The Statue of Liberty, designed by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, celebrates 125 years in New York.
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A model walks the runaway during the Gostiny Dvor Volvo Fashion Week Moscow Spring/ Summer 2012 in Moscow, Russia.
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Spectators watch as a Delta II rocket launches off the pad from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Calif. NASA on Friday launched its next generation satellite to monitor long-term climate change and short-term weather conditions.
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An unidentified gunman stands in the center of the street in Sarajevo, Bosnia at a street in front of the US embassy. For at least 30 minutes, the man shot several rounds at pedestrians in downtown Sarajevo on Friday and injured at least one officer before police special forces took him down.
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In a combination picture sequence, Britain’s Andy Matthew jumps during the Battle of Britain freestyle ski competition at the Freeze Snowboard and Ski Festival at Battersea Power Station in London.
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Motorists pass by flooded streets at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. The Chao Phraya river coursing through the capital swelled to record highs Friday, briefly flooding riverside buildings and an ornate royal complex at high tide amid fears that flood defenses could break and swamp the heart of the city.
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Protesters attend Friday prayers during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen.
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A visitor stands at an instillation entitled “Forever Bicycles” by the Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei at the Ai Weiwei is Absent exhibition in the Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Thai workers on a truck pass by an airplane at the flooded Don Muang Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. The Chao Phraya river swelled to record highs Friday, briefly flooding riverside buildings and an ornate royal complex at high tide amid fears that flood defenses could break and swamp the heart of the city.
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A university student is arrested by riot police as he broke into the National Assembly area during a rally against the South Korea-US free trade agreement (FTA) talks in Seoul.
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Course marshals chase away a stray dog on the track before the first practice session starts ahead of the Indian Formula One Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi.
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A cemetery maintenance worker rests on a hammock after he finished cleaning several graves, a week ahead of All Souls day inside the Cemetery of the Heroes in Taguig City, Metro Manila. All Souls day is a day of remembrance for the dead when Catholics visit the graves of their relatives.
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Russian police officers detain an activist from the “Other Russia” opposition movement during a protest outside a court in Moscow. Two members from the “Other Russia” opposition movement with three other men were convicted for participating in the December violence on Manezh Square and sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to five and a half years.
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Vitek Siroky from East Wenatchee, Wash., takes his every-other-day row at sunrise among a layer of fog on the Columbia River. High humidity and cold temperatures created the season’s first heavy fog on the river in Wenatchee, Wash.
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Models present creations by Russian fashion house YanaStasia during the Volvo Fashion Week in Moscow, Russia.
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