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Pictures Of The Day: Gunpowder, Tracey Emin And A Russian March

Pictures Of The Day 4 November

The Huffington Post UK   Mathew Tucker First Posted: 04/11/11 20:13 GMT Updated: 10/11/11 23:09 GMT

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"Remember, remember the 5th of November"... On the eve of Guy Fawkes Night the Gremlins Carnival Club prepare for the world's largest illuminated procession to commemorate the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

Elsewhere, a father and child enjoy unusual sunny weather in Germany and British artist Tracey Emin shows off her talents with artwork for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic games.

In other parts of the globe, dramatic images emerge of conflict and demonstrations: a soldier receives medical treatment in the Helmand province, activists take part in the so-called 'Russian March' and Palestinians throw stones towards Israeli soldiers during clashes - all in the pictures of the day below:


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"Remember, remember the 5th of November"... On the eve of Guy Fawkes Night the Gremlins Carnival Club prepare for the world's largest illuminated procession to commemorate the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. ...
"Remember, remember the 5th of November"... On the eve of Guy Fawkes Night the Gremlins Carnival Club prepare for the world's largest illuminated procession to commemorate the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. ...
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captainspirou
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07:48 PM on 11/04/2011
I would say Tracy Emin is a terrible artist, but that would qualify what she does as art. The poster she made is the closest I have ever seen her display any talent. Much better then a bed covered in surrounded by condoms and magazines somehow conned people into thinking was art.
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