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Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard speaks to reporters during their NBA basketball media day at the team's headquarters in El Segundo, Calif., Monday, Oct. 1, 2012.
Reed Saxon Associated Press
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A Boeing 787 operated by All Nippon Airways taxis under a rainbow created by fire trucks at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, in Seattle, during an official welcome ceremony after it landed on the first day of service for the aircraft on ANA's Seattle-Tokyo route.
Ted Warren Associated Press
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Workers look at a salvaged boat which sank previous night after colliding with a ferry near Lamma Island, off the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. The boat packed with revelers on a long holiday weekend sank, killing nearly 40 people and injuring dozens, authorities said.
Kin Cheung Associated Press
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An elephant from the Swiss national circus Knie reaches out for an apple after taking a bath in the lake of Geneva at the Bellerive beach near Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012.
Jean-Christophe Bott Keystone
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Members of India's rural communities, including the landless, poor farmers and the tribal community, sleep on a road at a halting point during "Jan Satyagraha," a march to New Delhi to highlight the problems of India's landless in Gwalior, India, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. On Tuesday, thousands began the 350 kilometer-long (220 miles) long march to the Indian capital which they plan to cover in one month.
Altaf Qadri Associated Press
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A police man reacts as flames and smoke emerge from a truck after it was set alight by striking truck drivers, on a slipway off a main highway leading out of the city of Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. South African truck workers have been on strike for the past two week with sporadic violence reported.
Schalk Zuydam Associated Press
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South Korean rapper PSY, performs during his concert, in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Rapper Psy hit the stage at a public plaza in front of Seoul City Hall for a free concert designed to hank home fans for their support of his global hit song "Gangnam Style." About 80,000 fans feverishly cheered and screamed "Psy" as he performed the signature horse-riding dance at the concert, dubbed "Seoul Style." The wacky song has become a global sensation sinceits July release on YouTube.
Lee Jin-Man Associated Press
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel briefs the media after a meeting the President of the Yemen Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi, unseen, at the chancellery in Berlin, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012.
Markus Schreiber Associated Press
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Female demonstrators against the extradition of Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other terror suspects gather outside The Royal Courts of Justice in London Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. Britain's High Court is set to rule Friday afternoon on whether radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other terrorist suspects can be extradited to the United States - judgments the government hopes will clear the final hurdle to their removal after years of legal wrangling.
Kirsty Wigglesworth Associated Press
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South Korean performers are suspended in midair to form a human net in a performance, called "Aphrodite" by Spanish theater company La Fura Dels Baus, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. The performance is part of the Hi Seoul Festival which runs from Oct. 1 through Oct. 7.
Lee Jin-Man Associated Press