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Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, May 25

Updated: 2011-05-26 17:20

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Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, May 25

Idol top 12 finalist Casey Abrams (R) performs with special guest Jack Black during the season ten American Idol Grand Finale at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California May 25, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

 

Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, May 25
Scotty McCreery celebrates after winning the 10th season of "American Idol" during the show's finale at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California May 25, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, May 25

A man with a cat on his head walks outside 71 Broadway in lower Manhattan where former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is living under house arrest in New York City May 25, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

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