24 May 2013 Last updated at 12:15 ET

Week in pictures News photos from around the world A participant of a Wave-Gothic "dark" music and arts festival

Day in pictures Twenty-four hours of news photoss: 24 May A Venezuelan soldier stands during a patrol at the slum of Petare in Caracas

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Day in pictures Twenty-four hours of news photos: 23 May Afghan National Army soldiers dance, 23 May

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