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KIBBUTZ BE'ERI, ISRAEL - APRIL 30: Seen from the cab of a combine harvester, an Israeli army armored personnel carrier (APC) secures the border with the Gaza Strip as Israeli farmers bring in the wheat crop near Kibbutz Be'eri in southern Israel. As grain prices reach record levels, Israeli farmers are expanding the area under wheat cultivation, right up to the border fence with the Hamas-controlled territory.

Via my friend Hossam el-Hamalawy, an arresting photo from this week's labor protests in Mahalla, Egypt:

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Chinese security guards and Turkish police arrest an Uighur Muslim protestor during the Olympic torch ceremony, on April 03, 2008. A group of some 200 Uighur Muslims demonstrated against China before the Olympic torch ceremony near one of Turkey's most famous touristic destinations. Turkish police kept demonstrators away from the site where athletes planned to begin running with the torch through the city.

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Screens display flight information at Terminal 5 on March 28, 2008, at Heathrow International Airport in London. Further delays are expected today on the second day of the new terminal opening. Thirty departures have been cancelled so far as problems still remain with baggage handling.

Worshipers re-enact the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday in the French Quarter, March 21, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

A power-sharing deal has been signed in Kenya, but it will take far more than a handshake in Nairobi to heal the wounds -- more than 1,000 dead and 600,000 displaced -- of the past few months. Here, Massai warriors battle a rival ethnic group in western Kenya with bows and arrows.

It's an image that brings to mind what former Kenyan corruption czar John Githongo recently told FP:

Negotiations are taking place in Nairobi, mediated by Kofi Annan, but it is the realities on the ground that will likely drive things, not the talks.

Looking at the image above, I'd call that an understatement.

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DEARBORN, MI - MARCH 5: Foods stock the Middle Eastern foods aisle at a new multilingual Wal-Mart that will stock the largest selection of Middle Eastern food of any Wal-Mart in the nation. The store has signage in English, Arabic, and Spanish, and employees who are multilingual are identified by special name tags that they wear.

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 29: Afghans play Buzkashi during a weekly game February 29, 2008 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Buzkashi, or 'goat dragging', is played with two teams of horsemen competing to throw a beheaded 30 kg calf, goat or sheep into a scoring circle. The Afghan national sport which was outlawed during the Taliban regime is played from late October to March every year. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

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A Palestinian man hurls stones at Israeli troops (unseen) during a violent protest against Israel's security fence, Feb. 22, 2008, where it cuts off Palestinian farmers from their land at the West Bank village of Bil'in. Hundreds of villagers backed up by foreign and left-wing Israeli supporters marked three years of demonstrations against Israel's controversial barrier.

1st prize Sports Action Singles
Ivaylo Velev, Bulgaria, Bul X Vision Photography Agency
Freeride competitor Philippe Meier chased by an avalanche, Flaine, France, 15 March

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Roberto Schmidt, Colombia/Germany, Agence France-Presse
Kenya election unrest, Nairobi, 29-31 December

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1st prize Arts and Entertainment Stories
Rafal Milach, Poland, Anzenberger Agency
Retired circus artists, Poland

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1st prize Daily Life Singles
Justin Maxon, USA, Aurora Photos
Mui, a homeless woman with HIV and her son bathe in the Red
River, Hanoi, Vietnam

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1st prize Sports Features Stories
Erik Refner, Denmark, Berlingske Tidende
Copenhagen Marathon finish line, 18 May

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1st prize People in the News Singles
Yonathan Weitzman, Israel
Dress of an African girl caught in the Israel/Egypt border fence, 20 August

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1st prize Spot News Singles
John Moore, USA, Getty Images
Assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 27 December

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1st prize Contemporary Issues Singles
Brent Stirton, South Africa, Reportage by Getty Images for Newsweek Evacuation of dead Mountain Gorillas, Virunga National Park, Eastern Congo

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An international jury recently announced the winners of the prestigious World Press Photo Contest for 2007. Here are the best of the best, reprinted with permission.

World Press Photo of the Year 2007
Tim Hetherington, UK, for Vanity Fair
American soldier resting at bunker, Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, 16 September

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