A Leg Up Sophia Jablonski (L) is assisted by Dr. Citlali Lopez-Ortiz during a dance class for children with movement disabilities in Evanston, Illinois, March 25, 2012. The programme is intended as physical rehabilitation to improve posture and motor control through the artistic nature of ballet in children with cerebral palsy. (UNITED STATES)
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Cycle of Life Team Australia Shane Perkins celebrates with his son Aidan after winning the Men's Team Sprint Final at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne, April 4, 2012. (AUSTRALIA)
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One For The Road A couple kiss in front of Sugar Loaf Mountain as cyclists participate in the World Bike Tour in Rio de Janeiro, April 1, 2012. The event involves 6,000 people who will ride their bicycles for a better quality of life, according to the organisers. (BRAZIL)
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Peek Into the Future Dressed as characters from the television show Futurama Will Taylor (L) and Cathy Brennan look through the programme of events at the PAX East gaming conference in Boston, Massachusetts, April 7, 2012. (UNITED STATES)
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Shoot At Sight Members of retro gamer Keith Apicary's "security force" stand in formation with video game guns at the PAX East gaming conference in Boston, Massachusetts, April 7, 2012. (UNITED STATES)
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A Matter of Pride Visitors observe a resident at a new safari park named "Taygan" in the Belgorsky region of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, April 6, 2012. The park contains around 2,000 specimens including 50 lions, according to local media. (UKRAINE)
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Show Me The Light Chilean volunteers hold up candles during Earth Hour in Valparaiso city, about 121 km (75 miles) northwest of Santiago, March 31, 2012. Lights started going off around the world on Saturday in a show of support for renewable energy. (CHILE)
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Workers’ Voice Protesters crowd in Madrid's landmark Puerta del Sol square for a closing rally during a nationwide general strike in Spain, March 29, 2012. Spanish workers staged a general strike on Thursday to protest against labour reforms which the government declared "unstoppable" but many ignored the action, fearing for their jobs in a country with the EU's highest unemployment rate.
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Follow The Leader Thousands of residents applaud at a square during the inauguration of a mosaic portrait of Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang, April 9, 2012. The banner reads, "Let us complete the Juche revolutionary cause under the leadership of the respected comrade Kim Jung-un!" (NORTH KOREA)