Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:49:04 GMT | By Antony Bennison
Week in pictures - 6 April 2012

Rio de Janeiro

Gymnast Diego Hypolito attends a training session at the new Brazilian Olympic Gymnastc centre in Rio de Janeiro. Hypolito will be taking part in the 2012 London Olympics. (© Sergio Moraes/Reuters)
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  • An anti-government protester throws a molotov cocktail at riot police during a march demanding the release of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, in Sanabis, west of Manama. Al-Khawaja, who has been on hunger strike for 56 days, has been moved to a police hospital as his health deteriorates, raising fears for his life, the government and his lawyer said. Khawaja is one of 14 men in prison for leading a pro-democracy uprising in Bahrain last year after revolts in Egypt and Tunisia. He is serving a life term. An appeal hearing began this week. (© Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters)
  • A man walks through solar panels at a solar power plant under construction in Aksu, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. US solar panel manufacturers are still optimistic of winning substantial duties on solar panel imports from China, despite an initial US government ruling that many found surprisingly low, the lead attorney for the industry group said on Wednesday. (© /Reuters)
  • Catholics carry a statue of Jesus Nazareno during a procession, known as Jesus Nazareno of the tapes, during Holy Week in Cot de Cartago, Costa Rica. According Jorge Masis, a priest of the church, this procession, where people tie ribbons to the statue to symbolize promises they make to Jesus during Holy Week, is a tradition that dates back 50 years. (© Juan Carlos Ulate /Reuters)
  • Gymnast Diego Hypolito attends a training session at the new Brazilian Olympic Gymnastc centre in Rio de Janeiro. Hypolito will be taking part in the 2012 London Olympics. (© Sergio Moraes/Reuters)
  • Riot police take part in a drill to prevent violence among hooligans before the Euro 2012 championship, at the Arena Lviv stadium in Lviv. (© Marian Striltsiv/Reuters)
  • Yang Guang, a male giant panda, chews on bamboo inside his enclosure at Edinburgh zoo in Scotland. Staff at the zoo were hoping for a successful mating between Yang Guang and the female giant panda Tian Tian, as female pandas ovulate just once a year with a narrow window of just 36 hours in which they can get pregnant. (© David Moir/Reuters)
  • Mount Etna spews volcanic ash during an eruption on the southern Italian island of Sicily. Mount Etna is Europe's tallest and most active volcano. (© Antonio Parrinello/Reuters)
  • Horst Walter Overdick Mejia (right), alias El Tigre, is escorted to the Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala by the police in Guatemala City. Guatemala has captured the suspected top drug trafficker with close ties to Mexico's brutal Zetas drug gang, which has made bloody incursions into the Central American nation. (© Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters)
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Gymnast Diego Hypolito attends a training session at the new Brazilian Olympic Gymnastc centre in Rio de Janeiro. Hypolito will be taking part in the 2012 London Olympics.

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choun yoong
Apr 5, 2012 9:18PM
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Wonder how many will survive Easter. Live turkeys should also be given the same treatment before the Xmas eve dinner.
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