World News in Pictures

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The remains of a former President of Brazil, Joao Goulart, are being exhumed to establish the cause of his death in exile in Argentina in 1976 - a former Uruguayan intelligence officer has alleged he was poisoned for opposing the military governments of the region



A girl watches army helicopters land as she sits with typhoon victims hoping to be evacuated from Tacloban airport on 14 November

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30th anniversary of the first missiles to arrive at Greenham Common airbase



RAF Greenham Common air base was the site of continuous women's peace protests from 1981 until 1991 when the final American Cruise missiles were removed. The demonstrations ended with the closure of the base



























Helen John who was the last woman at Greenham Common women's peace camp

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Yoko Ono at the Greenham Common peace camp in 1987

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Sachin Tendulkar's career in pictures



1989: A 16-year-old Tendulkar makes his Test debut against Pakistan under Kris Srikkanth and scores two half-centuries in six innings



1990: a year later and the little Indian notches up his maiden Test century (119 not out) against England at Old Trafford






Racking 'em up: In 2001, he becomes the first batsman in the history of ODI cricket to score 10,000 runs

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2004: The Mumbai maestro equals Sunil Gavaskar's world record 34 Test centuries



... he also becomes only the third player in history, after Gary Kirsten and Steve Waugh, to score centuries against all Test playing nations. Also becomes the first player in ODI history to win 50 Man of the Match awards

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2008: A record chase of 387 runs looms as Tendulkar's unbeaten and flawless 103 delivers the blow to England. It is Tendulkar's 41st Test ton



2010: Tendulkar becomes the first batsman to score an ODI double-century, before becoming the most capped player in Test cricket, surpassing Steve Waugh's tally of 168 Tests



Happy days: Tendulkar and team-mates celebrate World Cup success in 2011











He misses out on a century in his final innings (he scored 74) but is still given a guard of honour

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The Philippines: One Week After Typhoon Haiyan

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A young girl walks her brother to the Tacloban City Convention Center known as the Astrodome, on November 14, 2013, where hundreds of displaced typhoon survivors have set up makeshift shelters throughout the complex's once bustling shops and popular basketball court. For the thousands of people jamming the Tacloban City Astrodome, the great halls with a solid roof was a heaven-sent refuge when Typhoon Haiyan rammed eastern Philippines

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The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) sits off the coast of the Philippines in a July 1, 2012 photo. The USNS Mercy was activated November 13, 2013 to be ready to support disaster relief efforts in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.

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Some of the entries for Nat Geo Photograph of 2013

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Manta-Art: An Alfredi manta ray came close to me with her mouth open on a cleaning station area off Tikehau island, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia

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Tornadoes hit Illinois as storms threaten across Midwestern US

Washington, Illinois and other towns were seriously damaged by a tornado on Sunday, as states across the US were hit by a storm system of twisters, high winds and hail storms

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Tacloban, Philippines: A typhoon survivor roasts a pig on the pavement



St Pölten, Austria: Germany's Bernd Ebert prepares backstage during the World Classic Bodybuilding Championship

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Michigan, US: Locals look at freshly killed bucks during the ‘buck pole’ hunting awards in Davison



Somerset, UK: A member of the British Flag Carnival Club takes part in the Glastonbury carnival



Catania, Sicily: Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, spews lava during an eruption

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Jammu, India: Stunt performers drive vehicles in a makeshift wooden 'well of death' during the annual farmers’ fair



Warsaw, Poland: Environmental activists march during the UN COP19 climate change conference



Kathmandu, Nepal: A member of the explosives disposal squad from the Nepalese army checks a suspected bomb in the parking area of a shopping centre



Tacloban, Philippines: Filipino survivors of typhoon Haiyan run for food dropped by an air force helicopter

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A bizarre new bug resembling the major 90s toy craze Troll Dolls has baffled scientists. Teams from the University of Harvard and museums around the world trekked for three weeks to explore the untouched rainforest of southeast Suriname. They managed to catalogue 60 new animal species - but one little critter has proved too tricky to record. The 7mm wide, six-legged bug has been whittled down to possibly fitting into four nymph families: Dictyopharidae, Nogodinidae, Lophopidae, and Tropiduchidae



People wanting to remove the stubble from their face can apply this special gel in the same way they would with a regular shaving foam. But this time they can look in the mirror to see a green, blue, orange, purple or pink face staring back at them

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Photographer Brett Seymour took this shot of the Milky Way in Ofu, American Samoa



Thousands of paper-made balloons, powered by burning oil, rise into the evening sky in Chiang Mai province, Thailand, during the Loy Krathong Festival. During the festival at night time, Thais float lanterns to the sky and float candles on the lotus-shaped basket into the rivers, hoping their bad luck will drift away



An active tornado touches down in Washington, Illinois, USA

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A vehicle sits on a pile of debris from the destruction caused by a tornado that touched down in Washington, Illinois



A mining engineer examines the stunning crystals of rock salt that line the walls of this ancient salt cave - 1,300 feet below the Earth's surface. Wearing a hard hat and head torch, Murat Danaci explores the depths of the largest rock salt reserve in Turkey, based near the city of Cankiri

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Robotic jockeys race camels through a sandstorm at Dubai Camel Racing Club during the Al Marmoum camel racing season in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Camel racing is one of the oldest sports in the Middle East. Historically children from India were used as jockeys on the camels until it was outlawed in 2002. Today robot jockeys are used and include shock absorbers and GPS tracking systems. The camel's owners control the robot's whips from their speeding four wheel drives at the side of the track. Throroughbred racing camels can be as valuable as one million US dollars



Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the series championship following the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida



Survivors carry a casket in front of ships brought inland by Typhoon Haiyan at the devastated port in Tacloban. The Philippines is facing up to an enormous rebuilding task from Typhoon Haiyan, which killed at least 3,974 people and left 1,186 missing, with many isolated communities yet to receive significant aid despite a massive international relief effort