Guillaume Rolland of France stands on the line during the Highline Extreme event in Moleson, Switzerland, on September 25, 2015. European best slackliners competed on six different lines ranging from 45 Meters to 495 Meters.
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President Obama, Michelle Obama and Pope Francis addressing the gathering at White House during the pope’s first visit to the United States on 23 September 2015.
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| Republican presidential candidates debates in Las Vegas, USA on 15 December 2015. |
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| Eiffel Tower is illuminated in the colors of the French flag as a symbol of resilience and unity in tribute for the victims of the 13 November 2016 Paris terror attacks. |
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| Police Officers of Turkey stand near the lifeless body of Aylan Kurdi, a 2 years old Syrian refugee kid who drowned and washed up on shore during a failed attempt to sail from Syria to Greek island on 02 September 2015. |
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| Palestinians paid tribute to Aylan Kurdhi, the 3 years old Syrian boy who drowned while fleeing from Syrian War. Dozens paid tribute to him on a beach in Gaza Strip by re enacting the heart wrenching scene of how his body was found washed ashore. |
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| Saudi women casting their votes, first time in history at a polling station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Dec 12, 2015 |
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| The United States National Women Soccer Team celebrates with the trophy after they beat Japan 5 - 2 in the FIFA Women's World Cup soccer in Canada on 05 July 2015. |
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| 100 Women's Yoga photo shoot on Glass Bridge at Zhiniuzhai National Park, China in November 2015. Click for more photographs in ZOOM |
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| A Syrian girl was photographed raising her hands as an indication of 'Surrender' to the photographer as she misunderstood the camera as a gun. |
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| A click from Sony Wildlife Photography Awards 2016. A crocodile and lizard battling. The crocodile was sunbathing when the lizard suddenly attacked. - Hendy Lie, Indonesia. |
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| A visitor interacts with the 'Jump In' installation at the Pearlfisher gallery in west London 05 February 2015. |
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| Circus artist Yulia Kozyreva performs with a lion during a show in Ukraine's National Circus in Kiev. |
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| A close-up view of Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi's dark pinstripe suit, repeatedly embroidered with the words "Narendra Damodardas Modi", as he talks to U.S. President Barack Obama while walking through the garden at Hyderabad House in New Delhi January 25, 2015. |
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| This stunning sunset photograph was taken at Scrips La Jolla, California by John H Moore, which the magical pier's alignment is possible only twice a year. Photographers crowd under the pier to capture the moment when the sun aligns perfectly with the pier’s supports. |
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| Srilankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara is greeted with an arch of bats as he enters the field for the last match of his test cricket career in Sri Lanka on 20 August 2015. |
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| A photograph titled as 'PRAY' by Muhammed Berkati from Indonesia, Winner of Sony World Photography Contest 2015 in Arts and Culture Segment. |
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| A migrant falls with a child, after being tripped by TV camerawoman Petra Laszlo as he tried to escape from a collection point in the village of Roszke, Hungary, on September 8, 2015. Laszlo was fired for her actions, including video of her kicking another migrant child, seen worldwide on social media. She later said her life was ruined, and that she planned to sue Facebook for fueling the hatred toward her. |
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| A woman looks at Chinese New Year lanterns at the Thean Hou temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
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| A beluga whale sprays water towards visitors during a summer attraction at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo. Tokyo's temperature climbed over 34 degree Celsius on July 20, one day after the end of the rainy season. |
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| Waitress Belli Maribel carries the first bevy of beer jugs during the opening of the 182nd Oktoberfest at Munich, Germany on 20 September 2015. |
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| Refugee Abdul Halim al-Attar, from Syria, sits next his daughter Reem, 4, as they look at a photo on a laptop during an interview with the Associated Press in Beirut on November 28, 2015. The photograph of al-Attar carrying his sleeping daughter on his shoulder while trying to sell pens to passing motorists in the scorching heat went viral this past summer and touched people across the world. Al-Attar is now running three businesses and helping other refugees in the city after an online crowdfunding campaign in his name collected $191,000. |
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| A US marine drinks the blood of a Cobra during a jungle survival exercise with the Thai Navy as part of the "Cobra Gold 2015" joint military exercise, at a military base in Chon Buri province, Thailand on February 20, 2015. |
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A picture from a video of a TransAsia Airways Airibus as it struck an elevated highway before plunging into a river, killing 43 people on 02 February 2015.
Madonna performs on stage at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on 08 February 2015.
