People of Myanmar living in Japan protest demanding the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and the democratization of Myanmar on May 24, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained for giving a lodge to an U.S. citizen.
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An Anti-bullfighting demonstrator sits amid others laying covered in fake blood while holding a sign that reads 'Bullfight abolition' at the Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas on May 24, 2009 in Madrid, Spain. An estimated of 300 demonstrators protested for the abolition of bullfighting.
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A Bangladeshi child labourer poses for photographs amongst old tyres in Dhaka. A 2002/03 survey by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics found that approximately 4..9 million children worked as child labourers inBangladesh, 14.2 per cent of the total 35.06 million children in the age group of 5-14 years. Bangladesh is one of the poorest nations on the planet with 40 per cent of its 144 million people living on less than one dollar a day. — AFP/Munir uz Zaman
Fishermen prepare to cast their fishing nets into the sea against the backdrop of monsoon clouds in the southern Indian city of Kochi. India plans to start more accurate weather forecasts from next year, a top official said on Thursday, a move that experts say can raise farm output by 10 per cent in a country that mainly depends on rains for irrigation — Reuters/Sivaram
Students perform Jal Neti, or nasal wash, an ancient yogic technique, in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh. Many Indians believe that Jal Neti cures diseases related to the eyes, nose, throat and brain -Reuters/Ajay Verma
Afghan women display agricultural produce at the 'Kabul International Agriculture Fair' in Kabul. The development of Afghanistan's agriculture sector is part of US President Barack Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan, with the sector seen as key in helping the largely rural country build its economy and move away from opium farming – AFP Photo
A Pakistani worker is lifted by a crane to unload a container with supplies for displaced people at the Chota Lahore refugee camp, Swabi, northwest Pakistan.
Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing fighting in Pakistan's north-west as the army continues its operation to eliminate Taleban militants.
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