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A Partial Eclipse Is Seen In Tokyo
Date: 21-May-12
Country: JAPAN
Author: Kim Kyung Hoon
A partial eclipse is seen in Tokyo
Workers Unload Coffee Beans
Date: 21-May-12
Country: BRAZIL
Author: Nacho Doce
Workers unload coffee beans from a tractor during a harvest at a farm in Esp?rito Santo do Pinhal
A Church That Was Previously Damaged Is Pictured After It Collapsed
Date: 21-May-12
Country: ITALY
Author: Paolo Bona
A church that was previously damaged is pictured after it collapsed when a strong aftershock struck Buonacompra
Artists Emily Frankoski And Dolores Bilke Paint
Date: 18-May-12
Country: USA
Author: ERIC THAYER
Artists Emily Frankoski and Dolores Bilke paint a tornado damaged tree in Joplin
A Bird Keeper Holds Two Barn Owls
Date: 18-May-12
Country: ISRAEL
Author: Baz Ratner
A bird keeper holds two barn owls during an interview with Reuters in Israel's Beit Shean Valley, near the border with Jordan
Municipal Workers Scoop Garbage
Date: 18-May-12
Country: BRAZIL
Author: Bruno Kelly
Municipal workers scoop garbage out of the flood waters from the overflowing Rio Negro in Manaus
A Man Looks At Plastics And Cans
Date: 18-May-12
Country: Ecuador
Author: Guillermo Granja
A man looks at plastics and cans from a recycling bin in front of the Santa Cruz harbor at the Galapagos Islands
A Woman From The Dinka Tribe
Date: 17-May-12
Country: SOUTH SUDAN
Author: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
A woman from the Dinka tribe stands in front of her shelter near Bor
An Oil Slick Flows
Date: 17-May-12
Country: NIGERIA
Author: Akintunde Akinleye
An oil slick flows at the base of a mangrove near an illegal oil refinery along the Diebu creek in Nigeria's Bayelsa state
A View Of An Illegal Oil Refinery
Date: 17-May-12
Country: NIGERIA
Author: Akintunde Akinleye
A view of an illegal oil refinery is seen around the Cowthorne channel outside the oil hub city Port Harcourt in Nigeria's Delta region
A Boy Walks In A Junk Yard
Date: 16-May-12
Country: MEXICO
Author: Jorge Luis Plata
A boy walks in a junk yard near a wind turbine in La Ventosa
Yawalapiti Children Climb A Tree To Jump
Date: 16-May-12
Country: BRAZIL
Author: Ueslei Marcelino
Yawalapiti children climb a tree to jump into the Xingu River in the Xingu National Park
A Man Walks Past Electricity Pylons
Date: 16-May-12
Country: SOUTH AFRICA
Author: SIPHIWE SIBEKO
A man walks past electricity pylons as he returns from work in Soweto, outside Johannesburg
A Man Rides On A Cart With A Model Of A Dolphin
Date: 16-May-12
Country: PERU
Author: Mariana Bazo
A man rides on a cart with a model of a dolphin that says "Save the Sea" during a march in Lima
Indigenous Amazonian Girl Stands Next To A Patuju Plant
Date: 15-May-12
Country: BOLIVIA
Author: Gaston Brito
An indigenous Amazonian girl stands next to a patuju plant during a welcoming ceremony for Bolivia's Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana in Gundonovia in the Isiboro Secure National Park and Indigenous Territory (TIPNIS), some 400 km (249 miles) northeast of La Paz, May 10, 2012.
A Boy Jumps Into A Canal To Cool Off During A Hot Day In Lahore
Date: 15-May-12
Country: PAKISTAN
Author: Mohsin Raza
A boy jumps into a canal to cool off during a hot day in Lahore May 13, 2012.
People Sit In The Sun In New York's Central Park
Date: 15-May-12
Country: UNITED STATES
Author: Keith Bedford
People sit in the sun in New York's Central Park, May 12, 2012.
A Man Walks Holding A Red Umbrella In Center Sarajevo As Heavy Snow Falls In The Bosnian Capital
Date: 15-May-12
Country: BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Author: Dado Ruvic
A man walks holding a red umbrella in center Sarajevo as heavy snow fall in the Bosnian capital, May 14, 2012.