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Agencies Published January 31, 2014
A rainbow appears as a pedestrian crosses the Hungerford Bridge in London January 31. – Photo by Reuters
A rainbow appears as a pedestrian crosses the Hungerford Bridge in London January 31. – Photo by Reuters
A general view of Hoboken Huddle at Pier A on January 29, in Hoboken, New Jersey. – Photo by AFP
A general view of Hoboken Huddle at Pier A on January 29, in Hoboken, New Jersey. – Photo by AFP
The London Eye is lit in red and gold on the eve of the Chinese New Year in London on January 30. – Photo by AFP
The London Eye is lit in red and gold on the eve of the Chinese New Year in London on January 30. – Photo by AFP
A man prays for good fortune while holding incense on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Petak Sembilan Temple in Jakarta January 31. – Photo by Reuters
A man prays for good fortune while holding incense on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Petak Sembilan Temple in Jakarta January 31. – Photo by Reuters
A Palestinian man stands in the bathroom of his house in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on January 30. – Photo by AFP
A Palestinian man stands in the bathroom of his house in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on January 30. – Photo by AFP
Palestinians are pictured through a greenhouse as they inspect a farm which witnesses said was damaged in a nearby Israeli air strike on an abandoned house, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip January 31. – Photo by Reuters
Palestinians are pictured through a greenhouse as they inspect a farm which witnesses said was damaged in a nearby Israeli air strike on an abandoned house, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip January 31. – Photo by Reuters
An Israeli member of the "Taiji Dolphin Action Group", with a red body painting to evok blood, is curled up on a sheet depicting the Japanese flag, during a protest against the killing of dolphins, notably in the Japanese city of Taiji on January 30. – Photo by AFP
An Israeli member of the "Taiji Dolphin Action Group", with a red body painting to evok blood, is curled up on a sheet depicting the Japanese flag, during a protest against the killing of dolphins, notably in the Japanese city of Taiji on January 30. – Photo by AFP
A man walks his dog on the beach of Saint-Trojan-les-Bains, on the French Atlantic island of Oleron, on January 29. – Photo by AFP
A man walks his dog on the beach of Saint-Trojan-les-Bains, on the French Atlantic island of Oleron, on January 29. – Photo by AFP
Hasan Dwla, 36, a Palestinian father of three children, opens the shutters of his house in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on January 30. – Photo by AFP
Hasan Dwla, 36, a Palestinian father of three children, opens the shutters of his house in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on January 30. – Photo by AFP
Wearing his spacesuit Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov (Centre) takes part in an underwater training session in a pool at the Gagarin Cosmonauts' Training Centre in Star City, outside Moscow, on January 31. – Photo by AFP
Wearing his spacesuit Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov (Centre) takes part in an underwater training session in a pool at the Gagarin Cosmonauts' Training Centre in Star City, outside Moscow, on January 31. – Photo by AFP
Chinese performers take part in a traditional Qing Dynasty ceremony in which emperors prayed for good fortune, during Lunar New Year festivities at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on January 31. – Photo by AFP
Chinese performers take part in a traditional Qing Dynasty ceremony in which emperors prayed for good fortune, during Lunar New Year festivities at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on January 31. – Photo by AFP
Ludmila (Left) and Tofig Akhundov perform with their hippo’s in a circus in the Belarus capital Minsk, on January 30. – Photo by AFP
Ludmila (Left) and Tofig Akhundov perform with their hippo’s in a circus in the Belarus capital Minsk, on January 30. – Photo by AFP
A performer blows fire during the Chinese New Year celebration in Manila's Chinatown January 31. – Photo by Reuters
A performer blows fire during the Chinese New Year celebration in Manila's Chinatown January 31. – Photo by Reuters

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kami
Feb 01, 2014 11:13am
A.o.a, fit pics, i like the protest on japense falg.
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