April 5, 2014

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A dog, trimmed to look like a lion, walks on the rooftop of Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo, Japan. One hundred lion looking dogs gathered to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Mitsukoshi department store's mascot lion.

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Afghan women stand in line while waiting for their turn to vote at a polling station in Mazar-i-sharif. Voting was peaceful during the first few hours of the presidential election, with only isolated attacks on polling stations.

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Ukrainians lay on a store's floor, acting as dead bodies in a flash mob action protesting against the buying of Russian goods in Kyiv.

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A young boy salutes at a makeshift memorial near the scene where four U.S. Marines were gunned down at an Armed Forces Career Center/National Guard recruitment office on Thursday, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. (VOA / S. Behn)