Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 14:59 GMT 15:59 UK

Day in pictures

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Monsoon rains threaten in north-eastern India, which has been bearing the brunt of a sweltering heatwave.


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Filipina women stage a protest in the capital, Manila, in favour of breastfeeding, as fewer women breastfeed across Asia and opt to feed formula to their babies.


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This lunar eclipse of Planet Venus occurs several times a year in one or another part of the Earth, but had not been seen in south Asia for several years.


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At least one person died and four people were injured after a boiler exploded at a popular women-only bathhouse in central Tokyo.


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Western countries resume financial assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank as the Gaza Strip, now controlled by Hamas, remains under Israeli blockade.


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Time is running out for English smokers as a ban on smoking in public places is due to come into force on 1 July.

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