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13:02 GMT, Monday, 19 May 2008 14:02 UK

Day in pictures

An Italian firefighter tackles burning rubbish on a Naples street

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An Italian firefighter tackles burning rubbish in Naples after residents barricaded streets with waste in protest at the protracted crisis over uncollected rubbish.

Burmese Buddhists celebrate Vesak - the day Buddha was born - in Rangoon

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Burmese Buddhists celebrate Vesak - the day Buddha was born - in the main city Rangoon...

Burmese cyclone survivors jostle each other to get aid at a monastery outside Rangoon

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...while these Burmese cyclone survivors jostle for aid at a monastery outside the city.

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Youths play football on Moscow's Red Square at a festival to celebrate this week's Champions League final. Manchester United will face Chelsea in the city.

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Vienna shows off a "FanCamp" for the Euro 2008 football championships. It offers 3,000 beds in 770 booths, plus 200 toilets and 100 showers.

A woman in Tokyo has her face covered with pure gold foil - said to be anti-ageing treatment

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A woman in Tokyo has her face covered with pure gold foil at the Beautyworld Japan exhibition. It is said to be an anti-aging treatment.

A gorilla turns 45 with a birthday cake at Twycross Zoo, Leicestershire, UK

A gorilla turns 45 with a birthday cake at Twycross Zoo, Leicestershire, UK

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Joe the gorilla celebrates his 45th birthday by eating a slice of birthday cake at Twycross Zoo, Leicestershire, UK.

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