August 7, 2013
![A Pakistani beautician applies a traditional henna design to the hand of a customer ahead of the Muslim festivities of Eid al-Fitr, in Karachi.](https://gdb.voanews.com/58438498-97FE-4569-B037-C6C5BA8C7084_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Pakistani beautician applies a traditional henna design to the hand of a customer ahead of the Muslim festivities of Eid al-Fitr, in Karachi.
![A girl plays a piano in the park in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. A group of young enthusiasts bought an old Soviet-made piano, adjusted it, painted white and placed in a park for free use by all visitors.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0972CA7E-2ED2-4402-9428-CF2DFDE182EA_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A girl plays a piano in the park in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. A group of young enthusiasts bought an old Soviet-made piano, adjusted it, painted white and placed in a park for free use by all visitors.
!['Black Jesters' from the London Dungeon pose for pictures with a set of what the attraction describes as the world's biggest playing cards, during a photocall in London. The cards, which are 2.1m-tall and 1.5m-wide, will feature in the attraction's 'Jestival Season'.](https://gdb.voanews.com/27810F13-8C67-4798-B642-824FAFE52EB8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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'Black Jesters' from the London Dungeon pose for pictures with a set of what the attraction describes as the world's biggest playing cards, during a photocall in London. The cards, which are 2.1m-tall and 1.5m-wide, will feature in the attraction's 'Jestival Season'.
![A horse and rider perform during a "sneak peek" performance of Cavalia's show "Odysseo" in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA, Aug. 6, 2013. The show, which features 63 horses and 47 human artists, acrobats, riders and performers, opens its Boston-area performance on Aug. 7, 2013](https://gdb.voanews.com/F68BB0EA-7D59-4E54-9BC0-BEF6EA447376_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A horse and rider perform during a "sneak peek" performance of Cavalia's show "Odysseo" in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA, Aug. 6, 2013. The show, which features 63 horses and 47 human artists, acrobats, riders and performers, opens its Boston-area performance on Aug. 7, 2013