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17:37 GMT, Tuesday, 7 October 2008 18:37 UK

Day in pictures

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Firefighters tackle a blaze which badly damaged warehouses used by the German supermarket chain Lidl, outside the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.

Hot coal walking

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Malaysian ethnic Chinese walk barefoot over burning coals on the final day of the Nine Emperor Gods Festival at a temple in Kuala Lumpur.

A demonstrator confronts riot police in the Thai capital Bangkok

A demonstrator confronts riot police in the Thai capital Bangkok

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Anti-government protesters confront riot police near parliament in the Thai capital Bangkok.

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Members of The Australian Ballet perform a preview of "Rites" at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London. The performance is set to Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.

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Contestants in the 2008 Amazing Beauties Philippines, a beauty pageant for transsexuals and cross-dressers, pictured backstage in Manila.

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Proud orangutan mother Siti holds her baby Isalie in an enclosure at Munich Zoo, Germany. Isalie was born in the zoo.

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Ultra-orthodox Jewish children take part in the Kaparot ceremony in Jerusalem, in which sins from the last year are symbolically transferred to a chicken which is then slaughtered.

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Iraqi chief of staff Lt-Gen Babakr Zebari (l) attends a staff qualification course at the Iraqi Military Academy in Ar Rustimayah.

Warships and aircraft parade off South Korea's south-eastern coast

Warships and aircraft parade off South Korea's south-eastern coast

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Warships and aircraft take part in a naval fleet review near Busan off South Korea's south-eastern coast.

Union demo in Paris

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In Paris, thousands of people take part in a protest called by the International Trade Union Confederation (CSI) on the "world day for decent work".

An Air New Zealand B747 captain abseils down a billboard to paint a slogan on a poster for the airline in London

An Air New Zealand B747 captain abseils down a billboard to paint a slogan on a poster for the airline in London

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Air New Zealand B747 captain Peter Clulow abseils down a billboard to paint a slogan on the poster for the airline's latest advertising campaign in London.

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