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Thursday, March 25, 2010

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A passerby waves to two members of PETA having a shower in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia on Thursday. A small group of PETA put on the demonstration to promote going vegetarian. -- PHOTO: REUTERS



2 - Inflated animation characters are seen at the Tokyo International Anime Fair on Thursday. The event, one of the world's largest anime-related events, will be held until March 28 and is expected to attract around 130,000 visitors, according to organisers. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


3 - A youth washes his face with sewage water in a downtown street in Port-au-Prince, on Wednesday. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands and leaving more than a million people living in makeshift camps. -- PHOTO: AP


4 - Worshipers light oil lamps as offerings to Lord Machindranath during a week-long festival praying for rainfall and good harvest in Kathmandu. Picture taken on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


5 - A farmer squats in front of his house as he waits for water to be delivered by the local government, at the drought-hit Songming County of Kunming, Yunnan province on Wednesday. A severe drought across a large swathe of southwest China is now affecting more than 50 million people, and forecasters see no signs of it abating in the short term, state media said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


6 - Figures of naked men made of iron and fiberglass by British sculptor Antony Gormley are seen on a rooftop around Madison Square Park in New York on Wednesday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

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