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Most Amazing And Shocking Photos of 2013

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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">#14 World Aquatics Championship Marvell</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What is the best place to take an amazing photo? Underwater, of course! A photographer decided to use this technique during the World Aquatics Championship last year, and dived into the pool with his camera. You can see the result below. Isn't it amazing? This looks like a picture form an epic graphic novel!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">#13 Some Things Just Can't Be Destroyed</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The city of Moore in Oklahoma, USA was struck by a tornado on May 20, 2013. This disaster caused much destruction to many buildings, taking the lives of 23 people with it. This picture was taken after everything went quiet. Nature can destroy many things, but love is not among them, that's for sure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">#12 Cleaning the Huang He River</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This looks like a huge thunderstorm, but it's not, actually. Some rivers like Huang He River in China require annual cleaning. Well, there was a good reason to call it the Yellow River after all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">#11 Sinister Skies During a Baseball Game</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Most people go to baseball games to see the game itself, but you never know what else can be expected. Sometimes the surrounding atmosphere can be more impressive that the match itself. Just look at these crimson skies!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">#9 Belgium October Riots</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Belgium experienced a number of demonstrations on its territory last year. Local police was used to keep peace during the protests, and eventually got covered in special foam, used for controlling the crowds.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="source-title">Text by: </span><a href="https://plus.google.com/108715881070559336191?rel=author" target="_blank">Adam Kent</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">#8 Viral Photo from North Korea</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This country is considered to be closed to the majority of people, including officials and journalists as well. Taking this into consideration you can imagine the excitement surrounding the following photo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">#7 Catching the Biggest Wave Ever in Portugal</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Can you spot the surfer on this photo? Look closely and you'll see a tiny man riding a giant wave. So what exactly brought Carlos Burle to perform this unbelievable stunt?He actually attempted to break the Guinness World Record by catching and ridding the biggest wave ever. Good news is that he succeeded after all.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="source-title">Text by: </span><a href="https://plus.google.com/108715881070559336191?rel=author" target="_blank">Adam Kent</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">#6 Waiting for the New Catholic Leader</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In 2013, Vatican City introduced the new Pope - Francis, who has a great support by Catholics from all over the world. The following picture was taken on the day of his election, when thousands of people gathered to welcome him.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="source-title">Text by: </span><a href="https://plus.google.com/108715881070559336191?rel=author" target="_blank">Adam Kent</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">#5 A Boy and His Dog</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">News is always full of stories about pets rescuing their masters. This time we've got the opposite situation: this boy saved his dog's life during massive flooding in Manila, the capital of the Philippines back in November, 2013. True friends are friends forever!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="source-title">Text by: </span><a href="https://plus.google.com/108715881070559336191?rel=author" target="_blank">Adam Kent</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">#4 The Power of Lightning</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Lightning can be truly impressive, and the following picture serves as a perfect example to that. The photographer has managed to take a photo exactly the same moment the lightning hit the river. If you are planning to visit France, you might see something similar yourself in Angel Bay, Nice.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="source-title">Text by: </span><a href="https://plus.google.com/108715881070559336191?rel=author" target="_blank">Adam Kent</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">#3 Christ, the Redeemer and the Full Moon</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This statue doesn't require any special introduction, as it's one of the most famous attractions located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Being a perfect example of Art Deco style, it looks more than impressive under the full moon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">#2 Beautiful Union of Hibiscus Flower and Volcano Ash</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">No, this picture wasn't photoshopped in any particular way. It's a real photo of a real hibiscus flower taken in Sumatra Island, Indonesia. The secret behind it is tied with Sinabung volcano eruption, which covered the surrounding area with dust and ashes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">#1 The Land of Skyscrapers</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Recife is one of the biggest metropolitan area in Brazil, and is literally filled with skyscrapers. Do you see those black stripes on the picture below? These are actually shadows of the skyscrapers themselves! Seems like it's really hard to find sunny spot to play soccer there.</span></div>
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#14 World Aquatics Championship Marvell What is the best place to take an amazing photo? Underwater, of course! A photographer decided ...

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China’s first return trip to the moon

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A lunar spacecraft, to be used in China’s first return trip to the moon, has arrived at its launch site in Xichang, southwest China’s Sichuan Province.</div>
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The test lunar orbiter will be launched later this year, and will be China’s first attempt at returning a lunar probe back to Earth.</div>
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While many countries have landed probes on the moon, only Russia and the US have successfully conducted a return mission.</div>
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The craft is expected to enter the moon’s orbit, before tests are carried out to see if it can exit the moon’s gravitational pull.</div>
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The test launch will be a precursor to China’s future Chang’e-5 mission that plans to send a rover to collect samples from the moon’s surface before returning to Earth.</div>
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Senior adviser with China Academy of Space Technology, Ye Peijian, said that the next step would be to send humans to the moon.</div>
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“China started late in the space race. We never had astronauts in lunar missions,” said Mr Ye.</div>
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“So after we are able to have probes return to Earth, we’ll study and move to possible manned lunar missions.”</div>
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Last year China soft-landed an unmanned spacecraft on the moon, making it the third country to do so, and the first in 3 decades.</div>
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