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Toronto- 26/06/2010 – A woman screams as the window of a bank is smashed by anti-G20 protesters at the corner of Queen and Bay. The summit took place in a highly protected area but outside store and bank windows were smashed by anti-G20 protesters. More than 400 people were arrested as violence broke out, prompting police to use tear gas in the city for the first time. With the violence escalating in the heart of Canada’s largest city, the entire area around the G20 political summit site at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre was under a security lockdown. Eduardo Lima/INDEPENDENT PHOTOJOURNALIST

 

An Afghan police officer sits stunned while comforting two boys who were blinded by land mines set by Taliban insurgents targeting Afghan and American soldiers. The boys are being evacuated in a US Army MEDEVAC helicopter from the Arghandab Valley in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan to an ISAF medical facility for treatment. IED’s are one of the most common weapons used by Taliban insurgents which can be indiscriminate, killing and maiming both combatants and civilians. Louie Palu/ZUMA PRESS

 

June 26, 2010 A protester is overcome my the smoke after attempting to put out a fire in a police car at Queen Street West near Spadina during a protest of  G20 Summit are held in Toronto. Steve Russell/TORONTO STAR

 

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03/12/10 – TORONTO, ONTARIO – Jackie McGregor-Einboden is seen through a rain soaked window of a pickup truck following the funeral service for her husband Ken, and daughter Brittany, 12. Ken Einboden rushed back into the house to try to get Brittany out after saving baby Kendra. Rick Madonik/TORONTO STAR

 

With the help of his father Kulvir Lehal, Jujhar age four takes part in the Eighth annual turban competition in Surrey, B.C. April 5, 2010. The annual event is the largest in North America and showcased the many styles of turbans from different parts of the world. John Lehmann/GLOBE & MAIL

 

Two activists kiss while protesting in front of a line of riot police during a day marred by violence at the G20 Summit in Toronto, Ontario Saturday, June 26, 2010. Darren Calbarese/THE CANADIAN PRESS

 

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Young lovers Billy Cook and Ashley Soulier share an embrace while saying goodbye on an overcast June morning in Brandon, Manitoba. Tim Smith/BRANDON SUN

 

Donna Macdiarmid visits her husband Roger in Fredericton, N.B. Canada, on June 17, 2010. Roger, 70, who has was diagnosed with alzheimer’s disease in 2001 now lives full-time at the seniors’ home – a 45 minute drive from the home that he built for him and Donna – but Donna, still madly in love, she says, and committed to her husband, makes the drive daily to be with Roger. Peter Power/GLOBE & MAIL

 

A Siberian tiger growls at the St-Felicien Wildlife zoo. According to National Geographic, the wild population of Siberian tigers, also called Amur tiger, is estimated between 400 and 500 and is classified as an endangered species. Mathieu Belanger/REUTERS

 

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Edmonton – May 16, 2010 –  Two-year-old Maddox Flynn. Parents Mike Flynn and Nicole Champagne expect Maddox to have surgery in New York on Friday for a severe facial malformation that has affected him since birth. Jimmy Jeong/INDEPENDENT PHOTOJOURNALIST

 

An Iraqi-Canadian kisses a holy cross during mass at the Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Surrey December 12, 2010. The church has become the spiritual and geographical centre for Iraqi Christians in the area that have fled Iraqi because of their religious beliefs. John Lehmann/GLOBE & MAIL

 

A boy with autism hides his face during  in a special needs class at Market Lane School in Toronto. Children with autism are rare to make eye contact. Moe Doiron/GLOBE & MAIL

 

Marie Tabeh wipes a tear as she stands next to the bed where her two-year-old son Blackie lies suffering from severe dehydration at the Yoni PHU in the village of Yoni, on Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone on Thursday April 22, 2010. Olivier Asselin/INDEPENDENT PHOTOJOURNALIST

 

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Rebecca, Deborah, Dehlia, and Lana, diene (low german for unmarried young women) from Deerboine Hutterite Colony stand in a field of canola at sunset in July 2010. Tim Smith/BRANDON SUN

 

EDMONTON AB, June 22, 2010. A man shows his support for the New York Yankees on his yamaka while attending a ceremony of the Choosing Moral Convictions over Life: Supreme Martyrdom Of Sir Guru Arjun Dev Ji at City Hall in Edmonton on Tuesday. Jason Franson/INDEPENDENT PHOTOJOURNALIST

 

Aaron Patzer poses for a photo in Manhattan, NY on November 29, 2010. Aaron Patzer is the founder of Mint.com, (acquired by Intuit in 2009) which is an online finance management site targeted towards a young online audience. Jimmy Jeong/INDEPENDENT PHOTOJOURNALIST

 

Jockey Marc Fillion at his home and ranch in St. Malo, Manitoba September 9, 2010. David Lipnowski/INDEPENDENT PHOTOJOURNALIST

 

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Children play tag on a pyramid of straw bales under a rainbow at Spring Valley Hutterite Colony after a light rain shower on a warm August evening. Modern forms of entertainment such as television and video games are frowned upon in hutterite societies so children spend much of their days playing outside and exploring their surroundings. Tim Smith/BRANDON SUN

 

Columns of light reach skyward to the stars above Sanford Mb Tuesday night. The effect is produced by streetlights refracting through ice crystals suspended in the air on humid winter nights. Phil Hossack/WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

 

Ganuk, the polar bear cub, swims under water at the St-Felicien Wildlife Zoo in St-Felicien. Ganuk and Taiga, the polar bear cubs, celebrated their first anniversary today. Mathieu Belanger/REUTERS

 

Visitors to the Fisgard Lighthouse a National Historic Site in Esquimalt near Victoria June 10, 2010. John Lehmann/GLOBE & MAIL

 

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