20:47 GMT, Tuesday, 23 December 2008

Day in pictures

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A Chinese meteorological satellite, the Fengyun-2-06, is launched on a Long March-3A carrier rocket from Xichang, Sichuan Province.


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Helicopters produced by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bangalore, perform aerobatics on the Indian firm's 68th anniversary.


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Buddhist monks make their early-morning rounds in Rangoon, Burma.


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Mourners pay their respects to Olga Lepeshinskaya, a former prima ballerina at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre who performed before Soviet troops during World War II, as she lies in her coffin in the theatre.


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Dominic Elsworth riding Teddy's Reflection jumps the final hurdle in the Toteswinger Novices' Hurdle at Fontwell Park, Arundel, England.


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Choristers from the Cathedral Choir in Salisbury, England, don their robes ahead of practice for a midnight service on Christmas Eve.


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Kuchani the lioness explores presents filled with food as part of Sydney zoo's efforts to teach animals to forage for their food.


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France's first lady Carla Bruni inspects a large mural on the wall of a community centre during a visit to the Cantagalo slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


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A woman arranges flowers in Christiania, Copenhagen, before the town's annual Christmas meal for people who would otherwise spend the day alone.

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