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Wayward Frolic and James Reveley are fallers in the Gain Horse Feeds Novices Chase at Exeter Racecourse
Poll workers Eva Prenga, right, Roxanne Blancero, center, and Carole Sevchuk try to start an optical scanner voting machine in the cold and dark at a polling station in a tent in the Midland Beach section of Staten Island, New York, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The original polling site, a school, was damaged by Superstorm Sandy.
A gang of armed raiders race through Brent Cross Shopping Centre on motorbikes in an extraordinary raid on a jewellery store stealing tens of thousands of pounds worth in watches.
Poll workers Matt Moore, left, and Keith Cain, right, run to make sure voting machines don't fall over as Prabhakar Mantena trips over a cord after voting at the Oxford Conference Center in Oxford, Mississippi.
An unnamed primary school pupil from York places a poppy cross on a war grave in York Cemetery as the York Cemetery Trust and Fulford British Legion organised two days of visits for several schools in the York area, as they explained about Remembrance Day and the history behind it.
This just in! We've got a new favourite superhero: Dragon Baby, a pint-sized karate kid who doesn't hold back when kicking the stuffing out of a pesky toy dragon. Way to go, Dragon Baby!
Prime Minister David Cameron receives the King Abdullah Decoration One from King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at the Palace of the King in Jeddah today.
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and wife Ann Romney vote in Belmont, Mass., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012.
Silver monkey Silvio carries two four-week-old babies on his back in Friedrichsfelde zoo in Berlin.
Vice President Joe Biden waves as he exits a voting booth after casting his ballot at Alexis I. duPont High School, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Greenville, Del.
A racegoers dances on the roof of a shelter after the Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse on November 6, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.
British Alex Thomson's monohull 'Hugo Boss' is pictured during a training session off Les Sables d'Olonne harbour, western France, four days ahead of the departure of the 7th edition of the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world race.
The golden throne that Bradley Wiggins relaxed on after winning the cycling time trial at the London 2012 Olympic Games is offered for sale in a sporting memorabilia auction at Sotheby's, London.
People wait in line to cast their vote in the U.S. presidential race, at the Port Royal Fire House, on November 6, 2012 in Port Royal Virginia. Recent polls show that U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney are in a tight race
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Merlin the Met Police horse likes to keep the area tidy at Buckingham Palace by neatly moving bollards.
Protesters gather in front of the Greek Parliament in Athens on Tuesday Nov. 6, 2012. Greece's unions are holding their third general strike in six weeks to press dissenters in the country's troubled coalition government not to back a major new austerity program that will doom Greeks to further hardship in a sixth year of recession.
A praying mantis takes a ride on a Snail's back in Seruyan, Indonesia. A new-born praying mantis rides through the jungle on the back of a snail. The insect was knocked from a leaf by heavy rainfall and plummeted into the puddle. Luckily it managed to climb onboard the passing snail and hitch a lift to safety.
Jack Russell Ollie in the vet after being attacked by a bird of prey. Distraught dog owner Ian Farquhar, 47 from Dundee, has spoken of his devastation after his beloved Jack Russell Ollie was left fighting for his life after a bird of prey swooped down and ripped out his TONGUE. Ian was enjoying a nice walk on a secluded path with his treasured pet when a Harris hawk locked on to the poor pooch leaving him 'screaming and covered in blood.' Now Ian, from Dundee, faces the heartbreaking decision of whether tohave four-year-old Ollie put down after being told by vets that he will have to be hand fed for the rest of his life.
Paul McCartney and The Band send a message of support ahead of the US elections.
Prime Minister David Cameron is welcomed to the Al Rawda Palace in the city of al Ain in Abu Dhabi by the President of the UAE HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan where they held a bilateral meeting. Cameron is on a three day visit to Gulf states.
Naked volunteers perfom for US photographer and artist Spencer Tunick (out of frame) at Los Senderos Villages in San Miguel de Allende municipality, Guanajuato State, Mexico.
