A dance group from Rwanda performs at Beirut's UNESCO theatre during the dance competition of the sixth Francophone Games on September 30, 2009. Organisers of the four-yearly event, first held in Morocco in 1989 and last in 2005 in Niger, hope that it will shine a positive spotlight on a country long rocked by political unrest. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

A dance group from Rwanda performs at Beirut's UNESCO theatre during the dance competition of the sixth Francophone Games on September 30, 2009. Organisers of the four-yearly event, first held in Morocco in 1989 and last in 2005 in Niger, hope that it will shine a positive spotlight on a country long rocked by political unrest.

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  1. Mahouts train for a light and sound show for UNESCO World Heritage Week in Ayutthaya province, 80 km (50 miles) north of Bangkok, November 26, 2009.
  2. DUSSELDORF, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 14: Host Ute Ohoven, singer Jermaine Jackson and UNESCO director for human rights Alexander Schischlik attend the Unesco Charity Gala 2009 at the Maritim Hotel on November 14, 2009 in Dusseldorf, Germany.
  3. CHANGCHUN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 28: Attendants pose for a in front of a sculpture of Confucius during a ceremony to mark his 2560th birthday at the Changchun Confucian Temple on September 28, 2009 in Changchun of Jilin Province, China. Various celebrations are being held in different Confucian Temples around China and the world to worship the great ancient Chinese thinker and philosopher. Confucius's birthday is also UNESCO's World Teacher's Day.

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  1. A dance group from Rwanda performs at Beirut's UNESCO theatre during the dance competition of the sixth Francophone Games on September 30, 2009. Organisers of the four-yearly event, first held in Morocco in 1989 and last in 2005 in Niger, hope that it will shine a positive spotlight on a country long rocked by political unrest.
  2. A dance group from Rwanda performs at Beirut's UNESCO theatre during the dance competition of the sixth Francophone Games on September 30, 2009. Organisers of the four-yearly event, first held in Morocco in 1989 and last in 2005 in Niger, hope that it will shine a positive spotlight on a country long rocked by political unrest.
  3. Moroccan dancer Hind performs at Beirut's UNESCO theatre on the sidelines of the sixth Fracophone Games on September 29, 2009. Organisers of the four-yearly event, first held in Morocco in 1989 and last in 2005 in Niger, hope that it will shine a positive spotlight on a country long rocked by political unrest.
  4. The logo of the UNESCO is seen inside at the headquarters in Paris on September 22,2009.
  5. Irina Bokova, Bulgarian ambassador to France, poses at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Tuesday Sept. 22, 2009. Vying for the top UNESCO job to lead the U.N.'s agency for learning and culture, Bokova will face off against Farouk Hosni, a veteran Egyptian government minister dogged by allegations that he is anti-Israel, after he threatened to burn Israeli books.
  6. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) logo is seen on a glass door at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Saturday Sept. 19, 2009. Egypt's Faruq Hosni who is candidate for UNESCO director general failed to win an absolute majority in a ballot of world envoys on Saturday, with the vote now set to head to a fourth round.
  7. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) logo is seen on a glass door at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Saturday Sept. 19, 2009. Egypt's Faruq Hosni who is candidate for UNESCO director general failed to win an absolute majority in a ballot of world envoys on Saturday, with the vote now set to head to a fourth round.
  8. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) chairman of executive board Joseph Yai, right, from Benin, announces the results of the third round of the elections of the new UNESCO director general, at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Saturday Sept. 19, 2009. Egypt's Faruq Hosni who is candidate for UNESCO director general failed to win an absolute majority in a ballot of world envoys on Saturday, with the vote now set to head to a fourth round.
  9. Egyptian Culture Minister Hosni Farouk is seen at the UNESCO headquarters, Thursday Sept. 17, 2009 in Paris. Farouk, who is campaigning to be the next head of the U.N. office that promotes cultural diversity, outraged many Jews with his comments in April 2008 vowing to burn any Israeli books found in Egypt's famed Library of Alexandria. Unesco delegates began voting on their new secretary-general Thursday.
  10. Egyptian Culture Minister Hosni Farouk arrives at the UNESCO headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009 in Paris. Farouk, who is campaigning to be the next head of the U.N. office that promotes cultural diversity, outraged many Jews with his comments in April 2008 vowing to burn any Israeli books found in Egypt's famed Library of Alexandria. Unesco delegates began voting on their new secretary-general Thursday.
  11. Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni arrives at the UNESCO headquarters before the election of a new director-general in Paris September 17, 2009. Hosni's bid for the United Nations culture agency's top post has drawn fire from French intellectuals and Jewish organisations after comments last year that he would burn Israeli books.
  12. French navigator and UNESCO and World Ocean Network Spokesperson for the Oceans, Maud Fontenoy (R), US film director Louie Psihoyos (L) and US trainer dolphin Richard O'Barry (2nd R) pose during a photocall before the screening of the movie 'The Cove, on September 12, 2009, at the 35th US film festival in Deauville on the French northwestern coast.
  13. French navigator and UNESCO and World Ocean Network Spokesperson for the Oceans, Maud Fontenoy (L), US film director Louie Psihoyos (2nd L), US trainer dolphin Richard O'Barry (2nd R) and French film director Luc Besson (R), pose during a photocall before the screening of the movie 'The Cove, on September 12, 2009, at the 35th US film festival in Deauville on the French northwestern coast.
  14. French navigator and UNESCO and World Ocean Network Spokesperson for the Oceans, Maud Fontenoy (L), US film director Louie Psihoyos (2nd L), US trainer dolphin Richard O'Barry (2nd R) and French film director Luc Besson (R), pose during a photocall before the screening of the movie 'The Cove, on September 12, 2009, at the 35th US film festival in Deauville on the French northwestern coast.
  15. Mahouts train for a light and sound show for UNESCO World Heritage Week in Ayutthaya province, 80 km (50 miles) north of Bangkok, November 26, 2009.
  16. A Nepalese Buddhist woman walk around the Boudhanath Stupa monument in Kathmandu on November 20, 2009. The Boudhanath Stupa, which was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1979, is situated on the eastern side of Kathmandu and according to accounts is the largest Stupa in Nepal and one of the largest in the world. The Stupa, which is situated on the outskirts of Kathmandu, is at the heart of the Nepalese capital's Tibetan community and is an important centre of Buddhist studies.

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