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Wednesday, 1 August 2007, 17:32 GMT 18:32 UK

Day in pictures

Dulsori Drummers perform in Edinburgh, Scotland

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Dulsori Drummers from South Korea perform their Edinburgh festival show on Calton Hill, Scotland.

Three Afghan girls in Herat

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Three girls sit in the boot of a car during a wedding in Herat, Afghanistan.

Hippopotamus in a New Delhi zoo, India

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A hippopotamus yawns as he lies in his enclosure at a zoo in New Delhi, India.

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A girl looks on as a soldier keeps watch during a search operation in Srinagar, in Indian-administered Kashmir, home to several Islamic rebel groups.

A Chinese man walks past discarded mannequins in Shanghai

A Chinese man walks past discarded mannequins in Shanghai

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A dress shop is demolished in Shanghai to make way for a new development. Disputes over property regularly cause arguments in Chinese cities.

Prisoners at Saraya jail in Gaza

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Palestinian inmates sit in a cell in Saraya jail in Gaza, where prison officials say conditions have improved under Hamas.

Scouts at Stonehenge in Wiltshire

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At Stonehenge, England, hundreds of scouts gather to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the movement's founding.

Bangladeshi rickshaw drivers take passengers along a flooded street in Dhaka

Bangladeshi rickshaw drivers take passengers along a flooded street in Dhaka

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Bangladeshi rickshaw drivers navigate a flooded street in the capital, Dhaka. More than one million people have been left marooned or homeless by floods from monsoon rains.

Children in Tokyo's Akatsuka Park

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Children cool off by a fountain in Tokyo's Akatsuka Park, as the Meteorological Agency announces that the rainy season is finally over.

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