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| Syrian migrants cross under a razor-wire fence as they enter Hungary at the border with Serbia, near Roszke, Hungary. August 27, 2015. |
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| A police dog holds a flower basket at Nepal’s central police dog training school, on the day dogs are worshipped as part of the Diwali festival of 2015. |
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| Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton talks with people during a surprise stop in Le Claire on 14 April 2015. The former first lady and US secretary of state has been the front runner in the Democratic Race. |
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| A team participating in an 'Anti Gravity Yoga' session at New York on 21st June 2015, International Yoga Day. |
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| The father (Bottom Centre ) of two children who were burnt alive, with his hands bandaged, wails next to the bodies of his children wrapped in white shrouds, as he along with other villagers block a national highway during a protest against the crime at Ballabhgarh in the northern state of Haryana, October 21, 2015. |
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| A click from Fortkochi Kite Festival. This giant kite with 45 feet length and 10 Kgs weight was get selected to Dubai International Kite Festival. |
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| Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi posing for a photograph with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe with a background of upside down Indian National Flag, during ASEAN Summit at Malaysia, 21 November 2015. |
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| A policewoman tries to stop a member of the All India Mahila Congress, the women's wing of the Congress party, who was trying to cross over a barricade, during a protest against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, July 21, 2015. |
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| Supporters of Aam Aadmi (Common Man) Party (AAP) try to rescue a farmer who hung himself from a tree during a rally organized by AAP, in New Delhi April 22, 2015. |
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| Firefighters protest by lighting themselves on fire in front of a regional government building to demand more work safety measures and against what they say is a covert privatization of their sector, in Oviedo, Spain, on December 3, 2015. |
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| A wounded Syrian girl stands in a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of Syria’s capital of Damascus, following shelling and air raids by Syrian government forces. Aug. 22, 2015. View more photographs in ZOOM : SYRIA - 01 & SYRIA - 02 |
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| Holly Holm of the U.S. (pictured right) lands a kick to the neck to knock out compatriot Ronda Rousey and wins the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) title fight in Melbourne, Australia. Nov. 15, 2015. |
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| A wild cow leaps over revellers into the bull ring after the second running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, July 8, 2015. One runner was gored in the run that lasted 2 minutes and 14 seconds, according to local media. |
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| A reveller get gored by a bull during the annual bull fight during San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, July 8, 2015. |
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| One of the animal rights protection activists laying on streets of Pampilona during the protest against San Fermilion Bull run in Spain on 05 July 2015. |
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| People protest against bull runs a few days ahead of the famous San Fermin Fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, on July 4, 2015. |
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| A Hindu devotee performs a stunt with his motorcycle during a rehearsal for the annual Rath Yatra, or chariot procession, in Ahmedabad, July 12, 2015. |
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| Women Military Force of China marches past during the National Day Parade in Beijing, on October 1, 2015. |
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| Tai Lihua (C) art director of China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe, leads deaf dancers to perform Guan Yin, or “Thousand Hands Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva,” a Chinese goddess, in Suining, Sichuan Province, on June 30, 2015. Feeling music through speakers and guided by hand gestures, the troupe takes steps to champion the rights of disabled people around the world. |
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| A protester jumps on the table in front of the European Central Bank President Mario Draghi during a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany 15 April 2015. |
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| Rescue workers and troops search for victims of a train that derailed into a canal, Wazirabad, Pakistan, July 3, 2015. |
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| Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump autographs a supporter's chest following his speech at a campaign rally at the Prince William County Fair Ground in Manassas, 02 December 2015. |
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| Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wiping off his face with Indian National Flag during a Yoga session on International Yoga Day on 21 June 2015. |
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| A giraffe with a broken neck is photographed during a safari in the Serengeti regio of Africa on 04 May 2015 by a South African Photographer Mark Dryslade. A guide told that the giraffe hurt its neck fighting with another giraffe. Despite of the injury, the animal has survived for atleast five years. |
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| A northern hawk owl flies with its wings tucked in Kokkkola, Finland on 02 November 2015. |
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| Afghan Shi'ite Muslims flagellate themselves with chains during an Ashura procession in Kabul, Afghanistan October 21, 2015. |
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| Mourners gather around the grave of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah at the Al-Oud cemetery in Riyadh following his death on 23 January 2015. |
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| Lemurs, their long, striped tails spread out like a pinwheel, eat at Qingdao Forest Wildlife World in Qingdao, Shandong province, China. |
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| A boy rides on a snow wagon towed by a robot dressed as a teddy bear during the Ice and snow carnival at Taoranting park in Beijing, China. |
