May 12, 2014
![Buddhist monks perform the "three steps one bow" ceremony at Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery in Singapore on the eve of Vesak Day to commemorate the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4e98172d-caa1-423d-ab07-e1e6dd3acb3a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Buddhist monks perform the "three steps one bow" ceremony at Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery in Singapore on the eve of Vesak Day to commemorate the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha.
![Ukraynanın şərqində cəbhə xəttindən qayıtmış hərbçi Kiyevdə dəmiryolu vağzalında ailəsi ilə görüşür. ](https://gdb.voanews.com/776f682c-e1ed-4c03-a6d9-c0fade4908c4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukraynanın şərqində cəbhə xəttindən qayıtmış hərbçi Kiyevdə dəmiryolu vağzalında ailəsi ilə görüşür.
![A handout picture released by the Boudewijn Seapark Animal Park shows newborn baby seal Conchita at the Boudewijn Seapark in Brugges. The baby seal, which was born on the eve of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, is named after Austria's bearded transvestite and winner of the contest Conchita Wurst.](https://gdb.voanews.com/14586e1d-46c3-4224-844b-954dbfdd6ed3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A handout picture released by the Boudewijn Seapark Animal Park shows newborn baby seal Conchita at the Boudewijn Seapark in Brugges. The baby seal, which was born on the eve of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, is named after Austria's bearded transvestite and winner of the contest Conchita Wurst.
![A multi-layered lenticular cloud hovering near Mount Discovery, a volcano about 70 kilometers (44 miles) southwest of McMurdo Station on Antarctica’s Ross Island.(Credit: IceBridge project scientist Michael Studinger)](https://gdb.voanews.com/c8103043-d306-4c4d-8f31-0529c4048308_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A multi-layered lenticular cloud hovering near Mount Discovery, a volcano about 70 kilometers (44 miles) southwest of McMurdo Station on Antarctica’s Ross Island.(Credit: IceBridge project scientist Michael Studinger)