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22:02 GMT, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 23:02 UK

Day in pictures

A woman takes a photo on her mobile phone, Beirut, Lebanon

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A Muslim woman at a Beirut demonstration demanding the release of alleged members of an al-Qaeda-inspired group that fought a three-month battle with Lebanon's army last year.

Boris Johnson and new £2 coin

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With the Olympics coming to London in 2012, London Mayor Boris Johnson holds up a new £2 coin released by the Royal Mint to mark the official handover of the Olympic Games from Beijing to London.

Dancer in Bangalore, India

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A dancer from the southern Indian state of Kerala performs a traditional dance during a function in Bangalore.

George Clooney in Venice, Italy

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American actor George Clooney takes in the sights as he arrives in Venice, Italy on a taxi boat for the 65th Venice Film Festival.

Workers stand on scaffolding at the Upside Down House on Usedom Island, Germany

Workers stand on scaffolding at the Upside Down House on Usedom Island, Germany

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On Usedom Island in Germany, the house of a Polish entrepreneur is part of The World Upside Down project which, from next week, will invite visitors to take a different view of everyday items.

Newborn monkey (R) and his father at Budapest Zoo, Hungary

Newborn monkey (R) and his father at Budapest Zoo, Hungary

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Orange (L), a Javan Lutung monkey, looks on protectively as his one-week-old son takes in his surroundings at Budapest Zoo in the Hungarian capital.

A month-old hippopotamus calf is seen with its mother at the Nandankanan Zoological park in Bhubaneswar, India

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In India, meanwhile, a month-old hippopotamus calf stays close to its mother at the Nandankanan Zoological park in the outskirts of Bhubaneshwar.

Marat Safin serves during the US Open tennis championship in New York

Marat Safin serves during the US Open tennis championship in New York

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Russia's Marat Safin serves against his US opponent Vincent Spadea during the second day of the 2008 US Open tennis championship in New York.

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