April 26: Day in pics
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Bangladeshi Army personal and police run as villagers chase them, after relatives burst into angry protests, at the disaster site of an eight-storey building collapsed 48 hours earlier in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka. AFP PHOTO
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Pakistani paramilitary soldiers escort a black vehicle (L), carrying former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, as he returns to his residence declared a sub jail after he appeared at an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad. AFP PHOTO
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Rescue workers carry a garment worker alive from the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, in Savar, 30 km (19 miles) outside Dhaka. Reuters
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France's President Francois Hollande (3rd L) and his partner Valerie Trierweiler (2nd R-front) visit the Forbidden City as part of a two-day visit in Beijing. Hollande arrived in Beijing on April 25 for a two-day China trip aimed at boosting exports to China, with hopes that deals can be reached over the sale of aircraft and nuclear power. AFP photo
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General Martin Dempsey (R), chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, chats with his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Iwasaki during their talks at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo. The US's top military officer said in Japan on April 25 that his troops were ready to act if North Korea turned its increasingly bellicose rhetoric into action. AFP PHOTO
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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, center, is welcomed by supporters as he arrives for an election campaign rally in Kuala Kangsar, Perak state, Malaysia. Malaysian will head to the polls to cast their votes in general elections on May 5. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
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A Hindu devotee has his body pierced during a Hindu festival in Yangon. Although only an estimated two per cent of Myanmar's population practice Hinduism in this majority Buddhist country, most of them being Myanmar Indians, Hindu influences can be found in the Myanmar language, culture and the architecture of cities such as Bagan. AFP PHOTO
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South Korean (R) and US (L) Marines take a position on the seashore during a joint landing operation by US and South Korean Marines in Pohang, 270 kms southeast of Seoul. The US and South Korea staged a military landing exercise as the Korean peninsula was already engulfed in a cycle of escalating tensions triggered by the North Korea's nuclear test in February. AFP PHOTO
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Actress Ann Blyth, one of the cast members of the 1945 drama film Mildred Pierce, poses as she arrives at the opening night gala of the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood. REUTERS
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