Laurent Gbagbo in Ivory Coast, on Tuesday pledged allegiance to President Alassane Ouattara and dismissed reports that his men had fallen out with other fighters. Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters
Kevin Donnelly leads the bagpipe procession during the 16th Annual Day of Remembrance at the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum in Oklahoma City. John Clanton/AP
Penitents carry a figure of Christ on the cross during the procession of the 'Cristo de la buena muerte' brotherhood, during Holy Week in Zamora, northern Spain. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. I.Lopez/AP
Texas State Trooper Corey Brasher gives directions to a motorist at a roadblock at Texas state highway 337 and Texas state highway 254 in Graford, Texas, while a plume of smoke from the west covers the sky. Motorists were prohibited from heading west from Graford to Possum Kingdom Lake due to the wildfires. Sonya N. Hebert/AP/The Dallas Morning News
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Only one prisoner born in North Korea's gulag is known to have escaped to tell his story. A Q&A with Blaine Harden, the journalist who wrote about Shin Dong-hyuk.
There is only one prisoner actually born in one of North Korea's infamous prison camps known to have escaped alive. His name is Shin Dong-hyuk.
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