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Thursday, 13 April 2006, 21:36 GMT 22:36 UK

Day in pictures

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A penitent of the Las Cigerreras brotherhood takes part in an Easter Holy Week procession in Seville, Spain.

Katha Sheehan with chicken in Key West, Florida

Katha Sheehan with chicken in Key West, Florida

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Katha Sheehan holds a chicken in Key West, Florida. Fears of bird flu may force the island's free range chickens indoors.

Laura Youngblood in Waco, Texas

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Laura Youngblood, the wife of a US Navy officer killed in Iraq, cries confronting anti-war protesters in Waco, Texas.

A Thai policeman's face is covered with a mixture of talcum powder and water

A Thai policeman's face is covered with a mixture of talcum powder and water

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Thais in the province of Prachinburi celebrate the festival of Songkran, which marks the Thai New Year, by rubbing a mixture of talcum power and water on a policeman.

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Visitors admire the jellyfish exhibit at Hong Kong's Ocean Park.

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A Pakistani policeman tries to put out a burning minibus, set on fire by angry protesters in Karachi following a suicide bombing which killed a number of Sunni Muslim leaders.

An opposition protester kisses a woman during a demonstration in Kuala Lumpur

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An opposition protester kisses a woman during a rally in Kuala Lumpur against a Malaysian law that makes kissing in public a crime.

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Shafts of light illuminate a bakery in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

A Filipino admires an image of Jesus Christ

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A man in Manila, in the Philippines, admires an image of Jesus Christ during the festival of Lent.

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A meerkat plays with an Easter egg filled with worms, at London Zoo.

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