Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:50:02 +0100 (AP) - A woman carries an Ekeko, a chubby, mustachioed Indian figure revered in Bolivia as the god of prosperity, during the Indian festival of Alasitas opening ceremony in downtown La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. People snapped up miniature houses, tractors and sport utility vehicles, wads of tiny fake $100 bills, and miniature bricks, wheelbarrows and power tools to build their homes. Ekeko, they pray, will make the trinkets grow to full-size in the coming year. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A woman touches the belly of a Buddha figure during Lunar New ...
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:40:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A woman touches the belly of a Buddha figure during Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown in Mexico City January 21, 2012. The Lunar New Year begins on January 23 and marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (MEXICO - Tags: SOCIETY)
A man carries a statue of legendary figure 'Gauchito Gil' in ...
Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:10:01 +0100 (AP) - A man carries a statue of legendary figure 'Gauchito Gil' in Mercedes, in Argentina's Corrientes state, Sunday Jan. 8, 2012. 'Gauchito Gil,' who is part of Argentina's popular culture, was an 1800's outlaw who became a mystical symbol of bravery; stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. Born Antonio Mamerto Gil Nunez in Corrientes in the 1840's he was executed on Jan. 8, 1878. Every year more than 100,000 people visit his sanctuary, near Mercedes, on the date of his death, to leave offerings and ask for favors at the shrine where he was allegedly executed. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A relative of Talafon Kuku Abu-Jalaha, a leading figure in the ...
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:40:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A relative of Talafon Kuku Abu-Jalaha, a leading figure in the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), holds Abu-Jalaha's photograph during a demonstration calling for his release from detention, outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Khartoum January 4, 2012. Abu-Jalaha was arrested by the government of South Sudan on April 21, 2010. REUTERS/ Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
A woman takes a picture of a wax figure, left, depicting actress ...
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:40:02 +0100 (AP) - A woman takes a picture of a wax figure, left, depicting actress Angelina Jolie at Mexico City's wax museum Tuesday Jan. 3, 2012. The wax figures of Jolie and her husband actor Brad Pitt are the latest additions to the museum. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
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