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pics of the day 1 May
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Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg (centre) passes a young man in the process of pulling his jeans up during a General Election campaign visit to Solihull.Nick Clegg's visit to Solihull College hit a bum note as a youth's trousers fell down as he approached the Deputy Prime Minister for a selfie. The teenage boy's modesty was protected by his black boxer shorts, but it was unclear whether the incident was the result of a wardrobe malfunction or a deliberate attempt to moon the Lib Dem leader. Mr Clegg patted the teenage boy on the shoulder and continued to board his campaign bus, which was preparing to leave following the visit. Picture date: Friday May 1, 2015. (credit:Jonathan Brady/PA Wire)
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Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg (centre) passes a young man in the process of pulling his jeans up during a General Election campaign visit to Solihull.Nick Clegg's visit to Solihull College hit a bum note as a youth's trousers fell down as he approached the Deputy Prime Minister for a selfie. The teenage boy's modesty was protected by his black boxer shorts, but it was unclear whether the incident was the result of a wardrobe malfunction or a deliberate attempt to moon the Lib Dem leader. Mr Clegg patted the teenage boy on the shoulder and continued to board his campaign bus, which was preparing to leave following the visit. Picture date: Friday May 1, 2015. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire (credit:Jonathan Brady/PA Wire)
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PAISLEY, SCOTLAND - MAY 01: Jim Murphy, the leader of the Scottish Labour Party, changes oil on a car during a visit to a Honda dealership on May 1, 2015 in Paisley, Scotland. Campaigning is continuing by all parties ahead of the forthcoming general election. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) (credit:Carl Court via Getty Images)
(04 of30)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 01: Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for Ealing Central and Acton constituency Rupa Huq (R) is grabbed from behind by Karim Sacoor, a campaign volunteer for Conservative parliamentary candidate Angie Bray, as she tries to debate with London Mayor Boris Johnson as he met with voters on May 1, 2015 in London, United Kingdom. With less than a week to go before the UK general elections, Huq ambushed Johnson during a busy day of campaigning. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (credit:Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
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REDCAR, ENGLAND - MAY 01: Former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Deputy Prime Minister, Lord John Prescott climbs into the ring to spar with journalist Michael Crick as he joins Labour candidate Anna Turley on a visit to an Amateur Boxing Club on May 1, 2015 in Redcar, England. The visit marks the start of the final weekend of Labour's campaigning ahead of what is predicted to be the closest General Election in decades on May 7. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) (credit:Ian Forsyth via Getty Images)
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BRIDLINGTON, ENGLAND - MAY 01: Fans gather around the Team Wiggins motorhome prior to the start of Stage 1 of the Tour of Yorkshire from Bridlington to Scarborough on May 1, 2015 in Bridlington, England. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images) (credit:Bryn Lennon via Getty Images)
(07 of30)
LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 01: Two actors dressed as Guardsmen from a bookmakers hold up odds on the Royal Baby's name as the World's media wait for Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge to go into labour at St Mary's Hospital on May 1, 2015 in London, England. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge is expected to give birth at the Lindo wing sometime in the next couple of weeks. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) (credit:Chris Jackson via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 01: Two actors dressed as Guardsmen from a bookmakers hold up odds on the Royal Baby's name as the World's media wait for Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge to go into labour at St Mary's Hospital on May 1, 2015 in London, England. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge is expected to give birth at the Lindo wing sometime in the next couple of weeks. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) (credit:Chris Jackson via Getty Images)
(09 of30)
Chessington World Of Adventures Resort proves Leicester City Manager, Nigel Pearson, wrong with proof of what it takes to be a real Ostrich
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Nepalese woman, Quqila Pondari looks at her baby who was born during the night at the Israeli field hospital in Kathmandu on April 30, 2015. Quqila Pondari gave birth to the first baby of the Israeli field hospital during their mission in Kathmandu following the earthquake. AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MENAHEM KAHANA via Getty Images)
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An Israeli army doctor holds the newborn baby of Nepalese woman, Quqila Pondari who was born during the night at the Israeli field hospital in Kathmandu on April 30, 2015. Quqila Pondari gave birth to the first baby of the Israeli field hospital during their mission in Kathmandu following the earthquake. AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MENAHEM KAHANA via Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 30: Kim Kardashian is seen in Hollywood on April 30, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) (credit:RB/Bauer-Griffin via Getty Images)
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Street performer Bjoern Glaesmann performs a 'fire dance' with flying sparks during the traditional Walpurgis Night event at the Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, 30 April 2015. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa (credit:Kay Nietfeld/DPA)
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A Femen activist tries to block the president of France's far-right political party Front National (FN) Marine Le Pen as she lays flowers at the foot of a statue of Joan of Arc during a traditional rally in her honour on May 1, 2015 in Paris. AFP PHOTO / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD (Photo credit should read KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KENZO TRIBOUILLARD via Getty Images)
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Samantha Cameron, the wife of Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, watches her husband take part in a campaign event at the headquarters of a supermarket chain in Leeds, northern England, May 1, 2015. REUTERS/Toby Melville (credit:TOBY MELVILLE/WPA Rota)
