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Volunteers mark Earth Day in U.S.

April 23rd, 2009

Volunteers dress themselves up as trees to arouse people’s awareness on environment protection at the Union Sqaure in New York, the United States, April 22, 2009. Volunteers here on Wednesday distributed flower seeds and cards with tips about environment protection to passersby to mark the annual Earth Day. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)

A volunteer of the U.S.-based conservation group Rainforest Alliance holds flowers and a card written “shop sustainbaly” at the Union Sqaure in New York, the United States, April 22, 2009. Volunteers here on Wednesday distributed flower seeds and cards with tips about environment protection to passersby to mark the annual Earth Day. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)

A volunteer (R) of the U.S.-based conservation group Rainforest Alliance sends flowers to a pedestrian at the Union Square in New York, the United States, April 22, 2009. Volunteers here on Wednesday distributed flower seeds and cards with tips about environment protection to passersby to mark the annual Earth Day. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)

Volunteers at the Union Square in New York, the United States, on Wednesday distributed flower seeds and cards with tips about environment protection to passersby to mark the annual Earth Day.

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Mechanical spiders crawl through Yokohama city

April 20th, 2009

Giant metal spider La Princesse, front, and Lady, back, perform in the Yokohama port 150th anniversary in Yokohama, west of Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, April 19, 2009. The 37-tonne La Princesse and Lady were built by French company La Machine. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Giant metal spider La Princesse, front, and Lady, back, make their way through the streets in the Yokohama port 150th anniversary in Yokohama, west of Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, April 19, 2009. The 37-tonne La Princesse and Lady were built by French company La Machine. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Giant metal spider La Princesse makes its way through the streets in the Yokohama port 150th anniversary in Yokohama, west of Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, April 19, 2009. The 37-tonne La Princesse was built by French company La Machine. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Giant metal spiders La Princesse and Lady performed in the Yokohama port 150th anniversary in Yokohama, west of Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, April 19, 2009.

The 37-tonne La Princesse and Lady were built by French company La Machine.

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People attend receptions of Boao Forum for Asia

April 19th, 2009

Girls stand ouside the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) International Conference Center greeting guests attending the BFA Annual Conference 2009 in Boao, south China’s Hainan Province, April 17, 2009. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaoyong)

Staff members prepare garlands for greeting VIP guests upon their arrival at the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) International Conference Center in Boao, south China’s Hainan Province, April 17, 2009. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

Journalists arrive at the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) International Conference Center for the BFA Annual Conference 2009 in Boao, south China’s Hainan Province, April 17, 2009. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

People attend the Sabic reception cocktail party during the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)Annual Conference 2009 in Boao, south China’s Hainan Province, April 17, 2009. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaoyong)

More than 1,600 officials, business leaders, intellectuals and journalists from around the globe gathered here for the three-day conference which kicked off here on Friday.

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Cute novice monks in South Korea

April 19th, 2009

Novice monk Dam Jung dozes after a Buddhist monk cut his hair during a ceremony at the Jogye temple in Seoul April 19, 2009. A group of nine boys entered the temple to experience life as monks for 18 days, ahead of celebrations for Buddha’s birth date on May 2. (Reuters Photo)

Novice monks take part in a ceremony after Buddhist monks cut their hair at the Jogye temple in Seoul April 19, 2009. A group of 9 boys entered the temple to experience life as monks for 18 days, ahead of celebrations for Buddha’s birth date on May 2. (Reuters Photo)

A novice monk strokes his head after a Buddhist monk cut his hair during a ceremony at the Jogye temple in Seoul April 19, 2009. A group of nine boys entered the temple to experience life as monks for 18 days, ahead of celebrations for Buddha’s birth date on May 2. (Reuters Photo)

A group of nine boys entered the Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, to experience life as monks for 18 days, ahead of celebrations for Buddha’s birth date on May 2.

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Bunny has two noses

April 8th, 2009

A baby bunny with two noses and two sets of nostrils that has been discovered in a pet shop in Milford, USA, April 6th, 2009. [CFP]

A baby bunny with two noses and two sets of nostrils that has been discovered in a pet shop in Milford, USA, April 6th, 2009. [CFP]

Pet Shop manager Jeromy Reynolds holds a baby bunny with two noses and two sets of nostrils in Milford, USA, April 6th, 2009. [CFP]

A baby bunny with two noses and two sets of nostrils that has been discovered in a pet shop in Milford, USA, April 6th, 2009. [CFP]

A Connecticut pet shop worker found the nosey bunny in a delivery of 6-week-old dwarf rabbits that arrived at the Purr-Fect Pets Inc. pet store. Tom Fomenko, owner of Purr-Fect Pets Inc, is running a Name The Bunny Contest.

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