Thursday, 13 July 2006, 15:04 GMT 16:04 UK

Day in pictures

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The Russian city of St Petersburg is preparing to receive world leaders for the G8 summit at the weekend.


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Afghan girls enjoy themselves at the Women's Garden in Kabul. The park was destroyed during the civil war and restored after the fall of the Taleban.


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Mumbai rail commuters offer their condolences at Dadar train station to remember the victims of Tuesday's bombings which killed 200 people and injured hundreds.


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Men fight to become grand champion of Mongolian wrestling during a sporting festival in the capital, Ulan Bator.


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A worshipper is led past lanterns during the summer festival at Japan's controversial Yasukuni shrine, where war criminals are honoured alongside war victims.


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Israeli children take refuge in a bomb shelter in the northern city of Kiryat-Shmona, which has been hit by rockets fired from Lebanon in an escalating dispute.


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A bicycle flies over a taxi in the Cowgate area in Edinburgh, Scotland ahead of the city's Rat Race - described as an urban adventure race.


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The US president is presented with a ceremonial barrel of herring at a market square in Stralsund, Germany, with help from Germany's chancellor.


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Children play in floodwaters in a suburb of Manila in the Philippines, following heavy rains dumped by Typhoon Bilis.

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