Thursday, 15 March 2007, 16:39 GMT

Day in pictures

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Pigeons fly at the Khawja Naqashband Sahib shrine after a heavy snowfall in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir.


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A stockpile of illicit arms burns in Nairobi - part of about 8,000 small and light weapons incinerated in the wake of growing concern over armed crime in Kenya.


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A horse-drawn wagon belonging to a waste paper collector waits in front of a McDonald's restaurant in the centre of the Macedonian capital, Skopje.


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An Animal Liberation activist poses as a slaughtered seal outside the Canadian Consulate in Sydney, Australia, to protest against Canada's annual seal hunt.


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A US army soldier provides security during a patrol in Riyahd village in Iraq.


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An Austrian skier takes part in the men's 10-km sprint competition at the ski stadium in the Siberian city of Khanty-Mansiysk, during the IBU World Cup biathlon final.


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In Edinburgh, a Bonhams auctioneers employee is reflected in a pair of binoculars, which make up part of collection from German battleships sunk after World War I.


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Pakistani activists hold effigies of the law and information ministers during a demonstration in front of the Supreme Court in Islamabad against the sacking of the chief justice.


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Unknown people placed black strips on nude statues by Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland in Vigeland Park in Oslo.

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