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A firefighter hangs from a chopper over the Costa Concordia cruise ship which ran aground off the west coast of Italy at Giglio Island. Divers found two more bodies on deck number four of the Costa Concordia, the capsized cruise liner resting half-submerged near the port of Italy's Giglio island, said Franco Gabrielli, head of the civil protection agency. Vigili del Fuoco/Reuters
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Devotees stand on the banks of the Bagmati River during the Swasthani Bratakatha festival in Kathmandu. The month-long festival dedicated to Goddess Swasthani, involves the recitation of folk tales about miraculous feats performed by her in almost every Hindu household. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
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A Gabonese soccer fan sits inside the Stade De L'Amiti Stadium before their African Cup of Nations Group C soccer against Niger in Libreville, Gabon. Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
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Cricket players from the Sheikh Khalifah Bin Zayed Arab Pakistan school celebrate after a dismissal during an under-16 cricket match against the Abu Dhabi Indian school near the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Philip Brown/Reuters
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Monica, a German trucker, gestures on the Turin highway during a truckers' protest against the government's deregulation plans in Turin. Truckers blocked roads throughout Italy and taxi drivers resumed a strike as opposition mounted to fuel tax rises and economic reforms aimed at opening up competition in protected sectors including transport and pharmacies. Giorgio Perottino/Reuters
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A model presents a creation by French designer Christophe Josse as part of his Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2012 fashion show in Paris. Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
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A devotee smiles while speaking with her friends after taking a holy bath in the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath Temple during the Swasthani Bratakatha festival in Kathmandu. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
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A wave breaks over a remaining structure of the Maltese-registered cargo ship the TK Bremen on the Kerminihy beach in Erdeven, France. The TK Bremen ran aground on Kerminihy beach in Erdeven on the coast of Brittany during the December 2011 winter storm, Joachim. Stephane Mahe/Reuters
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A performer dressed in traditional costume and wearing make-up prepares to take part in Chinese new year celebrations at the 700-year-old Dongyue Temple in Beijing. The temple is the largest of its kind in northern China for the Zhengyi school of Taoism, and was originally built by Taoist monks in the 14th century. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, begins on Jan. 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. David Gray/Reuters
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A woman walks to work in the rain in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. Ben Nelms/Reuters
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Female members of parliament, who are also members of the Freedom and Justice Party of the Muslim Brotherhood, attend the first Egyptian parliament session after the revolution that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak, in Cairo. Egypt's parliament began its first session since an election put Islamists in charge of the assembly following the overthrow of Mubarak in February. Khaled Elfiqi/Reuters
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Youths play volleyball on the beach in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters
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Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers ride their camels during the full dress rehearsal for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi. India will celebrate its Republic Day on Thursday. B Mathur/Reuters
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An aerial view shows the snow covered church of the village of Jenisberg near the Swiss mountain resort of Davos. Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
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Henna Lindholm and Ossi Kanervo of Finland perform their preliminary round ice dance routine at the European Figure Skating Championships at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield, northern England. The championships will run from Jan. 23 - 29. Phil Noble/Reuters
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People watch fireworks on the Chinese Lunar New Year's Eve in Beijing, China. Alexander F. Yuan/AP
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A fan of Macedonia poses for a photo before the start of their Men's European Handball Championship main round match against Poland in Belgrade. Marko Djurica/Reuters
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Afghans walk down a snow covered road after a snowstorm in Kabul, Afghanistan. Musadeq Sadeq/AP
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Peoples hold incense as they pray during the first day of the Lunar New Year at Dharma Bhakti temple in Jakarta. The Lunar New Year marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. Supri/Reuters
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A girl lights incense sticks on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at a temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters
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Aspiring models wait for their turn to be judged during auditions for the upcoming Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai. India's fashion and trade event will be held from March 1 - 6. Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
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Muslim girls sell kolanuts along a street in Kano, Nigeria, following recent sectarian attacks. The emir of Kano and the state's top politician offered prayers for the more than 150 people who were killed in a coordinated series of attacks on Friday by the radical Islamist sect called Boko Haram which means 'Western education is sacrilege' in the Hausa language of Nigeria's north. Sunday Alamba/AP
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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi dives in a space suit during a refresher training exercise at the Cosmonaut training center at Star City, outside Moscow. Sergei Remezov/Reuters
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Student Patrick Thorp offers a prayer at the Joe Paterno statue at Penn State University. Mourners of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno adjusted to life without the man who was the face of the university for half a century while coming to terms with a legacy tainted by his inactive role in a child sexual abuse scandal. Gary Cameron/Reuters
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A view of the Old Sanaa city, Yemen. Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
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Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed hundreds of thousands of his cheering supporters in Istanbul saying, 'My patience has run out' with anti-government protests.
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Scott Peterson, Staff writer,
Tom A. Peter, Correspondent /
June 16, 2013
Scott Peterson/Getty Images/The Christian Science Monitor
Turkey’s largest city was divided on Sunday by competing shows of force, between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who staged a mammoth rally of loyalists, and anti-government demonstrators, who clashed with police on Istanbul's streets once again to protest his rule.