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16:10 GMT, Friday, 18 July 2008 17:10 UK

Week in pictures: 12-18 July

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Bonfires were lit across Northern Ireland on the "11th night" ahead of the 12 July parades.

Bastille Day celebrations in Paris

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France celebrated Bastille Day with a military parade down the Avenue des Champs-Elysees in Paris, involving 4,000 soldiers, firefighters and police, 65 aircraft and 241 mounted horsemen.

F-16 jet at Farnborough Air Show, England

F-16 jet at Farnborough Air Show, England

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Equally impressive is the F-16 fighter jet, seen here performing some aerial acrobatics at England's Farnborough Air Show.

Vuyelwa Nde in Johannesburg holds a copy of a stamp bearing the portrait of Nelson Mandela

Vuyelwa Nde in Johannesburg holds a copy of a stamp bearing the portrait of Nelson Mandela

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A stamp bearing the portrait of Nelson Mandela is released in Johannesburg in celebration of his 90th birthday.

Red Cross officials receive the coffins of Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser in Lebanon

Red Cross officials receive the coffins of Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser in Lebanon

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The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has handed over the bodies of two Israeli soldiers to the Red Cross as part of a prisoner exchange deal with Israel.

Samir Qantar (c) waves as he arrives at Beirut International airport, Lebanon, 16 July, 2008

Samir Qantar (c) waves as he arrives at Beirut International airport, Lebanon, 16 July, 2008

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Among those freed was Samir Qantar, seen here waving at Beirut airport having changed into military fatigues. He was jailed in 1979 for murdering three people, including a four-year-old girl.

Protesters in Parliament Square, London

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Council workers have been on a two-day strike over pay in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the biggest such action for years.

Hadrian bust

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A marble bust of the Roman Emperor Hadrian is carefully lowered into position for an exhibition at the British Museum, London.

A bull effigy in which a member of the Ubud royal family was cremated burns during a funeral ceremony in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

A bull effigy in which a member of the Ubud royal family was cremated burns during a funeral ceremony in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

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Balinese royalty and dozens of other prominent Balinese from Ubud are cremated in a rare and elaborate ceremony for deceased royals on the Indonesian island.

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