World Lens: Week of June 23, 2008
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Over Fire - A student protester leaps over flaming tires outside of a government building in Indonesia. The student was one of 500 protesters who threw rocks and bamboo sticks at police in protest against rising food prices. REUTERS/Dadang Tri (INDONESIA)
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Practice Makes Perfect - A Venezuelan girl practices her violin outside of her home next to her dog, ‘Chocolate.’ About 300,000 of the deprived children in the country have taken up an instrument to play in one of the nation’s vast youth orchestras. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA)
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Quitting - Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe’s opposition leader and former presidential candidate, talks to the media the day he pulled out of the race. Violence against his supporters in the days and weeks leading up to the run-off election made a free and fair poll impossible, he said. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo (ZIMBABWE)
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Squished - In Egypt, a boy is shown squeezed in between two passengers on a packed train in Cairo. The country, with the highest population among Arab nations, is attempting to control population growth that is putting a burden on its food, water and energy resources. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT)
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Playing - A displaced little girl in Kenya plays outside of her temporary shelter. REUTERS/Antony Njuguna (KENYA)
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