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Adam Ortiz a fourth-grader at Fairview Elementary stops traffic while classmates and parents cross Washington at North 11th Street in Klamath Falls Ore as part of Walk to School Days something the school has participated in every Friday in May for three years May 11 2012 (Andrew MarimanThe Herald and News)

Daily Life May 2012Thousands of images are supplied by multiple wire services to newspapers across the country each day Many of those images depict ordinary scenes of life in different countries around the world There are three picture editors that contribute to the Big Picture blog each of them seeing the world in a little bit of a different way Their backgrounds their experiences their interests - all very disparate Each of them given the same resources (the visual wire) to edit from each choosing very different ways to tell a story The following photographs are my choices of those images for the month of May (and a few from late April) illustrating daily life around the world -- Paula Nelson (53 photos total)

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Former Navy Seal Coleman Ruiz takes part in a 1700-mile relay walk May 14 2012 near Dandridge Tenn Ruiz is the executive director of the Carry the Load program that benefits nonprofit organizations that help veterans active duty service

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Adam Ortiz a fourth-grader at Fairview Elementary stops traffic while classmates and parents cross Washington at North 11th Street in Klamath Falls Ore as part of Walk to School Days something the school has participated in every Friday in May for three years May 11 2012 (Andrew MarimanThe Herald and News)

Daily Life May 2012Thousands of images are supplied by multiple wire services to newspapers across the country each day Many of those images depict ordinary scenes of life in different countries around the world There are three picture editors that contribute to the Big Picture blog each of them seeing the world in a little bit of a different way Their backgrounds their experiences their interests - all very disparate Each of them given the same resources (the visual wire) to edit from each choosing very different ways to tell a story The following photographs are my choices of those images for the month of May (and a few from late April) illustrating daily life around the world -- Paula Nelson (53 photos total)

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Former Navy Seal Coleman Ruiz takes part in a 1700-mile relay walk May 14 2012 near Dandridge Tenn Ruiz is the executive director of the Carry the Load program that benefits nonprofit organizations that help veterans active duty service

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Former Navy Seal Coleman Ruiz takes part in a 1700-mile relay walk May 14 2012 near Dandridge Tenn Ruiz is the executive director of the Carry the Load program that benefits nonprofit organizations that help veterans active duty service

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Elderly Chinese men enjoy the early morning sunshine at a Shenyang park with birds brought from their homes in the northeast of Chinas Liaoning province May 15 2012 (Associated Press) Click to continue

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5A Pakistani child whose family was displaced by 2010 floods from a village near Multan sleeps in a hammock attached to his familys makeshift tent in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad Pakistan May 14 2012 (Muhammed MuheisenAssociated Press)

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A Pakistani boy jumps from a hill into a stream where he and other boys swim to beat the heat on the outskirts of Islamabad Pakistan May 15 2012

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A gardener waters the lawn near a

couple getting their wedding photos

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A man asks an Afghan refugee not to bathe at a water point while others collect water in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad Pakistan May

15 2012 People in Pakistan are facing water shortages due to low water levels in the countrys

dams according to the Pakistani Meteorological Department(Muhammed MuheisenAssociated

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Second grader Ashley Jackson from

Germanshire Elementary gets ready to perform at Sherwood Elementary in

Memphis Tenn during an Art For Lifes Sake music

and literacy program May 14 2012 (Jim WeberThe

Commercial Appeal)

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Young Indian Sufi Muslim children carry

flower offerings during a visit to the

Nizamuddin Shrine in New Delhi India May 14 2012 The shrine

is dedicated to the much revered saint Hazrat Nizamuddin

who died in the 14th century (Kevin

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A Pakistani takes a nap under the trees during a hot summer

day in Islamabad Pakistan May 13 2012 (Anjum

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An Afghan boy rides his horse on a hill overlooking

Kabul Afghanistan

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A Pakistani vendor slices

watermelon for customers at a bus temrinal in

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Vendors sell vegetables and

flowers at a street market

in El Alto Bolivia May

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An Indian girl runs from a sudden

thundershower at the India Gate monument in

New Delhi India May 12 2012 (Kevin

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Young Indian hawkers stand

with toy balls they are trying to sell as

they take cover from a sudden

thundershower at the India Gate

monument in New Delhi May 12

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A family of geese crosses a road in

the evening sunlight in East Rutherford NJ

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Pakistani children who fled their villages with their families due to fighting between security forces and militants in Pakistans tribal area of Bajur enjoy a ride on a merry-go-round at a makeshift entertainment park set up in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad May 11 2012 (Muhammed MuheisenAssociated Press)

