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11:58 GMT, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 12:58 UK

Day in pictures

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One of the world's biggest collections of matchbox toys is being auctioned in the English city of Middlesbrough. The toys - owned by an American collector - are expected to raise about $2m (£1m).

Conjoined twins with their father

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Surgeons in Bangladesh say they are preparing to separate conjoined babies Banya (L) and Barsha Kibria - seen here with their father, Golam. The twins are joined at the chest and the stomach.

Duck family in Teesside, England

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This feathered family in north-east England is guided back to the safety of a nearby lake, after it got lost and wandered into a local car park.

Indian communist party demonstrators

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Indian communist party activists demonstrate against an Indo-American nuclear co-operation deal, on the day the Indian government faces a no-confidence vote in parliament.

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A pair of orangutans limber up as part of a publicity event in South Korea to generate support for the South Korean Olympic team.

Karadzic photograph

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A Serbian official holds up a photograph of the major war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, who has been arrested in Belgrade. He had been practising alternative medicine in the city.

Collapsed bridge on the river Gaula

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People living in the northern Indian city of Haldwani will have to find another route across the river Gaula, after this bridge was partly washed away by flood waters.

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