Selected and fresh photos from around the web.
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Australian singer Kylie Minogue smiles as she poses for photographers with the OBE she received from Britain's Prince Charles for her services to music at Buckingham Palace in London July 3, 2008.
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Serena (L) and Venus Williams of the U.S. talk to each other during their quarter-finals doubles match against Bethanie Mattek of the U.S. and Sania Mirza of India at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 2, 2008.
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Acrobats perform during the presentation of A400M military aircraft in Seville, southern Spain June 26, 2008. Europe unveiled the A400M military aircraft on Thursday, giving the public a first glimpse of a powerful turboprop plane built to supply seven NATO countries with urgently needed strategic airlift capacity.
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A group of people look at the sun, standing on the rocky crest filled with astronomical markers at the megalithic observatory of Kokino, soon after sunrise on June 21, 2008, on the day of the summer solstice. The ancient astronomic observatory, located about 80 km northeast of Skopje, dates more than 4.000 years back in time. It is ranked by NASA as the fourth ancient observatory in the world.
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A social worker carries an injured woman to Puri district hospital in Puri, about 60 kilometers (40 miles) from Bhubaneswar, India, Friday, July 4, 2008. Police say at least six Hindu worshippers have died in a stampede in eastern India as a crowd of pilgrims rushed toward the statue of a goddess. More than 1 million Hindu devotees were participating in an annual religious procession outside the temple of Jagannath, who is considered by Hindus to be the lord of the universe.
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Christina Liebherr of Switzerland comforts her horse L.B. No Mercy after winning the RWE Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia show jumping competition at the World Equestrian Festival CHIO in Aachen July 3, 2008.
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Germany's Rainer Schuettler returns the ball during his semi-final tennis match of the 2008 Wimbledon championships against Spain's Rafael Nadal at The All England Tennis Club in southwest London, on July 4, 2008.
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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Finland's President Tarja Halonen meet for talks at a Russia-EU summit in the Siberian city of Khanty-Mansiysk June 28, 2008. Helsinki says that higher Russian tariffs on raw timber exports hurt paper producers in Scandinavia. Russia says the move is needed to help its domestic timber processing industry.
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India's Yuvraj Singh dives to stop the ball against Sri Lanka during the ninth Asia Cup one-day cricket tournament at the National Cricket Stadium in Karachi July 3, 2008.
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The animated character Wall-E is shown in this undated publicity photo from the film of the same name released to Reuters June 25, 2008. The film features dystopian landscapes, social commentary and a lack of conventional dialogue that are rare under the Walt Disney Co. banner, but it sticks to Pixar's basic themes of love, loyalty and friendship.
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Mikkel Pilgaard Madsen of Denmark prepares a drink that includes rum, maple syrup, coffee, and lime juice at the World Barista Championship in Copenhagen June 19, 2008.
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Just in from Reuters Pictures
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (L) and his wife Grace greet supporters of his ruling ZANU (PF) party upon arriving at Harare International airport, July 4, 2008. Mugabe, defiant despite heavy foreign condemnation of his re-election, said on Friday the opposition must drop its claim to power and accept that he was the rightful head of state.
French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt (R) is escorted by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy upon arrival at Villacoublay military airport in Paris July 4, 2008. Betancourt, three Americans and 11 other hostages held for years in jungle captivity were rescued on Wednesday from leftist guerrillas by Colombian troops posing as aid workers.