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Pakistani fishermen pull their nets out of the sea onto the beach in Karachi Pakistan May 9 2012 (Shakil AdilAssociated Press)

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Pakistani Jaafar Sakhawat 8 who

works in a brick factory takes a

break on a pile of damaged bricks on

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Pakistani women wash their

laundry at a water point on the outskirts of Islamabad May

9 2012 (Muhammed

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Young North Korean school children

gather with their teacher during a

spring day picnic and a class about

appreciating nature at a park in

Pyongyang North Korea May 9 2012

(Kim Kwang HyonAssociated

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Connecticut College art student Ariann Holden poses against the alley wall of The Commoner on Bank St in downtown New London Conn May 8 2012 Kelley Kobak

paints the shoes to complete the camouflage during work on a final project

for their color theory class (Sean D ElliotThe Day)

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Maggie Ward 7 plays in a monument to volunteers at a Joplin Mo park

May 8 2012 The park was destroyed along with St Johns Regional Medical

shown in the distance after an EF-5 tornado destroyed a large swath of

the city and killed 161 people nearly a year ago Maggies family was

among those that lost their homes in the disaster (Charlie

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A young man takes photos by

the Tagus river at low tide in Lisbon

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Sharon Ericson of Riverside Calif shoots

through a cloud of black powder smoke as she

competes against the clock in Cowboy Action Shooting

in Norco Calif The Cowboys chapter of the Single Action Shooting

Society gather monthly to compete dressed in period

costumes and using Western era firearms (Jebb Harris The Orange County

Register)

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A group of young Sri Lankan Buddhist monks spend their

evening at the sea front in Colombo Sri Lanka May 8

2012 (Eranga JayawardenaAssociated

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A Kashmiri girl holds a cooking

gas cylinder as her father rows a boat

through the Dal Lake in Srinagar

India May 8 2012 (Mukhtar

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Pakistani women make

their way amid garbage to

fetch potable water to their homes in the

outskirts of Islamabad

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A man dives into a pond from atop a

building to cool himself on a hot afternoon in

New Delhi May 8 2012 (Kevin

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Pedestrians and incoming traffic are

reflected on mirrors displayed

for sale by a Pakistani man

outside his shop in Rawalpindi May 8 2012 (Muhammed MuheisenAssociat

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A tall steel cross is refracted in rain drops on

a window in Joplin Mo May 7 2012 The cross is all that is left standing of

St Marys Catholic Church which was

destroyed by an EF-5 tornado that tore through

the city and killed 161 people nearly a year ago (Charlie RiedelAssociated

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A barber talks to a friend as he

applies after shave to a

customer May 7 2012 in New

Delhi (Daniel BerehulakGetty

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An Afghan refugee girl returns home carrying

a basket in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad May 7

2012 (Muhammed MuheisenAssociated

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Palestinian children leave school for the

day in Gaza City May 5 2012 (Bernat

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An Afghan refugee girl stands in the

doorway of her home in a slum

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Islamabad May 7 2012 (Muhammed MuheisenAssociat

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Rickshaw drivers wait for

customers May 7 2012 in New

Delhi India (Daniel

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Rickshaw drivers wait for

customers May 7 2012 in New

Delhi India (Daniel

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A man stops to give money to a man begging for

alms May 7 2012 in New

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A Kashmiri Muslim village girl walks through a field in

Ganderbal town 20 kilometers (12 miles) northeast of Srinagar

India May 15 2012 (Dar YasinAssociated Press)

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An Indian female farmer collects

beans from a vegetable field on

the outskirts of Jammu India May

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A Palestinian boy plays at the beach in Gaza

City May 4 2012 (Bernat

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Pakistani Abla Zahir 6 holds her brother Yaseen 1 while

waiting to receive a ration of rice during a donated food

distribution at the Beri Iman a shrine of famous Sufi Saint

Beri Imam in Islamabad May 4 2012 (Muhammed

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An Iranian couple enjoy their time at

the Tochal mountainous area at

the northern part of the capital of Tehran

Iran May 2 2012(Vahid

SalemiAssociated Press)

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A girl plays in front of the statue of

