Selected and fresh photos from around the web.
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Editor's pick
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Cashew fruit or "apples", which encircle the cashew nut, are displayed on a bush road lined with cashew trees west of the capital Bissau June 26, 2008. Cashew nuts are the main export of Guinea-Bissau, a former Portuguese colony wedged between French-speaking Senegal and Guinea. Its 1.6 million people are ranked among the third poorest in the world in development terms by the United Nations. Picture taken June 26, 2008.
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BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND - JULY 09: Rachel Laurent of USA in action during the women's pole vault qualification during day two of the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships at the Zawisca Stadium on July 9, 2008 in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
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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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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks with the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at a conference in King David Hotel in Jerusalem Sunday, July 20, 2008. Brown is on a two-day official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
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Ian Poulter of England tees off on the 16th hole during final round play at the 2008 British Open Golf Championship at Royal Birkdale, Southport, northern England, July 20, 2008.
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Australian Simon Gerrans (Credit Agricole/Fra) jubilates on the podium, on July 20, 2008, at the end of the 183 km fifteenth stage of the 2008 Tour de France cycling race run between Embrun and Prato Nevoso (Italy). Australian Simon Gerrans (Credit Agricole/Fra) won ahead of Spanish Egoi Martinez (Euskatel/Spa) and US Danny Pate (Garmin-Chipotle/US).
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Recently starred
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Los Angeles Galaxy's David Beckham acknowledges the crowd at the end of their MLS soccer match against the New York Red Bulls in East Rutherford, New Jersey July 19, 2008.
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Handout picture shows South Korean fire fighters examining the wreckage of a crashed helicopter carrying founder of the Unification Church Sun-Myung Moon and his wife were among several people slightly injured when a helicopter made an emergency landing in Gapyeong, 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of Seoul, July 19, 2008.
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OMAHA, NE - JULY 04: Ian Crocker swims en route to winning his semfinal heat of the 100 meter butterfly during the U.S. Swimming Olympic Trials on July 4, 2008 at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
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In this image released by AMC, Jon Hamm stars as Don Draper in "Mad Men," returning July 27 for a second season on cable's AMC channel.
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Australian Simon Gerrans (Credit Agricole/Fra) jubilates on the podium, on July 20, 2008, at the end of the 183 km fifteenth stage of the 2008 Tour de France cycling race run between Embrun and Prato Nevoso (Italy). Australian Simon Gerrans (Credit Agricole/Fra) won ahead of Spanish Egoi Martinez (Euskatel/Spa) and US Danny Pate (Garmin-Chipotle/US).
Morris Talansky, 75-years-old, speaks to the press in Jerusalem on July 20 2008. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's lawyers today tore through the testimony of US millionaire Talansky at the heart of a graft probe of the embattled premier in an effort to discredit him. Their third day of cross-examination of Talansky -- a Jewish-American financier who in May testified he had given Olmert vast sums of cash to finance election campaigns before he became premier in 2006 -- was especially harsh. The investigation is one of six pending corruption probes against Olmert and has provoked widespread calls for him to resign.
