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Military planners have met council officials in Somerset to see what support is needed to help the flood-hit county. The Somerset Levels have been badly hit by flooding in recent weeks. Villages such as Muchelney have been cut off for almost a month and about 11,500 hectares (28,420 acres) of the Levels are flooded by about 65 million cubic metres of water.
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A Christie's employee poses besides Femme au costume turc dans un fauteuil by Pablo Picasso in London ahead of an auction on 4 February.
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A Seattle Seahawks fan dressed in a homemade bird outfit runs up a small hill near the Space Needle in Seattle. The Seahawks play the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl on Sunday.
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The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall visited The Bell pub at Purleigh in Essex where Camilla tried her hand at darts. The couple were there to promote the Prince's not-for-profit organisation The Pub Is The Hub, which supports licensees, rural pubs and community services.
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Boulder smashes through Italian farm
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The family living in the house was unharmed in the incident
Dramatic pictures have been released showing the destruction wrought by a huge boulder that smashed through a farm in Northern Italy after being dislodged by a landslide.
The massive rock narrowly missed a farm house, destroyed a barn, and stopped in a vineyard at the property in Ronchi di Termeno.
A second giant boulder detached during the landslide stopped behind the house.
The family living there was unharmed in the incident, on 21 January
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The boulder came to rest near a rock that had been dislodged many years previously
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A second boulder stopped just short of the house itself
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Helen Mirren acts out "twerking" in a game of charades as she is honoured as Hasty Pudding Theatricals 2014 Woman of the Year at Harvard University in Cambridge, USA
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Chinese opera performers wait in backstage before The Beauty of China Opera show in Surabaya, Indonesia. Chinese opera is an important traditional art performance of music and drama which has been performed for over 500 years, however popularity has been on the decline in today's modern society. It performed as part of the Chinese New Year celebrations
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Derek Wedge (L) of Switzerland and Kyle Croxall of Canada being pulled by husky dogs over a frozen lake prior to the Red Bull Crashed Ice World Series in Serena, Finland
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A snow plow clears the road on highway A26 near Masone, Liguria Region, northern Italy
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Traffic moves south on Interstate 75 past a hill covered with ice in Covington, Kentucky, USA, with temperatures in the single digits Fahrenheit
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Eli the ape with a paper mache Seattle Seahawks helmet she chose over a Denver Broncos helmet, predicting the winner of this Sunday's Super Bowl at the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City, USA. Eli has correctly picked the Super Bowl winner for six straight years
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Performers sing on stage during the final dress rehearsal of 'Carmen' at the Opera House in Sydney, Australia. Carmen runs at the Opera House from February until March 22
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People burn incense to pray for good fortune on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at a temple in Lanzhou
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The 146,000-ton Norwegian Cruise Line Getaway is moored in the Hudson River in New York, USA, as a floating hotel for the Super Bowl. The ship can accommodate more than 4,000 guests
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Holly Ferling (L) of Australia celebrates her dismissal of Danielle Wyatt of England during game two of the International Twenty20 series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
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The moon moves between NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, and the sun, giving the observatory a view of a partial solar eclipse from space beginning at 0831 EST (1331 GMT). Such a lunar transit happens two to three times each year. This one lasted two and one half hours, which is the longest ever recorded. When the next one will occur is as of yet unknown due to planned adjustments in SDO's orbit
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Men hold 14-month-old Ghina Khalil after they dug her out of rubble in Aleppo, Syria. The toddler was pulled out after men pulled aside rocks, concrete rubble and dust to free her, caught under a smashed building, bombed by the government forces in the area of Masaraniyeh
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Scientists studying the amazing gliding proficiency of an Asian species known as the paradise tree snake say it does two things as it goes airborne. It splays its ribs in order to flatten its profile from round into a more triangular form, and it undulates while airborne - sort of swimming through the air. Researchers led by Socha, an expert in biomechanics at Virginia Tech, replicated in a plastic model the shape the snake assumes while airborne, and tested it to evaluate its aerodynamic qualities
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Some of the 17 of Taronga Zoo's herd of 125 life-sized sculptures of endangered Black Rhinos decorated by leading artists and designers including Ken Done and Camilla Frank, and NSW school students arrive at the Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia. The community art and conservation project was created by Taronga Zoo to raise awareness of the threat to wild rhinos from unrelenting poaching and the sculptures will be auctioned in May 2014 to raise 400,000 Australian dollar (about £213000 ) for Taronga's breeding and conservation programs for rhinos
