News photos of the day
Date: 5/23/2012 Album ID: 1474948
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News photos from around the world, May 23, 2012
CORRECTS DATE - Firefighters battle a wind-driven fire that has destroyed at least two homes and a number of outbuildings in Topaz Ranch Estates, south of Gardnerville, Nev., on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison)
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Firefighters battle a wind-driven fire that has destroyed at least seven homes and a number of outbuildings in Topaz Ranch Estates, south of Gardnerville, Nev., on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison)
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Firefighters battle a wildfire south of Gardnerville, Nev., on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. The fast-moving blaze near the Nevada-California line destroyed at least two homes on Tuesday as it forced evacuations and sent up huge plumes of black smoke, witnesses said. (AP Photo/Cathleen Allison)
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Tall ships travel up the Hudson River past New York City bridges as seen from Bayonne, N.J., Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Naval vessels ranging from a U.S. amphibious assault ship to a Finnish minelayer are participating in New York City's Fleet Week.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Ships travels past the World Trade Center site as seen from Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, May 23, 2012.  Naval vessels ranging from a U.S. amphibious assault ship to a Finnish minelayer are participating in New York City's Fleet Week.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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People watch from a pier as a tall ship makes it's way up the Hudson River as seen from Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, May 23, 2012.  Naval vessels ranging from a U.S. amphibious assault ship to a Finnish minelayer are participating in New York City's Fleet Week.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Military aircraft fly in formation in front of the lower Manhattan skyline and the World Trade Center site as seen from Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Naval vessels ranging from a U.S. amphibious assault ship to a Finnish minelayer are participating in New York City's Fleet Week.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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An aerial view of the Mosquitia region near the remote community of Ahuas, Honduras, Monday, May 21, 2012. On Friday May 11, a joint Honduran-U.S. drug raid, on a helicopter mission with advisers from the DEA, appears to have mistakenly targeted civilians in the remote jungle area, killing four riverboat passengers and injuring four others. Later, according to villagers, Honduran police narcotics forces and men speaking English spent hours searching the small town of Ahuas for a suspected drug trafficker.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Honduran Navy officers patrol in Patuca river, near Ahuas, a remote community in La Mosquitia region, Honduras, Monday, May 21, 2012. On Friday May 11, a joint Honduran-U.S. drug raid, on a helicopter mission with advisers from the DEA, appears to have mistakenly targeted civilians in the remote jungle area, killing four riverboat passengers and injuring four others. Later, according to villagers, Honduran police narcotics forces and men speaking English spent hours searching the small town of Ahuas for a suspected drug trafficker.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Rosela Zelaya Valderramoi, 70, rests inside her house in the Paptalaya pier, where helicopters of a joint Honduran-U.S. drug raid landed last Friday, in Ahuas,  Mosquitia region, Honduras, Monday, May 21, 2012. On Friday May 11, a helicopter mission with advisers from the DEA, appears to have mistakenly targeted civilians in the remote jungle area, killing four riverboat passengers and injuring four others. Later, according to villagers, Honduran police narcotics forces and men speaking English spent hours searching the small town of Ahuas for a suspected drug trafficker.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Visitors wait in front of the entrance of the Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. The world's tallest tower and Japan's biggest new landmark opened to the public on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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The world's tallest tower and Japan's biggest new landmark, the Tokyo Skytree, is reflected on a glass fence in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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Niagara Falls emergency officials rescue a man who plunged over Niagara Falls and survived in an apparent suicide attempt, Monday, May 21, 2012. The man is only the third person known to have gone over without a safety device and live. A waiting helicopter flew him to Hamilton General Hospital, where a spokeswoman says he has critical but non-life-threatening injuries. (AP Photo/Harry Rossetani)
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Niagara Falls emergency officials rescue a man who plunged over Niagara Falls and survived in an apparent suicide attempt, Monday, May 21, 2012. The man is only the third person known to have gone over without a safety device and live. A waiting helicopter flew him to Hamilton General Hospital, where a spokeswoman says he has critical but non-life-threatening injuries. (AP Photo/Harry Rossetani)
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Rescuers evacuate an injured woman from the site of a train accident at a station near Penukonda, about 170 kilometers (105 miles) north of Bangalore, India, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. The passenger train rammed into a parked freight train and burst into flames before dawn Tuesday, killing more than a dozen people in southern India, officials said. (AP Photo)
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Firefighters spray water, after a fire broke out in a multi-story building housing the Punjab National Bank on Parliament Street in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. No casualties have been reported. Some of the injured, who had trouble breathing, were taken to hospitals according to local news reports. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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IndiaÕs opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists burn an effigy representing the Indian government as they protest the government's decision to hike prices of petrol by 11.5 percent, in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. The new rates will come into effect with effect from Wednesday Midnight.(AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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A Tibetan exile prays during a protest against Chinese rule over Tibet in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 23, 2012.  (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
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Protesters hold candles during a candlelight vigil at Sule Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Protesters took to the streets of Myanmar's biggest city for a second night Wednesday to air their complaints about chronic power cuts, in a test of the tolerance of the reformist government of military-backed but elected President Thein Sein. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
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Niagara Falls emergency officials rescue a man who plunged over Niagara Falls and survived in an apparent suicide attempt, Monday, May 21, 2012. The man is only the third person known to have gone over without a safety device and live. A waiting helicopter flew him to Hamilton General Hospital, where a spokeswoman says he has critical but non-life-threatening injuries. (AP Photo/Harry Rossetani)
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