Karl Marx and Frederick Engels

the founders of communism at a park in Shanghai

China May 4 2012 (Eugene

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Flora Banga jumps for joy while playing following a mass

naturalization ceremony at the Cannon Center in downtown

Memphis Tenn April 30 2012 Bangas father Samuel Banga

who is originally from Sudan took the Oath of Allegiance along with over 200 other immigrants from

over 60 countries (Jim WeberThe Commercial Appeal)

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Chinese paramilitary

policemen stand guard while

tourists watch the customary

ceremony of lowering the flag

at Tiananmen Square May 3

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Chinese tourists watch the

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A Palestinian taxi driver waits

patiently to fill up his cab at a gas station in Gaza

City May 3 2012 (Bernat

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A man dressed as comic super hero Spiderman

performs with a tourist while they pose for

pictures in the Plaza Mayor in Madrid April

30 2012(Daniel Ochoa de OlzaAssociated

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An elderly couple dance while a

mariachi group plays their music at the Puera del

Sol square in Madrid April 30

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A North Korean student poses for a picture at a zoo in Pyongyang North

Korea April 26 2012 (Vincent YuAssociated

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A Pakistani girl uses an umbrella for shelter from the rain while she and her father

herd their sheep near the site of the demolished

compound of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad

Pakistan April 29 2012 (Muhammed

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Classic dancers prepare to perform on the street during the Dance Day in Pamplona northern Spain April 29 2012 (Alvaro BarrientosAssociated Press)

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Indian tourists walk near the India gate

war memorial in New Delhi India April 26

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55JUNE 2012In the post that follows for the month of June Ive collected images from many places Single images from Guatemala Lisbon California Israel Australia Nepal and Pakistan Small picture groupings from Greece (a country in the news for the challenges it faces economically) from Pakistan (attending classes at a madrasah and outside a brick factory) from China (fun in the sand and eclectic street scenes) from Spain (the Corpus Christi procession and an intimate moment on the street) from Thailand (life in a refugee camp on the Thai-Burma border and lessons in an Islamic school) Visual slices of life

around the world -- Paula Nelson (54 photos total)

A Chinese couple bury their children

in the sand on a manmade beach in a Beijing park June

16 2012 (Andy WongAssociated

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An Israeli man digs a hole in the sand

at Tel Avivs beach Israel June 4 2012 (Oded

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An Israeli man digs a hole in the sand

at Tel Avivs beach Israel June 4 2012 (Oded

BaliltyAssociated

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A security guard stands near a painted wall on a hazy day in

Beijing June 18 2012 (Alexander F YuanAssociated Press)

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Chefs move a food cart outside a new car dealership for its opening

celebrations in Beijing June 18 2012 (Alexander F YuanAssociated

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A pedestrian runs across Bay Street in Torontos financial district June 14 2012 (Nathan

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A young woman a member of Lisbons Alfama neighborhood association practices before taking part in Lisbons popular parade during the Popular Saints festivities June 12 2012 During these celebrations old Lisbons neighborhood associations parade during Saint Anthonys Day to compete for the best overall parade music costume and choreography (Francisco SecoAssociated Press)

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A Pakistani girl sits on a merry-go-round hoping to have a free ride at an

entertainment park in Rawalpindi Pakistan June 13 2012 (Muhammed

MuheisenAssociated Press)

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A couple dance in a public park in

Guatemala City June 13 2012

(Rodrigo AbdAssociated

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Ceramic statues of Mao Zedong

founder of the Peoples Republic

of China are displayed for sale

at a street antique shop

June 13 2012 in Shanghai China

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A child plays between two cartoon military statues on display outside a

shopping mall in Beijing June 14 2012 (Andy WongAssociated Press)

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Pakistani girl Saima Hashim 5 whose family was displaced by 2010 floods from a village in Pakistans Sindh province lives in

a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad Pakistan June 18 2012 (Muhammed

MuheisenAssociated Press)

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A family begs on the street June 13 2012 in Athens Greece The Greek electorate went to the polls in a re-run of the general election June 17 2012 after no combination of political parties were able to form a coalition government The general election could determine whether Greece retains the Euro as its currency (Oli ScarffGetty Images)

