World News in Pictures

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Rain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the temperature has dropped from 90 F (32C) to 62 F (17C) in the last 24 hours



A baby jaguar, born on July 18, 2013 gets a check-up at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens in Jacksonville, Florida, USA



When she's not doing her day job for Nottinghamshire Police, Karen Shutler performs death-defying stunts in her seven tonne monster truck

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An employee stands inside a cabin of the Palace on Wheels train in New Delhi, India. The luxury tourist train departed Wednesday on its first commercial journey for 2013-2014 to Rajasthan and Agra



The Dutch have taken extreme flower arranging to new heights in this annual procession through the Dutch town of Zundert. This year twenty gigantic flower sculptures took over the town



The Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch is launched at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin, Germany. The device works as an accessory to Galaxy smartphones, with a small screen offering basic functions like photos, hands-free calls and instant messaging.

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Protesters of activists group 'Code Pink' hold up their painted hands behind US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel during the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the authorization of use of force in Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington, USA



A Bahraini protester holds petrol bombs behind his back during clashes with riot police in the village of North Sehla



Russian artist Vasily Slonov stands behind a window as he presents his public art object From the Propeller! at the Museum Centre in the Russian Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk



UV light detecting bacteria on a child's hand after opening a fridge door. A study by Domestos and UNICEF - to raise awareness of the global sanitation crisis - found the grubbiest items located in the family home were actually the arm of the sofa, games controllers and fridge handle with 12, five and four times more bacteria (respectively) harbouring compared to the average toilet seat.

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Police baton charge a Dhaka University's student during a protest in Dhaka. Clashes erupted after several students were beaten up by activists of Bangladeshi political party Awami League and Sramik League



Here come the girls. Festival goers arrive on day one of Bestival, at Robin Hill Country Park on the Isle of Wight



A male jaguar attacks a Yacare caiman in Pantanal, Brazil. The jaguar ambushed the caiman before dragging it back across the water and into the jungle

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Awkward? President Vladimir Putin welcomes US President Barack Obama at the start of the G20 summit in St Petersburg



A visitor takes a photo of Marianna by Jaume Plensa, one of about 20 sculptures installed in the gardens at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire for an eight-week exhibition called Beyond Limits, curated by Sotheby's.



Visitors walk past Ivy by Manolo Valdés at Chatsworth House

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Vehicle recovery workers start to clear the scene of a major traffic accident on the A249 Sheppey crossing bridge in Kent. More than 130 vehicles were involved in the series of accidents, with thick fog blamed for poor visibility



Security officials stand guard at the scene of a bomb blast near the Egyptian Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim's home in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt. Mohammed Ibrahim survived the assassination attempt involving bombs set off near his motorcade. It was the first such attack in Egypt in years

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Schoolchildren pray for Nelson Mandela outside his residence in Johannesburg, South Africa. The former president is continuing to receive medical care at home after leaving hospital last Sunday



A man looks at a photograph titled Monkey by Oleg Dou at the ART Rio-International art fair in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Free Syrian Army fighters run for cover during clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria



Flames rage through a forest during a fire in Palas del Rei in Galicia, Spain. The fire has already affected the towns of Palas de Rei and Melide. Three forest fires are still burning while five others are now under control in the Galicia region

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Sheppey crossing bridge crash

One hundred vehicles ploughed into each other after a huge pile-up on the Isle of Sheppey crossing in Kent, in foggy conditions during the morning rush hour

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Egypt's Minister Mohammed Ibrahim survives bomb attack



Egypt's Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim has survived a bomb attack that targeted his convoy in Cairo.

Hours later, he appeared unharmed on state TV to denounce the attack as a "cowardly assassination bid".

Security guards and a child were among the injured in the attack, which took place near his home in Nasr City.

No-one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. Muslim Brotherhood leader Amr Darrag said the group "strongly condemned" what happened.

Mr Ibrahim heads the police force which has carried out a crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood protests in recent weeks.

Nasr City is a stronghold of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood group



The blast occurred at 10:30 local time, just after Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim had left his home in Nasr City for the office.

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Bihar floods - eastern India

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Protests continue in Sofia, Bulgaria



A praying mantis lands on court at Flushing Meadow where Rafal Nadal's US Open game was in progress

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Femen activists (with their tops on) including Sasha Shevchenko (4th right) and Inna Shevchenko (2nd right) walk on the red carpet with director Kitty Green (5th left) before the screening of "Sacro Gra" presented in competition at the 70th Venice Film Festival



Members of the media work at the International Media Centre during the G20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia

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Andy Murray of Britain returns a shot to Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland during their quarterfinal match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. See live coverage here



Naomi Watts arriving for the Diana premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square, London



British musicians Jordan Stephens, right, and Harley Alexander-Sule of the band Rizzle Kicks perform on stage during the iTunes Festival 2013

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Afghan children climb onto a fence while playing as they sell tea in Kabul, September 4, 2013. A tea vendor earns $1 on average a day.



