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A Nepalese Muslim perform scongregational Eid al-Adha morning prayers at the Kashmiri Mosque in Kathmandu on . Islam's second biggest annual festival Eid al-Adha is celebrated by Muslims worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son Ismail as an act of obedience to God, before God intervened to provide him with a sheep to sacrifice instead. Islam is a minority in Nepal with some four percent of the country's population.
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University of Tsukuba professor Yoshiyuki Sankai wears a robot suit entitled HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb), with a 60kg anti radiation jacket, in Tsukuba city, Ibaraki prefecture. Hal robot suits detect signals from the brain to assist in the wearer's movement, and were developed for disabled and handicaped people.
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Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg (L) and Vietnam's president Truong Tan Sang shake hands during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Hanoi. The grand duke is on a two-day official visit aimed at boosting bilateral ties with Hanoi.
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"Muzza", Sydney Aquarium's resident one-metre long Murray Cod fish waits to be fed. New South Wales Native Fish Awareness Week is an initiative of the Murray-Darling Basin Native Fish Strategy and highlights the significant pressure native fish species are under due to loss of habitat and changes to the rivers.
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A demonstrator wearing a Guy Fawkes mask on the back of her head, calls for the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline during a rally in front of the White House in Washington. Protesters are unhappy about TransCanada Corp's plan to build the massive pipeline to transport crude from Alberta, Canada, to Texas.
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Russian model Irina Shayk poses after the show at the MTV Europe Music Awards show in Belfast.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, wipes the sweat at his forehead during a ceremony at the military academy in Fuerte Tiuna, Caracas, Venezuela. At right is Venezuela's Defense Minister Gen. Carlos Mata.
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India's Pragyan Ojha (L) celebrates with his teammate VVS Laxman after dismissing West Indies captain Darren Sammy (R) during the second day of their first test cricket match in New Delhi.
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Girls attend prayers marking the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in the capital Abuja. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj pilgrimage by slaughtering sheep, goats, camels and cows to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, Ismail, on God's command.
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File photo of of senior BJP Leader LK Advani and Gujarat chief minister Narender Modi in Bharuch.PTI/Manvender Vashist
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