15:56 GMT, Friday, 2 January 2009

Day in pictures

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A sheep in Somerset, England, where temperatures are set to fall as low -9C, giving many parts of the UK their coldest nights in weeks.


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A chilly morning in Jammu, India, did not stop this man from getting his shave from a roadside barber.


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A girl warms herself near a hot water geyser in Sapareva Banya, Bulgaria, south of the capital, Sofia.


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Bangladeshi cricket fans watched from the gallery as Sri Lanka and Bangladesh practiced for the second and final test of a two-match series in Chittagong.


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Afghan men in the capital, Kabul, burn an Israeli flag during a demonstration against the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip.


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A visitor added his tape to a wish-tree at a temple in Shanghai, China, where crowds thronged to mark the start of the new year.


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People made their way through the back country on Schauinsland mountain in Germany’s Black Forest.

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