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NEW YORK.- Looking for a house with more than curb appeal? Chicago-based Wright will auction the Frank Gehry-designed Winton Guest House on May 19, with a pre-sale estimate of $1 million to $1.5 million. Completed in 1987, the structure is composed of six geometric shapes. The winning bidder will have to move the house from its present site in Minnesota. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers. LIVEAUCTIONEERS/WRIGHT PHOTO.
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XIAN.- India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects a sculpture of the Terracotta Army, a World Heritage Site, in the city of Xian in northwest China's Shaanxi province on May 14, 2015. Modi began a three-day trip to China on May 14, by inspecting the Terracotta Warriors, as a festering border dispute colours relations between the Asian giants. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO
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PALMYRA.- A file picture shows Syrian citizens walking in the ancient oasis city of Palmyra, 215 kilometres northeast of Damascus. Islamic State (IS) group jihadists, who boast of having destroyed ancient sites in Iraq, threatened the ancient jewel of Palmyra, a UNESCO heritage site in the Syrian desert, on May 14, 2015. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID
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AMRITSAR.- Indian Hindu devotees pay their respects to a statue of the Goddess Kali Mata at the 1413-year-old Bhadrakali Temple in Amritsar on May 14, 2015. Bhadrakali Fair involves three days of rituals when devotees come from across the country to pay their obeisance and to fulfill their wishes by worship of the goddess Kali with coconuts and flowers. AFP PHOTO/ NARINDER NANU
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MONT SAINT-MICHEL.- This picture, taken on May 5, 2015 shows a tile bearing a scallop shell, the symbol of the Camino de Santiago pilgrims in a reception hall of the Mont Saint-Michel abbey. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER
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LONDON.- Artist David Hockney poses for photographs during a press preview of his new exhibition entitled "Painting and Photography" in central London, on May 14, 2015. The exhibition, on display at the Annely Juda gallery, runs from May 15 to June 27, 2015. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL
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MILAN.- Waiters work in a bar designed by US film director Wes Anderson recreating the old Milan cafes' atmosphere in the new venue of Prada's Foundation on May 2, 2015 in Milan. The new venue of Foundation Prada presents two new facilities, developed through special collaborations: the Wes Anderson bar and a kids’ area designed by a group of students from the French Ecole nationale superieure d’architecture de Versailles. AFP PHOTO / GIUSEPPE CACACE
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SYDNEY.- Detail of a vehicle from the new Mad Max movie "Mad Max: Fury Road" is seen on the Sydney Opera House forecourt in Sydney on May 13, 2015. Mad Max: Fury Road opened May 13 in Sydney. AFP PHOTO / Peter PARKS
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CHRISTCHURCH.- Britain's Prince Harry (2nd L) and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key (L) look at a spire that fell from ChristChurch Cathedral in the 2011 earthquake, during a tour of the 'Quake City' Museum, showing artifacts and photos from the devastating quake, during a visit to Christchurch on May 12, 2015. Prince Harry arrived in New Zealand on May 9 for a week-long visit. AFP PHOTO / POOL / IAIN MCGREGOR
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HOLLYWOOD.- A view of auction items during B. Riley & Co. and Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation's 6th Annual "Big Fighters, Big Cause" Charity Boxing Night at The Ray Dolby Ballroom on May 13, 2015 in Hollywood, California. Mark Davis/Getty Images for Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation/AFP