U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reacts as he waits for U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to arrive as he appears at a U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 4, 2013.



A Palestinian is detained by Israeli border policemen near Lion's Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, following minor clashes at a nearby compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount September 4, 2013. An Israeli police spokesperson said five people were detained on Wednesday for throwing stones at police who had entered the compound after stones were thrown at visitors at the holy site ahead of the Jewish new year, or Rosh Hashanah.

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Heavy rain falls on policemen taking positions as rubber farmers protest near the airport in Surat Thani, Thailand, September 4, 2013.



Improvised mortar shells that are colored are seen inside a box at a weapons factory in Aleppo, Syria, September 4, 2013



A boy inspects a hunting rifle at the International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition in Abu Dhabi, September 4, 2013.



A performer dressed as Jesus Christ stands next to a man using an ATM machine in Madrid, September 4, 2013.

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A worker passes concrete blocks atop a building covered with a banner depicting the hands of German Chancellor and leader of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel in Berlin, September 4, 2014.



An unexploded molotov cocktail burns next to a riot police armored personnel carrier in the village of Selah west of Manama, September 4, 2013



French President Francois Hollande (L) and German President Joachim Gauck hug after a ceremony at the cemetery of the French martyr village of Oradour-sur-Glane, near Limoges, September 4, 2013. Six hundred forty-two inhabitants of Oradour-sur-Glane, men, women and children, were massacred by soldiers of a German Waffen-SS Panzer division who also destroyed the entire village on June 10, 1944. A new village was built nearby after the war, but the remains of the original village has been maintained as a permanent World War II memorial and museum.



Armadillo-T, a foldable electric vehicle, folds up its rear at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon, south of Seoul September 2, 2013. With a click on a smartphone, the experimental "Armadillo-T" electric car made in South Korea will park itself and fold nearly in half, freeing up space in crowded cities. The quirky two-seater, named after the animal whose shell it resembles, may never see production but it is part of a trend of developing environmentally friendly vehicles for urban spaces

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A local resident wades through the water to get to his country house in a flooded settlement outside Khabarovsk in Russia's far east, September 4, 2013



A resident of Boeung Kak Lake cries during a protest in Phnom Penh September 4, 2013. Cambodian protesters scuffled with police on Wednesday during a protest over a long running luxury housing estate. The protesters were mostly women from the Boeung Kak community who called for a resolution to the disputes and appealed for the release of jailed activist Yorm Bopha. Bopha, a resident and an activist who joined forces with the protesters was arrested and jailed for one year on a charge of causing injury to a motorcycle taxi driver.



A six-year-old boy, whose eyes were gouged out, is cuddled by his mother, who is holding onto donations from the public, at a hospital in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, September 3, 2013. Chinese police suspect the boy's aunt of gouging out his eyes, Xinhua state news agency said on Wednesday, the latest twist in the investigation of a crime that shocked the country.

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Bird watching: A Chinese policeman patrols past a 18 meters high rubber duck at Beijing Garden Expo Park







Cyndi Lauper performs at Enmore Theatre on in Sydney, Australia

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Wave everyone: world leaders at the G20 summit in Saint Petersburg



Unite the nations: Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, looks on as the US president, Barack Obama, kisses his Brazilian counterpart, Dilma Rousseff, as they arrive for the group photo at the G20 summit.



DJ Dave Lee Travis leaves the Old Bailey in London after attending a preliminary hearing

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The fish theme continues (well it is a Friday) as fishermen prepare their boats and kit prior to the final fortnightly fishing competition of the year in Cadgwith in Cornwall



Salted mackerel from Norway on sale at a market in Seoul, South Korea. The country has banned all fish imports from an area of Japan around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant



Pancho the Pelican stands on a rocking chair in the home of Magela Guerrero in Havana, Cuba. Pancho behaves as if he's just another member of the family. He sleeps in a bucket and gets a daily hose-down on the patio. Sometimes he flaps up on to the roof to bask in the sun.



Magela and Pancho. "When I saw him, it was love at first sight," said Magela, Pancho's 32-year-old adopted mum, of whom he's fiercely protective

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Ground staff on the covers as rain delays the start of the first one day international (ODI) cricket match between England and Australia at the Headingley cricket ground in Leeds



And today's panda photo comes from a thermal container at Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. This little critter is called 'San Er' and is the only survivor of triplets



A child looks at the 3D art piece drawn by British artist Julian Beever in a mall in Medellin, Colombia.

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Protesters picket an upmarket hotel in the financial district of Makati city, east of Manila, Philippines, to coincide with the visit of EU Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard in the country



Pop another on the barbie, Kev: Australian PM Kevin Rudd cooks sausages on a barbeque at The Entrance, New South Wales, Australia. The country's election is tomorrow



Young turtles about to be released into the Atlantic Ocean near Boca Raton, Florida. Almost 500 Sea Turtle hatchlings were released