Selected and fresh photos from around the web.
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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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Hot off the wire
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New Zealand All Black Brad Thorn arrives for a judicial hearing at the New Zealand Rugby Union, Wellington, New Zealand, Sunday, July 6, 2008. Thorn was cited for a spear tackle on South African John Smit in the international rugby test in Wellington, Saturday night.
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A patient lies on the bed at a kidney treatment unit at a public hospital in the province of El-Sharkia, northeast of Cairo, June 10, 2008. A video showing doctors at a Cairo hospital frantically trying to resuscitate premature babies while others wail in the background after a night-time power cut has sparked a national uproar over a health-care system suffering from a lack of funds, a long legacy of mismanagement and allegations of corruption.
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NEW YORK - JULY 05: Wilson Betemit #14 of the New York Yankees runs the bases against the Boston Red Sox on July 5, 2008 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Yankees won the game 2-1.
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Recently starred
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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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US President George W. Bush (C) and First Lady Laura Bush are reflected in a puddle as they board Air force One at Dulles International Airport, Virginia, on July 5, 2008 as they depart for the G8 Summit in Japan.
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A man looks at a Salvador Dali sculpture entitled Lobster Telephone made in 1936 at the Tate Modern art gallery, London, 30 May 2007. Tate Modern are displaying a range of works of art by Salvador Dali including films sculptures and paintings
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A woman reacts in front of Salvador Dali's and Edward James' 'Mae West Lips Sofa', left, and other art objects, at the exhibition 'Surreal Things', in central London's Victoria and Albert Museum, Tuesday March 27, 2007. The new exhibition opening March 29 explors the link between surrealism and commerce and the show charts the way surrealism evolved, in short order, from cutting-edge art movement to design element to advertising tool, used to sell everything from perfume to automobiles. Surrealism emerged in the 1920s as a subversive artistic movement out to challenge accepted ideas and _ influenced by Sigmund Freud _ liberate the unconscious.
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