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Apr 25, 2010
News in pictures on Sunday



A flower lies near a red candle during a mourning ceremony to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire on Taksim Square in Istanbul. -- PHOTO: AFP




A Greenpeace activist poses during a 'Chernobyl day' demonstration ahead of the anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear accident in Nice, southeastern France. April 26, 2010 will mark the 23rd anniversary of the catastrophe, the worst nuclear accident in history. -- PHOTO: AFP




The recently discovered skeleton of an australopithecine boy sits on display at the Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town. The fossil is one of two partial skeletons unearthed in a South African cave that belong to a previously unclassified species of pre-human dating back almost two million years and may shed new light on human evolution. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

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Spectators light sparklers before the Swiss ice hockey play-off final game between SC Bern (SCB) and HC Geneve Servette at the Post Finance Arena in Bern. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




A participant dressed as a 'Datu' or a tribal chief, rides on a three-headed lion platform, at the Aliwan Festival in Manila. The Aliwan Festival is an annual event where the participants compete in dance and float competitions, as well as a beauty pageant. -- PHOTO: AFP




Children run through a Dutch tulip field in Noordwijk. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

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A jet, its vapour trail streaming out behind, flies past the waxing moon over the city of Aarau. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




Participants of the Critical Mass bicycle ride lift their bicycles above their heads after their demonstration across Budapest, Hungary. Tens of thousands of Hungarian cyclists participated in the Critical Mass, a worldwide urban movement devoted to riding bicycles. -- PHOTO: AP