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A young boy flexes his muscles during a regional bodybuilding competition in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. Bodybuilding is one of the country's most popular sports, even permitted during the 1996-2001 Taliban regime.

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Reporters and TV cameras are reflected in the window of British Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt's taxi as he leaves his London house on Monday. Hunt is facing questions over his contacts with News Corp ahead of its bid to buy BSkyB television.

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A Pakistani policeman fires tear gas toward residents of the Lyari neighborhood during a protest Monday against the government and police in Karachi. At least 12 people, including police officials, were killed and several injured in three days as Pakistani police swooped into the crime-infested neighborhood, local media reported.

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Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is showered with streamers and confetti during Queen's Day in Veenendaal on Monday.

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A couple dances at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival on Sunday in Indio, California.

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A Pakistani laborer works at an iron factory in Karachi on Monday, the eve of International Labor Day. Every year thousands of laborers rally across the country demanding better wages and conditions to mark May Day.

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France's opposition Socialist Party candidate for president, Francois Hollande, gives a speech during a campaign meeting on Sunday at the Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy in Paris.



