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Japanese boxing champion Daisuke Naito celebrates after defeating challenger Tomonobu Shimizu

Japanese boxing champion Daisuke Naito celebrates after defeating challenger and compatriot Tomonobu Shimizu in Tokyo.

The cruiser Queen Mary II enters Hamburg harbour, Germany, early on Wednesday

The cruiser Queen Mary II enters Hamburg harbour, Germany, in the early hours of the morning.

Tonga's King George Tupou V (R) is led from an installation ceremony in Nuku'alofa

Tonga's King George Tupou V is anointed as the South Pacific's newest monarch in a centuries-old ritual that includes receiving gifts of dozens of roasted pigs and drinking the mild local narcotic kava.

Femen Women's movement activist, dressed as a prostitute, holds doll during a protest on Independence Square in Kiev

A Femen Women's movement activist, dressed as a prostitute, takes part in a protest in Ukraine's capital, Kiev, to attract the attention of the government to the issue of sex tourism in the country.

Olympics fan Sun Dingguo displays his haircut done for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing

An Olympics fan displays his haircut done for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games which kick off in nine days' time.

Demonstrators tie gags on each other at a protest in Sydney, Australia

Demonstrators in Sydney, Australia, stage a protest calling for free speech and greater access to the internet in China.

A Kyrgyz man pitches a bale of hay in Gornaya Mayevka, outside the capital, Bishkek

A Kyrgyz man pitches a bale of hay in Gornaya Mayevka, outside the capital, Bishkek. The hay is being gathered for storage for the winter.




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