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| Surfers enjoy the swells, courtesy of Tropical Cyclone Marcia, at Snapper Rocks on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. |
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| A 3 year old girl, Najiba, is treated at an emergency hospital in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan. Her skull and chest injuries were caused by a rocket that landed next to her house in Sangin, Afghanistan on 26 March 2015. |
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| A collapsed crane in front of the Dallas Museum of Art. The truck-mounted crane had toppled onto the roof of the museum, injuring the operator and narrowly missing a sculpture outside the building. |
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| A 'Nail House,' whose owner refused to budge, sits in the middle of a road under construction in Nanning, China. |
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| A Palestinian boy held a red card in front of an Israeli soldier during a demonstration against the Israeli Football Federation, in West Bank. |
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| Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures while chatting with U.S. President Barack Obama outside the Elmau Castle after a working session of a G7 summit in Germany. |
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| At a mortuary in Karachi, Pakistan, rescue workers move the bodies of the victims of a blistering heat wave that killed more than 1,000 people on 22 June 2015. |
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| A woman stands on one leg, water pouring out of her boot, as she looks at a partially submerged truck on a street flooded after heavy rains in Sochi, Russia. |
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| Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu exhales underwater at a training session in Budapest. |
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| Russian President Vladimir Putin in the deep-sea submersible C-Explorer 3 heads downward into the waters of the Black Sea outside Sevastopol to explore sunken shipwrecks. |
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| BMW CEO Harald Kruger fainted on stage at the Frankfurt auto show on 15 September 2015. The auto maker said he hadn’t felt well in the morning after returning from trips abroad. |
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| A brawl breaks out at Japan's parliament, ahead of a legislative vote expanding the overseas role of the country’s military. Opposition lawmaker Yukihiro Knishi (C), is punched by ruling lawmaker Masahisa Sato (R). |
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| Compressed cars, piled up in freight-friendly bales of scrap, await their transport at a car recycling company in Krostitz, eastern Germany. |
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| A devotee of the Chinese Jui Tui Shrine has his face pierced with metal drill during a street procession during the annual Vegetarian Festival in Phuket, Thailand. During the festival, religious devotees slash themselves, pierce their cheeks with sharp objects and commit other painful acts to purify themselves, taking on the sins of the community. |
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| Peeking out from behind a curtain, China's first large passenger jet makes its debut at the Shanghai factory of Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China, or Comac. The 158-seated C919 narrow body jet is meant to rival similar models from Airbus and Boeing. |
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| Players come together for a moment of silence in London to remember those who lost their lives in the 13 November 2015 Paris attack, before competing in the International Friendly match between England and France at Wembley Stadium in London. |
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| A Pakistani girl extends her plastic bag to receive free food for her family in the suburbs of Islamabad. |
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| Rescue workers look for bodies of miners killed by a landslide at a jade mine in Myanmar on 24 November 2015. |
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| The trousers of Croatia's leading rights group chief, Ivan Zvonimir Cicak, suddenly slipped to his ankles while he was posing for a group photo along with Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, second from right on 08 December 2015. |
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| Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutierrez, top right, is stunned after she was incorrectly crowned Miss Universe at a pageant in Las Vegas on 20 December 2015. According to the pageant, a misreading led the announcer to name Miss Colombia as the winner before they took the crown away and gave it to Miss Philippines, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, pictured on left. |
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| Hundreds of police officers stand alongside brand new police vehicles provided by local government to ensure public security over the New Year Holidays during a handover ceremony in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, on December 30, 2015. |
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| Members of 'Portela School of Samba, Brazil' performs during second noght of Rio Carnival at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 03 March 2015. |
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| A prototype of Google's own self-driving vehicle, during a media preview of Google's current autonomous vehicles in Mountain View, California, on September 29, 2015. |
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| A group of 1,000 customers receive a facial massage at a sports center in Jinan, Shandong province, China, on May 4, 2015. The women were given a 30 minute, facial beauty treatment together that achieved a Guinness record for the largest group of people having beauty treatments in the same location. |
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| Elephants spray villagers with water in celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, on April 10, 2015. |
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| Paolo Marchetti - Third Prize Winner - World photography Award 2015. Freshly slaughtered caimans lie in what workers call ‘the hall of sacrifice’, at a Caiman farm in northern Colombia.The skin of Colombian caimans, once considered inferior to alligator or crocodile, is now prized for its durability and quality. Production has soared since the 1990s. These days, most skins are obtained from farmed animals, rather than from the wild, and farmers are legally obliged to return a number of caiman to the wild to replenish natural stocks. |
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| A train passes through a tunnel as tourists walk along the El Caminito del Rey (King's Little Path) in Malaga, Spain. The footpath, which was built in 1905 and winds through the Gaitanes Gorge, reopened in April 2015 after two fatal accidents in 1999 and 2000. |
