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17:00 GMT, Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Day in pictures

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A decorated bull is led through fire by Indian Hindu handlers in Bangalore as part of the Makar Sankranti harvest festival which signals the end of the traditional farming season.

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A giant poster of a honey bee decorates the Lithuania stand at the International Green Week (Gruene Woche) Food and Agriculture Trade Fair in Berlin. The fair opens on 16 January.

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The Space Shuttle Discovery is transported to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Discovery is due to launch on a mission to the International Space Station in February.

Slovenian skiier Andrej Jerman

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Slovenia’s Andrej Jerman sets off during the official practice for the men’s downhill in the FIS Ski World cup in Wengen, Switzerland.

Promotion in Hong Kong

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An actor dressed as the Chinese God of Fortune walks outside a shopping mall in Hong Kong to promote the forthcoming Chinese Year of the Ox.

Bread sellers in Herat, Afghanistan

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Street vendors prepare their bread as they wait for customers in the city of Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan.

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An Israeli soldier fixes a tank on the border with Gaza as fighting continues in the Gaza Strip.

South Korea school students attempt to run with parachutes attached during a winter survival camp at a ranger-commando force unit in Seoul.

South Korea school students attempt to run with parachutes attached during a winter survival camp at a ranger-commando force unit in Seoul.

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South Korean school pupils attempt to run with parachutes attached to their backs in a winter survival camp at a ranger-commando force unit in Seoul.

Fog at London's Heathrow airport

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Flights from London's Heathrow airport were grounded as parts of Britain awoke to foggy conditions.

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