Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 22:32 GMT

Day in pictures

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Citroen cars wait to be exported at the port of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where investments grew by 13.4% in 2007.


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Demonstrating doctors wave a Che Guevara flag during a protest to demand salary raises in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.


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Los Angeles Dodgers' Tommy Lasorda greets five-month-old Lindsay Metcalf before a Grapefruit League baseball game against the Washington Nationals in Vero Beach, Florida.


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Unicaja's Daniel Santiago (left) scores during their Euroleague Basketball match in Moscow, Russia.


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Afghan athlete Massoud Azizi takes a break from training for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He is one of three Afghan athletes confirmed to be competing.


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A Senegalese student wears a headscarf ahead of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference in Dakar, Senegal.


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An Afghan worker makes biscuits at a traditional biscuit bakery in the old city of Kabul, Afghanistan.


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People standing on the roof of the Beijing Olympic stadium can barely be seen through the smog. China has issued assurances that the air will be safe for the Games.


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Tibetan Buddhist monks converse after a ceremony at Labrang Monastery, the second largest Tibetan monastery in existence, in the town of Xiahe.


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Supporters of the UK's Conservative Party wear masks showing Labour's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling ahead of his first budget speech.

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