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Participants run in the annual Parliamentary Pancake Race in front of the Houses of Parliament on Shrove Tuesday in London. Now in its 16th year, the annual Pancake Race, which raises money for the charity Rehab, sees teams of politicians and journalists racing in a circuit while tossing pancakes in frying pans. The team of MPs won this year's event.
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Four new brides slide down a water slide in Poland for charity on Aug. 26.
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Dozens of brides emerge from a swimming pool after a charity photo shoot in Poland on Aug. 26. Most of the participating brides were married in the past few months.
Polish Newlyweds participated in a photo shoot in Poznan, Poland on Sunday in a special event, ‘Brides Conquer City for a Sick Child.’ Proceeds from the fundraiser will help purchase a special wheelchair for an eight-year-old armless child.
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Jacob French meets with patients Helena Kantarelis and Zak Brankstone at the Sydney Children's Hostpital on April 4, 2012 in Sydney, Australia.
Jacob French today completed the over 3,100 mile trek from Perth to Sydney in a full body stormtrooper costume, Getty Images reports, having raised over $100,000 for the Starlight Children's Foundation in the process.
Since July 2011 — when he was featured on PhotoBlog at the start of his journey — Jacob has walked 10 hours a day, five days a week, lost over 26 lb in weight, and gone through seven pairs of shoes.
The Starlight Children's Foundation, which also operates in the United States, provides programs to help lift the spirits of sick children in hospitals.
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Iranians take photographs of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's car, as it is displayed at an auto show for auction for a charity in the city of Abadan, 600 miles (1000 kilometers) southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Iran's populist president is putting his 33-year-old Peugeot up for auction for a charity that funds housing projects for young people. Ahmadinejad's move is seen as a bid to appeal to the young and attract attention to housing projects he espoused during his campaigns, promising to put a roof over the head of every poor Iranian.
Here's a story about Ahmadinejad's comments about recent Middle East upheavals.
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In this photo taken on Dec. 2, Albert Carver looks at a 50-foot-tall Christmas tree made of lobster traps on Beals Island, Maine. Some of the top lobster-fishing ports in New England are claiming bragging rights about who has the biggest and best Christmas tree created from lobster traps. The groups that put up the trees say they draw attention to the ports' maritime heritage, bring people together and raise money for good causes. The tree in Beals Island helps raise money for the Beals-Jonesport Fourth of July festivities and one in Gloucester benefits a nonprofit devoted to the arts.
You can read more about the friendly competition here.
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About 2,000 volunteers made 270 tons of kimchi on Tuesday to give away to needy neighbors during the winter.
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South Korean housewives make 'kimchi' during a charity event at the Seoul Plaza in Seoul, Nov. 16.
Kimchi is a traditional Korean dish made of spicy fermented cabbage and radish. City officials will hand out the kimchi prepared today by South Korean housewives to about 13,000 needy households, in an event marking the start of the winter season.
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