A Chuan opera actress performs at a theater in Suining, Sichuan province January 5, 2008.

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Richard Whitehead, a British disability activist who was born without legs, competes as he runs past a Lebanese soldier during the annual Beirut Marathon in Beirut, November 30, 2008. Thousands of people took part in the run which started in the Lebanese capital.

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A video frame grab of President Bush ducking from a shoe during a news conference in Baghdad, December 14, 2008.

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One of some 700 couples who were married in a mass wedding walk along a road in Nagorno Karabakh October 16, 2008.

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A man walks past a burning car during riots in Athens December 8, 2008.

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Picture of the Year, Lead Awards 2007 A would-be immigrant crawls after his arrival on a makeshift boat on the Gran Tarajal beach in Spain's Canary Island, May 5, 2006.

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An overcrowded passenger train is seen in Dhaka December 8, 2008. Millions of residents in Dhaka have started the exodus home from the capital city ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday.

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A Muslim pilgrim prays at the top of Mount Noor in Mecca, during the annual pilgrimage (Haj) December 4, 2008.

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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel speak as they arrive for a lunch at the home of France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy during a Franco-German meeting in Paris on November 24, 2008.

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A child flies a kite with a red ribbon during a World AIDS Day event in Beijing November 30, 2008. There are about 700,000 cases of HIV/AIDS in China, according to official statistics.

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