Russia's erotic museum, deadly US twister and more

We present some of the most unusual photographs from across the globe shot in recent times.

A puppet master rehearses with a puppet of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the G-Spot erotic museum in Moscow February 29, 2012. The museum is preparing to stage a show called "Putin and Anti-Putin" using naked puppets of the Russian leader.

Students scramble as police charge towards them to disperse their protest against spending cuts in public education in Barcelona.

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Carissa Westfall helps salvage products from Nature's Sunshine Health Foods store in Branson, Missouri, February 29, 2012. Powerful storms that spawned tornadoes ripped through the United States Midwest, killing at least six people in an Illinois town, three more in Missouri, and smashing homes and businesses in six states.

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New York Police Department officers arrest a member of the Occupy Wall St movement during a "national day of action" demonstration by the movement in New York.

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Photographs: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Yeimi Perez, a Spanish-Colombian double national who was awaiting eviction from her flat, packs her clothes at her flat in Madrid February 29, 2012. Perez said she could not make her mortgage payments although she has work as a petrol station shop assistant. Perez's lawyer reached an agreement to have the court-ordered eviction suspended until March 14.

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Photographs: Juan Medina/Reuters

Britain's Queen Elizabeth views the interior of the refurbished East Wing of Somerset House at King's College in London February 29, 2012. The Queen is celebrating her sixtieth anniversary as Regent in 2012.

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Photographs: Eddie Mulholland/Reuters

A member of the Occupy Wall St movement stands in front of New York Police Department officers guarding a Bank of America branch during a "national day of action" demonstration in New York.

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Photographs: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

A pedestrian walks on a snow-covered street in Tokyo February 29, 2012. Tokyo has received a snowfall of about 2 cm (0.79 inches) on Wednesday. The unusual snowfall in February has caused more than 300 cases of snow-related traffic accidents in the city, local media reported.

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Photographs: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

Soldiers march during their graduation ceremony at a military base in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, February 29, 2012. More than 1,000 soldiers graduated after two month of training, an Iraqi army source said.

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Photographs: Ako Rasheed/Reuters

A view of the tornado damaged Hilton Hotel in Branson, Missouri, February 29, 2012. Powerful storms that spawned tornadoes ripped through the U.S. Midwest, killing at least six people in an Illinois town, three more in Missouri, and smashing homes and businesses in six states.

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Photographs: Sarah Conard/Reuters

Myanmar's opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi crosses her hands while addressing the media after meeting European parliamentarians in Yangon February 29, 2012.

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Photographs: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

A Palestinian man (L) holds an umbrella as another exits through Jaffa Gate on a stormy day in Jerusalem's Old City February 29, 2012.

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Photographs: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

Friends and family members mourn as the coffin of 15-year-old Jessica Garcia Pena is lowered into the ground at a cemetery on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez February 28, 2012. Garcia Pena, who had been missing for a year and a half, was found dead in the Juarez Valley a few weeks ago alongside the remains of 17-year-old Lizbeth Garcia Aviles and 15-year-old Adriana Guerrero, according to local media.

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Photographs: Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters