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A boy slides down a water slide as the sun shines in the northern German city of Hameln on May 22 as temperatures reached 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit).
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A man takes photos at the Albrecht Duerer exhibition during a press preview in the Germanisches Museum in Nuremberg, Germany, Tuesday, May 22. Germany's biggest exhibit of works by German artist Albrecht Duerer will open to the public from May 24 until September 2.
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Prints of the German edition of the apocalypse 'The Secret Revelation of St John' (1497/1498) are on display during a preview of the Duerer exhibition at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Germanic National Museum) in Nuremberg, Germany, 22 May 2012. The exhibition 'The Early Duerer,' which presents more than 150 objects, opens on May 24.
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A sculpture of young Albrecht Duerer stands at the exhibition entrance in the Germanisches Museum in Nuremberg, Germany, Tuesday, May 22. The sculpture is based on the self-portrait the young Duerer drew of himself. The sculptor portrayed the 'child prodigy' around 1880, when Duerer became the primary hero of German art. The statue was believed to have been destroyed in WWII. It was re-discovered in the gardens of the American Academy in Berlin. Germany's biggest exhibit of works by the German artist Albrecht Duerer will open to the public from May 24 until September 2.
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Paintings of the parents of Albrecht Duerer (1490) are on display during a preview of the Duerer exhibition at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Germanic National Museum) in Nuremberg, Germany, on May 22. The exhibition 'The Early Duerer,' which presents more than 150 objects, opens on May 24.
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A view of Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 2080 feet, in Tokyo. The tower opened to the public on May 22, with hundreds of people entering the tower and its large shopping mall.
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This series of images shows the construction progression of the world's tallest radio tower, the Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo. The 2089 foot tall taower opened for the public on May 22.
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Visitors wearing their hand-made Tokyo Skytree like outfits celebrate the opening of the Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest tower, in Tokyo, Japan.
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The 2080 foot high Tokyo Skytree is illuminated under heavy rain fall in Tokyo, Japan, on May 22. The Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest tower, opened to the public the same day after almost four years of construction.
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TOKYO -- The world's second-tallest structure opened to the public on Tuesday.
The Tokyo Sky Tree is now the world's tallest broadcasting tower. It is expected to draw in 32 million visitors a year, more than Tokyo Disneyland.
Featuring two observation decks and an adjacent shopping arcade which includes a planetarium and an aquarium, it stands 2,080-feet high on the eastern side of city, away from the glitzy Shibuya and the Ginza districts.
Sky Tree overlooks Sumida and Arakawa rivers, the symbols of Old Tokyo area, and on a clear day provides a panoramic view beyond the capital including Mount Fuji. Click here to continue reading more about the Tokyo Sky Tree.
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Egyptians argue political issues in front of an anti-government mural a day before presidential elections on May 22, in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptians go to the polls Wednesday and Thursday to choose a new president, the first of the post-Mubarak era. If no candidate wins a majority vote this week, a second round election will be held between the top two candidates on June 16-17.
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A pedestrian walks past an Egyptian army convoy patrolling the streets a day before presidential elections on May 22, in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptians go to the polls Wednesday and Thursday to choose a new president, the first of the post-Mubarak era. If no candidate wins a majority vote this week, a second round election will be held between the top two candidates June 16-17.
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An Egyptian worker checks boxes containing ballots a day before the presidential election in Cairo on May 22. The election that starts on Wednesday is the last stage in a messy transition to democracy, overseen by generals who took control after Hosni Mubarak was driven out and have pledged to hand power to a new president by July 1.
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An Egyptian army officer gestures as he and colleague ride in a vehicle with a megaphone to call Egyptians to vote, in central Cairo's Tahrir Square on May 22, one day before the country's landmark presidential elections.
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From Reuters: CAIRO - Egypt holds its first genuinely contested presidential election this week, but Amr Adel believes nothing will really change as long as the military keeps an overt or covert grip on power.
Adel, 23, is one of the mostly middle-class, secular-minded young people who galvanized last year's demonstrations that in just 18 days snuffed out President Hosni
Mubarak's 30-year rule.Like many of them, he feels the struggle is unfinished.
