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First lady Michelle Obama meets with children of Executive Office employees in the East Room of the White House on Thursday during the White House's annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.

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Alhaji Jusu Jarka, chairman of the Sierra Leonean amputee association, watches the trial of Charles Taylor in The Hague, Netherlands, from the Special Court in Freetown. Former Liberian leader Taylor was convicted of arming rebels during Sierra Leone's civil war in return for blood diamonds.

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France's David Larose, top, fights with Georgia's Lasha Shavdatuashvili during their men's 66 kg bronze match at the European Judo Championships in Chelyabinsk, Russia, on Thursday. Shavdatuashvili won the match.

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama, left, and former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev participate in a panel discussion during the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Hall on Wednesday.

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French matador Sebastian Castella prepares for a bullfight at the Maestranza Bullring in Seville, Spain, on Wednesday.

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A man holds a red carnation, a symbol of the 1974 Portuguese revolution, as he marches in downtown Lisbon on Wednesday.


