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MUST SEE! Best PHOTOS from around the world

Last updated on: April 5, 2012 09:11 IST

We present a collection of some of the best photographs from around the world in clicked in recent days.

In this photograph, a horse is washed down with a hose during preparations for 2012 Sydney Royal Easter Show at the Sydney Showground on April 4, 2012.

The annual event is Australia's largest, attracting around 900,000 visitors over the duration of the two week agricultural show. 

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A man bounces a soccer ball on his head amongst cars stopped in a traffic jam in Rome, on April 4, 2012. The performer asks for donations from the drivers of the stopped cars after performing tricks with the ball.

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Hippopotamuses cool off in a pond at a zoo on a hot day in New Delhi, on April 4, 2012. The temperature reached 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in New Delhi, local media reported on Wednesday.

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A man leans on his car in Havana, on April 3, 2012.

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A gaucho rides an unbroken horse during the celebration of "Criolla" (Creole) Week in Montevideo, Uruguay, April 3, 2012. Gauchos from all over the country and neighbouring Argentina and Brazil come to Montevideo during Creole Week to compete for the best rider award.

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A penitent of "Los Estudiantes" (The Students) brotherhood walks to his church during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, April 3, 2012. Hundreds of Easter processions take place around the clock in Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors.


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A bee approaches cherry tree blossoms in a private garden in Klosterneuburg, Austria, April 3, 2012.

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Logan Burgess enjoys sledging in Aviemore, Scotland April 3, 2012. Winter returned to Scotland which, in some parts, has seen temperatures drop by more than 20 degrees Celcius since week.


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A passenger aircraft is silhouetted against the rising sun after taking off from New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport April 3, 2012.

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An employee poses next to a plastinated shark during the media viewing for the exhibition "Animal Inside Out" at the Natural History Museum in London April 3, 2012. The exhibition which runs from April 6 to September 16 features almost 100 specimens showing intricate anatomical detail.  

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Rowers and their instructor make their way at sunset on Lake Zurich on a mild and sunny spring day near Kuesnacht, April 2, 2012.   


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A rebel fighter from the city of Misrata smokes a cigarette as he stands guard on the road to the airport in the southern Libyan city of Sabha April 2, 2012. Around 150 people were killed in clashes between militiamen from Sabha and fighters from the Tibu ethnic group in Sabha last week.

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Polish Highlanders light flares on the top of the Giewont mountain to commemorate the seventh death anniversary of the late Pope John Paul II in Zakopane April 2.


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An anti-government protester throws a molotov cocktail at riot-police during clashes at the mourning procession for the murdered Ahmed Ismael Abdulsamad in the village of Salmabad south of Manama, Bahrain, April 2, 2012.


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A man holds his son as they walk along a flooded residential area in Jakarta April 4, 2012. Major floods caused by heavy rains on Monday and Tuesday occurred in the Greater Jakarta region, according to local media.


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A youth consumes crack on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.

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A farmer pulls out weeds on a rice paddy field outside Hanoi April 4, 2012. Vietnam's rice exports this year could drop nearly 14 percent from last year to 6.1 million tonnes as a result of lower demand from key buyers, and rising competition from cheaper grain, the agriculture ministry said.


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A roe deer is seen in a field near the village of Gorodishche, some 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Minsk April 3, 2012.  

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A girl watches as an ultra-orthodox Jewish man dips a cooking pot in boiling water to remove remains of leaven in preparation for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover in Ashdod April 3, 2012. Passover commemorates the flight of Jews from Ancient Egypt as described in Exodus from the Bible. According to the account, the Jews did not have time to prepare leavened bread before fleeing to the Promised Land.

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Statues adorn the roofline of the Victoria Shopping Centre in the Spa town of Harrogate on April 3, 2012 in Harrogate, England. With only a few months to go until the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic games, Britain's tourist industry is hoping to benefit from the influx of athletes, officials and visitors.  

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