"Any president who comes with Egypt's military dictatorship still in place means nothing. We have been living for decades in an oppressive police
state and I don't see that this is changing. We need to keep spreading awareness," he says, sitting in a Cairo cafe surrounded by a pile of university books. Click here to continue reading this story.
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Railway officials oversee the clear up operation of the mangled remains of the Bangalore-bound Hampi Express after it collided with a stationary goods train near Penukonda, about 105 miles north of Bangalore, India, on May 22, 2012.
The Associated Press reports — A passenger train rammed into a parked freight train and caught fire before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens more.
Rescuers worked for about six hours to pull some 70 survivors from the twisted and smoldering wreckage near the southwestern border of Andhra Pradesh state. Read the full story.
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Rescuers evacuate an injured woman from the train.
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Emergency services search for injured passengers under the derailed carriages.
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In a May 15, 2012 photo paleontologists from the Black Hills Institute of Geologic Research with the help of film industry prop artists install a T-Rex fossil skeleton in the new Hall of Paleontology at the Houston Museum of Natural Science Tuesday. The $85 million wing of the museum will have the only Triceratops skin found to date and a unique T-rex fossil with complete hands. The exhibit opens June 2.
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Director Pete Larson of the Black Hills Institute of Geologic Research, back, and artist Tomas Schneider, right, attach a Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil head into place in the new Hall of Paleontology at the Houston Museum of Natural Science Tuesday. The $85 million wing of the museum will have the only Triceratops skin found to date and a unique T-rex fossil with complete hands.
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Robert Bakker, curator of paleontology, shows a fossil of a Ichthyosaur and unborn pups that will be on display in the new Hall of Paleontology at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The $85 million wing of the museum that opens June 2 will have the only Triceratops skin found to date and a unique Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil with complete hands.
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Workers finish the new Hall of Paleontology at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The $85 million wing of the museum will have the only Triceratops skin found to date and a unique T-rex fossil with complete hands.
From AP: Pups in her womb, a large eye visible behind the rib cage, one baby stuck in the birth canal: all fossilized evidence that this ancient marine beast, the Ichthyosaur, died in childbirth.
Jurassic Mom's almost certainly painful death is perfectly preserved in a rare fossil skeleton, one of the many unique items that will go on display in the Houston Museum of Natural Science's $85 million dinosaur hall when it opens to the public June 2. The Associated Press got a first peek at the exhibit as the finishing touches were put in place.
Paleontologists and scientists at the museum and the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research in Hill City, S.D. have worked tirelessly for three years to collect, clean and preserve artifacts designed to give visitors a look at how life evolved beginning 25 billion years ago.
"You'll actually be able to touch a fossil that's 3.5 billion years old," Robert Bakker, the museum's curator of paleontology, says in a conspiratorial whisper. "A microbe, simpler than bacteria, which had in its DNA the kernel that would flower later on into dinosaurs, mammals, then us. That's the beginning of the safari."
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Police academy cadets stand at attention ahead of a parade marking the 22nd anniversary of Yemen's reunification in Sanaa on May 22, 2012.
Reuters reports — Yemeni soldiers marched in a National Day parade on Tuesday, watched from behind a bullet-proof glass shield by the president, in a show of defiance one day after a bomber killed more than 90 troops in an attack on the ceremony's rehearsal.
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Military cadets march during the parade.
Massacre: At least 90 killed as bomber targets military parade rehearsal
A somber mood hung over the event, meant to celebrate the 1990 unification of north and south Yemen, but it passed off without any repeat of Monday's bloodshed despite militant threats to carry out more attacks.
Stepped-up US assistance for Yemen makes it an inviting terrorist target
The bombing, one of the deadliest in Yemen in recent years, was a setback to the Gulf state in its battle against Islamists linked to al Qaeda and heightened U.S. concerns over a country in the front line of Washington's global war on militants. Read the full story.
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Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi waves from behind a bullet-proof glass shield as he watches the parade.
Officials have said the attack is likely the work of al-Qaida. The terrorist network has grown in Yemen because the country hasn't had an effective government for an entire year. NBC's Richard Engel reports.
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An investigator shines a flashlight on a single-engine plane which crashed in the front yard of a home in Glendale, California on May 21, 2012.
NBCLosAngeles.com reports — A Cessna 210 crashed in front of a Glendale home Monday night, tearing down power lines and cutting electricity to surrounding homes, authorities said.
The fixed wing single-engine plane landed upside down on the sidewalk in the 1200 block of Glenwood Road near Grandview Avenue about 8:30 p.m.
The pilot, a 55-year-old man, was treated on the scene complaining of shoulder pain and was transported to the hospital with minor injuries, according to aerial communications.
No other injuries or victims were reported. Read the full story.
National Portrait Gallery, London
'Lightness of Being' by Chris Levine, 2004.
LONDON – She is the most photographed woman in the world and no monarch has been more depicted in portraits.
Her image is everywhere – from our English bank bills and postage stamps to countless photographs in newspapers and magazines. While not a royalist, I never tire of looking at pictures of Queen Elizabeth II, but I cannot tell you why.
Until now.
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Queen Elizabeth II by Hiroshi Sugimoto, 1999.
Paul Moorhouse, curator of 'The Queen: Art and Image', an exhibition that recently opened at London's National Portrait Gallery, told me my fascination was shared by many.
"What we all try to do is understand the enigma," he said. "It's a paradox. We have all these images of her, but for most of us, we actually know very little about the queen."
And it's true. By looking at a range of different images and listening to her occasional public statements, I hope to glean a little more about the woman, the great-grandmother, the human being behind the icon.
An early visitor to the exhibition, Gareth Jones, from Camden in London, agrees.
"You think you know things about her," he said. "But it's not until you see it laid-out like this that you start to appreciate the life she has led over sixty years. It's powerful."
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Jones, a self-described fan of the queen, found one work particularly revealing.
Looking at Chris Levine's 2004 holographic photograph 'Lightness of Being' was like "intruding on a private moment, as the queen closes her eyes, almost in meditation," he said.
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Queen Elizabeth II, by Pietro Annigoni, 1969.
Yvonne Bennett, from Sevenoaks, outside of London, was captivated by the same image.
"I could stand and look at it all day," she said.
Among the dozens of varied pictures, photographs and mixed media in the exhibition, one portrait stands out. Amid the Pop Art, punk art and high art depictions, Hiroshi Sugimoto's 1999 portrait feels wrong and out of place.
One visitor wondered why it lacked the warmth of other pictures. We then discovered that the photograph is of a waxwork, and not the monarch herself.
Queen Elizabeth II's lunch for world monarchs sparks controversy
There was a tangible difference between that portrait and, for example, a much earlier, highly formal painting by Pietro Annigoni, dating from 1954-5, the early years of her reign.
In the Annigoni, the young queen is noble and remote, like an empress, but also very human.
While the exhibit tells a story of a changing monarchy, it is also obvious that the queen has carefully controlled her image over the years.
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Kim Dong-Yoo's mosaic 'Elizabeth vs Diana', left, is made up of hundreds of tiny images of Princess Diana. A close-up view is shown at right.
"But when you compare portraits from one decade with another, you start to understand the preoccupations of the time, and then you appreciate that the queen has had to face some very dark times,” said Bridget Findlay of Portsmouth.
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Findlay’s favorite was a reflection of those dark times: 'Elizabeth vs Diana' is a mosaic of the queen's head created from tiny images of Princess Diana, her erstwhile daughter-in-law who died in a car crash in 1997 after an embarrassingly public split with Prince Charles.
"It's simply startling," Findlay said. "I never expected to see that and it took me a while to work out what it was."
The Queen makes her first televised Christmas broadcast on Dec. 25,1957.
Kim Dong-Yoo's 2007 mosaic – one of several works that would be seen as irreverent if not almost disrespectful – is confirmation that this is not an official exhibition sanctioned by Buckingham Palace. Instead, curator Paul Moorhouse called it a celebration for a diamond jubilee.
