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World
Apr 9, 2010

News in pictures on Friday



A South Korean worker decorates lanterns to celebrate Buddha's upcoming birthday on May 21 at the Chogye Temple in Seoul, South Korea. About one-third of South Korea's 48 million people are Buddhists. -- PHOTO: AP




The members of Turkey's Roma community sign and dance during the traditional 'World Roma Day' celebrations beside Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey. -- PHOTO: AP




This International Fund For Animal Welfare handout photo shows a hunter as he clubs a harp seal during the opening day of the 2010 Canadian commercial seal hunt off the coast of Newfoundland. The Canadian Government sanctioned the slaughter of 330,000 seals this year despite record low ice conditions. After disastrous ice conditions in March caused many harp seal pups to perish prematurely, Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is now allowing open fire on the few seals that survived. -- PHOTO: AFP