Tuesday, 13 November 2007, 22:05 GMT

Day in pictures

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The last Eurostar to leave Waterloo station in London is waved off. From Wednesday international train services will operate from the newly refurbished St Pancras station.


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Bogota's newest female police officers salute as they graduate from their police training school in the Colombian capital.


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The train shunting yard at Maschen near Hamburg is all aglow. German freight train drivers are scheduled to strike on Wednesday amid a dispute over pay.


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US President George W Bush gives a warm welcome to two soldiers who were in the audience as he made a speech in New Albany, Indiana.


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In Beijing, a taxi driver waits at a red light as the city's ever-changing skyline is illuminated by lights.


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A Indian street girl squeezes oil from a rag while working at a car repair shop, in Jammu, Indian-administered Kashmir.


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In London, a woman peers at treasures from the tomb of ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamun, as a new exhibition opens at the city's O2 Arena.


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Workers gather clumps of fuel oil spilled from a tanker and mixed with sand and seaweed, on the shore near Port Kavkaz, on Russia's Black Sea coast.


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A Palestinian man holds a clutch of olives in his hand. Prices have risen dramatically this year amid a poor harvest.


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Back in London, wannabe Father Christmases shape up for the festive season at a professional Santa school.


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And as if to prove that winter has come to Europe, snow lies all around the church of Wilparting, near Irschenberg, Bavaria.

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