Ballet dancer Fernando Medina Gallego of 'Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo' or 'The Trocks' as they are affectionately known, prepares to put his wig on as the ballet company prepares for the opening of their Melbourne season on October 27, 2009. An all-male ballet, 'The Trocks' combine the physical capabilities of male dancers with the grace and grandeur of ballerinas with a layer of expert clowning, creating a company of dancers that lovingly lampoons the conventions of ballet.
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A decorated altar is unveiled for the British Museum's Day of the Dead celebration on October 29, 2009 in London, England. The altar has been created by Mexican artist Adriana Amaya for Mexico's famous 'The Day of the Dead' celebration, which will be celebrated at the British Museum and in Mexico this Sunday.
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A statue is seen at the theme park 'Love Land' on October 24, 2009 in Jeju, South Korea. Love Land is an outdoor sex-themed sculpture park which opened in 2004 on Jeju Island. The park runs sex education films and features 140 sculptures representing humans in various sexual positions. It also has other elements such as large phallus statues, stone labia, and hands-on exhibits such as a "masturbation-cycle."
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U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division fire mortars in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar province Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. From left to right are CPL Jeremy Foley of Bloomington, IL and SPC William Makenzie of Pendleton, OR.
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Devotees of Gim Tsu Ong Shrine race across hot coals during a fire walking session at the Vegetarian Festival Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009, in Phuket, Thailand. The annual festival traces its origin back to the early 1800's when Chinese tin miners and others who had been stricken with disease recovered by adhering to a strict vegetarian diet.
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A German man with a broken foot is carried away from the scene of a suicide bomb attack on an international guest house October 28, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Taliban militants killed six U.N. foreign staff in the early morning assault raising serious issues about security before the Presidential run-off election in less tham two weeks time. Rockets were also fired at the Serena hotel but no injuries were reported.
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A women performs during the Thrill The World 2009 event, which sees fans from all over the world dance simultaneous to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" at Luna Park on October 25, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. The event aims to raise money for charity and break the current world record for the Largest Simultaneous Thriller Dance.
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Three dogs dressed as (L to R) police officer, wrestler and soldier participate in the Family Pet festival, on October 25, 2009, in Cali, department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
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A Belarusian soldier from an Interior Ministry special unit jumps through a fire during a competition near the village of Volovshchina, some 25 km ( 15 miles ) west of Minsk, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Several dozen Belarusian soldiers marched and overcame field and forest obstacles trying to win the competition and prove their combat readiness.
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A 70-foot female blue whale, that officials believe was struck by a ship, is seen washed ashore on the Northern California coast Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, near Fort Bragg, Calif. Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say the whale was spotted on the shores near Fort Bragg in Mendocino County Monday night, hours after an ocean survey vessel reported hitting a whale a few miles away. The dead animal has a gash on its back estimated to be more than 8 feet long.
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