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Pictures of the Week
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Hindu devotees throw holy flammable powder onto a fire as they perform rituals to celebrate the Gajan Festival in Kolkata on April 13, 2015. The Gajan festival falls on the last day of the Bengali calendar which also coincides with the birth of Lord Shiva, according to Hindu mythology. AFP PHOTO /Dibyangshu SARKAR (Photo credit should read DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DIBYANGSHU SARKAR via Getty Images)
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Jessica Raine (L) and David Walliams (R) pose during the 'Partners In Crime' photocall at MIPTV on April 13, 2015 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Didier Baverel/WireImage) (credit:Didier Baverel via Getty Images)
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US rapper Kanye West, husband of US reality TV star Kim Kardashian, carries their daughter North, following a reported baptism ceremony at the Armenian St. James Cathedral in Jerusalem's Old City on April 13, 2015. (credit:AHMAD GHARABLI via Getty Images)
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British Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader David Cameron (2nd L) poses for a 'selfie' as he meets with local people in Alnwick, north east England on April 13, 2015. Britain holds a general election on May 7 in which Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives, senior partners in a coalition government since 2010, will seek enough support to govern alone. AFP PHOTO / POOL / PETER MACDIARMID (Photo credit should read PETER MACDIARMID/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PETER MACDIARMID via Getty Images)
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Nick Clegg, U.K. deputy prime minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats, center left, and Tom Brake, member of parliament for Carshalton and Wallington, center right, talk to supporters outside the St. Hellier Hospital, as they campaign ahead of the May 7 general election in the Carshalton district of London, U.K., on Monday, April 13, 2015. Clegg is seeking to present the Liberal Democrats as a mid-point between the deficit-cutting austerity of Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party and the anti-business rhetoric of the opposition Labour Party. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
(06 of24)
The World's Biggest Children's Book was unveiled over the weekend, standing taller than a giraffe and stretching as wide as a 4x4 vehicle, the book towered over surprised visitors, beating the previous world record by three feet at an impressive 18’4”.The giant book was a larger-than-life version of exclusive new storybook 'The Enchanted Village' written for Alton Towers Resort, in partnership with Harper Collins. Registered literacy charity Seven Stories were in attendance over the weekend with a storyteller delivering an exclusive first read of the tale to a group of lucky kids.
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Two women watch the sunset in Hong Kong on April 13, 2015. (credit:DALE DE LA REY via Getty Images)
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Argentina's soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona kicks the ball during an exhibition soccer match in support of peace talks between the Colombian government and leftist rebels in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, April 10, 2015. Delegates of the government and rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, are negotiating in Havana. (AP Photo/Santiago Cortes) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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People riding on a motorbike react as a boy splashes water on them during traditional Thai New Year celebrations or Songkran water festival in Bangkok Monday, April 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Tuah, the five month-old Bornean orangutan looks on in the Great Ape Building at Utah's Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City. Tuah's parents, Eve and Elijah, both passed away last fall; Eve just a few weeks after Tuah's birth. After four months of round-the-clock care from zookeepers and his older sister, an orphaned orangutan baby whose father gained national fame by correctly picking the Super Bowl winner seven straight years is ready to meet the public. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Kanye West jumps into water as fans, cops, jump in along with the soaking wet rapper at last minute concert in Armenia. (credit:AntonhyBD Four/ Splash News)
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The sun rises over fishing boats off the North East coast near Cullercoats bay in North Tyneside, as Britain is set to bask in its hottest temperatures of the year so far, with the mercury expected to soar higher than in parts of Spain this week. (credit:Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)
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This photo taken early on April 12, 2015 shows a badly damaged Lamborghini car and debris in a tunnel after a crash involving a Ferrari in Beijing. The two cars crashed late on April 11 in a high-speed road race in Beijing as the seventh stunt-filled 'Fast and the Furious' movie opened in China, the latest luxury car accident to provoke controversy on April 13. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STR via Getty Images)
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Flowers and pebbles mark on April 12, 2015 a spot on the beach in Les Aigrettes, on the western coast of the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, where a 13-year-old boy, Elio, was attacked and killed by a shark on April 12. The shark tore off the boy's limbs and part of his stomach as he was swimming in an off-limits section of the ocean off the west coast of the island. It was the 16th shark attack on the island since 2011 and the seventh loss of life. (credit:RICHARD BOUHET via Getty Images)
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Recording artists Madonna (L) and Drake kiss onstage during day 3 of the 2015 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (Weekend 1) at the Empire Polo Club on April 12, 2015 in Indio, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Coachella) (credit:Christopher Polk via Getty Images)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 13: Models walk the runway at the Bec & Bridge show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia 2015 at Carriageworks on April 13, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images) (credit:Brendon Thorne via Getty Images)
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AUGUSTA, GA - APRIL 12: Bubba Watson presents Jordan Spieth of the United States with the green jacket after Spieth won the 2015 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 12, 2015 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) (credit:Ezra Shaw via Getty Images)
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A child plays on the floor covered with clouded power, at the end of a mini marathon during a Holi Run Festival in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, April 12, 2015. Thousands of revelers took part in the festival that includes a mini marathon. The festivals are fashioned after the Hindu spring festival Holi, which is mainly celebrated in the north and east of India. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 12: Actress Scarlett Johansson arrives at the 2015 MTV Movie Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on April 12, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/WireImage) (credit:Gregg DeGuire via Getty Images)
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San Diego Padres relief pitcher Craig Kimbrel throws against the San Francisco Giants during the ninth inning of a baseball game in San Diego, Calif., Sunday, April 12, 2015. The Padres won 6-4. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Rebel Wilson arrives at the MTV Movie Awards at the Nokia Theatre on Sunday, April 12, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) (credit:Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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Egyptians gather at the scene following a bombing that struck a main police station in the capital of the northern Sinai province in el-Arish, Egypt, Sunday, April 12, 2015. The explosion comes hours after a roadside bomb killed many soldiers traveling south of el-Arish in an armored vehicle. The region has been hit by an Islamic insurgency by a group that recently pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Muhamed Sabry) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Host Terry Crews performs at the TV Land Awards at the Saban Theatre on Saturday, April 11, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) (credit:Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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Marc Marquez, of Spain, rides by his crew after winning the MotoGP Grand Prix motorcycle race at the Circuit of the Americas, Sunday, April 12, 2015, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Darren Abate) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)