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Photo: Vadim Veligurov, 12, kisses Abi, a wild sparrow, during a walk near his grandmother's house in Minusinsk, Russia, on Aug 22. In June, Veligurov, a resident of Dudinka in northern Russia, nurtured the abandoned baby bird after he found it near his grandmother's house. Since then the rescued sparrow and Veligurov have been inseparable.

Bilingual: Tens of thousands of people marched to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and down the National Mall in Washington on Saturday, commemorating the 50th anniversary of King's famous speech and pledging that his dream includes equality for all, The Associate Press reported.