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15:52 GMT, Friday, 25 July 2008 16:52 UK

Week in pictures: 19-25 July

Gordon Brown speaks to a British serviceman on board a helicopter in Iraq

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Prime Minister Gordon Brown makes a surprise visit to Iraq to assess reconstruction and the prospects for reducing UK troop numbers.

Tall ships on the Mersey

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Sailing ships gather on the River Mersey as part of the annual Liverpool Tall Ships Festival. A fleet of 60 sailing ships is taking part in a five-week race.

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.

Karadzic photograph

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

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in north Darfur

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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir tours north Darfur, a week after the International Criminal Court called for his arrest on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in the region.

A Bosniak woman near Srebrenica prays at a memorial

A Bosniak woman near Srebrenica prays at a memorial

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A Bosnian Muslim woman prays at a memorial to victims of the Srebrenica massacre, as war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, accused of organising the slaughter, fights extradition to The Hague.

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A young girl inspects an artwork by 3D street artist Kurt Wenner at Waterloo station in London.

Great Britain's men's pursuit cycling team

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Great Britain's men's pursuit team train at a velodrome in Newport in south Wales ahead of next month's Beijing Olympics.

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John Mason (right) of the Scottish National Party canvasses voters at a polling station prior to winning the Glasgow East by-election.

Barack Obama in Berlin

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More than 200,000 people hear US presidential hopeful Barack Obama speak in the German capital, Berlin.

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