A giant serving of hummus weighting 4,087.5 kilos (8992.5 pounds) is seen resting on a six-meters (20 foot) satellite dish while attempting to break a new world record in the Arab Israeli village of Abu Gosh on January 8, 2010. Fifty chefs in the Arab-Israeli village of Abu Ghosh mashed up over four tonnes of hummus, beating the Guinness World Record set in Lebanon just months ago. The weight is about twice as much as the previous record set in October in neighbouring Lebanon, Israel's political and culinary rival.

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A Muslim Uighur woman and her son sell bagels at a market in the town of Kashgar in Xinjiang Province.

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Models wearing clothes inspired by murals on a portion of the remaining Berlin Wall known as the East Side Gallery pose next to the 'Brotherkiss' mural at the East Side Gallery on its official re-opening day on November 6, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The East Side Gallery, an approximately one-mile still-exisitng portion of the Berlin Wall, has undegone a year-long restoration effort ahead of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall on November 9. The city of Berlin will mark the occasion with a big event at the Brandenburg Gate attended by European Union and former Allied leaders. The models were promoting the clothes that will be auctioned off for charity. The 'Brotherkiss' mural features former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and former East German communist leader Erich Honecker kissing.

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George Horne, Deputy Executive Director of Operations & Maintenance Resources, rolls out a preserved Burmese Python which was captured in Miami-Dade County, Florida, during a hearing before the Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill November 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing was focused on H.R. 2811, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to include constrictor snakes of the species Python genera as an injurious animal.

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Squirrel monkeys at Bristol Zoo Gardens investigate a special carved pumpkin that has been left as a special Halloween treat in their enclosure on October 28, 2009 in Bristol, England. The gift of the pumpkin does have a serious side, as they are a great addition to the animals regular diet as they are high in vitamins, potassium, protein and fibre - as well as being the perfect enrichment toy, as the animals have to delve inside to reach the succulent flesh and plump seeds.

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Taliban fighters lay down their weapons as they surrender to the government of Herat Province on October 14, 2009 in Western Afghanistan. More than 40 insurgents handed in their weapons in the wake of an ongoing government security operation which killed the Taliban commander in the Gazara district, Ghulam Yahya Akbari days ago.

German artist Ottmar Hoerl poses after the opening ceremony of the art installation 'Dance with the Devil' at the main square of Straubing on October 15, 2009 in Straubing, Germany. Hoerl installed 1250 plastic garden gnomes giving a Nazi salute. The artwork has been highly controversial as Nazi salutes and symbols have been illegal in Germany since the end of the Second World War.

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