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Snapshot: The world in 24 hours, April 24

Updated: 2011-04-25 15:53

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Snapshot: The world in 24 hours, April 24
A boy gets a haircut from a private-licenced barber on the sidewalk of a street in Havana April 24, 2011. Across Cuba, new farmers are tilling fertile fields abandoned for decades and city streets are abuzz with market stalls as private businesses sow the seeds of what many hope will be an economic revival. [Photo/Agencies]


Snapshot: The world in 24 hours, April 24
A woman sits on a donkey before joining the "Virgem da Atalaia" procession during Holy Week in Alcochete near Lisbon April 24, 2011. This procession has been held annually for about 400 years. In the past only single women rode the donkeys to ask help from the Virgin to find a husband. [Photo/Agencies]

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