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Pictures of the day 21 May 2009
a chemical spill, a jade bull, and a nose-cleaning ritual.
Students perform Jal Neti, or nasal washing, an ancient yogic technique, in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh.... Picture: REUTERS
...Sutra Neti is another yogic nose cleaning ritual in which a rubber string is threaded through a nostril and out through the mouth. Picture: REUTERS
A bulldozer is used to cover up a leaking chemical truck as it vents toxic gases into the air along a street in Beijing.... Picture: REUTERS
...Pedestrians cover their mouths as they pass the leaking chemical truck.... Picture: AFP/GETTY
...A worker in protective clothing transfers the spilled chemical waste to another container. Picture: AFP/GETTY
Gas masks used by workers are on display at the Poison Gas Museum in Okunoshima Island. Picture: AFP/GETTY
Inside view of a disused power plant on Okunoshima Island, Japan. Now known as Rabbit Island due to a large population of wild rabbits on the island, it was home a poison gas factory which produced much of the chemical weapons that were used by the Japanese Army on the Chinese Mainland during World War II. Picture: EPA
A wave washes over a flipped over car near the Currumbin Surf Club along a stretch of Gold Coast beach in the Australian state of Queensland after a huge storm. Picture: AFP/GETTY
Pedestrians wearing face masks to guard against swine flu pass advertising billboards in Tokyo. Picture: AFP/GETTY
A woman receives a skin treatment with a Casmara 'Vitamin Vegetable' facial pack at Beautyworld Japan, in Tokyo. Picture: EPA
A federal police officer stands in front of a burning pile of seized drugs in Tijuana. The Mexican army and federal forces destroyed some 3.7 tons of drugs, including cocaine, marijuana, heroin and crystal meth. Picture: AP
Crew members of the four-masted Chilean barquentine, Esmeralda, scale the rigging, as other sailors stand atop her spars, on the Halifax, Nova Scotia, waterfront. Picture: AP
The arm of the Statue of Liberty and part of her crown are seen through a window inside the crown, which is reopening on Independence Day for the first time since the terror attacks of 2001. Picture: AP
The shoes of jury member and actress Asia Argento are seen during red carpet arrivals for screening of the film Inglourious Basterds at Cannes. Picture: REUTERS
A pendant made from the ashes of Phillip Haynes' mother Mary. Haynes, from Clifton, Nottingham, had stored his mother's ashes in a cupboard since her death in 1989. Picture: PA
Auctioneer's Woolley & Wallis have sold a Chinese jade water buffalo for over £4 million, a sum that smashed the provincial auction house record. It was lost for 70 years until rediscovered wrapped in old WW2 newspapers in a bank vault in London. Picture: BNPS
A member of staff looks at a wolf sculpture covered with mirrors at an exhibition called "neoteny japan" in Tokyo. Picture: REUTERS
A cat jumps onto the pitch during the UEFA Cup Final at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium, Istanbul. Picture: PA
Supporters of Werder Bremen are pictured ahead of the UEFA Cup match between Shaktar Donetsk vs Werder Bremen at Kadikoy in Istanbul. Picture: AFP/GETTY
A set of Manchester United ceramic miniatures to commemorate the 25th anniversary of winning the European Cup in 1968 which are to go on sale at the Convery Sports memorabilia auction in Edinburgh. Picture: PA
Pope Benedict XVI leaves at the end of his general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, wearing a hat called a Saturno. Picture: REUTERS
A man looks at the Papal Cross in Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland. Picture: AP
A giant model Tyrannosaurus Rex, as featured in Night of the Museum 2, tours Oxford Street. Picture: GETTY
A caterpillar infestation in Vervain Close, Churchdown, Gloucestershire. Jane Griffiths has had caterpillars leaving webs in her garden, and they have covered her next door neighbour's tree. Picture: PICTUREITNOW
Fin Keheler, 11, of Sandy, Utah, attempting to break the world record for the number of snails placed on the face for 10 seconds, during an attempt in Sandy Utah. Picture: AP
A Sadhu (Hindu holy man) smokes a cigarette at The Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. Picture: AFP/GETTY
A woman paints on the belly of a pregnant woman in Lima, Peru, during an event to celebrate Healthy Maternity Week. Picture: REUTERS
Pregnant women with their bellies painted take part in an event to celebrate Healthy Maternity Week in Lima, Peru. Picture: REUTERS
Zachary Neagle, 14, makes his first appearance in court at the Canyon County courthouse in Caldwell, Idaho, on a charge of first degree murder. Neagle, who was charged as an adult, is accused of killing his father. Picture: AP
A mirror embedded in a hedge reflects a jogger in Vancouver, Canada. Picture: REUTERS
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