21:37 GMT, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 22:37 UK

Day in pictures

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US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama gestures towards photographers ahead of Iraq hearings on Capitol Hill.


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Madness singer Suggs performs live on stage at London's Royal Albert Hall for the Teenage Cancer Trust.


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Texas Rangers baseball player Milton Bradley sits after being tagged out during a game against the Baltimore Orioles in Arlington, Texas.


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Commuters walk against the wind and the rain in the Japanese capital, Tokyo.


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At a school in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a girl looks at photos from an exhibition titled Tales from a Globalising World.


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An Iraqi army soldier looks on as a woman picks up rice at a checkpoint in Sadr City, Baghdad. The Shia suburb is suffering food shortages as troops clash with the Mehdi Army militia.


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Animal rights activists near Nuremberg zoo hold signs saying "I'm a polar bear - get me out of here!" and "I don't like the climate here!", as the polar bear cub Flocke is introduced to the media.


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A Tibetan man has his head painted in Gauhati, India, during a protest against Chinese rule in Tibet.


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In Jerusalem, a resident in a home for the elderly takes part in a civil defence drill.


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And in London a giant cigarette butt stands in Trafalgar Square as part of a campaign against litter.

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