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Day in pictures

Navy ceremonial exercise in Sydney Harbour

Sailors give three cheers during the closing ceremony of two months of naval exercises in Sydney Harbour, Australia.

Two girls take pictures of themselves with one of the displays at the Hong Kong Flower Show

Visitors take a picture at the Hong Kong Flower Show, a 10-day event showcasing 350,000 flowers from 20 countries.

Caprice and Leigh Francis sport Comic Relief red noses at London's Euston train station

The model Caprice and comic Leigh Francis show off their red noses in support of Comic Relief, a charity campaign backed by the BBC which urges people to "do something funny for money".

A trumpeter plays at China's Great Hall of the People in Beijing

An army band plays at the end of China's annual parliamentary session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Three Siberian tiger babies cuddle in the zoo of Leipzig

Three rare Siberian tiger babies - also known as Amur tigers - cuddle at a zoo in Leipzig, Germany. The triplets were born to their mother Bella on 2 March.

The Dinosaurs of Gondwana media preview at National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo, Japan

Skeletons of parent and child Mapusaurus roseae dinosaur go on display at the Dinosaurs of Gondwana exhibition in Tokyo.



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