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| Protesters drag a female police officer accused of shooting a protester in the Buterere neighbourhood of Bujumbura, Burundi on 12 May 2015. |
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| A migrant child leaning out of a train window to collect food at the railway station in Tovarnik, Croatia ion Sept 29, 2015. |
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| A Syrian refugee baby sleeps in a box at Geece's border with Macedonia near the Greek village of Idomeni early morning, September 7, 2015. |
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| People stand around a leopard with its head stuck in a vessel in Rajsamand district of Rajasthan India, Wednesday, September 30, 2015. |
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| A Kingfisher plucks a fish in the English county of Suffolk on 10 May 2015. |
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| At the 2016 Rick Owens Spring/Summer Fashion Show in Paris, models walked the runway while carrying other models upside down as if they were backpacks. It was literally a runway 69. |
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| Children cry as migrants waiting on the Greek side of the border break through a cordon of Macedonian special police forces to cross into Macedonia, near the southern city of Gevgelija, Macedonia, on 21 August 2015. |
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| A refugee, holding his son and daughter cries tears of joy after their boat arrived on the Greek island of Kos on 15 August 2015. |
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| Britain's Prince George peek into the pram of his sister, Princess Charlotte, as he and his parents, Prince William and Kate the Duchess of Cambridge, leave after Charlotte's Christening at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, England, on 05 July 2015. |
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| The Black Eagles Aerobatic team of South Korean Air Force perform with their T-50 aircraft during the Singapore International Airshow on 17 April 2015. |
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| Young men compete at fire splitting as they celebrate the Shakrain or Kite festival, one of the oldest, famous and important annual festivals that takes place in Bangladesh. |
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| An elephant caught in a snappy situation when a crocodile locked its jaws around its trunk. A click from Sabi Sands Game Reserve in South Africa. |
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| The White House is lit up in rainbow colours to commemorate the Supreme Court's ruling to legalize same sex marriage on 26 June 2015. |
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| Arthur Ward stands with his Pyrenean Mountain Dog Cody during the first day of the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham on 05 March 2015. |
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| World Photography Award Winner ( Spot News Photography ) - 2015. A woman held as injured in tear gas shells and water cannons during the clash against killing of 15 years old boy Berkin Elvan, who get killed in clash between riot police and anti government protestors in Istanbul Turkey on March 12, 2014. |
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| Students shout slogans as they march during the second day of a student's strike in Madrid, Spain. |
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| Women sewing fishing nets in Vinh Hy Bay, Vietnam. Winner entry in National Georgraphic Photography Contest - 2015. |
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| Workers polish a snow sculpture ahead of the 32nd Harbin Ice and Snow Festival on 22 December 2015. |
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| Visitors walk past a train-shaped ice sculpture during the 32nd Harbin Ice and Snow Festival on 22 December 2015. |
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| A woman with hooks pierced into her skin waits to be suspended during a latin america convention of tattoo and suspension in Valparaiso city November 8, 2015. |
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| A woman hangs on hooks pierced into her skin during the latin america convention of tattoo and suspension in Valparaiso city November 8, 2015. |
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| A robot dressed up as a bridesmaid serves at a wedding in Tianjin, China on 09 August 2015. |
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| Modern Toilet Restaurant, Taipei, Taiwan: This restaurant welcomes its customers with a happy Poop-Face, has toilet-seat seating, and is decorated with shower heads and faeces-shaped lights. Dishes are served in miniature tubs, sinks or toilets. In fact, there are dishes that look like Poop (ice-creams). This strange place is so successful that it has now opened at 10 locations in Taiwan. |
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| Dishes also serving in toilet theme, Modern Toilet Themed Restaurant, Taipei, Taiwan. |
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| Usain Bolt was hit and felled by a Segway cameraman during the 200m at the Beijing World Championships on 27 August 2015. |
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| A gorilla appears to be making his middle finger up. This Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards winner image of National Geographic was clicked by Gil Gopher from Kibale Forests, Uganda. |
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| A village man transporting bamboo fishing baskets in Tat Vien village in Hung Yen provice of Vietnam. Photographed by Ly Hoang from Vietnam - Winner of CNN Travel Photographer of the Year 2015. |
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| Hungarian police arrest the father of refugee family trying to enter the country from Serbia, Aug. 28, 2015. |
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| The traditional blanket toss at the annual whaling feast in Point Hope, Alaska on June 16, 2015. |
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| Four German police cars set on fire by anti-capitalist protesters burn near the European Central Bank (ECB) building hours before the official opening of its new headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany March 18, 2015. |
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| Fireworks explodes near Eiffel Tower during National Bastille Day celebrations 2015 of France. |
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| Fireworks explodes near Eiffel Tower during National Bastille Day celebrations 2015 of France. |
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| Fireworks explodes near Bhurj Khaleefa Dubai, as part of New Year celebrations on New Year eve of 31 December 2015. |
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| Welcome 2016 - A man walks by a 2016 decoration, in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, December 28, 2015. |
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