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Leslie Djhone of France at Goteborg championships

French runner Leslie Djhone grimaces after 400m first round heat at the European Athletics Championships in Sweden.

Vegetable-seller in Mumbai (Bombay)

An Indian vegetable-seller protects herself from the rain in Mumbai (Bombay) as the monsoon continues.

A Thalys train speeds towards a tunnel during a track test on the Dutch part of a High Speed Line near Zoetermeer

A Thalys train speeds towards a tunnel during a track test on the Dutch part of a High Speed Line near Zoetermeer.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari sits under a portrait of the late King Hussein of Jordan at Amman airport

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari waits at Amman airport on his way to emergency Arab talks in Beirut.

Buddhists clean the Great Buddha statue at Todaiji Temple in Nara, Japan

Monks and lay Buddhists clean the Great Buddha statue at Todaiji Temple in Nara, Japan.

Kyrgyz hunter Talaibek Shabyrov carries a golden eagle during a festival of hunting birds near the village of Manjilik-Ata, Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz hunter Talaibek Shabyrov carries a golden eagle during a festival of hunting birds near the village of Manjilik-Ata.






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