Editor's Choice Picture of the Day - October 23, 2012

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A man walks under a canopy of pink umbrellas on a street in downtown Sofia October 23, 2012. The art installation, that includes up to four hundred umbrellas, is part of a campaign aiming at awareness, prevention and treatment of breast cancer.

Editor's Choice Picture of the Day - October 22, 2012

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 A combination shows seven file pictures (LtoR, top to bottom) taken in 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1999 of US cyclist Lance Armstrong  posing on the podium on the Champs-Elysees in Paris after winning the Tour de France cycling race, and a picture taken in 2005 showing seven fingers (meaning seven victories) during the 92nd Tour de France.  Lance Armstrong was banned and stripped of his Tour victories by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as the world cycling body upheld an earlier doping sanction handed to the seven-times Tour de France champion. 

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Mrs. Marni Alexander and her son Jason Kipps pay respect to her late husband,  Mr. Lincoln Alexander at the  Main Legislative Building at Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario.

Editor's Choice Picture of the Day - October 20, 2012

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Calgary Stampeders Rene Paredes (L) kicks a field goal against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats during the second half of their CFL football game in Calgary, Alberta, October 20, 2012.

Deadly blast in Beirut - Editor's Choice - Picture of the Day - October 19, 2012

Relatives comfort a wounded woman at the site of an explosion in Ashafriyeh, central Beirut, October 19, 2012. A huge car bomb exploded in a street in central Beirut during rush hour on Friday, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, witnesses and security sources said. (Reuters/Hasan Shaaban)

Editor's Choice Picture of the Day - October 18, 2012

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Afghan boys play on a destroyed car at a hilltop in Kabul October 18, 2012.

Editor's Choice Picture of the Day - October 17, 2012

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The morning sun illuminates detail in Damien Hirst's bronze sculpture of a pregnant woman on October 17, 2012 in Ilfracombe, England. The bronze-clad, sword-wielding 65ft (20m) statue, named Verity, has been controversially given to the seaside town by the artist, on a 20-year loan and was erected yesterday by crane onto the harbour pier. 

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A boat passes in front of Damien Hirst's bronze sculpture of a pregnant woman on October 17, 2012 in Ilfracombe, England. The bronze-clad, sword-wielding 65ft (20m) statue, named Verity, has been controversially given to the seaside town by the artist, on a 20-year loan.

Editor's Choice Picture of the Day - October 16, 2012

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A hiker walks through the fog on the Rennsteig hiking trail near Masserberg, eastern Germany, on October 16, 2012. The Rennsteig is a circa 170 kilometers long ridge walk across the Thuringian and Franconian forest, that attracts tourists and hikers. 

Editor's Choice Picture of the Day - October 15, 2012

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Pakistani students hold pictures of 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot last Tuesday by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women, during a tribute at the Pakistani Embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Editor's Choice Picture of the Day - October 14, 2012

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A tourist does a handstand under a yellowing tree in Hyde Park in London, England, recently. Autumnal colours are beginning to show in parts of the United Kingdom.