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A general view of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Photo: AFP
Foreign tourists on a traditional boat enjoy the sunset at Kuta beach in Bali. Photo: AFP
An Indian fisherman pulls in his net from a skiff over the Yamuna river in Allahabad. Photo: AFP
A Greek presidential guard marches at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the parliament, as lawmakers prepare to pass the latest austerity bill that foresees the dismissal of thousands of civil servants, in Athens. Photo: Reuters
A Palestinian father and his son enjoy the Dead Sea at the Biankini beach located along the northern shore near the city of Jerico, in the Israeli occupied West Bank. Photo: AFP
Sri Lankan women prisoners take part in an event that consists of breaking a hanging pot with a stick while blindfolded to celebrate the Sinhalese and Tamil New Year at a prison complex in Colombo. Photo: AFP
A three-year old Jewish boy takes part in the traditional Halake ceremony, a first hair cut from his ultra-orthodox father during during a celebration at the grave site of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in the northern Israeli village of Meron. Photo: AFP
A Bangladeshi family member holds a portrait of his missing relatives, believed trapped in the rubble of an eight-storey building that collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka. Photo: AFP
A full moon rises behind the sculpture "Gemidzi" in Skopje. Photo: AFP
Honour guards lay flowers at the Chernobyl victims' memorial in the Belarus capital Minsk. Photo: AFP
Bangladeshi volunteers and rescue workers conduct rescue operations 60 hours after an eight-storey building collapsed in Savar. Photo: AFP
A soccer ball, thrown by referee Stephan Klossner (not pictured), lands on the pitch after he decided to postpone the Swiss Super League soccer match between Servette FC and FC Sion due to heavy rain in Geneva. Photo: Reuters
A full moon rises over the skyline of New York next to One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, as seen from the Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange, New Jersey. Photo: Reuters
New York Fire Department (FDNY) officers watch as New York Police Department (NYPD) officers work to right a truck that had flipped on its side in an accident in New York. Photo: Reuters
A boy jumps into the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Benghazi. Photo: Reuters
Rescue workers look for trapped garment workers in the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Savar. Photo: Reuters
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A general view of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates....A general view of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Photo: AFP
April 29, 2013
Today in Photos

Today in Photos, April 29

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A general view of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Photo: AFP
Foreign tourists on a traditional boat enjoy the sunset at Kuta beach in Bali. Photo: AFP
An Indian fisherman pulls in his net from a skiff over the Yamuna river in Allahabad. Photo: AFP
A Greek presidential guard marches at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the parliament, as lawmakers prepare to pass the latest austerity bill that foresees the dismissal of thousands of civil servants, in Athens. Photo: Reuters
A Palestinian father and his son enjoy the Dead Sea at the Biankini beach located along the northern shore near the city of Jerico, in the Israeli occupied West Bank. Photo: AFP
Sri Lankan women prisoners take part in an event that consists of breaking a hanging pot with a stick while blindfolded to celebrate the Sinhalese and Tamil New Year at a prison complex in Colombo. Photo: AFP
A three-year old Jewish boy takes part in the traditional Halake ceremony, a first hair cut from his ultra-orthodox father during during a celebration at the grave site of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in the northern Israeli village of Meron. Photo: AFP
A Bangladeshi family member holds a portrait of his missing relatives, believed trapped in the rubble of an eight-storey building that collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka. Photo: AFP
A full moon rises behind the sculpture "Gemidzi" in Skopje. Photo: AFP
Honour guards lay flowers at the Chernobyl victims' memorial in the Belarus capital Minsk. Photo: AFP
Bangladeshi volunteers and rescue workers conduct rescue operations 60 hours after an eight-storey building collapsed in Savar. Photo: AFP
A soccer ball, thrown by referee Stephan Klossner (not pictured), lands on the pitch after he decided to postpone the Swiss Super League soccer match between Servette FC and FC Sion due to heavy rain in Geneva. Photo: Reuters
A full moon rises over the skyline of New York next to One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, as seen from the Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange, New Jersey. Photo: Reuters
New York Fire Department (FDNY) officers watch as New York Police Department (NYPD) officers work to right a truck that had flipped on its side in an accident in New York. Photo: Reuters
A boy jumps into the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Benghazi. Photo: Reuters
Rescue workers look for trapped garment workers in the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Savar. Photo: Reuters
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A general view of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Photo: AFP
Foreign tourists on a traditional boat enjoy the sunset at Kuta beach in Bali. Photo: AFP
An Indian fisherman pulls in his net from a skiff over the Yamuna river in Allahabad. Photo: AFP
A Greek presidential guard marches at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the parliament, as lawmakers prepare to pass the latest austerity bill that foresees the dismissal of thousands of civil servants, in Athens. Photo: Reuters
A Palestinian father and his son enjoy the Dead Sea at the Biankini beach located along the northern shore near the city of Jerico, in the Israeli occupied West Bank. Photo: AFP
Sri Lankan women prisoners take part in an event that consists of breaking a hanging pot with a stick while blindfolded to celebrate the Sinhalese and Tamil New Year at a prison complex in Colombo. Photo: AFP
A three-year old Jewish boy takes part in the traditional Halake ceremony, a first hair cut from his ultra-orthodox father during during a celebration at the grave site of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in the northern Israeli village of Meron. Photo: AFP
A Bangladeshi family member holds a portrait of his missing relatives, believed trapped in the rubble of an eight-storey building that collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka. Photo: AFP
A full moon rises behind the sculpture "Gemidzi" in Skopje. Photo: AFP
Honour guards lay flowers at the Chernobyl victims' memorial in the Belarus capital Minsk. Photo: AFP
Bangladeshi volunteers and rescue workers conduct rescue operations 60 hours after an eight-storey building collapsed in Savar. Photo: AFP
A soccer ball, thrown by referee Stephan Klossner (not pictured), lands on the pitch after he decided to postpone the Swiss Super League soccer match between Servette FC and FC Sion due to heavy rain in Geneva. Photo: Reuters
A full moon rises over the skyline of New York next to One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, as seen from the Eagle Rock Reservation in West Orange, New Jersey. Photo: Reuters
New York Fire Department (FDNY) officers watch as New York Police Department (NYPD) officers work to right a truck that had flipped on its side in an accident in New York. Photo: Reuters
A boy jumps into the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Benghazi. Photo: Reuters
Rescue workers look for trapped garment workers in the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Savar. Photo: Reuters
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