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Day in pictures

A red dawn breaks as a lobster fisherman prepares to set out to sea off the US state of Maine.

Golf course keepers clear water of the Bethpage State Park's Black Course in Farmingdale, New York

Workers clear water off the Bethpage Black golf course in New York, after play in the US Open was called off for the day due to heavy rain.

South Africa football fan at the Egypt v Italy Fifa Confederations Cup football match in Johannesburg

South African football fans cheer as Egypt play Italy in a Fifa Confederations cup game in Johannesburg. Egypt won 1-0.

Palestinians at a children's festival in Gaza

Costumed characters greet Palestinan women as they enter a children's beach festival in Gaza, organised by Hamas which governs the coastal enclave.

Visitors at the Franzoesischen Dom in Berlin

Visitors view the inside of the steeple of the Franzoesischen Dom (French Cathedral) in Berlin, Germany, which has been opened to the public after three years of renovation.

Two baby Flamingos – Little and Large - take their first steps at London Zoo in the UK.

Indian children received aid food in Mumbai

Indian children crowd to receive aid food at a camp after a fire destroyed their homes at Beharampada slum in Mumbai (Bombay).

An Islamic fighter in Mogadishu, Somalia

An Islamic fighter is seen through a hole caused by shrapnel in a wall of a building in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu.

A cyclist passes the China Central Television building on an unusually hazy day in Beijing.

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