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Bin Laden killed in Pakistan, beatification of John Paul II and more in the day in photos Global reaction to Osama bin Laden’s death, German wind farm, May Day celebrations, Berlusconi in court and more from around the world.
May 2, 2011
A little boy feeds seagulls near the beach at the Baltic Sea in Zingst, Germany.
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May 2, 2011
Israelis stop their vehicles on the highway outside Tel Aviv as sirens sound across Israel for two minutes in memory of Holocaust victims. Israel began marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at sundown May 1 with a ceremony at the national memorial to the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis during World War II.
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May 2, 2011
The hideout of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is pictured after his death in a ground operation by U.S. Special Forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Pakistan said that the killing of Osama bin Laden in a U.S. operation was a "major setback" for terrorist organisations and a "major victory" in the country's fight against militancy.
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May 2, 2011
Iraqis in Baghdad watch a news broadcast on Arabic satellite news channel al-Arabiya showing an image that has been circulating on the Internet and allegedly shows the body of al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden.
Sabah Arar
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May 2, 2011
Michael Reyes, second from right, who resembles President Obama, poses for photos with New York City police officers at the World Trade Center. They were reacting to news of the death of Osama bin Laden.
Mark Lennihan
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AP
May 2, 2011
A vendor walks past a sand sculpture of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden created by Indian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik on a beach in Puri in the eastern Indian state of Orissa.
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May 2, 2011
Residents walk past fuel tankers that were set ablaze in Pindi Gheb, 76 miles east of Pakistani capital of Islamabad. Gunmen attacked and set fire to eight trucks transporting supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province. Four policemen were killed, police said.
Mian Khursheed
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Reuters
May 2, 2011
People come down a hill where a shrine used to stand before it was destroyed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Natori, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan.
Junji Kurokawa
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AP
May 2, 2011
Soldiers watch paratroopers participating in a joint Bulgarian and U.S. Air Force military exercise in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Nikolay Doychinov
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AFP/Getty Images
May 2, 2011
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel sits in a helicopter as she flies over a wind farm on the Baltic sea, near Zingst, Germany. Merkel is inaugurating the country's first commercial offshore wind farm in a step to promote a key technology in replacing nuclear power.
Guido Bergmann
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AP
May 2, 2011
A man relaxes in a beach chair at the Baltic Sea coast in Zingst, northeastern Germany.
Johannes Eisele
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AFP/Getty Images
May 2, 2011
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, center, is followed by prelates as he walks toward the alter beneath a tapestry showing the late Pope John Paul II for a thanksgiving Mass in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican.
Pier Paolo Cito
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AP
May 2, 2011
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi talks to the media upon his arrival at the courthouse before attending the Mediatrade trial, in Milan. Berlusconi has shown up for the second time at closed-door proceedings that will decide whether he will face charges of tax fraud.
Luca Bruno
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AP
May 1, 2011
Supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez carry a puppet depicting Chavez during a rally to commemorate Labor Day in Caracas.
Jorge Silva
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Reuters
May 1, 2011
Bronson Arroyo of the Cincinnati Reds pitches against the Florida Marlins at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Marlins defeated the Reds 9-5.
Joe Robbins
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May 1, 2011
Women covered in mud perform during International Workers' Day, or Labor Day, celebrations in San Salvador. Thousands of people at the celebrations also protested against the high cost of living and demanded a pay raise from the government.
Luis Galdamez
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Reuters
May 1, 2011
Demonstrators arrange their hair in front of an anti-riot water cannon during a May Day demonstration in Bogota, Colombia.
Guillermo Legaria
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AFP/Getty Images
May 1, 2011
William Knodel wears a flower pot hat that he made at the 31st Annual May Day Celebration at Thorden Park in Syracuse, N.Y.
Gary Walts
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AP
May 1, 2011
Participants chase down an ox prior to an ox fight, as part of May Day festivities in Dingxian, southwest China's Guizhou province.
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May 1, 2011
Worshipers gather around a makeshift crucifix following a Sunday church service at the site of the Phil Campbell Church of God, destroyed in a deadly tornado in Phil Campbell, Ala. Top government officials planned to survey the devastated landscape left by tornadoes in the South as President Obama's administration tries to show it is on top of the deadliest U.S. natural disaster since Hurricane Katrina.
Lee Celano
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Reuters
May 1, 2011
A boy's mother pushes his face toward a portrait of the late Pope John Paul displayed for the devotees to venerate and kiss at the Quiapo Church in Manila, Philippines. Millions across the largely Catholic Philippines remembered Pope John Paul II as the Vatican prepared for a ceremony to honor him with near-sainthood status.
Noel Celis
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AFP/Getty Images
May 1, 2011
A Kyrgyz berkutchi (eagle hunter) launches his bird, a golden eagle, during a traditional hunting festival in the village of Tyup.
Vyacheslav Oseledko
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AFP/Getty Images
May 1, 2011
Burmese traditional boxers Soe Htet Oo, left, and Saw Ohwn Myint fight during a competition in Rangoon.
Soe Zeya Tun
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Reuters
May 1, 2011
In this photo taken with a fisheye lens, people are silhouetted against a cloudy sky as they watch the sun set from a tower as Shawnee Mission Park in Lenexa, Kan.
Charlie Riedel
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AP
May 1, 2011
President Obama departs after making a televised statement at the White House in Washington, saying al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been killed in a U.S. operation.
Brendan Smialowski
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Bloomberg
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