Friday, 30 November 2007, 16:25 GMT

Day in pictures

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A pet beautician grooms a poodle during a training class in Chongqing, China. Analysts foresee growing opportunities in the "pet economy" as the country's pet population increases.


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The saddles of rental bicycles in Paris are used for an HIV/Aids awareness campaign. Each seat cover has condoms, lubrication gel and a brochure attached.


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An elderly woman waves her cane at a pig in La Alberca, Spain, where local tradition says the pigs can roam the streets until their slaughter on 17 January.


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Germans are awaiting Saturday's draw for the country's largest ever lottery prize, worth 38m euros ($56m).


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A man prays during Friday prayers at the Imam Mosque, built in the 17th Century, in the Iranian city of Isfahan.


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US snowboarder Danny Davis practises during training for Saturday's Nokia Air Style competition in Munich, Germany.


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Lawyers talk in the courtyard of a district court in Lahore, Pakistan, a day after police clashed with lawyers opposed to President Musharraf.


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A man walks along snow-lined streets in Moscow on the final day of campaigning ahead of Russia's parliamentary elections on Sunday.


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A visitor to an Istanbul art fair walks among huge foot sculptures - a work by the Paris-based Chinese artist Wang Du.

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