World News in Pictures

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A runner is tossed by one of the young bulls released into the bullring following the day's running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on Monday, July 11.

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Two-year-old, Aden Salaad, looks up toward his mother, unseen, as she bathes him in a tub at a Doctors Without Borders hospital, where Aden is receiving treatment for malnutrition, in Dagahaley Camp, outside Dadaab, Kenya, Monday, July 11.

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Tel Aviv, Israel: Sudanese refugees celebrate South Sudan's independence from the Republic of Sudan



Kazan, Russia: A survivor from the Bulgarian tourist boat that sank in a broad stretch of Russia's Volga river

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Dhaka, Bangladesh: Islamist activists march on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway during a 30-hour countrywide strike



Miami, Florida, US: A woman holds a pose during a paddleboard yoga session. I believe there's room for a guy under there.

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Zintan, Libya: Demonstrators burn pictures of Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi



Prague Zoo, Czech Republic: Richard, a male gorilla. What a lovely name and so handsome too.

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Juba, South Sudan: Southern Sudanese people crowd tightly together to watch the Republic of South Sudan's first national football match, against Kenya



New Delhi, India: A passenger waits on a train delayed by a crash

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And besides the name there is a touch of similarity in the appearance as well.lol

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Luxury cars in China

China has emerged as a nation of car superconsumers with showrooms part and parcel of its buzzing shopping districts









A BMW 745Li car is displayed inside a dealership in central Beijing

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Hey, don't knock it, that's his pride and joy!



A gold-plated Infiniti luxury sports car is taken on a test drive in Nanjing



Former Ferrari Formula One driver Michael Schumacher presents the release of the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano China Limited Edition in Beijing. The paintwork on the car is inspired by the crackle glaze frequently used in Chinese ceramics

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A businessman throws a lavish funeral for his mother, using a fleet of eight stretch Lincoln limousines and other luxury cars to transport family members, as thousands mourners turned up for the over five-million yuan ($770,000) event, in Wenling



A Mercedes Benz adorned with Swarovski crystals sits in a garage during the Shanghai International Circuit Club Challenge

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Rising deforestation in the heart of the Amazon

After years of decline, the felling of trees in the Amazon and the murderous violence that accompanies it is rising ahead of proposed changes to Brazil's forest code. To document the increase in deforestation in the world's largest rainforest, Greenpeace took to the air and has published these aerial photographs for the first time. The images, combined with satellite data, are being presented to the Brazilian government today




About 97% of the forest in the state of Amazonas has been preserved, but it is the focus for resurgent deforestation. The inset satellite images clearly show that trees have been felled in the last year

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It is most likely that cattle ranchers have cleared the areas in Apuí photographed by Greenpeace. The Brazilian government's forestry enforcement agency Ibama has had success using satellite monitoring but remains too under-resourced to patrol a region the size of western Europe



Together, the nine felled areas documented in this Apuí, add up to 310 hectares. If, as is likely, the areas inbetween are also clear cut, the result will be a deforested area of 900 hectares.



From January to May 2011, deforestation in the Amazon more than doubled to 88,000 hectares, with the main felling season yet to come

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In the municipality of Canutama, Greenpeace documented further destruction. Here, the deforestation follows the typical pattern of tracking the path of roads, which provide an easy route by which to carry out the timber



The Greenpeace team also documented a large area of deforestation in Manicoré, where the areas felled add up to 230 hectares



The sites of the new deforestation are much closer to the undisturbed heart of the Amazon than previous deforestation, which cleared large areas in the states of Pará, Mato Grosso and Rondônia

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Who got hacked?




Graham Foulkes, whose son David was one of 52 people who died in the July 2005 London bombings, told BBC radio he was contacted by police after they found his private contact details on a list as part of the investigation into hacking claims.



Amanda Dowler, known as Milly, disappeared in Walton on Thames, Surrey in March 2002. Her remains were found in September. In July 2011, a lawyer for Dowler's family says he learned from police that her voicemail messages had been hacked while police were searching for her.

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Ginger



The McCanns

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Actress Gwyneth Paltrow.



Hacked off, former PM and a legend in his own mind, Gordon Brown

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Britain's Daily Telegraph says that the Sunday tabloid hacked into the phones of relatives of British soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.



Australian model Elle Macpherson

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British actress Sienna Miller.



Mr Looney

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British actor Jude Law



Britain's former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.

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Camilla and Charles



Wills

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Inside Libya's rebel army




Libyan mechanic try to fit a weapon to a shield which will be used for a pick-up truck in a weapons workshop in Misrata July 10, 2011.

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Rebel fighters evacuate their injured comrades from the outskirts of Zlitan, near Misrata's western frontline, July 8, 2011.

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Obama Puts Pressure on GOP Over Debt Deal
At a White House press conference on Monday, President Obama said he would continue to push Republican lawmakers for the largest possible deal regarding a plan to cut the deficit and raise the debt ceiling.



Get Outta the Way!
A bull makes his way through a street on Monday during Pamplona's running of the bulls -- an event that's part of the Spanish city's annual San Fermin festival.