Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:50:12 GMT | By Antony Bennison
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Peter Waterfield of Great Britian compeates in the Men's 10m Platform Semifinal during the 18th FINA Visa Diving World Cup at The Aquatics Centre in London. (© Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
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  • Peter Waterfield of Great Britian compeates in the Men's 10m Platform Semifinal during the 18th FINA Visa Diving World Cup at The Aquatics Centre in London. (© Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
  • Visitors view ice sculptures in Beijing, China, at Yanqing Ice Festival and for the Chinese Lantern Festival which traditionally marks the end of the Lunar New Year celebrations. (© Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
  • Statues of Buddhist monks are lined near a temple in Payathonzu, near the Burmese border with Thailand. Myanmar's new government signed a ceasefire deal with New Mon State Party and its military wing, the Mon National Liberation Army, on 1 February after decades of conflict, and has outlined a three-stage plan for permanent peace with all 16 of the country's ethnic rebel groups, promising of village development projects like housing, roads, water electricity and resettlement of refugees and internally displaced people. (© Sukree Sukplang/Reuters)
  • Japanese macaque monkeys huddle together to protect themselves against the cold weather at Awajishima Monkey Centre in Sumoto, Hyogo, Japan. (© Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)
  • Protesters chant anti-government slogans during a protest condemning the death of football fans at Port Said stadium, near the Interior Ministry in Cairo. Egyptians incensed by the deaths of 74 people in soccer violence staged protests in central Cairo as the army-led government came under fire for failing to prevent the deadliest incident since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak. (© Asmaa Waguih/Reuters)
  • Palle-Jooseppi, a male brown bear at Ranua Zoo, wakes up after winter hibernation in Ranua, Finland. (© Kaisa Siren/Lehtikuva/Reuters)
  • Kenny Wallace, driver of the #09 Family Farmers Toyota, spins into Justin Allgaier, driver of the #31 Brandt Chevrolet, who is lifted into the air by Reed Sorenson, driver of the #52 Means Racing Chevrolet, as Michael Annett, driver of the #43 Pilot Flying J Ford, tries to avoid the wreckage during the NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway in Florida. (© John Harrelson/Getty Images)
  • A serviceman of the Belarussian Interior Ministry's special unit breaks flaming tiles with his head during Maslenitsa celebrations in Minsk. Maslenitsa is a pagan holiday marking the end of winter celebrated by pancake eating and shows of strength. (© Vladimir Nikolsky/Reuters)
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Peter Waterfield of Great Britian compeates in the Men's 10-metre Platform Semifinal during the 18th FINA Visa Diving World Cup at The Aquatics Centre in London.

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