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A woman begs for money outside a

church in Omonoia June 12

2012 in Athens Greece (Oli ScarffGetty

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A woman and child rest in their shelter

in the converted back of a pickup

truck in Psyrri June 12 2012 in Athens

Greece (Oli ScarffGetty

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Members of the public buy fruit and

vegetables from a street market in

Omonoia June 12 2012 in Athens

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Members of the public peruse

items for sale in a discount 1 Euro

shop June 13 2012 in Athens

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The Dafni district of Athens at

sunset June 11 2012 in Athens

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A man begs on the street in

Syntagma Square near Parliament June 11 2012 in Athens Greece (Oli ScarffGetty

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A man cycles along an empty street June 11

2012 in Athens Greece (Oli

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A man runs onto a bridge over a canal in Santos Brazil June 5 2012 (Yasuyoshi

Chibayasuyoshi ChibaAFPGettyImages)

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A woman is soaked by a wave at Bronte Beach June 6 2012 in Sydney Australia Wind speeds of up to 127kmh were recorded as Sydney was lashed by wild weather caused by the

arrival of a low pressure system A high tide and a large swell heightened the risk of sand erosion at local beaches on the NSW coast (Ryan PierseGetty Images)

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A couple kisses in downtown Madrid

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Women take part in a Corpus Christi procession in Calle

Mayor Madrid Spain June 10

2012 (Daniel Ochoa de

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A young girl prays during a Corpus

Christi procession in Sol square

Madrid June 10 2012 (Daniel

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Jewelry repair specialist Ramses Said examines a

heart pendant after he reaffixed the top loop in his

booth in New Yorks Diamond District Said 51 from Cairo

Egypt has been working in his familys business since he was

14 years old (Richard DrewAssociated Press)

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Anthony Smith 7 gets a close-up view

of a Monarch butterfly inside a

butterfly tent at the annual Bugs amp

Butterflies at Riley at Riley Wilderness

Park in Coto De Caza Calif June 3

2012 (Ana VenegasThe

Orange County Register)

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Nepalese children play in front of a

closed store near Durbar Square in

Katmandu Nepal June 12 2012

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A child talks on his mobile phone as he looks after a street

jewelry vender June 11 2012 in Shanghai

China (Eugene HoshikoAssociated

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A kindergartner buys a drink from

a vending machine in Tokyo

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Several Polish children play outside of an old wagon in the small Baltic sea coastal town of Hel north of Gdansk Poland June 24 2012 The discarded train wagons have become home for several families there (Alvaro BarrientosAssociated Press)

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Israeli Arabs enjoy the beach in Jaffa

a mixed Jewish and Arab part of

Tel Aviv Israel June 24 2012

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86North Korean military band members leave after a performance for peasants working in a field in Hwanggumpyong near the border town of Sinuiju in North Korea seen from across the border with China in Dandong northeastern Chinas Liaoning province (Associated Press)

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Burmese medical staff examine a child at the

SMRU hospital inside the Mae La refugee camp

June 6 2012 in Tak province Thailand The camp is situated along

the Burma-Thailand border and is home to

around 50000 refugees Mae La is the largest of

nine camps along the Thai border where the Burmese live in a

stateless limbo for many years (Photo by Paula

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Pah Taw sits on a chair smoking a cigarette at

the Karen Handicapped Welfare Association

dormitory inside the Mae La refugee camp

June 5 2012 in Tak province Thailand Pah

Taw lost his sight and his hands in a land

mine explosion while he was a soldier with

the KNU Mae La is the largest of nine camps along the Thai border (Paula BronsteinGetty

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Burmese girls take a break from their

studies at the Haydayatul Uloom

Islamic school inside the Mae La

refugee camp June 4 2012

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Burmese students sit in class at the

Haydayatul Uloom Islamic school

inside the Mae La refugee camp June 4 2012

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A Burmese student studies at the Haydayatul Uloom Islamic school inside the Mae La refugee camp

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Burmese boys hold religious studies

books at the Haydayatul Uloom

Islamic school inside the Mae La refugee camp June 4 2012

in Tak province Thailand (Paula BronsteinGetty

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Ethnic Karen Burmese students study at a

middle school inside the Mae La refugee

camp June 7 2012 in Tak province

Thailand The camp is situated along the

Burma-Thailand border and is home to

around 50000 refugees (Paula BronsteinGetty

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A Pakistani girl stands in the line with other women and children to receive a ration of rice during a donated food distribution at the Beri

Imam shrine dedicated to the Sufi saint in Islamabad Pakistan June 8 2012

(Muhammed MuheisenAssociated Press)

