18:28 GMT, Friday, 31 October 2008

Day in pictures

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Warrior Sikhs, known as Nihangs, listen to devotional songs near a Sikh Temple in Nanded, about 650km (403 miles) south of India's financial capital Mumbai.


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Russian soldiers dressed in World War II uniforms, rehearse for the 67th anniversary of a 7 November parade on Red Square, Moscow, when soldiers were sent directly to the front.


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Britain's Wendy Houvenaghel prepares for her qualifying heat in the Women's Individual Pursuit during the Track Cycling World Cup at the Manchester Velodrome, England.


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Members of the Bavarian Mountain Rescue Service in Bad Toelz, southern Germany, practise winch rescue operations using a helicopter simulator in their new instruction and security centre.


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Sheep are marked with coloured dye at a market in Amritsar, India.


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A woman is tended by police during a protest in Hong Kong about investments linked to failed US bank Lehman Brothers.


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A woman dressed as a witch joins in a Halloween event in Sydney, Australia.


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A poster of the Chinese negotiator to Taiwan is defaced with cream pies thrown by opposition supporters ahead of his visit to Taiwan next week.


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Worshippers pray at a mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia.


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Australian and Indian cricketers and the umpire lie on the ground to avoid bees during a match in New Delhi, India.


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Motorists in Hanoi, Vietnam, struggle through flooded streets.


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A man carries his belongings through the rubble of his house after an earthquake in Balochistan, Pakistan.

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