World Lens: Week of May 19, 2008

Ziggy - Ziggy Marley performs at Morocco’s Mawazine Festival. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

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Ziggy - Ziggy Marley performs at Morocco’s Mawazine Festival. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

Drag Queen - A Cuban drag queen struts the aisles of the Astral theater during an International Day Against Homophobia celebration in Havana. REUTERS/Claudia Daut

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Drag Queen - A Cuban drag queen struts the aisles of the Astral theater during an International Day Against Homophobia celebration in Havana. REUTERS/Claudia Daut

Sisters - A Malawi girl holds her little sister on her back as she walks through a maize field in the Masongo village. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

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Sisters - A Malawi girl holds her little sister on her back as she walks through a maize field in the Masongo village. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Sniffing Glue - A homeless Dominican man holds up glue to sniff as he sits on a Santo Domingo street. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

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Sniffing Glue - A homeless Dominican man holds up glue to sniff as he sits on a Santo Domingo street. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

In Protest - Thousands of Sudanese protesters gathered to shout slogans condemning a recent rebel attack by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) that killed over 200 people. The country asked the world to list JEM as a terrorist group. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin

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In Protest - Thousands of Sudanese protesters gathered to shout slogans condemning a recent rebel attack by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) that killed over 200 people. The country asked the world to list JEM as a terrorist group. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin

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Reading Braille - In Cuba, a blind boy reads Braille at the Abel Santamaria school in Havana. The U.N.’s World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (celebrated this past weekend) focused on linking in people with disabilities. REUTERS/Claudia Daut

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Reading Braille - In Cuba, a blind boy reads Braille at the Abel Santamaria school in Havana. The U.N.’s World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (celebrated this past weekend) focused on linking in people with disabilities. REUTERS/Claudia Daut

False Hope? - Ethiopian child refugees wait at a Yemen refugee camp for a visit from Antonio Guterres, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Many African refugees flee to Yemen, believing it to have a similar status of neighboring oil-rich Saudi Arabia. But once they get there they realize Yemen is a poor country as well. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

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False Hope? - Ethiopian child refugees wait at a Yemen refugee camp for a visit from Antonio Guterres, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Many African refugees flee to Yemen, believing it to have a similar status of neighboring oil-rich Saudi Arabia. But once they get there they realize Yemen is a poor country as well. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Oil Explosion - In Nigeria, a fire broke out when an oil pipeline ruptured, killing 100 people and injuring 20 others (including students in a nearby school).

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Oil Explosion - In Nigeria, a fire broke out when an oil pipeline ruptured, killing 100 people and injuring 20 others (including students in a nearby school).

Competing - Lebanese basketball player Rami Akiki (left) dribbles while Iran’s Enyinn Mounike guards during the 19th FIBA Asia Champions Cup semi-final game in Kuwait.

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Competing - Lebanese basketball player Rami Akiki (left) dribbles while Iran’s Enyinn Mounike guards during the 19th FIBA Asia Champions Cup semi-final game in Kuwait.

Everything is Useful - In the Ivory Coast, a model poses in an outfit made from used cocoa sacks. The clothes’ designer, Felicite Mai, makes these fashions based on the philosophy that everything is useful. REUTERS/Luc Gnago

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Everything is Useful - In the Ivory Coast, a model poses in an outfit made from used cocoa sacks. The clothes’ designer, Felicite Mai, makes these fashions based on the philosophy that everything is useful. REUTERS/Luc Gnago