In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
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In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
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Maharashtrians dressed up in traditional costumes attend celebrations to mark the Gudi Padwa festival in Mumbai. The festival marks the beginning of the new year for Maharashtrians and is celebrated widely in Maharashtra and in the Konkan region. Vivek Prakash/Reuters
A bird sits on the head of a deer shortly after dawn in south west London. Toby Melville/Reuters
An employee walks with Banksy's 'Girl and Balloon' 2009, at Bonhams auction house in London. The work, which is estimated at $40,000 will be auctioned as part of the Urban Art sale at Bonhams auction house on March 29, 2012. Luke MacGregor/Reuters
A performer falls with a bicycle after riding it off the 10 meter platform during a break in competition at the FINA Diving World Series being held at the National Aquatics Center, also known as the Water Cube, in Beijing. David Gray/Reuters
Visitors to Indonesian Hot Air Balloon festival get inside a balloon in Sentul in the outskirt of Jakarta, Indonesia. Tatan Syuflana/AP
Apolena Saya, a newly born baby Rothschild giraffe, is seen after its christening ceremony at Prague Zoo in Prague. A total of 26 Japanese children from Fukushima prefecture near the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant were invited by the Czech-Japanese Association to spend a week in the country. David W Cerny/Reuters
Shepherds lead their flock of sheep along on the Guozigou segment of the Lianyungang-Horgos expressway as vehicles drive past the other side of the expressway, Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region. China Daily/Reuters
A Syrian protester living in Jordan runs with a Syrian opposition flag during a protest against President Bashar Al-Assad in Amman, Jordan. Muhammad Hamed/Reuters
A female laborer looks on as she takes a break at a coal yard on the outskirts of Jammu, India. The Indian government has doused a row over up to $211 billion in lost revenue from underpriced coal sales but the opposition will pile on the pressure when a report on the matter reaches parliament. Mukesh Gupta/Reuters
A man is silhouetted against the setting sun while selling balloons and bubbles from a stall at the Rawal Lake Park in Islamabad, Pakistan. Rebecca Conway/Reuters
A gymnastics student carries an equipment during a training session at a gymnastics school in Shanghai. More than 30 children, between 5 and 9, were chosen from local kindergartens or elementary schools to attend training courses five times a week. Aly Song/Reuters
From left, Omega Pharma-Quickstep team rider Tom Boonen of Belgium wins the sprint ahead of third-placed Sky team rider Bernard Eisel of Austria and second-placed Katusha team rider Oscar Freire of Spain at the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen UCI World Tour cycling race in Harelbeke, Belgium. Sebastien Pirlet/Reuters
A devotee carries a child on his shoulder and participates in a chariot procession during Pachare festival, at Ason in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday. The festival is celebrated by the Newari community and mainly marked as a day of getting together with family. Binod Joshi/AP
People relax in the sun near the fountains at Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower as unusually warm temperatures hit Paris. Charles Platiau/Reuters
An Ariane 5 VA205 rocket with the third Automated Transfer Vehicle Edoardo Amaldi lifts off from the European Space Agency (ESA) launch center in Kourou. A European Ariane rocket blasted off from French Guiana carrying supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), space officials said. Reuters
Balinese hit each other with fire during a ritual ahead of Nyepi day in Ubud Gianyar, Bali. Nyepi is a day of silence to celebrate the Balinese new year, reserved for self-reflection, where people are not allowed to use lights, light fires, work, travel nor enjoy entertainment. During Nyepi, the airport in Bali also remains closed. Beawiharta/Reuters
Somali police arrest a suspected rebel member of the Al Qaeda-affiliated al Shabaab among beach goers at the Lido beach north of Somalia's capital Mogadishu. Lido beach was a famous attraction before Somalia tumbled into chaos in 1991 with the ousting of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre. In the last few years, the beach was a frontline for the Islamist al Shabaab militants, who later withdrew from most parts of Mogadishu around August 2011. Feisal Omar/Reuters
A sheepdog sits among the ruins of the village of Esco near the Yesa reservoir in Aragon region. The Aragonese community, dating back over 700 years, was forced to abandon its self-sufficient way of life after the flooding of their agricultural lands, following the construction of the Yesa dam across the nearby Aragon River. Vincent West/Reuters
A tourist takes a photo at sunset in New York's Battery Park. Record-setting warm weather continues across the eastern half of the United States. Brendan McDermid/Reuters
Sheep are seen in a farm in Goose Green, west of Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands. Marcos Brindicci/Reuters
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/15
In Pictures: Duchess Kate's royal baby bump
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/14
In Pictures: Keffiyeh is rebel chic
On Friday, France became the fourteenth country to legalize same-sex marriage. A campaign promise by French President Francois Hollande, the bill was hotly contested by conservatives in France.
French President Francois Hollande has signed into law a bill allowing same-sex marriage, making France the fourteenth country to legalize gay weddings.
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