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World
Apr 13, 2010

News in pictures on Tuesday



India's assistant commandants of Central Industry Security Force (CISF) march during their attestation parade on the outskirts of the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. A total of 46 assistant commandants on Tuesday took part in an oath taking ceremony after they successfully completed their basic training, a CISF media release said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




Air Force pilots take off in Chinese J-10 fighter jets for a display over the Yangcun Air Force base of the People's Liberation Army Air Force in Tianjin, home of the 24th Fighter Division, southeast of Beijing. The base is home to the August 1st (Bayi) Aerobatic Team of the PLAAF, named after the founding of the PLA on August 1, 1927. The Aerobatics team upgraded their jets to the J-10 multirole fighter in May 2009 and military attaches from various countries as well as foreign journalists were invited to the base for the airshow. -- PHOTO: AFP




People attend the burial of landslide victims in Niteroi, outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian officials said the death toll from floods and mudslides in Rio has risen to more than 200 as crews continue searching through the debris. -- PHOTO: AP

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Teachers and their supporters gather to protest the passing of the bill named SB 6 by the Florida legislator on April 12, 2010 in Miami, Florida. The Bill that is opposed by many teachers, is sitting on Florida Governor Charlie Crist's desk, for passage or a veto, it would link teacher pay increases primarily to student performance on tests and there is a fear that it would eliminate long-term job security for new teachers. -- PHOTO: AFP




Actor Russell Crowe (R) unveils his star on the Walk of Fame, as producer Brian Grazer (2nd R), director Ron Howard (2nd L) and Hollywood Chamber of Commerce CEO Leron Gubler applaud, in Hollywood, California April 12, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




Children inspect a dead gray whale, about 42 feet long, on Monday morning, April 12, 2010 that washed up onto the beach on the north side of Samish Island in Washington state. This is one of two dead grays that were reported recently in Skagit County. The other was found near Deception Pass State Park. -- PHOTO: AP

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An unidentified man searches for a 5-year-old boy after a boat flipped in the Dan River in Danville, Va. on Monday, April 12, 2010. The search resumes on Tuesday morning. -- PHOTO: AP




A 'Red Shirt' anti government protestor rubs powder onto a woman's during the Songkran festival to mark Thailand's new year in Bangkok. Songkran marks the summer season in Thailand, where families and friends celebrate the festival by visiting temples and splashing water on each other's hands as an act of wishing good luck. -- PHOTO: AFP




Johnny Miller, a Colonel Sanders impersonator, at a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Yuma, Ariz. When Mr Miller stands outside a Kentucky Fried Chicken, people honk, stop, take pictures - everyone's excited to see him. -- PHOTO: AP

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The sea of candles brought by Polish people is pictured in front of presidential palace in Warsaw in tribute to victims of the air-crash in which President Lech Kaczynski was killed two days before. -- PHOTO: AFP




Employees of Lejaby, a lingerie firm, wear panties and bras as they attend a protest, in front of their factory in Rillieux-la-Pape, near Lyon, during a works council. The company announced earlier this month a plan to close three of its manufacturing plants in France with the loss of 197 jobs. Slogans on the tee-shirts read: 'save our jobs, no to relocation, keep our jobs in France.' -- PHOTO: AFP




Hindu devotees offer prayers on the banks of the River Ganges, holy to Hindus, during the Kumbh Mela festival in Haridwar, India. Devout Hindus bathe in the Ganges during the festival, expected to attract more than 10 million people, with the belief that it will cleanse them of their sins and free them from the cycle of life and rebirth. -- PHOTO: AP

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A construction worker suspended from a crane, rescues a woman who fell into the Des Moines River near the Centre Street Dam in Des Moines, Iowa. This image by Des Moines Register photographer Mary Chind won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography as announced in New York, April 12, 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS




Members of the Navy Leap Frogs parachute into the stadium before the game between the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies on Opening Day at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Phillies won 7-4. -- PHOTO: AFP




A woman feeds pigeons at the central park in downtown Guatemala City. -- PHOTO: AP




Mascot Ace poses prior to the White Sox facing the Toronto Blue Jays during their MLB game at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario. -- PHOTO: AFP