If I had to choose one image that summed up the exhibit for me, it would be a small, rather insignificant newspaper photograph of a family gathered around a TV set watching the queen's first televised Christmas message broadcast in 1957.
She speaks while we, the observers, look and listen. Six decades on, are we any closer to knowing the most depicted woman in history?
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 test rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 22, 2012.
Space.com reports from CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A private space capsule called Dragon soared into the predawn sky Tuesday, riding a pillar of flame like its beastly namesake on a history-making trip to the International Space Station.
The unmanned capsule, built by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX venture, is the first non-governmental spacecraft to launch to the space station, ushering in a new era of partnership between the public and private spaceflight programs. Read the full story.
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The rocket blasted off on Tuesday for a mission designed to be the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. The mock shuttle Explorer, in the foreground, had been on display at the Kennedy Space Center Complex, and will be moved to the Johnson Space Center in Houston this week in order to make room for the arrival of Space Shuttle Atlantis.
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The lift-off is seen in a long-exposure photo.
An unmanned rocket owned by privately held Space Exploration Technologies blasted off from Cape Canaveral on a mission designed to be the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. Msbnc.com's Dara Brown reports.
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Niagara Falls emergency officials rescue a man who plunged over the falls in an apparent suicide attempt on May 21, 2012.
Reuters reports — A man survived a 174-foot plunge over Niagara's Horseshoe Falls on Monday but sustained life-threatening injuries, Canadian police said.
The man, whose name has not been released, became only the third person known to have lived through a fall over the massive cataract without safety devices.
Canada's Niagara Parks Police said witnesses reported seeing the man climb over a retaining wall about 20 feet above the brink of the falls at mid-morning and deliberately jump into the swift waters.
He surfaced a few seconds later in the lower Niagara River Basin below, near an observation platform, police said.
He "was located by a Niagara Parks Police officer along the rocky shoreline as he collapsed in waters that were up to the subject's waist," police said in a statement. Read the full story.
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In a rescue that lasted about 30 minutes, staff from several agencies extricated the man, thought to be about 40 years old.
He was flown by an air ambulance to a hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, for treatment
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Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder celebrates in Game Five of the Western Conference Semifinals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Oklahoma City Thunder during the 2012 NBA Playoffs on May 21, 2012 at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City.
The Associated Press reports:
Russell Westbrook scored 28 points, Kevin Durant added 25 points and 10 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder surged ahead in the second half to beat Los Angeles 106-90 in Game 5 on Monday night and eliminate the Lakers from the playoffs.
Westbrook had a pair of three-point plays during a 14-3 burst that put Oklahoma City ahead to stay late in the third quarter, and Durant hit two 3-pointers as the Thunder scored the first 10 points of the fourth to push their lead to 93-77.
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Members of the Class of 2012 at the Joplin High School commencement ceremony, May 21, 2012, at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Mo.
President Barack Obama, center, with Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, left, and Superintendent C.J. Huff, right, applaud the Class of 2012 Monday night.
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Protesters stand outside Boeing's head offices during an anti-NATO protest march in Chicago May 21, 2012.
Reuters reported on Monday that between 200 and 300 demonstrators, some throwing paper planes, gathered in a festive atmosphere at airplane maker Boeing. The turnout was a fraction of the thousands who attended a march on Sunday where dozens were arrested and a number of protesters and police injured during fierce clashes.
Attendance at a week of anti-NATO demonstrations was less than organizers expected. Only two of the rallies drew numbers into the thousands and one of those relied heavily on hundreds of nurses visiting for a convention. Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said arrests for the week were roughly 93 people, including some 45 people during the clashes on Sunday.
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Shots taken on May 23, 2011, left, and May 7, 2012, show progress made in Joplin, Mo., in the year after an EF-5 tornado destroyed a large swath of the city.
A killer tornado tore through Joplin, Mo., on May 22, 2011, destroying 7,500 buildings and killing 161 people. AP’s Charlie Riedel documented the destruction over the next few days. He returned two months later to see how the cleanup was going, and again on May 7, 2012. These pictures show the changes the town is going through.
