World News in Pictures

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Karachi, Pakistan: A butcher presses his foot on to a slaughtered chicken as he waits for the blood to drain



Bhaktapur, Nepal: A woman gives the finishing touches to a clay pot in Talako pottery square

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Tuz Khurmatu, Iraq: A seven-year-old girl cries after undergoing female circumcision



Sofia, Bulgaria: A Chinese performer cheers on her troupe during the opening of the fourth international folk festival

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Athens, Greece: Taxis are lined up at the Afidnes toll post during a protest that allowed motorists to pass through without paying

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Israelis take to tents in housing protest

A tent village has been set up in an affluent part of Tel Aviv in a protest against rising rents and house prices. Similar protests are spreading to other Israeli cities and towns

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"Many American male babies are circumcised by medical procedure shortly after birth. However, Orthodox Judaism prescribes circumcision as a religious ritual, to be performed according to strict Talmudic laws. According to those laws, the man who circumcises the infant, the mohel, must suck the infant's bleeding penis with his mouth."

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People look at a Maaz Al Shami (Damascene goat), where the title of "Most Beautiful Goat" will be awarded at the Mazayen al-Maaz competition in Amman July 22, 2011. This is the first goat competition held in Jordan.

Although i myself do find this one particularly attractive

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An injured woman is helped by a man at the scene of a powerful explosion that rocked central Oslo July 22. A huge explosion damaged government buildings in central Oslo on Friday including Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's office, injuring several people, a Reuters witness said. The blast blew out most windows on the 17-story building housing Stoltenberg's office, as well as nearby ministries including the oil ministry, which was on fire.

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Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador of Spain, leading in the climb towards Alpe d'Huez, right, looks back to see stage winner Pierre Roland of France, left, and Samuel Sanchez of Spain, center, close the gap during 19th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 86 miles starting in Modane Valfrejus and finishing on Alpe d'Huez in France on July 22.



Cadel Evans of Australia and Team BMC racing leads Pierre Rolland of France and Team Europcar during stage nineteen of the 2011 Tour de France from Modane Valfrejus to Alpe-d'Huez on July 22 on the Col du Galibier, France



Leopard Trek team riders Andy Schleck (left) and Frank Schleck (center) together with BMC team rider Cadel Evans climb the Alpe d'Huez during the 19th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Modane and Alpe-d'Huez, France on July 22.



Andy Schleck of Luxembourg celebrates on the podium with the leader's yellow jersey after the 19th stage of the Tour De France cycling race between Modane and Alpe-d'huez, France on July 22.

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As seen from a satellite in this image taken from Google maps, the name Hamad is clearly seen from space.



You need about 2 miles of sand to carve your name big enough and a crew of hired hands to dig. But a billionaire sheikh from Abu Dhabi, Hamad bin Hamdan al Nahyan, has done just that.

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A Manhattan-sized chunk of ice that broke off a glacier in Greenland nearly a year ago is drifting toward the coast of Newfoundland, Canada — providing a stunning sight to scientists and curiosity-seekers but also posing a potential threat to ships.

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These remarkable photos by Mauricio Handler show a diver in Mujeres, Mexico who was almost sucked into the mouth of a giant whale shark while photographing underwater marine life in July 2011

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Norway attacks - more pics



























An aerial view shows people swimming in the water close to Utøya island



Emergency service crews attend to victims of the shooting on Utøya

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Phone hacking scandal: the view in newspapers around the world

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The aftermath of the Norway attacks






A Swat team aim their weapons while people take cover during a shootout at Utøya island



Norway's prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, stands next to an unidentified doctor as they give a press briefing at the Ulleval University hospital in Oslo









A woman lays flowers at the entrance of Norway's embassy in Moscow to pay tribute to the victims of the twin attacks






A survivor of the Utøya island shooting is reunited with her parents at Sundvolden, some 24 miles south-west of Oslo

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Inside Dadaab refugee settlement

Dadaab camp, located in Kenya near the Somali border, was built in the 1990s to house 90,000 people fleeing civil war in Somalia. Now, the worst drought in the Horn of Africa for 60 years has led to the camp becoming home to an estimated 440,000 people












New arrivals queue at Dagahaley registration centre to receive cooking tools and their first food rations

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Isaac Mohammed, 50, comes from Buale, in lower Juba. He used to be a farmer and a cattle herder, before the drought destroyed his business. He has two wives and nine children. One, three-year-old Mohammed Issa Mohammed, is severely malnourished and is seen here being fed by Isaac at Ifo camp

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Twin attacks shock Norway - more pics

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Deaf-blind Ines Garcia (in red) showers with the help of her caregiver Nicolas Martin, before heading to the swimming pool in Santa Angela de la Cruz centre in Salteras, near Seville June 3, 2011. Ines, 23, is blind and has only residual hearing. Her only way to communicate with the outside world is through touch, which she learns with the help of staff from the Santa Angela de la Cruz center. The center is the only specialized home in Spain for deaf and blind adults - of which there are more than 6,000 in the country -- and it has opened its doors in the middle of one of the country's worst economic crises, providing day care for some clients, and a residence for others.

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A Visual Treat
An Emirates passenger jet flies past an inflatable balloon hovering above the cricket grounds where England is playing India on day two of their first test match in London on Friday.



Who Is That Masked Man? - Prick of the day!
A masked fan runs next to Spain's three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador, center, and France's Pierre Rolland as they compete in the big cycling tournament on Friday.

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Is It Time for Dinner?
A 5-day-old male giraffe named Moritz licks his mouth at a zoo in Berlin on Friday.



Room for Two in There?
A weaver bird approaches its nest, which is hanging from a tree in Katmandu on Friday. Nepal's diverse topography and climate is home to more than 10 percent of the world's bird species.