For this sailor, standing near an F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet on the USS Dwight D Eisenhower in July 2016, the war against terror seems a world away. The US Navy&rsquos aircraft carrier is deployed in the Mediterranean Sea for Operation Inherent Resolve, against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Libya, Iraq and Syria
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Pope Francis meets circus performers&mdashmembers of circus clubs, fairs, funfair workers, street performers, designers, puppeteers, musicians and folk groups&mdashat the Jubilee for Circus and Travelling Show People at the Vatican in June this year. The pontiff told them, &ldquoYour festiveness and joy are distinctive signs of your identity, your profession and your life.&rdquo
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A protester dressed as a clown perform next to the riot police during march in Mexico City against President Enrique Pena Nieto's education reform plans in May 2016
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A clown celebrates as the Olympic Torch Relay reaches Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ,ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics in the city
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Clown doctors perform for children affected by the April 2015 earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal. A team of five medical clowns from Israel visited the victims to try to ease their trauma with their clowning skills
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New York clown duo Acrobuffos&mdashChristina Gelsone and Seth Bloom&mdashperform on the CopaCabana Beach in Southbank, London, in August this year
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Clowns celebrate the &lsquoDay of the Peruvian Clown&rsquo in the streets of Lima, Peru, in May 2016
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Ecuadorian politician Lenin Voltaire Moreno plays with a clown nose as he addresses students after he was awarded the &lsquoDoctor Honoris Causa&rsquo, a honorary degree, from The University of El Salvador in October 2016
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Clowns from various countries celebrate the 8th International Festival of Laughter in San Salvador, El Salvador, in May 2016. Clowns from across the Latin American continent met to exchange their knowledge and skills at the event
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Chandra Bahadur Dangi, the shortest human adult in recorded history, is carried by a clown after an event at the Rambo Circus in Mumbai on March last year. Dangi&mdashwho was from Nepal and died on September 3, 2015 at the age of 75&mdashstopped over in India on his way to the South Pacific island of Samoa to make a guest appearance in the circus
