22:04 GMT, Monday, 25 August 2008 23:04 UK

Day in pictures

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Workers in Beijing take down the Olympic rings and replace them with the logo of the Paralympic Games, which open on 6 September.


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In Seoul, South Koreans welcome back their Olympics team, which ranked seventh in the world with 13 gold medals.


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A skin treatment is applied at the Diet and Beauty Fair 2008 in Tokyo, Japan.


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A Hindu demonstrates on the streets of Jammu, in Indian-administered Kashmir, at a rally in protest at the scrapping of plans to transfer land to a trust safeguarding a Hindu shrine.


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An Indian artist puts the finishing touches to an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu God Lord Ganesh at a workshop in Mumbai, ahead of a festival next month marking the deity's birthday.


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Workers put the finishing touches to the facade of the Palazzo del Cinema prior to the opening of the 65th Venice Film Festival.


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Homeowners in Tallahassee, Florida, try to secure their home against flood water after Tropical Storm Fay hit the state for a fourth time.


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A Palestinian fisherman off the coast of the Gaza Strip stands on his boat as he pulls in his catch.

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