October 5: Day in pics
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A DataWind representative displays the supercheap Aakash Tablet computers during its launch in New Delhi.
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Former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt leaves Southwark Crown Court in central London.
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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during Karzai's two-day official visit to India.
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Residents pull a coffin on board a small boat as they wade along the flood-hit area of Calumpit, Bulacan province, north of Manila, on Wednesday. Flooding from back to back typhoons have affected more than half a million people in northern Philippines. The body inside the coffin did not die because of the floods.
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City officials, state lawmakers and union officials protest proposed cuts of the New York Department of Education.
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Supporters of former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez rest their hands on his coffin during his funeral in Caracas. Perez was first elected president of Venezuela in 1974 and had a second term beginning in 1989 that was cut short by his impeachment on corruption charges. Perez, 88, died in exile of a heart attack on December 25, 2010.
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Ashwani Kumar (R), Indian State Minister for Planning, Science and Technology is greeted by Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba for their talks at Gemba's office in Tokyo.
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Jack Black, left, performs with Wyatt Isaacs, the 16-year-old star of the HBO documentary "AUTISM: The Musical," at the "Autism is Awesomism" concert to benefit the Miracle Project. The Miracle Project is a program that enables children and teens with autism and other special needs to express themselves through the arts.
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A man receives a consecrated wafer from a priest as he holds his dog before getting it blessed at Sao Francisco de Assis (Saint Francis of Assisi) Church in Sao Paulo. Pet owners bring their animals to be blessed every year on the day of Sao Francisco de Assis, Brazil's patron saint of animals.
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Sliced heads of water buffalos are seen lying on the ground after being sacrificed during the Dasain festival in Kathmandu. Hindus in Nepal sacrificed animals during the festival as part of celebrations held throughout the country, worshipping Goddess Durga and celebrating the victory over evil.
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An Indonesian navy soldier holds his rifle during a ceremony to mark the 66th anniversary of the Indonesia National Military in Makassar.
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An art display made of charcoal, cotton sheet and polyuretane entitled "Buste, 2011" created by Shanthamani M. is exhibited at the Art Plural Gallery during a media preview in Singapore. The Regards Croises, a selection of Asian contemporary art which features fifteen higly influential artists from China, India, Korea and French artist Fabienne Verdier who has been trained in China for more than 10 years, are on exhibition from October 7 to December 10.
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Victoria Azarenka of Belarus returns a shot against Polona Hercog of Slovakia during their second round match at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing.
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Former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt arrives at Southwark Crown Court in central London.
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Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland celebrates after defeating Zheng Jie of China in their second round match at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing. Radwanska won 6-1, 6-4.
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Andy Murray of Britain reacts after a return against Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus in the first round of the Japan Open tennis tournament in Tokyo. Murray won 7-6, 2-6, 6-4.
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A combination picture of former Pakistan cricketers Mohammad Asif (L) and Salman Butt.
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