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Revelers took part in the battle of ‘Enfarinats’ in the town of Ibi, Spain, Wednesday. For 200 years, Ibi’s citizens have celebrated the day with a battle of flour, eggs and firecrackers outside the city town hall.
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Revelers took part in the battle of ‘Enfarinats’ in the town of Ibi, Spain, Wednesday. For 200 years, Ibi’s citizens have celebrated the day with a battle of flour, eggs and firecrackers outside the city town hall.
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Bishops hid from the sun as they awaited the start of a welcoming celebration for Pope Benedict XVI as part of World Youth Day festivities in Madrid.
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A woman gave confession to a priest at one of the 200 temporary confessionals set up at Madrid’s Buen Retiro Park on Tuesday. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims will gather in Madrid for a giant open-air Mass, launching a six-day youth party.
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Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso of Spain could be seen in the rear mirror during the second free practice at the Montmelo racetrack in Montmelo, Spain, Friday. The Formula One race will be held on Sunday.
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Waiting in line at a government job centre in Malaga, Spain. The National Statistics Institute said that Spain’s unemployment rate hit 21.3 percent in the first quarter of 2011, the highest level in 14 years.
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A penitent from the “San Gonzalo” brotherhood walks past a boy sitting behind a window before a procession in Seville, Southern Spain, Monday, April 18, 2011. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during Easter Holy Week.
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A boy is seen next to Penitents from ” La Amargura” brotherhood during a procession in Seville, Southern Spain, Sunday, April 17, 2011. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week.
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During Holy Week, a time for Easter processions in Spain, a child in Malaga was dressed in Spanish legionnaire.
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A woman wipes a tear as she is seen on a wheelchair praying next to the tomb of her relatives on the eve of ‘All Saints Day’ in a cemetery in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday Oct 31, 2010. All Saints Day which falls on Nov. 1, is a Catholic holiday to reflect on the saints and deceased relatives.
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A relative of a suspected member of the Basque armed group ETA, left, shouted slogans in front of police cars carrying detained members in the Basque town of Hermani, northern Spain. The Basque police detained two men in the killing of a police officer seven years ago.
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British athlete Jessica Ennis competed in a high jump at the 2010 European Athletics Championships at Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium in Barcelona Friday.
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People watch from balconies over Estafeta street for the run of the Penajara ranch fighting bulls during the San Fermin fiestas on Wednesday, July 7, 2010, in Pamplona, Spain.
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Figures dance through the streets during the San Fermin festival’s “Comparsa de gigantes y cabezudos” (Parade of the giants and the big heads) in Pamplona July 13, 2010. Enormous puppets accompanied by brass bands parade daily through the city during the nine-day-long festival.
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Swiss fans celebrated their team’s 1-0 victory over Spain at the World Cup match in Durban, South Africa, Wednesday.
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Men surfed near a car stuck in sand Tuesday in Spain, after heavy rains.
