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Australia's Andrew Symonds clashes with a streaker during the second final in the one-day triangular series cricket match in Brisbane, Australia.

Australia's Andrew Symonds clashes with a streaker during the second final in the one-day triangular series cricket match in Brisbane, Australia.

South Korean children examine frogs moving on the glasses at an aquarium in Seoul.

South Korean children examine frogs moving on the glass windows of an aquarium in Seoul.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks at a mobile phone whilst visiting the giant CeBIT exhibition, in Hanover, Germany.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks at a mobile phone whilst visiting the giant CeBIT exhibition in Hanover. More than 400,000 people attend the event each year.

Sadhu smokes pipe, Pashupatinath temple, Kathmandu, Nepal

A sadhu - or holy man - smokes a traditional clay pipe containing cannabis as an offering during an annual festival in honour of the Hindu god Shiva in Kathmandu, Nepal.

A man walks through a dust storm at a new oil well being drilled in the Bahraini desert

A man walks through a dust storm at a oil well being drilled at Sakhir in the Bahraini desert. Oil prices are currently at historically high levels.

A Chinese paramilitary soldier at training session, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, east China

A Chinese paramilitary soldier is put through his paces during a training session in Hangzhou in eastern China.

Workers paint a pink flower on the headquarters of Kyobo Life Insurance in Seoul

A pink flower adorns the headquarters of a life insurance company in the South Korean capital, Seoul, to signal the arrival of spring.

Winnie the pig joins farmer Hugh Crabtree in protest outside Downing St

Winnie the pig joins farmer Hugh Crabtree outside Downing St, London. Pig Farmers gathered to protest against supermarket price rises on pork products.

Sheep dog at Crufts dog show, UK

Working sheep dog, seven-year-old Twig, performs tricks among spring daffodils as Crufts dog show is launched in Birmingham, UK.

Watermelons at Gaddiannaram fruit market, near Hyderabad, India

Indian buyers inspect watermelons at a wholesale fruit market on the outskirts of the city of Hyderabad.





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