TODAY’S round-up of pictures from around the world includes contestant Barbara Monteiro showing her delight at winning the Miss Brazil Plus Size Beauty Pageant in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
A growing number of bikini and swimming suits manufacturers have woken up to Brazil’s widening waistlines and are reaching out to the ever-expanding ranks of heavy women with new plus-size lines.
This is the first time Brazil has acknowledged the issue and held a contest for the larger ladies.
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Contestant Barbara Monteiro, from Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul state, gestures after winning the Miss Brazil Plus Size Beauty Pageant in Sao Paulo, Brazil. AP.
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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, armed police prepare to dump neutralizers, made from dissolved aluminum chloride, at a water station near the Longjiang River to dissolve contaminants in Liuzhou of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. AP.
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An Orthodox Christian cathedral in winter landscape in Kiev, Ukraine. AP.
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Former Taliban militants with gowns hold copies of Islam's holy book "Quran" which were given by Afghan officials during a joining ceremony with the Afghan government in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. AP.
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Reese Witherspoon arriving at the UK Premiere for This Means War at the Odeon Kensington, London. PA.
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A riot policeman escapes his vehicle, in Sitra, Bahrain, as Bahraini anti-government protesters hiding behind nearby trees hit the vehicle with Molotov cocktails. AP.
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Riot police firing tear gas face off with Bahraini anti-government protesters during clashes in Sitra, Bahrain. AP.
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Airman Daniel Fournier, of Mansfield, Conn and the 103rd Security Forces Squadron, admires his three-month-old son Hunter, who was born during deployment, at the Bradley Air National Guard base in East Granby, Conneticut. AP.
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A group of Indians arrive after a 41-day trek from their villages to La Paz, Bolivia. AP.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy walks away after he addressed the media during an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels. AP.
Actress Reese Witherspoon also wowed the crowds when she arrived at the UK premiere of her new film This Means War, at the Odeon Kensington, London.
Airman Daniel Fournier, of Mansfield, Connecticut, USA, and the 103rd Security Forces Squadron, is wrapped up in a more intimate moment as he admires his three-month-old son Hunter, who was born during deployment, at the Bradley Air National Guard base in East Granby, Connecticut.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is photographed walking away after he addressed the media during an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels.
All European Union countries, except Britain and the Czech Republic, agreed on Monday to sign onto a new treaty designed to stop overspending on the eurozone in an effort to end the bloc’s crippling debt crisis and ensure it never happens again.
Former Taliban militants with gowns are pictured holding copies of Islam’s holy book the Quran which were given by Afghan officials during a joining ceremony with the Afghan government in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan.
The militants handed over their weapons as part of a peace and reconciliation program.
