May 8: Day in pictures
Updated On May 09, 2013 11:52 AM IST
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People gather at the site of a bombing in Bannu, Pakistan. On Wednesday, a suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives outside a police station in the city of Bannu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing a person and wounding others, police officer Rafiq Khan said. (AP)
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Singer Rihanna performs at the Barclays Center 2013 in New York. (AP)
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A model wears a creation by Colombia's designer Andres Martinez at the "Circulo de la Moda de Bogota," or Bogota Fashion Circle in Bogota, Colombia. (AP)
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A Pakistani pedestrian walks past electoral posters of Pakistani politician and former cricketer Imran Khan, in Karachi. Pakistani politician Imran Khan has been advised to rest for a week after sustaining skull and back injuries in a fall at an election campaign rally, a hospital official said. The former cricket star was admitted to the private Shaukat Khanum hospital that he founded in Lahore on May 7 after falling off a lift taking him to the stage at a rally ahead of Pakistan's general election on Saturday. (AFP)
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Toronto Blue Jays' pitcher J.A. Happ is wheeled off the field on a stretcher after he was injured during the second inning of their major league baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Reuters)
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The collapsed control tower is pictured at Genoa's port harbour. At least three people were killed and six injured when a container ship rammed a control tower in the northern Italian port city of Genoa late on Tuesday, harbour officials quoted on local television said. Seven people were also reported missing after the accident. (Reuters)
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The toppled control tower of the port of Genoa, northern Italy, is lit by rescuers after a cargo ship slammed into it killing at least three people. Half a dozen people remain unaccounted for early Wednesday, after a cargo ship identified as the Jolly Nero of the Ignazio Messina slammed into the port. (AP)
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Orania town's logo of a boy rolling up his sleeves flanked by statues of apartheid heroes displayed above the town of Orania. Orania is a South Africa's only "purely" white town founded in the Northern Cape province in 1991 by Afrikaners, for Afrikaners opposed to the post-apartheid "rainbow nation", just after the release of Nelson Mandela. (AFP)
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The family house of Gina DeJesus, one of the three women which were held captive for a decade, is decorated by well wishers in Cleveland, Ohio. Three brothers have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of three women found safe in a home after being missing for a decade, authorities said. There were more questions than answers the day after the stunning turn of events that began with a frantic arm sticking out of a screen door, a woman screaming for help, and a neighbor kicking in the door to free her in a working-class neighborhood of the city in the American heartland. Ariel Castro and his brothers - Pedro, 54, and Onil, 50 have been detained, authorities said. (AFP)
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Delaware Gov. Jack Markell signs the marriage equality bill on the steps of Legislative Hall in Dover after it was approved by the Delaware Senate earlier that afternoon. (AP)
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Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria returns the ball to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their men's singles match at the Madrid Open tennis tournament. World number one Djokovic was dumped out of the Madrid Open in the second round on Tuesday when he went over on his damaged ankle and was upset 7-6 6-7 6-3 by unseeded player Dimitrov. (Reuters)
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Russian player Maria Sharapova returns the ball to US player Christina McHale during their tennis match at the Madrid Masters at the Magic Box (Caja Magica) sports complex in Madrid. Sharapova won the match 6-1, 6-2. (AFP)
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