World News in Pictures

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A suspected member of the Caballeros Templarios, a new spin-off cartel in Mexico's Michoacan state linked to the Gulf Cartel, and a soldier were killed after gunmen opened fire on a convoy of patrolling soldiers, according to local media.




The body of a gunman lies in the woods after a shootout with soldiers in Zirahuen, near Morelia, Mexico, on August 24.

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Europe League qualifiers

The best images from tonight's second leg matches in which a host of British clubs are looking to secure their places in the group stage of the Europa League




Emmanuel Adebayor was in the stands at White Hart Lane (where Spurs took on Hearts) ahead of his loan move from Manchester City



Spurs led 5-0 from the first leg and fielded a much weakened team for this encounter. Hearts keeper Jamie Macdonald fouled Harry Kane to concede a penalty, but Kane missed the spot-kick



Neither side could find the net in open play and so Tottenham went through on aggregate

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Stoke, who won 1-0 away at Swiss side FC Thun, scored three times to establish a healthy first-half advantage in the return leg. Here, Kenwyne Jones scores their second goal



Jones scored twice as Stoke won 4-1 on the night, 5-1 on aggregate

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Birmingham City's first European home game in almost half a century started well as they went two up inside half an hour following a 0-0 draw in Portugal. Here, Nathan Redmond celebrates the opening goal



David Murphy scored their second in a comfortable 3-0 win

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Having lost 1-0 at NK Maribor in the first leg, Rangers needed to win tonight



Here, Nikica Jelavic is in the thick of the action - but his efforts were in vain as a 1-1 draw sent Rangers crashing out

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Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk scored in the 23rd minute against Fulham to reduce the 3-0 deficit from the first leg ..



But Fulham, finalists a couple of season ago, held out to book their place in the group stage



Like Hearts and Rangers, Celtic were also dumped out of the competition tonight. They lost 3-1 on the night after drawing 0-0 in the first leg against Swiss side FC Sion

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Chile national strike

Violence erupts in the streets of Santiago as Chilean workers stage a 48-hour strike demanding reforms

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Battle for Tripoli

It was a day of steadily escalating violence, where the mood moved quickly between jubilation and tension







Rebels detain suspected mercenaries






The bodies of dead loyalist fighters lie at the south entrance of the Bab al-Aziziya compound

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Rebel fighters detain a suspected mercenary

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Bodies lie outside the south gate of Bab al-Aziziya compound

Killing restrained prisoners?



Prisoners emerge injured from a bombed prison in Abu Salim

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Bodies lie on the floor at a hospital






A rebel, on the left, handcuffs two Gaddafi loyalists



A wounded rebel is unloaded for medical attention at the capital's central hospital

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Deadly Guatemala river flood




Women talk near damaged cars pictured in San Juan River in Santa Rosa Cuilapa, 63 km (39 miles) southeast of Guatemala City, August 25, 2011. Heavy rains on Wednesday caused overflowing of San Juan River in Santa Rosa Cuilapa, according the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED). Two women and three children drowned due to the swollen river, with one person injured and six missing, according to the authorities



A view of an area where parts of a cemetery collapsed downhill in Guatemala City, August 24, 2011. Graves are being exhumed after parts of the cemetery, located on top of a hill, collapsed due to rain, according to employees of the cemetery

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Dora Chavez, mother of 11-year-old Heidi Estrada, reacts near the body of her daughter after it was recovered from San Juan River by firefighters in Santa Rosa Cuilapa, 63 km (39 miles) southeast of Guatemala City, August 25, 2011

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Firefighters recover the body of Paulina Estrada Chavez, 55, from San Juan River in Santa Rosa Cuilapa, 63 km (39 miles) southeast of Guatemala City, August 25, 2011

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Vultures perch on crosses of graves at a cemetery after parts of it collapsed downhill

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In the path of Irene










It's behind you!!

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More pics from Libya

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Civilians cover the body of a man found along a beach in Tripoli, August 25, 2011

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Japan's former foreign minister Seiji Maehara, center, and his supporters, of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), raise their fists at a meeting in Tokyo on August 26. Maehara is viewed as the front-runner to replace Naoto Kan as Prime Minister