World News in Pictures

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Wen Jiaquan (2nd left), a 54-year-old motorcycle mechanic, moves his self-made gyrocopter in Qingping township, China. Wen and his family spent over 10,000 yuan (£1,058) and more than three months to build this 4.2-metre-long, 2.8-metre-high flying machine using mostly motorcycle components and a used car engine.



The stunning Danxia Scenic Area in Zhangye City, northwest Chinas Gansu Province. Danxia, which means rosy cloud, is a special landform formed from reddish sandstone that has been eroded over time into a series of mountains surrounded by curvaceous cliffs and many unusual rock formations

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Mounted on a giant Russian Passport, a man pilots a foam head of Gerard Depardieu into the Moskva river during the Red Bull Flugtag competition in Moscow



Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans in Nasr City, Cairo

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Mark Temperato, who goes by the stage name RevM, has smashed the record for the world's biggest drum kit with a staggering 813 individual pieces. Weighing more than a massive 5000lbs, it takes Mark more than an hour to strike each individual instrument in his kit.



An aerial view showing the destruction of the al-Khalidyah neighbourhood of the Syrian city of Homs.

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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and his wife Miriam take the riverboat from their home in Putney to Westminster on his first day back at work after their holiday in Spain.



A young boy in a gas mask stands by as supporters of the ousted Muslim Brotherhood pray near the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo



Boys painted with the face of Hindu God Shiva, left, and the Indian flag participate in a walk carrying water from the River Ganges to offer at the Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, India. The walk is an age old annual Hindu tradition to thank the Gods for bringing rains



British art historian Dr Rupert Richard Arrowsmith has his hair shaved before he enters monastic life at a monastery on the outskirts of Yangon

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Palestinian riot police clash with demonstrators as they try to march towards the headquarters of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah. They were protesting against the forthcoming negotiations between Palestinian leaders and Israel.



Fireworks light up the night sky during the 3rd day of the Tomorrowland festival in Boom, Belgium



A helicopter drops water on a wild fire burning in Vallirana near Barcelona

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Taiwanese politicians scuffle at the legislature podium before the start of a session aimed at debating Taiwan's latest trade pact agreement with China, in Taipei, Taiwan.



The statue of the 'Madonna della Fiumarola' (or Madonna del Carmine) is carried in procession inside the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore during the closing of the annual 'Festa de Noantri', in the Trastevere district



A sand sculpture of Rio's famous statue of Jesus is decorated with a rosary and Brazillian flag on Copacabana Beach

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A soldier walks through a flood-hit area in Tianshui, China. At least 22 people were killed and three othersare reported missing after rainstorm-triggered floods and landslides hit the region.



Tourists visit Grandmother and Grandfather monument outside city of Stepanakert in the Armenian-controlled Azerbaijani region of Nagorny Karabakh



Supporters of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega wave flags during the inauguration of a monument to the late Venezuelan President Jugo Chavez in Managua. The 10-metre-high memorial was unveiled on what would have been Chavez's 59th birthday

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Demonstrators in support of fast food workers march towards a McDonald's as they demand higher wages and the right to form a union without retaliatio in New York's Union Square. The national Fast Food Forward campaign is organizing the demonstrations. Strikes are planned in other cities this week



A rainbow painted crosswalk is reflected in a storefront window in Vancouver, British Columbia. The crosswalks were painted to celebrate Vancouver Gay Pride Week and will be left permanently to mark the heart of the city's gay community

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Border issues: A Spanish man rides his bicycle with his ID card in his mouth, to show police, while drivers wait in line to enter Spain at its border with the British Colony of Gibraltar in Gibraltar. Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague telephoned his Spanish counterpart Jose Garcia Margallo to raise concerns that Spanish officials have deliberately caused long delays at the border crossing from Spain to Gibraltar over the weekend, according to British media



Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden celebrates after winning the women's 100m Butterfly Final at the 15th FINA Swimming World Championships at Palau Sant Jordi arena in Barcelona

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Another train crash but luckily there were no fatalities: Police officers and rescue workers are pictured at the site of a head on collision between two trains near Granges-pres-Marnand, near Payerne in western Switzerland. The two trains collided at Granges-pr s-Marnand injuring about 40 people, four seriously,



Demonstrators hold a banner during a protest against the supposed surveillance by the US National Security Agency, NSA, and the German intelligence agency, BND, during a rally in front of the construction site of the new headquarters of German intelligence agency in Berlin.



