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Snapshots: the world in 24 hours April 1

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2011-04-02 15:17

A woman looks at a sculpture of the scull of polar bear Knut during a news conference in Berlin, April 1, 2011. Celebrity polar bear Knut died by drowning the Berlin Zoo said on Friday. Knut, who won global fame as a cute cub, died suddenly in front of hundreds of horrified visitors on March 19 aged four after he fell unconscious into a pool at his enclosure. The polar bear suffered from viral encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain, which caused him to collapse before he drowned, a necropsy indicated. [Photo/Agencies]

A Christie's member of staff displays an unmounted heart-shaped D colour, Internally Flawless, Type IIa diamond weighing 56.15 carats during an auction preview in Geneva April 1, 2011. The item is expected to sell between CHF 9,000,000 and 12,000,000 ($ 9,000,000 and 12,000,000) when it goes into auction May 18, 2011 in Geneva. [Photo/Agencies]