Selected and fresh photos from around the web.
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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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Switzerland's Roger Federer left, and Spain's Rafael Nadal pose for a photo prior to the start of the men's singles final on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Sunday July 6 , 2008.
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The hand of a Kashmiri pandit, or Hindu, is smeared with blood during a protest outside the residence of Indian Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz in New Delhi July 6, 2008. Hundreds of pandits stormed Soz's residence on Sunday to protest against the revocation of the government's decision to hand over nearly 100 acres (40 hectares) of forest land to a Hindu shrine trust.
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Switzerland's Roger Federer (L) chats with Spain's Rafael Nadal prior to play their final tennis match of the 2008 Wimbledon championships at The All England Tennis Club in southwest London, on July 6, 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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An image of the planet Mercury, made during the January 2008 flyby of the planet by the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft is seen in this image released by NASA July 3, 2008. The image shows that volcanoes were involved in plains formation and suggest that its magnetic field is actively produced in the planet's core.
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A visitor places her hands on a "Tangible Earth", a digital globe which real time global metrological data is fed through the Internet from about 300 places in the world, is displayed at an exhibition pavillion inside the media centre for G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit in Rusustu town, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido July 6, 2008.
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Air conditioning pipes hang precariously after crashing through a temporary ceiling directly above the press area during a briefing by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, who was speaking at a briefing in Hong Kong on the city's preparedness on July 6, 2008 ahead of its hosting of the equestrian events of the forthcoming Olympic Games in Hong Kong. Xi Jinping arrived in Hong Kong on July 6 on a three-day trip to monitor the city's preparations for hosting the Olympic equestrian events for the Beijing 2008 Games. No one was hurt in the incident.
