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Apr 27, 2010
News in pictures on Tuesday



A girl runs along empty spectator seats during a Russian Cup soccer match between Dinamo Stavropol and Krasnodar 2000 at Dinamo stadium in Stavropol. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




A couple walks along a dyke with spring flowers at the North Sea coastal village of Norddeich. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




People light candles placed in the form radioactive symblol in Ukraine's capital Kiev. On Monday, Ukraine marked the 24th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which spread radiation over much of northern Europe. -- PHOTO: AP

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A night view of the Armazones hill in the Atacama desert, about 130 km (80 miles) south of the northern Antofagasta city, where the world's largest telescope will be built by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). -- PHOTO: REUTERS




A young hockey player wears the mask of former Montreal Canadiens goalie Ken Dryden as he holds a torch before the Canadiens play the Washington Capitals in Game 6 of their NHL Eastern Conference quarter-final hockey series in Montreal. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




A man enters an abandoned building, which was invaded by families, in Sao Paulo. A squatters group says about 2,000 protesters occupied vacant buildings to demand more housing for the poor in Brazil. -- PHOTO: AP

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An unidentified performer walks inside New York artist Jason Hackenwerth's living balloon sculpture on the opening day of the 2010 Arts Festival of Oklahoma City. Hackenwerth's larger-than-life art made entirely from balloons, is inspired from the plant and animal kingdoms. -- PHOTO: AP




Detail of candles with the image of Monsignor Juan Jose Gerardi during commemorate the 12th anniversary of his assassination in Guatemala City. Gerardi was bludgeoned to death in the garage of his home on April 26, 1998, two days after publishing the Human Rights report 'Guatemala: Nunca Mas'. -- PHOTO: AFP