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Day in pictures

Cambodian children watching kite-flying in Phnom Penh.

Children enjoy an annual traditional kite-flying event in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Maori exhibit at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney

A woman admires a New Zealand Maori Tekoteko, or house gable apex figure, at an exhibition in Sydney, Australia.

Muslim pilgrims in Mecca

Thousands of Muslim pilgrims preparing for the annual Haj pilgrimage circle the Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Russian worshipper lights a candle in a Moscow church

In Moscow a lone Russian Orthodox believer attends a church service.

Christmas tree outside 10 Downing Street, London

With Christmas fast approaching, workers erect the festive tree outside London's 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British prime minister.

A scavenger at work in the Citarum river in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta

An Indonesian scavenger collects valuable items from a polluted river in north Jakarta.

Indian children protesting against last week's Mumbai attacks.

Muslim children in India shout anti-Pakistan slogans as they burn an effigy of Pakistan's spy service, the ISI, during a protest against last week’s Mumbai attacks.




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