World News in Pictures

[Mr Lick]

A rebel fighter takes cover during fighting in the village of Josh, at the foot of the Nafusa mountain range, in western Libya, as fighting continues between rebel forces and those loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, on July 31. The Nafusa region has seen heavy fighting since the rebels launched a major offensive earlier in July in a drive on the capital Tripoli.






Men pray over the bodies of two soldiers loyal to Moammar Gadhafi in Zintan on July 27.

[Mr Lick]

Worst beer pumpclips



Perhaps the weakest in the crap puns category. Come on Wychwood, sort yourselves out



Given the fact that 'freshly squeezed' just doesn't work as the name of a beer (even one made with citrus hops) a person of ungenerous mind might suspect this whole sorry enterprise to be an excuse for a bit of cheap sexist nonsense

[Mr Lick]

Just one pint of this stuff will make you foreswear beer for ever



Ah yes, some hilarious wordplay around the old brewer's droop. You've got to wonder how much Drew Peacock you'd have to sink before it seems perfectly reasonable to bare all in the public bar

[Mr Lick]

Two tired spoonerisms for the price of one isn't going to convince anyone this stuff represents any sort of value. Surely



"Please enjoy responsibly"

[Mr Lick]

Particularly creepy, this one really puts the 'vile' into 'virile'



Not only offensive but unimaginative and amateurish to boot. Way to go, Slater's

[Mr Lick]

Ah right, so it's a red-bearded leprachaun-like figure drinking beer with no trousers on but get this, he's thrown a pancake all the way over his shoulder and - would you believe it! - it's landed on some woman's head!! And they've called it Ginger Tosser!!! For no real reason!!!!



Another beer in the pointless crap pun category, but this time with an added schoolboy error - a shitehawk's a seagull, guys



Ahh, the magical innocence of Christmas. Someone break out the Dettol and wire brushes, I don't think I'll ever get properly clean again ...

[Mr Lick]

Vakarai, Sri Lanka: A Sri Lankan aboriginal (Veddha) aims his bow and arrow during celebrations to mark World Indigenous People's day



Amman, Jordan: A vendor arranges limes as Jordanians shop at the downtown market area in preparation for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan

[Mr Lick]

Abidjan, Ivory Coast: A monkey that survived the Ivorian post-electoral crisis at the Abidjan zoo. Around 40 animals perished due to lack of food during the crisis



Indian-controlled Kashmir: A Hindu pilgrim gets his head shaved as part of a ritual after visiting the Amarnath cave shrine

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Beijing, China: Canadian bubble artist Fan Yang performs during the Gazillion Bubble Show



Bagharpur, India: Bystanders watch rescue workers at the scene of the Bangalore-Guwahati express train crash, where are least one person died and several others were injured

[Mr Lick]

Managua, Nicaragua: Iguanas for sale at the oriental market. Despite the ban to sell wild animals, illegal trade has become a daily activity



St Petersburg, Russia: Police officers detain an opposition activist during a banned anti-Kremlin protest

[Mr Lick]

Gijon, Spain: Spectators watch as members of the aerobatic patrol of helicopters from the Spanish air force fly over San Lorenzo beach during an aerial exhibition



Hangzhou, China: Paramilitary policemen salute as they hold a Chinese People's Liberation Army flag to celebrate the 84th anniversary of its founding

[Mr Lick]

Gladiator games in London


Museum of London hosts Roman-style Olympic Games featuring swords, sandals and lashings of fake blood

[Mr Lick]

Reminds me of the ex!

[Mr Lick]

Londoners bay for blood

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London 2012: Olympic Games mountain biking test event


The best of the action at the Hadleigh Farm mountain biking international, an Olympic Games 2012 test event which forms part of the London Prepares series.

The event took place in the beautiful surroundings of Hadleigh, Essex






Christoph Sauser of Switzerland starts his descent. He finished second in the men's race

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Julian Absalon of France, the reigning Olympic champion, wins the men's race in style

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Lee Williams of Great Britain feels the heat and the pain – he cut his arm in a fall and finished 20th in the men's race

[Mr Lick]

People offer flowers on a memorial stone in Tyrifjorden lake, near Utoeya island, Norway, July 31, 2011.



Kosovo Serbs wave flags while sitting on the road in front of Slovenia's KFOR soldiers in the village of Rudare near Zvecan July 29, 2011.

[Mr Lick]

Some of the 16 Albanian miners on a hunger strike since Monday lie on pieces of cardboard and old blankets 1,400 metres below surface, or 260 metres below sea level, in one of the galleries of the Bulqize mine, July 29, 2011.

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"With the Jebel Nafusa rebels vastly outgunned by their Tripoli-supplied opponents, artillery, like these shells for a Soviet-era T60 tank, were a precious commodity and only used when local commanders deemed absolutely necessary such as when their positions sustained direct attacks"

[Mr Lick]

Police, emergency workers and survivors gather on the banks of the Moscow river following a crash between a pleasure boat and barge in Moscow July 31, 2011.



Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner attends a welcome ceremony at Planalto Palace before a meeting with Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia, July 29, 2011.