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Pakistani Layla Hazrat 5 whose family fled their village due to fighting between security forces and militants in Pakistans tribal area of Bajur attends a class to learn how to read verses of the Quran during her daily madrassa (Islamic school) set up in a local mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad Pakistan June 7 2012 (Muhammed MuheisenAssociated Press)

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A Pakistani boy who lives near by

a brick factory covers his face with a scarf to

avoid a sand storm on the

outskirts of Islamabad

Pakistan June 6 2012 (Muhammed MuheisenAssociat

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Pakistani children covered with a mosquito net sleep

in the back of a vehicle parked close to their home

on a roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad

Pakistan June 25 2012 Many Pakistanis sleep

outdoors to escape the heat trapped in their homes

during the summer months (Muhammed

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Pakistanis work in a brick factory as

rain falls in Islamabad

Pakistan June 6 2012 (BK

BangashAssociated Press)

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Pakistani children play during a light

rain that brings relief from hot weather in

Islamabad Pakistan June 6 2012 (BK

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Pakistani Zareeba Afzal 27 collects water with other women on the

outskirts of Islamabad Pakistan June 6 2012 Pakistanis are facing

shortages of water due to the low level of water in the countrys dams

according to Pakistani Meteorological Department (Muhammed

MuheisenAssociated Press)

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Jordanian farmers Khalefa al Abbadi

69 and Falah al Abbadi 50

harvest wheat on the outskirts of

Amman Jordan June 16 2012

(Mohammad HannonAssociate

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A man sits in front of mannequins on display at a

shop in Shanghai China June 8 2012 (Eugene

HoshikoAssociated Press)

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Tourists take photos near a panoramic photo of the Houses of Parliament in

London exhibited inside Chinas National Aquatic

Center also known as the Water Cube in Beijing China June 7 2012 The

Water Cube was the 2008 Beijing Olympic venue for swimming diving synchronized

swimming and water-polo (Alexander F

YuanAssociated Press)

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Tourists are silhouetted as they

look out of the observation deck

of the Willis Tower in Chicago

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An honor guard soldier stands in a doorway as a

Quechua Indians attend a ceremony at the government

palace in La Paz Bolivia June 1 2012 (Juan

KaritaAssociated Press)

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A Nepalese man prays as he is reflected in a window

at Boudhanath Stupa a World Heritage site in

Katmandu Nepal June 6 2012 (Niranjan

ShresthaAssociated Press)

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Nomad women milk buffaloes on the

outskirts of Amritsar India June 4 2012

(Altaf QadriAssociated Press)

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The International Space Station

appears as a streak of light as it passes

over the area at 851 pm providing

a 6 minute long viewing

opportunity June 7 2012 in

Birmingham Ala (Hal YeagerThe

Birmingham News)

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A Chinese man rides a bicycle across

Tiananmen Square before the

customary ceremony of lowering the flag

June 9 2012 in Beijing China (Feng

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Daily Life July 2012Each month we feature a post on the Big Picture that gives us a glimpse of daily life in the United States and in many many countries across the world For July we represent a little bit of living from Malaysia Haiti Guatemala UAE Nepal Sudan Serbia Cuba China Japan Pakistan and India (and a few more Ive probably missed) Enjoy our look at the world - Paula Nelson (51 photos total)

Chinese girls take pictures with their

mobile phones outside a cinema near a bird cage decoration at a

shopping mall in Beijing China July 29

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A mirror reflects a roadside barber attending to a

customer in New Delhi India July 29 2012

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A mirror reflects a roadside barber attending to a

customer in New Delhi India July 29 2012

(Rajesh Kumar SinghAssociated Press)

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A man rides his motorcycle toward

the Cathedral in downtown

Guatemala City as dawn breaks July

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Women cull through piles of charcoal pieces

filling plastic bags to sell at La

Terminal in Guatemala City

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A butcher cleans cows feet at his stall in a

market in Jakarta Indonesia July 26 2012

(Dita AlangkaraAssociated

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Girls practice during their ballet class at a dancing

school in Haikou in southern Chinas Hainan province

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A visitor dives into a pool from a water slide at Toshimaen

amusement park in Tokyo July 28 2012 (Itsuo InouyeAssociated

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A woman leans into the mouth of a plastic shark to kiss her child at the COEX Aquarium in Seoul South Korea July 24 2012 (Hye

Soo NahAssociated Press)

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The flukes of a gray whale appear during an outing by Whale

