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15:59 GMT, Thursday, 8 January 2009

Day in pictures

A chicken stands with a piglet at a farm north of Manila

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Animals get to know each other at a pig farm in the Philippines, one of two being tested after a strain of the Ebola-Reston virus was found in pigs for the first time late last year.

Women dance with hula hoops in Edinburgh

Women dance with hula hoops in Edinburgh

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Members of Scotland's national centre for dance, Dance Base, host a hula-hoop class to celebrate the allocation of £1bn ($1.5bn) of lottery funding for projects to improve health and wellbeing.

A Bulgarian Orthodox priest walks in the snow in the village of Grigorevo near the Bulgarian capital Sofia

A Bulgarian Orthodox priest walks in the snow in the village of Grigorevo near the Bulgarian capital Sofia

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An Orthodox priest in Bulgaria walks in the snow, as the country struggles to cope with the severe cold after Russian gas supplies remained cut off for a second day.

Indian men carry a tableau during an Ashura procession in Allahabad, India

Indian men carry a tableau during an Ashura procession in Allahabad, India

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Shia Muslims in India celebrate Ashura, which commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in AD680.

A bull tied up outside the New York Stock Exchange

A bull tied up outside the New York Stock Exchange

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Buckshot the bull makes an appearance at the New York Stock Exchange, as the market's opening bell is rung by Professional Bull Riders, Inc.

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An Afghan woman walks at sunset in Kabul, where another 30,000 US troops will be sent by mid-year to help combat an expected Taleban surge.

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