A young masked Pro-Morsi supporter attends a children march to protest against the death of Morsi supporters in Cairo's eastern Nasr City district. Egyptian protesters loyal to deposed president Mohamed Morsi called for a "million person march" on July 30, against his ouster.

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A firefighting plane prepares to take water past a cruise ship in the port of Palma de Mallorca to extinguish a wildfire in a mountain near Andratx, on the island of Mallorca, Spain



Israeli Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni speaks to reporters press following a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians are due to resume in Washington for the first time in nearly three years

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Six-time Pro Bowl quarterback Donovan McNabb and Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie embrace before a news conference in Philadelphia, announcing that McNabb will officially retire a member of the Eagles. McNabb played 11 of his 13 seasons with the Eagles, leading them to eight playoff appearances, five NFC East titles, five conference championship games and one Super Bowl loss.



Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Despite a number of mergers being announced today, stocks were down in early trading.

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Lumberjack World Championships



Gus Carlson, 74, competes in the Masters underhand chop event during the Lumberjack World Championships in Hayward, Wisconsin July 27, 2013. Over 100 competitors from around the world are competing in 21 events ranging from sawing and chopping to log rolling.

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The village of Ilulissat in Greenland is surrounded by icebergs that broke off from the Jakobshavn Glacier on July 24.



Ottilie Olsen and Adam Olsen pose for a picture on July 20, in Qeqertaq, Greenland. Greenlanders are learning to adapt to the changing climate and go on with their lives






Water is seen on part of the glacial ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of Greenland



Sarah Das from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution walks though a surface meltwater lake on July 16 on the Glacial Ice Sheet, Greenland. She is part of a team of scientists that is using Global Positioning System sensors to closely monitor the evolution of the surface lakes and the motion of the surrounding ice sheet

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NZ compete in the America's Cup Challenger Series in San Francisco Bay



Protesters block an oil drilling site in Balcombe, West Sussex, England

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Syrian troops in Homs



The clergy take a photo shoot opportunity during the Pope's closing Mass in Rio, Brazil



The last day of the Alphorn Festival in Nendaz, Switzerland



Lewis Hamilton wins the Hungarian Grand Prix

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Election workers count votes at a polling station that reported a high voter turnout in Kidal, Mali, amid allegations of payments from political parties to election workers.



A firefighter stands near the wreckage of a bus following a crash near Avellino, southern Italy. A tour bus filled with Italians returning home after an excursion plunged into a ravine, killing at least 37 people.



The public follow the memorial Mass for the victims of the Spanish train crash, which was held at Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, on a giant LED screen placed at Qunitana square in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. At least 79 people have died and a further 130 are reported injured



People waving Tunisian flags gather during a protest to demand the ouster of the Islamist-dominated government, outside the Constituent Assembly headquarters in Tunis

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Swiss train collision



Swiss rescue workers wheel a wounded person on a stretcher after two regional trains crashed head on near Granges-Pres-Marnand near Payerne in western Switzerland July 29, 2013.

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Pinch runner Daniel Nava (without cap) and third base coach Brian Butterfield of the Boston Red Sox plead their case after umpire Jerry Meals called Nava out at the plate against the Tampa Bay Rays in the eighth inning at Fenway Park on July 29 in Boston, Mass. Nava's run would have tied the game.

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Mexico's poverty rate fell 0.6 percent between 2010 and 2012 to 53.3 million people, the government's social development agency Coneval said. Factoring in population growth, the ranks of the poor grew by half a million people in that time.

That rise underscores the challenges President Enrique Pena Nieto faces as he tries to lift millions of people out of poverty and boost growth in Mexico, which has a huge wealth gap

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Red Bull Flugtag in Moscow



The Red Bull Flugtag (flying day) moved to Moscow, saw competitors in fancy dress attempt to fly their human-powered, home made flying machines off a six metre high platform over the Moskva river.

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This competitor seemed more bothered about smiling for the camera than flying, as his dragon plummeted off the launch ramp straight into the water.









A mole burrows into the Moskva river



A female pilot exits her can of tuna-shaped flying machine



A bird-shaped flying machine loses its undercarriage as flies over the Moskva river

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Syria conflict: Syrian army recapture key rebel district of Khaldiyeh in Homs



Syria's beleaguered opposition forces have suffered another blow when government troops captured a key district in the embattled city of Homs that has been a rebel stronghold since the beginning of the country's uprising. The capture of Khaldiyeh is a setback for the rebels in the strategic central heartland, bringing President Bashar Assad's regime closer to its goal of capturing all of Homs, Syria's third largest city - including neighborhoods in its Old City that the rebels have held for more than a year