Research EcoExcursions in

Depoe Bay Ore July 26 2012 Summer

Whale Watch Weekend at Boiler Bay

State Park offers an opportunity to see

whales and wildlife (Kevin ClarkThe

Register-Guard)

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Visitors snap photos of jellyfish

at Sumida Aquarium in Tokyo

July 17 2012 (Itsuo

InouyeAssociated Press)

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Clouds are reflected in a

glass dome Thursday July 26 2012 in Shanghai

China (Eugene HoshikoAssociate

d Press)

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A man talks on a mobile phone

in front of a tailor shop in

Tokyo Thursday July 26 2012

(Koji SasaharaAssoc

iated Press)

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Cubans pose for a picture on a sidewalk in Guantanamo

Cuba on the eve of the countrys Revolution Day July

25 2012 Revolution Day marks the July 26 1953 rebel

attack led by Fidel and Raul Castro on the Moncada

military barracks The attack is considered the beginning of the revolution that culminated

with dictator Fulgencio Batistas ouster (Ramon

EspinosaAssociated Press)

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A livestock seller pedals his bike towing his newly

acquired pig that he plans to fatten before putting on

the market in Guantanamo Cuba July 25 2012 (Ramon EspinosaAssociated Press)

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A couple dance in the streets of Guantanamo

Cuba on the eve of the countrys

Revolution Day July 25 2012

(Ramon EspinosaAssociate

d Press)

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Brides prepare for a race in central Belgrade

Serbia July 22 2012 The winner and two runners-

up of the Bridal Race organized by a local

magazine win awards including the wedding

gown they raced in (Darko

VojinovicAssociated Press)

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A photographer takes pictures of a newly wed

couple in the rain at a garden outside an

apartment in Beijing July 21 2012 (Andy

WongAssociated Press)

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A Sudanese man sits outside his home as children carry food to cook July 20 2012 in

Juba South Sudan After breaking away from Sudan last year South Sudan recently

celebrated its first independence anniversary Over the past year repeated conflict with North

Sudan corruption scandals and economic difficulties have plagued the new country

Further problems caused by the shutdown of its oil production have led to a sharp decline in its

currency and a rise in the price of food and fuel South Sudan is one of the most underdeveloped

countries in the world (Paula BronsteinGetty Images)

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Syrians go about their daily life after hard clashes at Atareb near

Aleppo July 19 2012 Rebels seized control of all of Syrias

border crossings with Iraq on July 19 dealing a new blow to

President Bashar al-Assad as China and Russia dismayed the

West by blocking UN action against his regime (Bulent

Kilicbulent KilicAFPGettyImages)

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A red trailer provides the backdrop for riders

warming up their horses July 19 2012 in

the schooling ring for the second day of the

Oregon High Desert Classics a hunter-

jumper competition at the J Bar J Ranch east of

Bend Ore (Rob KerrThe Bulletin)

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Evan Weber 9 makes some minor

adjustments to his home-made sailer

while waiting for a gust of wind in his

Dubuque Iowa driveway July 18

2012 (Jeremy PortjeTelegraph

Herald)

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An Afghan refugee girl takes a break from searching for useful

items in a pile of garbage next to a slum area on the outskirts of

Islamabad Pakistan July 19 2012 (Muhammed

MuheisenAssociated Press)

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Jessica Dunteman 9 of Big Rock Illinois

rests with one of her hogs before their turn

to show during the first day of the Kane

County Fair in St Charles July 18 2012

(Rick WestDaily Herald)

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Corky Corey sets up lawn ornaments he makes and sells in front of his home

during the hot summer weather in Darien NY July

18 2012 (David DupreyAssociated Press)

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A visitor squats with an umbrella at the Bund one of the most famous

landmarks of Shanghai on a hot afternoon July 19 2012 in China

(Eugene HoshikoAssociated Press)

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Newly graduated doctors have their picture taken holding

their diplomas after a graduation ceremony at the

Karl Marx theater in Havana Cuba July 18 2012 (Ramon

EspinosaAssociated Press)

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People dance at a square near a rebuilt

Ming Dynasty city wall in Beijing China July 18 2012 (Alexander

F YuanAssociated Press)

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A boy plays in a water feature at the Marina

Barrage a reservoir in the heart of the city-states

business district July 18 2012 in Singapore(Wong

Maye-EAssociated Press)