They’ve made considerable progress in Joplin, aided by donations and volunteers. However, there are still many empty lots, and the town is only now breaking ground on a new high school to replace the one destroyed by the storm.
These three-photo combos, taken on May 25, 2011, top, July 20, 2011, center, and May 7, 2012, bottom, show scenes of destruction, cleanup and rebuilding in the year since an EF-5 tornado destroyed a large swath of the city and killed 161 people.
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Camryn Dean,7, plays on a pile of dirt behind her mother's rebuilt home in the heart of what was once nothing but debris and destroyed homes after a tornado hit the neighborhood almost one year ago, in Joplin, Missouri.
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The Joplin High School sign is seen in front of the rubble of the school after the letters H and E were placed on it reading "Hope." The town is still rebuilding one year after the catastrophic tornado hit the town of Joplin, Missouri. Tuesday will mark the one-year anniversary of the EF-5 tornado that devastated the town.
Monday night, President Barack Obama is set to speak at Joplin High School’s commencement ceremony, nearly one year after a tornado stuck the town, wiping out 7,500 buildings, including the High School, and killing 161. On May 22, 2011, two high school students were killed as the tornado hit, a senior returning from graduation -- pulled through the sunroof of his car -- and a freshman also in a vehicle. Since that tragic day, students have been attending classes in makeshift structures spread across town. On Tuesday, they will symbolically break ground on three new schools which they hope to be complete by 2014.
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(Left to right) Morgan Osburn, David Hoosier and Kim Hoosier spend a quiet moment together in front of a memorial built for their friend Lance Hare who was killed when the town was hit by a tornado in Joplin, Missouri.
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Pastor Kathy Redpath gives communion during a service in a temporary tent set up by the Peace Lutheran Church next to their church that that was destroyed when a tornado hit almost one year ago in Joplin, Missouri.
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The foundations of homes are all that remain after the debris has been cleared following the catastrophic tornado that hit almost one year ago in Joplin, Missouri.
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Zac Bronson and his son, Nolan Bronson, plant trees in the front lawn of their new home which he built after his former home was destroyed when a tornado struck last year in Joplin, Missouri.
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Camryn Dean, 7, plays in the newly built tornado shelter behind her mother's rebuilt home in the heart of what was once nothing but debris and destroyed homes after a tornado hit the neighborhood almost one year ago in Joplin, Missouri.
The rebuilding effort has been aided by thousands of volunteers and donations and support from far and near. Of the 553 businesses destroyed, 446 have reopened. The shell of what used to be the hospital still stands, though it has already been replaced by a new facility. Work has been ongoing to rebuild homes lost to the storm, but the area is speckled with empty lots and many still have no place to live.
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An Indian Muslim Sufi devotee uses a sharp objects as he self flagellates during a procession to the revered Muslim Shrine of Ajmer Sharif during the Urs Festival in Ajmer, Rajasthan on May 21.
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An Indian Muslim Sufi devotee dances with a band during a procession to the revered Muslim Shrine of Ajmer Sharif during the Urs Festival in Ajmer, Rajasthan.
Thousands of Sufi devotees from different parts of India travel to the shrine of Sufi Muslim saint Hazrat Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti, for the Urs festival in Ajmer, Rajasthan. The annual festival observes the anniversary of the Muslim saint's death.
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A beautiful photo of the eclipse over north Texas.
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In Albuquerque, N.M., the rare event was met with starry-eyed awe as the moon passed in front of the sun creating a 'ring of fire' in the sky. NBC's Kristen Dahlgren reports.
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Storm clouds form behind the Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing team during leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Miami to Lisbon, Portugal on May 20.
This photo makes the race look like a vacation. The weather was undeniably calm for the start of the Atlantic Ocean crossing, leg 7, of the 39,270-mile around-the-world race -- flat seas and southeast winds of 8 knots. Race officials are predicting it will take 11 days to complete this leg of the race. Tropical Storm Alberto, might give the crews a little more challenge in the days ahead.
More news about the race on the Volvo Ocean Race website.
