17:43 GMT, Friday, 5 September 2008 18:43 UK

Day in pictures

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A group of Palestinians read the Koran in a West Bank mosque on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.


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An American and a Russian boxer prepare for their fight in an outdoor boxing ring in Moscow’s Red Square.


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An intense Felipe Massa steels himself for another lap of racing against the clock during the second practice session before the Belgian Grand Prix.


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A young seal pup plays with her older sister in their enclosure in Munich zoo.


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Taiwanese students congregate during the "Deaflympics Countdown 365" event, a rehearsal for the 21st Summer Deaflympics.


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Barcelona's annual fashion week is seeing the customary array of costumes - from the sublime to the more unconventional.


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A worker adds the finishing touches to a temporary art gallery in Berlin. The exhibition hall will stage its first show next month and is expected to stay in the German capital for two years.


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Torrential rains have hit parts of southern Somalia, ruining this woman’s makeshift house in a refugee camp outside Mogadishu.


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In India the monsoon rains have caused destruction and havoc, with tens of thousands of people made homeless.


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A British auctioneer prepares for another sale of work by elusive artist Banksy - which includes a traffic bollard decorated with a stencilled rat.

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