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LEEDS, ENGLAND - MAY 01: The wife of Prime Minister and leader of the conservatives David Cameron, Samantha Cameron, looks on as her husband addresses workers at the head office of supermarket giant Asda on May 1, 2015 in Leeds, England. As the campaign enters the final days, the country's political parties are stepping up the campaign to appeal for votes from the undecided electorate. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (credit:Christopher Furlong via Getty Images)
(17 of30)
After braving three months underground a mother polar bear shows her cub the outside world for the first time. Keen photographers Andre and Anita Gilden caught the extremely rare pictures after waiting more than four days in temperatures dipping to minus 40 degrees Celsius in Manitoba, Canada Andre said: When we arrived there were no paw prints around the den so we knew we would be catching the mother coming out with her cub for the first time. It was incredible the little one still has a long way to go but his mother will be keeping a close eye on him. (credit:Andre and Anita Gilden /Barcroft USA)
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After braving three months underground a mother polar bear shows her cub the outside world for the first time. Keen photographers Andre and Anita Gilden caught the extremely rare pictures after waiting more than four days in temperatures dipping to minus 40 degrees Celsius in Manitoba, Canada Andre said: When we arrived there were no paw prints around the den so we knew we would be catching the mother coming out with her cub for the first time. It was incredible the little one still has a long way to go but his mother will be keeping a close eye on him. (credit:Andre and Anita Gilden /Barcroft USA)
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Pilgrim Morris Men dance on St Martha's Hill at dawn in celebration of May Day on May 1, 2015 in Chilworth, England. Founded in 1972, the Pilgrim Morris Men perform traditional English folk dance with bells, handkerchiefs and sticks. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) (credit:Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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In this April 26, 2015 photo provided by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, sparks rise from Kilauea volcano on Hawaiiâs Big Island. The public is getting their first look at the lake of lava on Hawaiiâs Kilauea volcano that has been rising over the past week and, at times, overflowing in a spectacular show. (Tim Orr/USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory via AP) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Indonesian workers shout slogans during a May Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, May 1, 2015. Thousands of workers urged the government to raise minimum wages and improve working condition. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Jennifer Lopez performs during the Latin Billboard Awards Thursday, April 30, 2015, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky). (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Reese Witherspoon arrives at the premiere of "Hot Pursuit" at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Thursday, April 30, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) (credit:Jordan Strauss/AP)
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 30: Actors Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello arrive at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Hot Pursuit' at TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on April 30, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/WireImage) (credit:Gregg DeGuire via Getty Images)
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President Barack Obama, shakes hands with 6th-grader Osman Yaya, a student at Wicomico County Public Schools' Bennett Middle School in Salisbury, Md., during an event at Anacostia Library in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 2015, following a live "virtual field trip" with middle school students to announce two initiatives to improve education through digital connectivity. Linking reading to technology, the White House marshaled major book publishers to provide more than $250 million in free e-books to low-income students and is seeking commitments from local governments and schools across the country to ensure that every student has a library card. Yaya moderated the event. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Indonesian workers join hands as they march during a May Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, May 1, 2015. Thousands of workers urged the government to raise minimum wages and improve working condition. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this photo taken on Saturday, April 18, 2015, Auriane Canesse, crew geologist and health and safety officer, of Crew 153, hikes up a hill and takes magnetic readings of the ground using a large rectangular apparatus near the Mars Desert Research Station, in Hanksville, Utah. This isnât Mars, but itâs resemblance to the red planet has made it a hot spot for teams of geologists, biologists and engineers from around the world who have been coming for more than a decade to simulate missions to the mysterious planet in hopes of providing critical research to for future trips to Mars. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A council parking attendant surrounded by media prepares to issue a new notice on parking restrictions outside St Mary's Hospital, Lindo wing, as the wait for the arrival of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge at the hospital goes on in London, Thursday, April, 30, 2015. Kate is due to give birth late April to her second child, at the hospital(AP Photo/Alastair Grant) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The Annual Beltane Fire Festival(29 of30)
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - APRIL 30: Beltane Fire Society performers celebrate the coming of summer by participating in the Beltane Fire Festival on Calton Hill April 30, 2015 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The event, first organized in the mid-1980's, celebrates the ending of winter and is a revival of the ancient Celtic and Pagan festival of Beltane, the Gaelic name for the month of May. (Photo by Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Images) (credit:Roberto Ricciuti via Getty Images)
Breast Cancer Research Foundation's Hot Pink Party: The Pink Standard - Inside(30 of30)
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 30: Tony Bennett and Elton John perform onstage during Breast Cancer Research Foundation's Hot Pink Party: The Pink Standard at Waldorf Astoria Hotel on April 30, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage) (credit:Kevin Mazur via Getty Images)