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Editor's pick
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People watch fireworks during the first edition of 'Golden Nights' International Pyrotechnic Festival in Bucharest July 5, 2008.
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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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Revelers hold up traditional red neckties during the 'Chupinazo', the official opening of the 2008 San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, northern Spain, Sunday, July 6, 2008. The fiestas 'Los San Fermines' held since 1591, attracts tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights.
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Bouygues Telecom rider Thomas Voeckler of France cycles in a breakaway during the second stage of the 95th Tour de France cycling race between Auray and Saint-Brieuc July 6, 2008.
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South Africa President Thabo Mbeki (L) is greeted by a Japanese official upon arriving at the new Chitose Airport in Chitose, on Hokkaido island on July 6, 2008 head of the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit. Leaders of the Group of Eight rich nations meet in northern Japan to grapple with a raft of problems from soaring food and fuel prices to African poverty and global warming amid doubts about how much the annual diplomatic pageant can achieve.
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Recently starred
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People wait in the rain before the men's finals match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 6, 2008.
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Spectators hold umbrellas on centre court as rain stops play during the semi-final match between Zheng Jie of China and Serena Williams of the U.S. at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 3, 2008.
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A rain drop hangs off the nose of a statue of former British tennis player Fred Perry at the All England Tennis Club in south-west London, July 6, 2008, as the 2008 Wimbledon Championship Men's Singles Final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal is delayed due to rain.
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Rafael Nadal of Spain walks past Roger Federer (R) of Switzerland on the practice courts at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 22, 2008.
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Photo from AP Photo by Jeff Chiu
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Revelers hold up traditional red neckties during the 'Chupinazo', the official opening of the 2008 San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, northern Spain, Sunday, July 6, 2008. The fiestas 'Los San Fermines' held since 1591, attracts tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights.
Revelers rest after the 'Chupinazo,' the official opening of the San Fermin fiestivities in Pamplona, northern Spain, Sunday, July 6, 2008. The San Fermin festivities, held since 1591, attract tens of thousands of people each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights.
An official of a local hospital bars entry to the the media at the emergency ward where victims of a suicide attack were arriving in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, July 6, 2008. A suicide attacker detonated explosives near a police station in Pakistan's capital on Sunday, killing more than 10 police officers, officials said.
