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Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, May 22

Updated: 2011-05-23 17:18

(chinadaily.com.cn)

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Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, May 22
A plume of smoke rises from the background as a military official uses a phone at the entrance to the Mehran naval aviation base which was attacked by militants in Karachi May 22, 2011. Militants attacked a Pakistani naval aviation base on Sunday, killing at least four people, officials said, the latest attack on a heavily guarded military installation in Pakistan. [Photo/Agencies]

Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, May 22
A Libyan boy smiles to his father as he sits on a destroyed tank belonging to forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi at a vegetable market near Tripoli street in central Misrata May 22, 2011. The city has sustained heavy damage in fierce fighting between rebels and Gaddafi forces, and most shops are still closed and streets are largely empty. [Photo/Agencies]

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