News in pictures

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Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker (C) speaks to the media after an EU summit in Brussels where the 16 leaders of the eurozone met Friday to finalise the Greek rescue plan. - AP

Stock brokers in front of a board displaying the German shared index DAX. Fears are increasing over the instability of the eurozone and the escalating Greece's debt crisis. - AFP

Workers inside the control room to restart the controversial Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui prefecture, west of Tokyo. - AFP

 

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Campaign posters lined above the streets of Manila as the Philippines population awaits the first ever automated 10th May 2010 presidential elections. - AP

Long Beach in Biloxi, Mississippi is void of swimmers as cleanup operations continue oil slick disaster from the BP Deepwater Horizon platform in Louisiana, USA. - AFP

Germany's Sebastian Vettel continues his habit of clocking fastest lap times as he dominated Friday afternoon's second free practice at the Spanish Grand Prix. - AFP

 

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Roger Federer stretches to attempt a backhand return against Arnaud Clement during their Estoril Open tennis match at the Jamor Stadium near Lisbon. - AFP

Tiger Woods blasts out of a sand trap on the 9th hole during the second round of The Players Championship golf tournament. The world number one manages to make the cut for the weekend with a respectable one-under 71 in the second round. - AP

Australian cricketer David Warner plays a shot during The ICC World Twenty20 Super 8 match between Australia and India at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. - AFP

 

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An Exit Poll prediction for the outcome of Britain's general election are projected on to the side of Battersea Power Station in south London. - AFP

Volunteers count votes at Ponds Forge sports centre in Sheffield, England, during Britain's general election. - AP

A board showing the latest betting odds as the country goes to the polls to elect a new Parliament and leader in London. - AP

 

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A picture shows a picture of Thai premier Abhisit Vejjajiva above the Red Shirt anti-government protesters barricaded fortified camp in the financial central district of Silom in downtown Bangkok. - AP

A Thai pro-government demonstrator holds a picture of King Bhumibol Adulyadej during a small rally at the Victory Monument in Bangkok. - AFP

Members of the detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy roll up her portrait at the NLD headquarters before closing the office. - AP

 

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A house lies in ruins after being destroyed by storms in the municipality of Chongqing. - AFP

A youth writes "I will burn you" below an arrow pointing at the Greek Parliament during a protest. - AFP

Children milk a fake cow at the Shanghai World Expo in Shanghai on Friday. Hundreds of thousands of people flooded into Shanghai's World Expo at the start of a six-month showcase of culture and technology seen as the latest sign of China's growing economic might. - AFP

 

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Tiger Woods lines up his putt on the second hole during the first round of THE PLAYERS Championship held at THE PLAYERS Stadium course at TPC Sawgrass. - AFP

Serbia's Ana Ivanovic returns the ball during her match against Russia's Nadia Petrova at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome. - AP

England cricketer Craig Kieswetter plays a shot during The ICC World Twenty20 Super 8 stage match between Pakistan and England at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. - AFP

 

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Supporters of presidential front-runner candidate Benigno Aquino and running mate Mar Roxas put up election campaign banners on street cables in Manila, Philippines. - AFP

Members of tribal group 'Katribu' protest in front of Commisision on Elections (COMELEC) office in Manila against possible election fraud on May 10 due to vote-counting machine failure. - AFP

Thai Buddhist monks hold prayers at the camp of 'Red Shirt' anti-government protesters during a ceremony to mark the 60th Coronation Day for King Bhumibol Adulyadej in the financial central district in downtown Bangkok. - AFP

 

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Red Shirt anti-government protesters ride on motorcycles and sounding their horns in the financial central district of Silom in downtown Bangkok, Thailand. - AFP

Visitors walk along the South Korean pavilion at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China. - AFP

British PM and Leader of the ruling Labour Party Gordon Brown (R) and his wife Sarah during an election campaign visit to the Granada TV studios in Manchester, north-west England. - AFP

 

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British opposition Conservative party Leader David Cameron (L) high-fives pupils during an election campaign visit to Ysgol Dafydd Llwyd, Newtown in Wales. - AFP

Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrati (C) leaves her office in Jakarta to accept a job as managing director of the World Bank. - AFP

Tottenham Hotspurs' Peter Crouch (2nd L) hits the post with a header at goal watched by Manchester City's goakeeper Marton Fulop (L) during their Premier League match at the City Of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, north-west England. - AFP

 

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Fulham's Danny Murphy (C) vies with Stoke's Mamady Sidibe (L) and Glenn Whelan (R) during their English Premier League football match at Craven Cottage in London. - AFP

