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Here is the slide-show of a variety of places globe in a day, 5 October 2009.


Straw man on a farm in Ipswich, Massachusetts. (Lisa Poole-AP)

Exposure underwear at an exhibition Erotica Dream. Nice, France. (Eric Gaillard-Reuters)

Actors dressed as medieval soldiers at the Festival of Ancient Heritage, dedicated to life in Bulgaria in the 13 - 14 centuries. (Oleg Popov-Reuters)

Athletes on the Bulgarian National Bodybuilding Championships in Sofia. (Nikolay Doychinov-AFP/Getty Images)

Laborer sitting in the car market in New Delhi. (Parth Sanyal-Reuters)

Visitors to the beach spread the word "peace" on Australia's Bondi Beach, calling people to peace and renounce violence. (Krystle Wright-AFP/Getty Images)

American soldiers play cards in the camp. Afghanistan. (Asmaa Waguih-Reuters)

Bolivians are preparing a speech at a cultural rally in Tiwanaku, Bolivia. (Pilar Olivares-Reuters)

26-year-old Turkish citizen of Sultan Kozen found the highest man in the world. His height is 2 meters 46.5 centimeters. The previous record belonged to a Chinese Bao Ksishunu - 2 meters 36 centimeters. Giant wants to find a life partner. With such growth, it is recognized it is difficult to find a girl to match

Here a selection of photos of top news stories of the news groups from past week

The boy, dressed as Lord Shiva, to beg on the bank of the Ganges in Allahabad, India, September 20. (Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP)

19-year-old Garrett Siebel helps to unload wheat at the farm E & F, owned by Fred Fleming, near Reardan, Washington. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

A man prepares to leave the ferry dock in Balmain, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, September 23 because of dust storms. (Dan Peled / EPA)

Ali Abdussalam tracks, president of the UN General Assembly, listens to the treatment of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to world leaders. 23 September, at the UN headquarters in New York. (Stan Honda / AFP - Getty Images)

ttacked from the ground the helicopter CH-53 produces false thermal target, flying over Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, on September 18. (David Furst / AFP - Getty Images)

Martin Fortunato, son of the murdered Italian captain Antonio Fortunato, weeps at the funeral of six Italian soldiers killed in Afghanistan. St. Paul Basilica, Rome, September 21. (Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters)

Fire Esteban Virado during a fire at the Crawford Ranch in Fillmore, Calif., Sept. 22. (John Lazar / AP)

Attraction in an amusement park of Georgia, drowned during floods in the river Chattahoochee (Chattahoochee) in Atlanta, September 22. Floods in south-eastern United States, caused by the rains, have claimed at least 10 lives. (Erik S. Lesser / EPA)

Uighur merchants sell their livestock at the bazaar in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China, Sept. 6. (Filip Singer / EPA)

Supporter of ousted President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya is sitting on a rock during a protest in the capital Tegucigalpa on September 22. (Rodrigo Abd / AP)

In this photo visible center of the Milky Way - the zone between the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius. Image in real color is made from 1 200 photographs, taken by amateur telescope in northern Chile. (Stephane Guisard / EPA)

Philippine police clashed with the demonstrators at the U.S. Embassy in Manila on September 23. The protesters called for the withdrawal of American troops from the southern Philippine region of Mindanao. (Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA)

Afghan men play football in front of a bombed-old royal palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 23. (Manish Swarup / AP)

She travels between the train cars in Mimensing from Dhaka - the capital of Bangladesh, 20 September. Millions of Bangladeshis are dispersed to their home town of the capital to celebrate the feast of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. (Andrew Biraj / Reuters)

Belarusian peasant Zdzislaw Endzheychik sowing winter wheat with his wife Elena in a village near Minsk, on 21 September. (Sergei Grits / AP)

Harrowing picture of the inhabitants of Washington were able to observe 16 September, the Canadian Embassy. Traffic on the main street Pennsylvania Avenue in the day blocked the bloody seals and rather, activists PETA, dressed in costumes of animals. To disperse the rally was triggered by the police.
The organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is known their courageous actions in defense of animals: pouring paint coats stars or the appearance of the streets naked girls promoting vegetarianism. This time activists protested against the annual killing of seals during a hunt in Canada.

In March 2009, Russia imposed a total ban on mining in the country of young harp seals under one year. At the same time in Canada this year, sealers are allowed to kill more than 338 thousand animals

On Wednesday, east of Australia covered the curtain orange dust. By estimates of weather forecasters, the storm brought to the country of about 5 million tons sand. The dust storm came in New South Wales, Queensland and Capital Territory. In Sydney, the elements prevented the movement, repealed international flights. According to weather forecasters, it is the most strong dust storm in the history of meteorological observations in Australia. More than 200 people sought medical help - they occurred breathing problems.


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