May 10: Day in pics

Updated On May 11, 2012 09:50 am IST
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An elderly woman takes a break during a protest to demand pension for elderly, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Thursday. Pension Parishad, a consortium of NGOs and trade unions, received an unlikely support through the highest office in India when President Pratibha Patil made a personal contribution of Rs. 15,000 for the cause. PTI PHOTO expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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An elderly woman takes a break during a protest to demand pension for elderly, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Thursday. Pension Parishad, a consortium of NGOs and trade unions, received an unlikely support through the highest office in India when President Pratibha Patil made a personal contribution of Rs. 15,000 for the cause. PTI PHOTO

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Union home minister P Chidambaram speaks in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi. PTI/TV grab expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Union home minister P Chidambaram speaks in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi. PTI/TV grab

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The land-locked Mumbai airport has traditionally struggled to augment capacity owing to space constraints. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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The land-locked Mumbai airport has traditionally struggled to augment capacity owing to space constraints. (Virendra Singh Gosain/HT photo)

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Damaged cars are seen near the site of an explosion in Damascus. Two explosions shook the Syrian capital, killing and wounding dozens of people, in a district that houses a military intelligence complex involved in President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on a 14-month uprising. Reuters/Khaled al-Hariri expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Damaged cars are seen near the site of an explosion in Damascus. Two explosions shook the Syrian capital, killing and wounding dozens of people, in a district that houses a military intelligence complex involved in President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on a 14-month uprising. Reuters/Khaled al-Hariri

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In this photo released by Indonesian Air Force, the wreckage of a missing Sukhoi Superjet-100 are scattered on the mountainside in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. AP Photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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In this photo released by Indonesian Air Force, the wreckage of a missing Sukhoi Superjet-100 are scattered on the mountainside in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. AP Photo

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Relatives weep as they wait for the news on a missing Russian airplane at Halim Perdanakusumah airport in Jakarta, Indonesia. AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Relatives weep as they wait for the news on a missing Russian airplane at Halim Perdanakusumah airport in Jakarta, Indonesia. AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana

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Carissa Moore performs during the first round of the Billabong Pro Rio surfing competition in Rio de Janeiro. AP Photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Carissa Moore performs during the first round of the Billabong Pro Rio surfing competition in Rio de Janeiro. AP Photo

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Lightining strikes as the Emirates Team New Zealand arrive during the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 Leg 6 Finish in Miami, Florida. AFP Photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Lightining strikes as the Emirates Team New Zealand arrive during the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 Leg 6 Finish in Miami, Florida. AFP Photo

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Transvestites pose for a picture with heart shaped balloons outside Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina. AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Transvestites pose for a picture with heart shaped balloons outside Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina. AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko

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(L-R) Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden, Her Royal Highness Princess Madeleine of Sweden, and actress Geena Davis attend the World Childhood Foundation USA Symposium In Partnership With Inwood House at NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City. AFP Photo expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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(L-R) Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden, Her Royal Highness Princess Madeleine of Sweden, and actress Geena Davis attend the World Childhood Foundation USA Symposium In Partnership With Inwood House at NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City. AFP Photo

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Bank of Korea Governor Kim Choong-soo arrives for a meeting on interest rate policy at the central bank in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jae-won, Pool) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Bank of Korea Governor Kim Choong-soo arrives for a meeting on interest rate policy at the central bank in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jae-won, Pool)

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People walk beside a creation by Cuban-American artist Jose Parla and French artist J.R. on a street wall in Havana, which is part of the upcoming 11th Havana Biennial contemporary art exhibition. The project, titled Wrinkles Of The City, involves combining J.R's pictures of Cuban elderly people in the neighbourhood with Parla's calligraphic messages, and then pasting them on walls around the city. Reuters Photo/Desmond Boylan expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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People walk beside a creation by Cuban-American artist Jose Parla and French artist J.R. on a street wall in Havana, which is part of the upcoming 11th Havana Biennial contemporary art exhibition. The project, titled Wrinkles Of The City, involves combining J.R's pictures of Cuban elderly people in the neighbourhood with Parla's calligraphic messages, and then pasting them on walls around the city. Reuters Photo/Desmond Boylan

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Paulinho (R) of Brazil's Corinthians makes a goal by heading against Ecuador's Emelec during Copa Libertadores football match at Pacaembu stadium in Sao Paulo. AFP Photo/Yasuyoshi Chiba expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Paulinho (R) of Brazil's Corinthians makes a goal by heading against Ecuador's Emelec during Copa Libertadores football match at Pacaembu stadium in Sao Paulo. AFP Photo/Yasuyoshi Chiba

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Orthodox Jews of the Satmar Hassidim congregate as they celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer in the village of Kiryas Joel, New York. Reuters Photo/Mike Segar expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Orthodox Jews of the Satmar Hassidim congregate as they celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer in the village of Kiryas Joel, New York. Reuters Photo/Mike Segar

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A group of same-sex marriage supporters gather for a celebratory toast to President Barack Obama's support of same-sex marriage at the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center in San Francisco, California. Reuters photo/Stephen Lam expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A group of same-sex marriage supporters gather for a celebratory toast to President Barack Obama's support of same-sex marriage at the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center in San Francisco, California. Reuters photo/Stephen Lam

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