Thursday, 29 November 2007, 13:55 GMT

Day in pictures

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Indonesian lion dancers perform outside the Malaysian embassy in Jakarta, accusing Malaysia of "stealing" the tradition by promoting a similar dance as Malaysian.


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A dog by the name of Ritchie models a diamond-studded collar worth £500,000 ($1.03m) at Harrods department store, London.


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A newly-returned Iraqi refugee waits in a Baghdad hotel for financial assistance, after travelling from Syria on a convoy of buses bringing 385 Iraqi exiles home.


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The Red Arrows, the British air force's aerobatic team, soars in Malaysian skies during the Langkawi International Air Show.


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Pakistani lawyers protest in Lahore against the swearing in of President Pervez Musharraf for a second term, after he resigned as commander of the army on Wednesday.


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Children play cricket on the banks of the River Tawi in Jammu, Indian-administered Kashmir.


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An elderly Palestinian man stands in front of a mural in the West Bank town of Jenin, two days after the launch of new peace talks on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.


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A Father Christmas visiting from Finland appears with two local models at a Hong Kong shopping centre.

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