US Serena Williams returns a backhand to German Andrea Petkovic during their match at the WTA Rome Open in Rome, Italy. - AFP

Australian batsmen Michael Hussey (L) and Steven Smith score a run during The ICC World Twenty20 Group A match against Bangladesh at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Brabados. - AFP

 

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A crowd gathers near Times Square in New York. Police close some streets in the square as they investigate a suspected car bomb. - AP

Indonesian labourers burn an effigy of a mouse, representing corruption, during a protest to commemorate May Day in Jakarta - AFP

Indonesian workers march during a May Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia. Tens of thousands of workers thronged the streets of Asian cities on Saturday in annual May Day marches, demanding job creation and minimum wage hikes. - AP

 

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Thai anti-riot policeman talks with a Red-Shirt anti-government protester near the barricade (L) of their fortified camp in the financial central district of Silom in downtown Bangkok. - AFP

A South Korean performer smiles near a wall of the South Korea Pavilion before its opening at the World Expo site in Shanghai, China. - AP

Effigies depicting Britain's Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, left, British Prime Minister and Labour party leader Gordon Brown, center, and Conservatives leader David Cameron, right, are seen during a demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament in central London. - AP

 

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Britain's opposition Conservative Party leader David Cameron looks at a two-day-old baby at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage, southern England during election campaigning. - AFP

A Greek riot policeman runs away from a fire after a group set fire with a molotov cocktail, during a May day protest in Athens. - AFP

Manchester City's Craig Bellamy, left, and Shaun Wright-Phillips, centre, celebrates with teammates after scoring their third goal against Aston Villa. - AFP

 

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Birmingham City's English striker Cameron Jerome avoids a Burnley player's boot during the English Premier League football match. - AFP

Spain's David Ferrer celebrates after defeating compatriot Fernando Verdasco in their semi-final match at the Rome Masters tennis tournament. - AP

Pakistan's Kamran Akmal bats during a Twenty20 Cricket World Cup match with Bangladesh in Gros Islet, St. Lucia. - AP

 

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A departure board displays cancelled flights from the Peinador airport in Vigo, northwestern Spain. 15 airports in northern Spain have been closed because of the ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano. - AP

A tourist stands in front of an ash covered sign as the ash cloud from Eyjafjoell volcano spreads in the background in Hvolsvoellur, Iceland. Dozens of flights in France, Italy and Portugal were cancelled Sunday as airspace was closed because of an ash cloud drifting over from a volcano in Iceland. - AFP

A Thai vendor arranges pins of anti-government "Red Shirt" leaders as negotiations with the ruling powers continue. - AFP

 

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Hundreds of supporters of former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian rallied in Taipei on Saturday to demand his release from detention while appealing a life term for graft. - AFP

Thai soldiers stand guard outside Lumpini park where a grenade attack near to the Red Shirt anti-government protesters' fortified camp in the financial central district of Silom in downtown Bangkok. - AFP

Protesters calling for a fair electorate system demonstrate outside the Local Government Association in London where Britain's Liberal Democrats party leader, Nick Clegg is having a shadow cabinet meeting. - AP

 

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Riot police in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu fired tear gas on Sunday to quell Maoist protesters who have staged a week of street rallies in the city demanding the government step down. - AFP

A crew boat watches dark clouds of smoke and fire emerge as oil burns during a controlled fire in the Gulf of Mexico. - AP

Over 80 miners and rescuers were trapped in a Russian mine on Sunday after twin methane gas blasts killed 12 and then ensnared the salvage workers who descended down the shaft to find survivors. Picture shows relatives sitting near the Raspadskaya mine in the Kemerovo region of southwestern Siberia. - AFP

 

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Bayern Munich celebrate with the Bundesliga trophy after the German first division Bundesliga football match Hertha BSC. - AFP

Real Madrid's Argentinian forward Gonzalo Higuain heads to score against Athletic Bilbao. Real Madrid win 5-1. - AFP

Serbia's Jelena Jankovic falls on the ground as she plays against Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez during the final of the WTA Rome Open on May 8, 2010. Martinez Sanchez defeated Jankovic 7-6, 7-5. - AFP

 

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A dog has the words "Abhisit Get Out" written on its body at the anti-government protester's encampment in Bangkok, Thailand. - AFP

An anti-protester wears a face mask of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra during a rally in Bangkok, Thailand. - AFP

Campaign posters dot the streets of Manila on the eve of the Philippines' first ever automated presidential elections. - AP