Twin baby boys Ryan (L) and Leo Gerth rest in a Berlin hospital July 18, 2008. The twin boys, who have radically differing skin colours, were born on July 11 by Caesarean section to German mixed race couple Stephan and Florence Gerth. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY) 

German mixed-race couple Stephan (R) and Florence (L) Gerth pose for the media with their twin boys Ryan (2nd L) and Leo in a Berlin hospital July 18, 2008. The twin boys, who have radically differing skin colours, were born on July 11 by Caesarean section. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY) 

An indigenous Australian couple react as Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivers an apology to the Aboriginal people for past mistreatment at the Australian Parliament in Canberra February 13, 2008. Australia apologised for the historic mistreatment of Aborigines on Wednesday, moving many aborigines to tears and prompting cheers from huge crowds gathered in cities across the nation. Rudd told parliament that past policies of assimilation, under which aboriginal children were taken from their families to be brought up in white households, were a stain on the nation's soul. REUTERS/Andrew Sheargold/Pool (AUSTRALIA) 

A Swedish man comforts his Thai girlfriend who lost her relative, when Sunday's tsunami hit southern Thailand, in Thailand's Thap Lamu. Swedish Olof Carlsson (L) comforts his Thai girlfriend, Oi, in Thap Lamu, about 900 km (560 miles) south of Bangkok December 29, 2004. Oi lost her relative when a tsunami hit southern Thailand on Sunday. One of the most powerful earthquakes in history hit Asia over the weekend, unleashing a series of tidal waves which devastated coastal areas of Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia and tourist isles in Thailand, killing tens of thousands of people. Pictures of the month December 2004 REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad 

A couple holds hands after the World Youth Day papal welcoming ceremony
in Toronto, July 25, 2002. The Pope is in Canada to participate in
World Youth Day, which will be highlighted with a giant mass on July
28. REUTERS/Jim Young

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