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A woman walks during the midday

heat July 17 2012 in Philadelphia

Temperatures were expected to reach into the high 90s

(Matt RourkeAssociated

Press)

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A Nepalese woman walks carrying a child at

Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Katmandu

Nepal July 17 2012 (Niranjan

ShresthaAssociated Press)

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Children play cricket in the back

of a parked truck in Mumbai India July

17 2012(Rafiq MaqboolAssociated

Press)

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Brendan Darling 13 Jacob Polley 13

Austin Darling 14 Isaiah Andreis 12

and Gabe Andreis 12 two sets of brothers

and a friend all from Greene Maine play in No Name Pond in

Lewiston Maine July 16 2012 (Daryn

SloverThe Lewiston Sun-Journal)

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Leanne Bazinet of Lewiston Maine plays with her 2-

year-old daughter Jazmin Bernier at No Name Pond in Lewiston Maine

July 16 2012 (Daryn SloverThe

Lewiston Sun-Journal)

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Veronica Caines 6 Kianna Roman 4 Juliann Esola 5 Aliyah Nguyen

5 and Jayden Jones 2 cool off in a wade pool

under the watch of Brittany Gonzalez July

16 2012 in Philadelphia

Temperatures in Philadelphia reached the

low 90s (Matt SlocumAssociated

Press)

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Sunflowers grow in a field in

Schodack NY July 16 2012

(Mike GrollAssociated

Press)

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A woman takes a photo of the

Atlantis hotel giant aquarium in

Dubai United Arab Emirates July 15 2012

(Kamran JebreiliAssociate

d Press)

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TJ Gall untangles a red salmon from his dipnet July

13 2012 at the Kenai Riverrsquos mouth in Kenai Alaska The

dipnet fishery is open to Alaskan residents only Gall

said he was happy after catching four fish in about a

half hour (M Scott MoonPeninsula Clarion)

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A visitor puts a hand on the glass surface

of a tank where a starfish is stuck at

Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo July 14

2012(Itsuo InouyeAssociated

Press)

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Secondary students kiss at the end of a

school day in Guatemala City July

13 2012 (Rodrigo AbdAssociated

Press)

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Children play during the 2012

Silver State Stampede mutton

busting event at the Elko County

Fairgrounds in Elko Nev July 12

2012 This is the 100th anniversary of the Silver State Stampede (Ross

AndresonElko Daily Free Press)

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Rufus and 10-year-old Kaden Ongers charge to join

Kadens brothers Darin and Joseph both 12 for a cooling

splash in Mill Creek near Walla Walla Wash (Jeff

HornerWalla Walla Union-Bulletin)

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Pakistani Dawlat Gul 7 enjoys

playing on a swing along with other children on

the outskirts of Islamabad

Pakistan July 13 2012

(Muhammed MuheisenAssoci

ated Press)

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A window washer repels a downtown building while cleaning the windows

July 11 2012 in Atlanta (David GoldmanAssociated Press)

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A man walks through a landfill searching

for salvagable items in Petion-Ville a

suburb of Port-au-Prince Haiti July 10

2012 (Dieu Nalio CheryAssociated

Press)

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A girl looks at goldfish for sale at a night

market in Ipoh Malaysia July 10

2012 Night Markets which are called Pasar

Malam were set up about three decades ago as an alternative for small-time traders

to sell their goods in the evenings (Vincent

ThianAssociated Press)

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Cassie Bell 13 of Blakely Pa cools

off in a friends swimming pool July 9 2012 in

Blakely Pa (Butch ComegysThe

Scranton Times-Tribune)

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An Indian man gestures as he

looks in a mirror while doing his

morning grooming in front of his house in New

Delhi India July 10 2012 (Kevin

FrayerAssociated Press)

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Two cats rest on a windowsill in a hutong alley in

central Beijing July 8 2012 (Alexander

F YuanAssociated Press)

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Pakistani boys whose families were displaced by 2010 floods from a village in Pakistans Sindh province play pool

in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad Pakistan July 10 2012 (Muhammed MuheisenAssociated

Press)

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Levon Hucks and JP Cribb prime tobacco at the LW Paul Living History Farm July 7 2012 in Conway SC (Janet Blackmon MorganThe Sun News)

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Duck statues used as props by local

commercial photographers are

backdropped by the volcano Atitlan

along the shore of the volcanic lake in

Panajachel Guatemala July 7

2012 (Rodrigo AbdAssociated

Press)

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