Selected and fresh photos from around the web.
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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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Brig. Gen. Aung Thein Linn, right, mayor of Yangon, takes position as two soldiers prepare to lay a wreath during the official Martyr's Day ceremony at the Martyr's Mausoleum in Yangon, Myanmar Saturday, July 19, 2008. Myanmar marked the 61st anniversary Martyr's Day with a small ceremony attended by small group of government officials. The ceremony is held annually in memory of the assassination of the country's national hero late Gen. Aung San and eight others, who were gunned down during a cabinet meeting in Yangon in July 19, 1947. Gen. Aung San is the father of the detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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A man sleeps in front of posters advertising Olympic sponsors in Beijing July 20, 2008. The International Olympic Committee recently praised Beijing for setting a "gold standard for the future" in its preparations for the Games, which begin in less than a month. China has transformed its capital for the August 8-24 Olympic Games, spending 140 billion yuan (US$20.34 billion) to combat chronic pollution and create a clean, green Beijing which it hopes will promote domestic stability and showcase a newly confident nation to the rest of the world.
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In this handout picture taken on July 17, 2008, A group of Afghan hostages rescued during a Afghan National Army (ANA) Commando-led raid of a Taliban compound associated with Nangialai Khan pose at an ANA Commando base near the Zer-e-Koh Valley, Shindand District of Herat Province. The commandos assisted by U.S. Special Operations Forces freed 16 men who were kidnapped by Khan and his men over a four-month period. The Commandos, with assistance from the SOF troops, were searching a compound where Taliban commander Nangialai Khan was known to have been when they discovered a building the Taliban had been using as a jail.
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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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Hezbollah members in fatigues salute as Lebanese civilians carrying Hezbollah and national flags look on during a memorial service for three Hezbollah fighters killed in the 2006 war with Israel in the southern Lebanese town of Ainata on July 19, 2008, after their remains were returned to Lebanon three days ago. Hundreds of people gathered outside the mosque in the southern town of Ainata today for a military-style memorial for three Hezbollah fighters, Zeid Haidar, Mussa Khanafer and Marwan Samhat, whose remains were handed over to the Islamist group as part of a swap with Israel.
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