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Day in pictures

A newly born white rhino with its mother at the Cerza zoo in Hermival-les-Vaux, France

A newly born white rhino stands by its mother at the Cerza zoo in Hermival-les-Vaux, France.

Visitor and sculpture at Tamarama Beach in Sydney

A visitor stops for a drink next to a sculpture titled Soldier Scale 1:1, at Tamarama Beach in Sydney, Australia.

Kashmiri fishermen on Dal Lake in Srinagar

Kashmiri fishermen in their boat on Dal Lake in Srinagar, India.

Protest at underwear factory in Manila

Staff demanding pay increases at underwear manufacturer Triumph International throw garments in the air in a protest at a factory in the Philippines capital, Manila.

Baby orang-utans cling to their keeper in Sibolangit, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Baby orang-utans with their keeper Ayub Damianto at a rehabilitation centre in Sibolangit, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

A worker prepares the surface of the Berlin Wall for the 20th anniversary of the opening of the wall in November

A worker prepares the surfaces of the Berlin Wall for a repainting by artists ahead of the 20th anniversary of its fall in November.

Bomb disposal experts in Denpasar, Indonesia on Bali island

Bomb disposal experts practise defusing a device in a training drill in Denpasar on the Indonesian island of Bali.

Family members wait for the remains of their relatives at Karbala's public hospital in Iraq

Family members of the 22 shepherds kidnapped and killed last year wait for the remains of their relatives to be handed over for burial at Karbala's public hospital in Iraq.

Children wash their hands in a roadside tap in Calcutta, India

Children reach into water gushing from a roadside tap on Global Hand Wash Day in Calcutta, India.

Workers carry bricks in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi

Workers carry bricks up steps in Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in preparation for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games.

Chinese workers clean spectators' seats for the Grand Prix

Workers in the Chinese city of Shanghai clean seats in preparation for the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix, which takes place on Sunday.




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