Today in pictures (April 24)
Photos from around the world for Thursday, April 24, 2008.
Section:Gallery
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Corp. James Davis of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit is covered in desert dust after dismounting from his vehicle as he arrives at a forward operating base in southern Afghanistan Thursday, April 24, 2008. Some 3,500 U.S. Marines arrived in Afghanistan to help NATO's increasingly bloody fight against the Taliban. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) ORG XMIT: XDG103
David Guttenfelder The Spokesman-Review
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Palestinian farmers harvest wheat in a field near in the West Bank town of Jenin, Thursday, April 24, 2008. (AP Photo Mohammed Ballas) ORG XMIT: JRL121
Mohammed Ballas The Spokesman-Review
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Residents walk past a shop that was destroyed by a bomb explosion in Mansour neighborhood of western Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 24, 2008. A bomb hidden at a garbage area in Baghdad's western neighborhood of Mansour went off at about 1:00 pm on Thursday and caused the death of a 7 year old girl and wounded 13 others. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) ORG XMIT: BAG107
Hadi Mizban The Spokesman-Review
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Driving their Volkswagen, Giniel De Villiers of South-Africa and his German co-driver Dirk von Zitzewitz are airborne after they have encountered a series of dirt road bumps hiding behind a steep road section, resulting in a multiple roll-over during the fifth stage of the Central Europe Rally, the first ever race of the Dakar Series near Jutaspuszta, some 110 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, April 24, 2008. Luckily, suffering minor injuries only, the drivers get away with the crash. (AP Photo/MTI, Lajos Nagy) ORG XMIT: MTI111
Lajos Nagy The Spokesman-Review
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Black Knights aerobatic team of the Republic of Singapore Air Force, fly F16c Fighting Falcons during an air show at the Military Airport in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, April 24, 2008. The show is part of celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the relationship between the Thai and Singaporean Air Forces. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong) ORG XMIT: APW101
Apichart Weerawong The Spokesman-Review
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Five cloned dogs, all sharing the same name: "Toppy", a combination of the words "tomorrow" and "puppy", look at a ball during their exercise at Defector Dog Training Center in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 24, 2008. The country that created the world's first cloned canine plans to put duplicated dogs on patrol to sniff out drugs and explosives. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man) ORG XMIT: LJM105
Lee Jin-Man The Spokesman-Review
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Hungarian Puli sheep dog, Fee, jumps over a hurdle during a preview for a pedigree dog show in Dortmund on Thursday April 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) ORG XMIT: FAS104
Frank Augstein The Spokesman-Review
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A silicon hand-painted bearded mask of the face of Padre Pio, an Italian saint, is seen on his body laying in repose inside a crystal casket in the crypt of the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, Thursday, April 24, 2008. The body of Padre Pio, a hugely popular Italian saint, was put on public display Thursday, and thousands of people gathered to pray to the mystic monk who many Catholic faithful believe suffered wounds similar to those of Jesus' crucifixion. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ORG XMIT: GB121
Gregorio Borgia The Spokesman-Review
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**EMBARGOED UNTIL 9:00 AM EDT THURS., APRIL 24, 2008** This image made by the Hubble Space Telescope and released by NASA Thursday, April 24, 2008 shows Arp 148, the aftermath of an encounter between two galaxies, resulting in a ring-shaped galaxy and a long-tailed companion. The collision between the two parent galaxies produced a shockwave effect that first drew matter into the center and then caused it to propagate outwards in a ring. The elongated companion perpendicular to the ring suggests that Arp 148 is a unique snapshot of an ongoing collision. Arp 148 is nicknamed Mayalls object and is located in the constellation of Ursa Major, the Great Bear, approximately 500 million light-years away. This image is part of a large collection of 59 images of merging galaxies taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and released on its 18th launch anniversary.(AP Photo/NASA, ESA) ORG XMIT: NY205