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Snap, crack, pop: newly hatched saltwater crocodiles at Crocodylus Park, Darwin, Australia
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British consulate member Pierluigi Puglia, Meredith Kercher's sister Stephanie Kercher and brother Lyle Kercher speak to the press at the Star hotel the day after a court in Florence upheld the convictions of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the murder of Meredith Kercher. Watch the Guardian exclusive interview with Amanda Knox
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Anti-government protesters warm themselves at a fire near a barricade early morning in Kiev, Ukraine
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Wailing Wall: An Israeli Jew plays horn during a mass at the Western Wall in Jerusalem
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A Seattle Seahawks fan ahead of Super Bowl XLVIII in New York
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Chicks dyed in various colours are sold in Manila, Philippines
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A rebel fighter carries an animal carcass in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State, South Sudan, January 30, 2014
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Toronto's Chief Budget Officer Councillor Frank Di Giorgio (L) shares a moment with Toronto Mayor Rob Ford during a budget meeting at City Hall in Toronto, Canada, January 30, 2014
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Motiur Rahman Nizami, a leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-E-Islami sits inside a prison vehicle as he leaves a court after a verdict of an arms smuggling case in Chittagong, January 30, 2014. A Bangladeshi court sentenced to death 14 people including Nizami, a former security agency chief and a former deputy government minister for involvement in the country's biggest ever arms smuggling case. Police seized 10 truck-loads of weapons in a raid on a state-owned jetty in the southeastern port city of Chittagong in 2004
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Audience members react as New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and police commissioner Bill Bratton speak at a news conference in the Brownsville neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn, New York, January 30, 2014. De Blasio, who ran on a pledge to reform the police department's aggressive use of stop-and-frisk practices, reached a deal with a civil liberties group to end the long legal fight
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A fighter from the Free Syrian Army's Saad Bin Obada al-Khazerji brigade, al-Rahman corps, uses an iPad during preparations to fire an artillery cannon, in eastern al-Ghouta, targeting forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad based in the capital Damascus, January 29, 2014
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eople walk amidst snowstorm, with the air temperatures around minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit), in Russia's southern city of Stavropol, January 30, 2014
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An Iraqi policeman stands guard in front of the Ministry of Transportation building after an attack by suicide bombers in Baghdad, January 30, 2014. Six suicide bombers burst into the Iraqi ministry building, took hostages and killed at least 18 people including themselves before security forces regained control, a senior official said.
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Amanda Knox sits alone before being interviewed on the set of ABC's Good Morning America in New York, January 31, 2014
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Devotees fill their vessels with water, which is considered to be holy, from the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath Temple during the Swasthani Bratakatha festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, January 30, 2014.
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Activists from the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), a Kashmiri separatist party, scuffle with Indian police personnel during a protest in Srinagar, January 31, 2014.
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Meatball the cat tips the scales at 2.5 stone - four times the weight of an average cat. The four-year-old was brought to Maricopa County Animal Care and Control by owners who could no longer care for him. Meatball, who weighs more than a three-year-old child, had to be weighed on scales for dogs as he was too heavy for cat scales. It is thought his previous owners fed him food for humans, which resulted in his super-sized appearance
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This artist's impression (left) of a villain has gone viral- because it is so bad ! Lamar County Sheriff’s Department released the picture of the mugging suspect last week. It was pounced upon by social media and press outlets, who claimed it was the worst police sketch in history. The police retorted that an experienced police artist had used descriptions from two victims to make a composite. The police had the last laugh on Tuesday when Glenn Rundles (right) from Paris, Texas was arrested. An eagle-eyed member of the local sheriff's department recognised the man from the police artist's sketch
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Amanda Knox reacts during her interview on ABC's Good Morning America in New York. Knox vowed on Friday to fight her second conviction for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in 2007 while the two were students together in the Italian university town of Perugia
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An elegant Rolls Royce once owned by French actress Brigitte Bardot has emerged for sale for £320,000.The prestigious car, first driven in 1962, remains in superb condition and even has its original upholstery.Bardot, now 79, shot to fame as a 1950s and 1960s sex symbol and film star and was the third owner of the car when she bought it in October 1970
