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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Black rhino, Baraka (Swahili for blessing), blinded by disease, feeds on a branch during a visit to Ol-Pejeta conservancy at Nanyuki, Kenya by Japan's Crown Prince, his Imperial Highness Naruhito

Peruvian surfer Domingo Pianezzi rides a wave with his alpaca Pisco at San Bartolo beach in Lima March 16, 2010. Pianezzi has spent a decade training dogs to ride the nose of his board when he catches waves, and now he is the first to do so with an alpaca

A mounted Kyrgyz man falls from his horse as he took part in a traditional central Asian sport 'Kok-Boru (Ulak-Tartysh)' in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on March 21, 2010 during the annual Nowruz (New Year) celebrations

"Manhattan" (left) and "Altesse" fight during the final of the annual "Battle of the Queens" of the Herens breed cows fight on May 9, 2010 in Aproz, Switzerland in the Alpine Canton of Valais. During the combat the cows simply push, forehead against forehead using their horns. The competition continues until the new queen has forced all the other leaders to retreat

An elephant sticks its trunk out of its container after arriving at the zoo in the southern German city of Neunkirchen on April 30, 2010. Two elephants arrived at the zoo after a 4-days trip from Benidorm in Spain

A policeman looks at an elephant which was knocked down by a train at the Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary, on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. The female elephant was killed and another pregnant elephant was seriously injured by a train when they searched for food at the sanctuary. The pregnant elephant later gave birth and fled the site, leaving the baby which was rescued by the forest guards and sent to Assam State zoo for treatment

Farmers use camels to transport their watermelons across the river Ganges at Neevna village on the outskirts of the northern Indian city of Allahabad

London Zookeeper Laura Childs poses for a picture with a spiny stick insect as she takes part in a photocall to promote London Zoo's annual stock take of animals

Donald Sweat and Sarah Tippett take photos of a railroad bridge that was washed off its foundations when floodwaters swelled the creek that leads to the Lebanon square, Lebanon, Tennessee

Kristi Hellerman walks her daughter Kallie Cox, 3, through their flooded neighborhood near Pleasant Planes

Dover Anthony sings on as he overlooks the parking lot of submerged cars at the Knights Motel in East Nashville

3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, Sergeant Paul Williams, 20, of Fostoria, Ohio, poses to show his tattoos, including two bull dogs (or "Devil Dogs"), and lyrics from the Dire Straits song "Brothers in Arms", at the entrance to a bunker at a base in Marjah, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan

A ground crew member removes a fuel hose from a U.S. Marine Harrier jet from Marine Attack Squadron 231 during operations in Kandahar

An Afghan National Army soldier prays during a foot patrol with unseen US Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines near a poppy field in a stronghold Taliban area of Marjah, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan

Frances Cottle, widow of Sgt. Maj. Robert Cottle, holds the flag that escorted his remains, during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery April 16, 2010 in Arlington, Virginia. Cottle, a member of the LAPD SWAT team, was killed by a roadside bomb in the Marja region of Afghanistan

Afghan women work on doll clothing at a workshop sponsored by a Malaysian NGO called Mercy that seeks to help local females to empower themselves. 80 women participate in every workshop despite rising tensions between an increasing Taliban presence in the city and the extensive NATO presence.

Veteran U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dan Nevins, who lost his legs due to an injury in Afghanistan, stands on the runway during the "Dressed To Kilt" charity fashion show in New York

An afghan woman arranges cow dung cakes as she works in a field in Kabul, Afghanistan

U.S. Army Sgt. Tiffany Dalagelis, Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) civil affairs member, smells some mint leaves given to her by locals after a meeting with the Kineske Council about the completion of a canal project in Kineske, Afghanistan

Nadiya, an internally displaced Afghan girl holds her sister outside a shanty dwelling, in a refugee camp in Kabul,

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