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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An unidentified man smokes marijuana in a water pipe, during the famous cannabis trade fair Highlife in Pamplona northern Spain, Friday July 4, 2008.
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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.
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LONDON - JULY 04: Rainer Schuettler of Germany plays a backhand during the men's singles Semi Final match against Rafael Nadal of Spain on day eleven of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 4, 2008 in London, England.
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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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Photo from AP Photo by Bradley C Bower
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Hindu devotees sing and dance during the 131st Rath Yatra or Chariot procession, in Calcutta, India, Friday, July 4, 2008. During the Rath Yatra, three idols of Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra are taken out in a grand procession in specially made chariots called raths, and pulled by thousands of devotees.
Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, left, hugs French President Nicolas Sarkozy, as she arrives at Villacoublay air base, outside Paris, Friday July 4, 2008. The dual French-Colombian citizen was freed Wednesday in a daring military rescue operation that also liberated three U.S. military contractors and 11 others held captive by Colombian rebels.
