21:46 GMT, Wednesday, 26 November 2008

Day in pictures

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"Pumpkin", one of two turkeys "pardoned" by US President George W Bush ahead of Thanksgiving, stands outside the White House.


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Solar panels on the roof of the Vatican's Paul VI Hall have just gone active. They will light and heat the hall for Pope Benedict's weekly general audience.


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A huge Christmas tree is installed on Red Square, Moscow.


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A barge carries 40 retired New York City subway cars out to sea to be sunk, forming a reef for marine life.


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Labourers build a temporary bridge over the River Ganges for the Magh Mela festival in India.


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Thousands of tourists remain stranded by anti-government protests at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok.


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A Palestinian woman sits on flour sacks at a UN food aid distribution centre in the Shati refugee camp, Gaza City.


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Before the religious festival of Eid al-Adha, people in Hyderabad, Pakistan, get ready to sacrifice animals.


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Villagers catch fish from a water hyacinth-covered pond on the outskirts of Allahabad, India.


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People skate in Santa Claus costumes in Yongin, South Korea. South Korea is the only East Asian country to recognise Christmas as a national holiday.


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England's Kevin Pietersen takes a break from the fifth one-day cricket international against India at Cuttack, India.


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A giraffe is unloaded from a ship container in Sydney, Australia

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