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Image: A village boy leads his goat past a parched pond on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, India.

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The Week in Pictures: May 10 - 17

Waiting for the monsoon rains in India, a squirrel’s flying leap in North Carolina, a young boy’s close shave at a Buddha camp in South Korea, bidding  adieu in France and more.

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Image: A village boy leads his goat past a parched pond on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, India.

Cracked earth

A village boy leads his goat past a parched pond on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, India, Thursday, May 17, 2012. Huge swathes of rural farmland has turned dry as farmers await the annual monsoon rains which, according to the India Meteorological Department, are expected to reach on time this year. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)
Biswaranjan Rout / AP
Image: Madalena Provo

Glad grad

Madalena Provo, runs up the aisle after it was announced that she had won the Frank Gilbert Bryson Prize during commence ceremony at Barnard College, Monday, May 14, 2012, in New York. President Barack Obama will also addressing the graduating class during this ceremony. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP
Image: Mentally Ill Continue To Live Under Harsh Conditions In Bali

Chained at home

BULELENG, BALI, INDONESIA - MAY 5 : Gede, 28, stands in his room inside the home of his family where he has been chained for for years May 5, 2012 in Buleleng, Bali, Indonesia. Gede is shackled by his own family in order to control him. He went to school for nine years and has been to the mental hospital twice but escaped in 2006. Currently, he is monitored by the Suryani Institute for Mental Health, a non-profit institute that cares for the mentally ill, providing free medical and psychiatric treatment. The mental health institute works to get all of their patients released but in some cases the family creates more problems. Many poor families don't have money to pay for hospitalization or go to doctors and inside the spiritual Balinese society there is often a stigma and misinformation about mental illness. Inside the spiritual Balinese society there is often a stigma and misinformation about mental illness. Some people feel that it is the work of the supernatural and their hope of solving the menta
Paula Bronstein / Getty Images AsiaPac
Image: Residents paddle their makeshift boat to safety as fire engulfs houses at a slum community in Manila

Shantytown fire

Residents paddle their makeshift boat to safety as fire engulfs houses at a slum community in Manila May 11, 2012. At least 1000 houses were razed in the fire, the cause of which is yet unknown, leaving 5000 families homeless, local media reported. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Cheryl Ravelo / X01683
Image: squirrel leaps from tombstone to tombstone

Death-defying leap

In this May 13, 2012, photo, a squirrel leaps from tombstone to tombstone at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in Forest Lawn Cemetery, in Greensboro, N.C. (AP Photo/News & Record, Lynn Hey)
Lynn Hey / News & Record
Image: Islamabad, Pakistan

Reflecting on life

Pakistani girls are reflected on a rickshaw's mirror while fetching water from a hand pump, as a boy seen through the windshield pushing his cart toward the main road, in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Muhammed Muheisen / AP
Image: Former Colombian Interior Minister Fernando Londono, who is injured, walks as he is guarded by a bodyguard after an explosion in a central avenue in Bogota

Narrow escape

Former Colombian Interior Minister Fernando Londono, who is injured, walks as he is guarded by a bodyguard after an explosion in a central avenue in Bogota on Tuesday. A bomb attack in a commercial district of Colombia's capital Bogota killed two people on Tuesday and injured Londono who was the target, President Juan Manuel Santos said.
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Image: A rainbow is seen in the sky as lightning strikes after a rainstorm in Haikou

Lighting up the sky

A rainbow is seen in the sky as lightning strikes after a rainstorm in Haikou, Hainan province, May 13, 2012. Picture taken May 13, 2012. REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA
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Image: Buddhist monk shaves the head of Hye Oh

High and tight

A South Korean Buddhist monk shaves the head of Hye Oh during a service to celebrate Buddha's upcoming birthday at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 13, 2012. He is one of the nine children who entered the temple to have an experience of monks' life for three weeks, called Little Buddha Camp. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Lee Jin-man / AP
Image: Mitt Romney, Richard Burr

Political picture

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, talks with Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., before a campaign stop at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, May 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Jae C. Hong / AP
Image: A longtime exposure shows participants taking part in the Grand Prix of Bern running event in Bern

Foot race

A longtime exposure shows participants taking part in the Grand Prix of Bern running event in Bern May 12, 2012. REUTERS/Pascal Lauener (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SPORT ATHLETICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Pascal Lauener / X90074
Image: Yawalapiti children climb a tree to jump into the Xingu River in the Xingu National Park

Swimming trunk

Yawalapiti children climb a tree to jump into the Xingu River in the Xingu National Park, Mato Grosso State, May 7, 2012. In August the Yawalapiti tribe will hold the Quarup, which is a ritual held over several days to honour in death a person of great importance to them. This year the Quarup will be honouring two people - a Yawalapiti Indian who they consider a great leader, and Darcy Ribeiro, a well-known author, anthropologist and politician known for focusing on the relationship between native peoples and education in Brazil. Picture taken May 7, 2012. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) ATTENTION EDITORS - PICTURE 26 OF 28 FOR PACKAGE 'LIFE WITH THE YAWALAPITI TRIBE'
Ueslei Marcelino / X02828
Image: An Indian woman holds her child outside her house in Allahabad

Mother and child

An Indian woman holds her child outside her house in Allahabad, India, Sunday, May 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP
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Au revoir

Former France's president Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leave the Elysee presidential Palace after the formal investiture ceremony between France's president Francois Hollande and his sucessor Nicolas Sarkozy, on May 15, 2012 in Paris. AFP PHOTO / POOL / PATRICK KOVARIKPATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/GettyImages
Patrick Kovarik / AFP
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