Tuesday, 26 June 2007, 18:15 GMT 19:15 UK

Day in pictures

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China has finished building the 36km (22 mile) Hangzhou Bay Bridge, reputed to be the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world, to link Shanghai with the city of Ningbo.


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In London, Christie's auctioneers prepare to put a collection of rare letters under the hammer, including missives from Winston Churchill, Queen Elizabeth I and Oliver Cromwell.


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As the UN releases its annual World Drug Report, police in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, burn piles of confiscated contraband.


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Two visiting NBA players pose next to Sgt Eric Alamo, the shortest US paratrooper at Operation Base Iskan, Iraq.


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In Japan, employees look on as Sega's new remote-controlled fighting dinosaur models lock horns.


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Off the coast of Valencia, in Spain, a member of the Emirates Team New Zealand scales the mast during the America's Cup.


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In a soggy Britain, torrential downpours cause severe flooding in many places, forcing some to trek across flooded fields.


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Calmer conditions in East Timor, where the UN has said it expects elections to go smoothly.


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In Spain, hundreds of wild horses from the Donana National Park are gathered before being auctioned in the village of Almonte's cattle market.

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