Day in pictures

An 80-year-old man prays in the middle of the street where Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews joined a "mass prayer" in Jerusalem to pray for deliverance from Palestinian militants' rockets.

The Venezuelan army is checking cars crossing the border with Colombia as tensions between the countries remain high.

A maintenance worker checks the UK's Jodrell Bank Lovell radio telescope, which faces closure due to lack of funding.

In Birmingham, UK, dog owners add the final touches before going into the parade ring at the Crufts 2008 dog show.

Boys in Bali, Indonesia, carry giant 'ogoh-ogoh' effigies - dolls that represent evil spirits - in preparation for Silence Day on Friday when Balinese Hindus welcome in the New Year.

This 65-million-year-old triceratops skeleton is up for auction at Christie's in Paris next month.

The world speed skating single distance championships begin in Nagano, Japan.

The remains of a cargo plane that caught fire after landing in the Indonesian province of Papua last month - no-one was hurt.

Algerian policewomen graduate from the academy in Ain Benian in Algiers.

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