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Day in pictures

A gorilla cradles its baby at Taronga Zoo in Sydney

A gorilla cradles its 10-day-old baby at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia.

A woman is seen through a bullet hole in a gate in Tskhinvali

A woman - seen through a bullet hole in a house gate - walks in South Ossetia's capital Tskhinvali - the scene of recent heavy fighting between Georgian and Russian troops.

Butterflies at Singapore's Changi airport

People enjoy the recently-opened Butterfly Garden in Terminal Three of Singapore's Changi airport.

A man rides his bike in Jakarta

A man rides his bicycle in a heavy rain in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta.

People walk past a giant bag part of an art festival in Weimar, Germany

People walk in front of an art installation featuring a giant bag as part of the art festival Pelerinages in Weimar, Germany.

Satellite image of Tropical Storm Gustav

Tropical Storm Gustav has strengthened towards renewed hurricane force as it approaches Jamaica.

A real donkey looks at a pantomime donkey in London

A real donkey joins a pantomime donkey during a show in London.

Pro-Tibet activists in Kathmandu

Pro-Tibet activists chant slogans during a protest rally outside the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal.

A newly-born dolphin calf plays with his mother in Varna

A newly-born dolphin calf plays with its mother in the dolphinarium in the Black Sea city of Varna, Bulgaria.




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