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Dambusters squadron completes final mission
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Some of the Air and Ground crew shortly after the last flight for 617 Sqn. The squadron, often referred to as Dambusters after the daring raid it flew in WW2, is being disbanded
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A member of the British Royal Air Force air crew of 617 Squadron preparing for a sortie in support of coalitiion forces, at Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan
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A Lancaster Bomber flies over Derwent Reservoir in May, 2013. The flypast marked the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters air raid
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One fo the bouncing bombs, invented by Barnes Wallis, that was used in the Dambusters raid
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The Dambusters. George Johnny Johnson (Bomber Aimer - Front Left) with the Rest of His Lancaster Bomber Crew in November 1943. (Back Row L-R) Dave Roger (Rear Gunner), Dom Mclean (Navigator), Bill Radcliffe (Flight Engineer), (Front Row L-R) Johnny, Lem Eaton (Wireless Operator) Joe Mccarthy (Pilot and Captain) Ron Batson (Mid Upper Gunner)
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Squadron 617 'dambusters' Bomb Crew with one of their Lancasters. Sergeant Charles Franklin Is 7th From Right, Back Row
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Ludmila (left) and Tofig Akhundov perform with their hippos at a circus in the Belarussian capital Minsk
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Adelaide Zoo's oldest flamingo has died. Staff at the Australian zoo are in mourning after the 83-year-old bird - believed to be the world's oldest flamingo - passed away
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Two ground squirrels play-fight each other in Jasper National Park, Alberta in Western Canada
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Meet the greyhound who swapped a life of chasing hares to cuddling up with them - and is now best friends with Riley the rabbit. Owner Michelle Long feared the worst when she realised her ex-racer greyhound, Pixie, had got into the same room as her five-year-old bunny, Reilly. But she was stunned when she found the pair cuddled up together - and they've since been inseparable
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Lesya Orobets, a deputy of the opposition Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party, wears a bulletproof vest during an extraordinary session of the Ukrainian parliament on Jan. 28, 2014
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Centenarian breaks his own cycling hour record – in pictures
With hour record cycling enjoying a newfound status not seen since its mid-90s heyday, due to interest from Fabian Cancellara and a possible relaxation of the rules of the event, the 102 year-old Robert Marchand took to the boards to break his own hour record
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The 102 year-old receives a push for the start. Despite a promising early start in the sport, Marchand never turned professional
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Marchand's new record, set at the age of 102, stands at 26.925km
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Gunfight in the streets of Bangkok
Violence erupts in Bangkok on the eve of the elections, with gunshots fired in clashes between pro- and anti-government protesters
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A pro-government demonstrator aims his gun at anti-government protesters
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Anti-government protesters stay together
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In Brussels, an activist from women's rights group Femen screams from behind a glass panel during a demonstration against the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin
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Islamabad, a trained monkey sits next to his owner as they wait for customers in a park
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Plainclothes police arrest a resident as they enforce the demolition of their shanties at Quezon in the Philippines. The demolition was carried out by the city government to pave the way for the commercial development of the area
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Graeme Robertson photographed derelict homes on The Bishops Avenue in London. A third of the mansions on the most expensive stretch of London's 'Billionaires Row' are standing empty, including several huge houses that have fallen into ruin after standing almost completely vacant for a quarter of a century
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Trees are reflected in flood waters on the Somerset Levels. Many villages here have faced weeks of flooding with the village of Muchelney cut off because of flooded roads for almost a month
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Syrian civilians run for safety following an alleged air strike by Syrian government forces in Aleppo. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that nearly 1,900 people have been killed in Syria since peace talks opened in Switzerland on 22 January
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Shark cull protests in Australia
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Thousands of people took to beaches in east and west Australia to protest against a controversial shark culling policy designed to prevent attacks. Carrying placards, foam sharks and chanting “stop the cull”, demonstrators gathered in Perth and Sydney to rally against the government’s decision to allow fishermen to catch and kill any large sharks they find.
Here: A protester shows her support during a shark-culling policy protest at Cottesloe Beach, Perth, Western Australia
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Any shark longer than 10 feet snagged by the lines and deemed to be a threat - including great white, bull and tiger sharks - will be destroyed, with the first casualty reported last week.
Here: A protester in a shark suit runs in the sea at Manly Beach, Sydney
