Tuesday, 26 September 2006, 17:19 GMT 18:19 UK

Day in pictures

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Dong Changsheng, 44, pulls a car for about 10m (30ft) with his lower eyelids in Changchun in Jilin Province, China, one of the stunts he performs with the help of breathing exercises.


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A racing pig appears to fly through the air at the Royal Melbourne Show, Australia, where city dwellers get the chance to sample rural life.


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A model wears a Moschino creation during Milan fashion week.


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An explosives expert prepares to detonate a live unexploded "bomblet" dropped by Israel on the southern Lebanese village of Majdal Silm.


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A diver follows a ray shark at Sydney Aquarium on a routine trip to clean tank windows.


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In Istanbul, a Roma gypsy child stands in the street in Sulukule, an area earmarked for a revamp by local authorities.


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Museum curators in Oslo display the lightly torn canvas of Edvard Munch's painting The Scream, recovered after being stolen in 2004 and due to be exhibited tomorrow.


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In Manchester, a delegate to the governing Labour party's annual conference shows his support for embattled Prime Minister Tony Blair.


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At a camp outside the Somali capital, Mogadishu, local militias receive firearms training from the Union of Islamic Courts, which controls most of the country's south.


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A model on the catwalk in Wellington, New Zealand, at the World of Wearable Arts festival in the city.

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