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Sunni Mourners chant slogans as they carry the coffins of anti-Syrian regime Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmed Abdul-Wahid and his bodyguard, who were shot at a Lebanese army checkpoint, during their funeral processions, at their hometown village of Beireh, in Akkar, north Lebanon, Monday, May 21. The circumstances surrounding Sunday's shooting death of Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmed Abdul-Wahid and his bodyguard in northern Lebanon remained unclear but the state-run National News Agency said they appeared to have been killed by soldiers after their convoy failed to stop at an army checkpoint.
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Filipino fans of pop star Lady Gaga hold slogans outside the concert venue before her performance in suburban Pasay, south of Manila, Philippines, May 21. Authorities in the conservative, majority Roman Catholic country approved the concerts, set for May 21, and Tuesday, but said they won't allow nudity or lewd acts. A religious group warned they will sue Lady Gaga and concert organizers if she sings "Judas" during her concert.
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Conservative Christian groups hold placards to protest against the first day of singer Lady Gaga's concert in Manila, May 21. Protesters urged authorities to cancel the show because of the singer's overly sexual content and the use and abuse of religious symbols in her music. Lady Gaga's two-day concert ends May 22.
The show will go on, despite the protests in the Philippines against Lady Gaga. Another of her concerts, planned for June in Jakarta, Indonesia, has been cancelled due to a permit being denied. The sold-out concert was to be the largest of the tour, but concerns about her show corrupting young people led to the cancellation.
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A man rides pauses to read signs outside a closed shop prior the funeral service of Melissa Bassi on May 21, in Mesagne, near Brindisi. Bassi, a fashion student, died on May 19 when a homemade bomb exploded at a vocational school just as she and fellow pupils were arriving for morning classes. Five other students were injured in the blast.
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Flowers are displayed outside the Francesca Laura Morvillo Falcone school on May 21 in Brindisi, ahead of Melissa Bassi's funeral. Italian police have arrested two suspects over the bombing of a school that killed the 16-year-old girl and seriously injured five more teenagers.
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The coffin of Melissa Bassi, a 16-year-old Italian girl killed in a bomb attack, at a church in Mesagne, Italy, May 21.
"The most probable hypothesis is that it was an isolated act," Marco Dinapoli, the Brindisi chief prosecutor said at a press conference. Police have a facial composite picture of the suspect they believe set off the bomb that killed 16-year-old Melissa Bassi and injured five other students on Saturday. A one-minute video filmed by a camera on a food stand nearby shows a man wearing a dark jacket and sneakers leaning against a wall and pressing a button on a device.
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A teddy bear and flowers are displayed in the classroom of Melissa Bassi at the Francesca Laura Morvillo Falcone school on May 21, in Brindisi, ahead of her funeral.
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An Olympic torch is auctioned on eBay.
Crowds lined the streets of a small town in south west England on Monday as a locally-organized torch relay race was run ahead of the official Olympic parade.
Several enterprising locals took to the streets of Hatherleigh wielding their own homemade versions of the much-heralded torch.
Olympic torch lit by sun's rays at birthplace of Games
Some 8,000 runners are participating in the official torch relay, which will cover over 8,000 miles throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland over the next ten weeks.
The historic ritual only started Saturday, but by Sunday there were already several torches being auctioned on eBay with offers in excess of $170,000.
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A supporter of Mohammed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate in Egypt's presidential election, at the party's last campaign rally for the presidential election in Cairo on May 20, 2012, the final day of campaigning.
Reuters reports — Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood showed off its ability to rally support with choreographed campaign events throughout the nation on Sunday in a final push to clinch victory for its candidate in this week's presidential election.
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With official campaigning ending on Sunday, fireworks cracked in the night air and flames flared from the front of the stage as Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Mursi arrived to address the audience of several thousand gathered in central Cairo, outside Abdeen palace.
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Several hundred imams listen to Mohammed Mursi at a rally in Cairo on May 20, 2012. The May 23-24 presidential election is the first since last year's ouster of longtime authoritarian ruler Hosni Mubarak.
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Supporters of Mohammed Mursi attend the party's last campaign rally in Cairo on May 20, 2012.
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