Reserve bank governor Gill Marcus put bank notes bearing the image of former president Nelson Mandela into a till at a press launch, in Pretoria, South Africa. New South African banknotes featuring the image of former president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela are going into circulation. Reserve bank governor Gill Marcus made the first purchase using the new rand notes at a small shop in Pretoria. She says the country tries to upgrade its notes every seven years for security reasons as technologies change.
An employee of Japan's jeweller Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewellery introduces 100kg Canadian Gold Maple Leaf produced by the Royal Canadian Mint in 2007 as she compares it with an ounce coin at its headquarters in Tokyo. The jeweller will exhibit the 53cm in diameter pure gold coin worth some 5.875 milliion USD from 7th November to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the sale of Maple Leaf coin in Japan.
Czech fully-tattooed artist and drama professor Vladimir Franz poses for a picture during his campaign for the Czech presidential elections 2013 in Prague, Czech Republic. The 53 year old opera composer announced that after only a week of campaigning he has already racked 88,388 signatures to become eligible as the new Czech head of state. The independent candidate is touring his homeland to gather the required 50,000 signatures before the end of the year to run for office. The Czech presidential election are held on January 11-12, 2013.
Sara Kim of South Korea dances to the tune of 'Gangnam Style' during a press presentation of the Miss Earth beauty pageant in Manila. Around 91 contestants from around the globe will be vying for this year's crown, which will be held on November 24 in the country's capital city, with a theme in line with that of United Nations' (UN) celebration of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for all.
A general view of the 02 Arena for the match between Serbia's Novak Djokovic andFrance's Jo Wilfried Tsonga.
A junior competitor runs with a flaming wooden barrel soaked in tar during the annual Tar barrel event in Ottery St Mary, in Devon. The competitors, who may only enter if they are born in Ottery St Mary, run for as long as they can with the burning barrels on their necks and heads. The tradition is said to have originated in the 17th century and is held on November 5 every year.
Employees of Lego Japan set Lego blocks make a model of Yoda from Star Wars in Tokyo at the Legoland Discovery Centre.
HRH The Prince of Wales at the Melbourne Cricket Ground where he posed for a group photo with participants in Cricket Victoria's Harmony program on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The Royal couple are visiting pacific nations as part to their royal tour to mark Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee(
Owner of Green Moon Nick Williams, left, smiles after receiving the winners trophy from Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, at the Melbourne Cup at Flemmington Race Course in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Britain's Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, and his wife Camilla, who were on a 6-day visit to Australia to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, watched the horse racing. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Ann Romney react to the crowd's cheers at a New Hampshire campaign rally at Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, N.H
Gemma Wilkinson, the mother of missing girl Atiya Anjum-Wilkinson who was abducted by her father, Razwan Ali Anjum, says she prays her "little bundle of joy" is safe and well, three years after she was taken.
In this detail of a courtroom sketch, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, right, is shown Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, with his civilian attorney, Emma Scanla, left, during a preliminary hearing in a military courtroom at Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington state. Bales is accused of 16 counts of premeditated murder and six counts of attempted murder for a pre-dawn attack on two villages in Kandahar Province in Afghanistan in March, 2012.
Nicole Scherzinger arrives at the 2012 Music Industry Trust Awards, at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
President Barack Obama and singer Bruce Springsteen wave to the crowd at a campaign event, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in downtown Madison, Wis.
Lewes Bonfire Society's parade through Lewes, in East Sussex, as part of their bonfire night celebrations.
Robbie Williams with competition winners during the Marmite Oxford Street Christmas Lights switch-on, in central London.
Cat Deeley arriving at the WGSN Global Fashion Awards at the Savoy Hotel in London.
With Superstorm Sandy - seeing is believing. Huffington Post UK's Picture Editor Elliot Wagland has tracked down some astonishing then-and-now pictures of the devastation wrought on areas of the US Coast. They show how one road was turned into a river, another was blocked completely by a tree and how the clean-up operation involved shifting huge amounts of rubbish.
A subway station's entrance is blocked by yellow tape in New York, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. Commuters in New York and New Jersey face gasoline lines and miles of traffic jams as the metropolitan area struggles with the chaos that remains in the wake of superstorm Sandy.








Posted: 05/11/2012 18:27 GMT Updated: 06/11/2012 09:06 GMT