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Shadows cast from inside a hot air balloon as people make preparations for the International Hot-Air Balloon Festival at the Metropolitan park in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, Nov. 16, 2012.
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A tourist surfs down the slopes of the Cerro Negro volcano, one of the most active in Nicaragua, in Leon, Nicaragua on July 23, 2012. Hundreds of tourists visit Cerro Negro to sand-board down the slopes and generate $387 million a year in tourism, according to the Institute of Nicaraguan Tourism (INTUR).
Spanish miners protest by lamplight as austerity bites
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Coal miners demonstrate with their lamps lit through the streets of the city of Leon, northern Spain, on June 12, 2012.
Spanish coal miners are staging a nationwide strike action organized by unions opposed to subsidy reductions from 300 million euros to 110 million euros, Agence France Presse reports.
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People walk past a street artist dressed as a magician performing for money by a church in the main square in Leon, Mexico, on March 22, 2012. Leon's Metropolitan Park has been prepared for more than 100,000 campers in anticipation of the Pope's visit.
Mexico gets ready for Pope's visit
The Associated Press reports — Pope Benedict XVI will arrive in Mexico Friday, a decade after his predecessor's last visit, to a very different country and a church that has suffered debilitating setbacks amidst sex abuse scandals and a lower percentage of Mexicans who call themselves Catholic today, compared to a decade ago.
Reuters
Hot air balloons participate in the Hot Air Balloons Festival in Leon, Mexico, Nov. 19, 2010.
Hot Air Balloons takes flight at festival in Leon, Mexico
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