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A protester shouts slogans as he stands on a burnt car during clashes with riot police along a road leading to the United States embassy, near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A military service member salutes during a transfer of remains ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A worker frowns amidst dust inside an open-air plant which crushes rocks to produce construction materials on the Gobi Deserton Gobi Desert in Aksu, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, take off their shoes before visiting the As-Syakirin Mosque at KLCC in Kuala Lumpur on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Korean rapper-singer Psy (Centre) performs on NBC's "Today" show with hosts (From left) Al Roker, Natalie Morales, Savannah Guthrie and David Gregory in New York on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Vilma Bertila Bincoy (Right), mother of 8-year-old Evelyn Yanisa Saquij Bin, who was killed by a man in her primary school classroom, reacts next to her daughter's coffin during a ceremony in Tactic, in the Alta Verapaz region, some 189 km from Guatemala City on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Pope Benedict XVI (Right) looks on as Gregorios III Patriarch of the Church of Antiochthe speaks at the St. Paul Basilic in Harissa near Beirut on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Riot policemen carry a barrier during a protest outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Sept 15, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Protesters help an injured man, who was hurt during clashes, along a road leading to the United States embassy, near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A woman practices yoga during a mass floating event in the Dead Sea on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Riot policemen stand on a bridge as protesters gather at a crossroads leading to the United States embassy in Sanaa on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A man slaps the face of a firefighter as he stands in a line with colleagues during an inspection in central Beijing on Sept 13, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Mexican cowboys or "charros" ride their horses during the National Day of the Charro in Cancun on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Bodyguards of Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi stand guard during Friday prayers at Rome's main mosque on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Sudanese demonstrators destroy the United States embassy in Khartoum on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

United States Republican presidential nominee and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks in the rain at campaign rally at Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A boy sits on wooden scaffolding which is used as a temporary watch tower as people stroll along Juhu beach in Mumbai on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A woman carries a chair next to policemen patrolling the Rocinha Slum during an operation to find a drug gang member responsible for the death of a policeman during a shootout at one of the slum's alleys, in Rio de Janeiro on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Legoland Parks' Project Coordinator Stefan Bentivoglio of Germany makes fine adjustments to a lego model of Singapore's Fullerton hotel and Merlion during a media preview of Legoland Malaysia at Nusajaya, in the southern state of Johor on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Workers put tape to close an aisle with hard liquor in a supermarket in Prague on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

A model presents a creation from the Antoni & Alison Spring/Summer 2013 collection at London Fashion Week on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Palestinian protesters are reflected in the helmet of an Israeli security officer during a demonstration denouncing a United States-made film that mocks the Prophet Mohammed, near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City on Sept 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Evangelical worshipers pray during a mass held by missionary Lanna Holder and her lesbian partner Pastor Rosania Rocha, in the Cidade de Refugio church they founded, in Sao Paulo on May 27, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

An employee makes plastic Christmas trees at the Zhongsheng Christmas Crafts factory in Yiwu, Zhejiang province on Sept 13, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS