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17:31 GMT, Thursday, 20 November 2008

Day in pictures

A Peruvian guard of honour awaits Chinese President Hu Jintao at the parliament in Lima

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A Peruvian guard of honour awaits Chinese President Hu Jintao outside the parliament in the capital, Lima.

Israeli soldiers visit Jewish war graves in Berlin, Germany

Israeli soldiers visit Jewish war graves in Berlin, Germany

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Israeli soldiers visit the Weissensee cemetery in Berlin, where Jewish soldiers who fought for Germany in World War I are buried.

Coffins of Kurdish victims of Saddam Hussein's regime stand at the airport in Irbil, Iraq

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Coffins of Kurdish victims of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's regime during the 1980s stand at the airport in Irbil, after their repatriation from a site near the southern city of Najaf.

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A violinist busks outside a cash machine in Rome. Italy is one of the EU states now officially in recession.

A woman dries clothes, as ponies walk past, in the snow-clad town of Kufri, about 20 kilometers from Shimla, India

A woman dries clothes, as ponies walk past, in the snow-clad town of Kufri, about 20 kilometers from Shimla, India

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A woman dries clothes in a snow-clad town in India.

Newly graduating Iraqi officers show off their skills during their graduation ceremony in the southern holy Shiite Muslim city of Najaf

Newly graduating Iraqi officers show off their skills during their graduation ceremony in the southern holy Shiite Muslim city of Najaf

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Iraqi officers show off their skills during their graduation ceremony after two months of training.

College students crowd a job fair in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province

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College students crowd a job fair in China, where officials say the country faces a grim employment outlook as the economy slows.

South Korean housewives make kimchi

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South Korean housewives make 140 tons of kimchi, a traditional Korean dish of spicy fermented cabbage and radish. The food is to be distributed to more than 13,000 poor households.

Joanna Rowsell of Great Britain wins the Women's Individual Pursuit during day one of the UCI Track World Cup at Hisense Arena in Melbourne, Australia.

Joanna Rowsell of Great Britain wins the Women's Individual Pursuit during day one of the UCI Track World Cup at Hisense Arena in Melbourne, Australia.

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A cyclist from Great Britain wins the Women's Individual Pursuit in Australia.

A diver and guest share a toast with the 2008 vintage Beaujolais Nouveau

A diver and guest share a toast with the 2008 vintage Beaujolais Nouveau

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A diver and guest raise their glasses to toast the release of the 2008 vintage Beaujolais Nouveau at the Aqua Stadium in Tokyo.

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