Snapshots of the World
From a kissing contest in China to the Academy Awards in Hollywood, a look at some moments that were caught on camera
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05/03/2012 12:00 AM
Image by : © Jianan Yu / Reuters
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Image by : © Jianan Yu / Reuters
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Couples participate in a kissing contest in China. A total of 63 couples took part in the contest in which men must carry their partners while kissing and try to last as long as possible
Image by : Mukesh Gupta / Reuters
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Image by : Mukesh Gupta / Reuters
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Nine-year-old Rahul gets his make-up done to look like a demon before the start of the procession ahead of the Mahashivratri festival in Jammu
Image by : Albeiro Lopera / Reuters
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Image by : Albeiro Lopera / Reuters
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Pedro Sanchez, a dwarf bullfighter dressed in a "Superman" costume flips near a calf at the Plaza de Toros La Macarena in Medellin, Columbia
Image by : Yannis Behrakis / Reuters
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Image by : Yannis Behrakis / Reuters
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A woman begs as shoppers walk by in central Athens. Greeks resigned themselves to a 130-billion-euro EU/IMF bailout that won their country a last-minute reprieve from bankruptcy
Image by : Scanpix Sweden / Reuters
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Image by : Scanpix Sweden / Reuters
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Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia reacts after clearing the bar to win the women's pole vault at the XL Galan indoor athletics meeting in Stockholm
Image by : Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
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Image by : Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
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A Tibetan activist shouts slogans as he holds a Tibetan flag outside the United Nations Office in Nepal on the third day of the Tibetan New Year in Kathmandu
Image by : Anis Mili / Reuters
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Image by : Anis Mili / Reuters
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People hold a giant Libyan flag during a march to Martyrs Square in Tripoli
Image by : Toby Melville / Reuters
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Image by : Toby Melville / Reuters
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Jorge Luis Pupo of Cuba is photographed diving using an in-camera multiple exposure technique during the Men's 3m Springboard Diveoff at the FINA Diving World Cup in London
Image by : Sultan Dogar / Reuters
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Image by : Sultan Dogar / Reuters
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Policemen walk past while demolition work is carried out on the building where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed
Image by : Mike Blake / Reuters
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Image by : Mike Blake / Reuters
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Meryl Streep, Best Actress winner for The Iron Lady, and French actor Jean Dujardin, Best Actor winner for The Artist, pose backstage at the 84th Academy Awards in Hollywood
Image by : Alessandro Garofalo / Reuters
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Image by : Alessandro Garofalo / Reuters
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Former supermodel Naomi Campbell presents a creation from Roberto Cavalli's 2012 Autumn/Winter collection during Milan Fashion Week in Milan
Image by : Toby Melville / Reuters
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Image by : Toby Melville / Reuters
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An official removes a mask placed on a statue of Britain's Queen Anne at the 'Occupy' camp outside St Paul's Cathedral in London
Potac, a 3-year-old male bear, looks out from his cage in Luhansk near Kiev, Russia. Potac was rescued kept by his owner, the head of a Luhansk regional children's public organisation to train hunting dogs. The Vier Pfoten animal welfare organisation rescued the bear
