Oleksiy Pinko, a circus artist, dances with a lion during presentation of the new program in Ukraine's National Circus in Kiev, Ukraine on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) 

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This gallery contains photos published May 9-16, 2013.

     

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