Klaus Schrodt of Germany flies his aircraft in the final event of the Red Bull 2006 World Series in Australia. (Tony Ashby, AFP)
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Rapper Flavor Flav arrives at the 2006 American Music Awards in Los Angeles with plenty of time to spare. (Danny Moloshok, AP)
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US President George W Bush looks out of place wearing a Vietnamese 'ao dai' silk tunic on an official state visit. (Jim Watson, AFP)
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Three white Belugas display Santa hats during a new Christmas show at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, Tokyo. (Yoshikazu Tsuno, AFP)
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Two workers hanging in safety ropes are reflected in the facade of an office building as they clean windows in Berlin. (Markus Schreiber, AP)
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A Mascot poses for a photo next to a model of toilet bowl made from toilet papers displayed at the World Toilet Expo and Forum 2006 in Bangkok. (Pornchai Kittiwongsaku, AFP)
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Comic book creator Stan Lee poses with famous comic book heros for the launch party of the new Playstation 3. (AFP)
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Indonesian activists from an Islamic group wearing masks of US President George W. Bush act as monkeys with bananas during a demonstration. (/Jewel Samad, AFP)
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Chinese dancers perform the "Chu Sui Ba Shan" dance, which depicts how ancient Chinese collect and preserve water in the traditional clay containers. (AFP)
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Italia's Federica Faiella and Massimo Scali perform their Ice Dancing Free Dance programme. (Frank Fife, AFP)
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A booth handler places a miniature book for sale on a shelf during the last day of the 2006 Miami Book Fair International. (AP)
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Magician and endurance artist David Blaine hangs from a crane in Times Square. He will attempt to escape from shackles while dangling five stories above the air. (Timothy A Clary, AFP)
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Japan's Keio University doctoral student Takashi Matsumoto displays the prototype model of the image or net browsing umbrella "Pileus" to make rainy days fun and to get information under the umbrella. (Yoshikazu Tsuno, AFP)
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair plays cricket with children inside 10 Downing Street in London ahead of the start of the Ashes. (Carl de Souza, AFP)
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A freelance worker gives out leaflets in the street advertising health and vitamin products at a main thoroughfare in Hong Kong. (Mike Clarke, AFP)
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A student gives a performance as part of the annual Body Spectra body painting extravaganza at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Wednesday.(SAPA)
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A sommelier pours a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau wine to visitors hands at an open-air-wine-spa pool at the Hakone Kowakien Yunessun in Hakone. (Toshifumi Kitamura, AFP)
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Hanneke Supply from Belgium carves the figure "Fast Tony" out of an ice rock in preparation for the "Ice World" festival in Germany. (Heribert Proepper, AP)
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