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South Asia
Indian children lie on the ground as a ritual for Hindu festival
Children are laid on a road as Hindu devotees step over them as part of a ritual during celebration of Shiva Gajan, a Hindu festival in Kolkata, India, Sunday, April 14, 2013. Devotees of Hindu god Shiva believe performing this ritual will ensure fulfillment of their wishes. Children are laid…
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South Asia
Bangladesh Hindu devotees perform at Charak Puja festival
A Bangladeshi Hindu devotee prepares to hang from a rope with hooks pierced in his back as part of a ritual during the Charak Puja festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, April 14, 2013. A Bangladeshi Hindu devotee carries a child as he hangs in a rope with hooks pierced in…
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South East Asia
Lion Air jet crashes into sea as all 108 passengers and crew survive
The wreckage of a Lion Air jet sits in the ocean near the airport in Bali, Indonesia on Sunday, April 14, 2013. All 108 passengers and crew survived after the new Lion Air jet crashed into the ocean and snapped into two while attempting to land Saturday on the Indonesian…
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West Asia
Israel commemorates fallen soldiers on Memorial Day
Israeli soldiers attend the ceremony marking Memorial Day at the Western Wall in Jerusalem at night of April 14, 2013. Israel commemorated its fallen soldiers on Memorial Day, which began on Sunday night. <Xinhua/JINIPIX>
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West Asia
Iranians hold funeral for soldiers who killed in Iran-Iraq war
Iranians carry the coffin of an unknown soldier during a funeral ceremony for recently found remains of unknown soldiers killed during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) in Tehran, Iran, April 14, 2013. <Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz>
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East Asia
Paintings exhibition opens in memory of Yushu earthquake
A visitor takes pictures of paintings at an exhibition commemorating the third anniversary of the Yushu earthquake, at the Qinghai Provincial Museum in Xining, capital of northwest China’s Qinghai Province, April 14, 2013. A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Yushu on April 14, 2010, leaving 2,698 dead and over 12,000 injured. <Xinhua/Wu…
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South Asia
Pakistani soldiers inspect blast site dug up by terrorists’ attack
Pakistani soldiers inspect the blast site on the outskirts of Mingora, the main town of northwest Pakistan’s Swat valley on April 14, 2013. Terrorists attacked two leaders of an anti-militant political party on Sunday in northwest Pakistan, killing one and wounding another in the latest attack targeting members of secular-leaning…
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East Asia
A young man practices parkour at Taiwan University campus
A young man practices parkour at the campus of Taiwan University in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan, April 7, 2013. Parkour is an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body. <Xinhua/Xie Xiudong>
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West Asia
An Afghan man pushes his bike in a heavy rain in Kabul
An Afghan man pushes his bicycle through heavy rain on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 8, 2013. <AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid>
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South East Asia
ADB forecasts Indonesian economic growth at 6.4%
A worker pulls a rack of motorcycle helmets at the Sumber Rejeki manufacturing facility in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 9, 2013. Indonesia will sustain a strong economic growth of 6.4 percent and 6.6 percent in 2013 and 2014 respectively fueled by robust private consumption and improving investment performance, the Asian Development…
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