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Pics of the day 7th July 2014
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Ukrainian government soldiers look at wrecked tanks and armored personnel carriers (APCs) left by pro-Russian insurgents on July 7, 2014 in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk. Retreating pro-Russian insurgents dug in on July 7 in Ukraine's sprawling industrial hub of Donetsk after government forces scored a string of morale-boosting victories in the bloody battle for the future of the country. The separatists' 'tactical retreat' began on July 5 with the fall of their symbolic bastion Slavyansk and continued overnight into July 6 until government forces had reached the very gates of the region's main metropolis. (credit:GENYA SAVILOV via Getty Images)
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Riders make their way up the short climb in the village of Finchingfield in north Essex during stage three of the Tour de France from Cambridge to London. (credit:Nick Ansell/PA Wire)
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Models present creations for Christian Dior during the 2014/2015 Haute Couture Fall-Winter collection fashion show on July 7, 2014 in Paris. AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS GUILLOT (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FRANCOIS GUILLOT via Getty Images)
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PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 07: (L-R) Sean Penn and Charlize Theron attend the Christian Dior show as part of Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014-2015 on July 7, 2014 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) (credit:Pascal Le Segretain via Getty Images)
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Orphaned wombat Joey wakes up from a slumber at Wildlife Victoria in Australia (credit:Rex)
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In this undated photo posted on a militant website that frequently carries official statements from the Islamic State extremist group, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, smoke and debris go up in the air as Shiite's Al-Qubba Husseiniya mosque explodes in Mosul, Iraq. Images posted online show that Islamic extremists have destroyed at least 10 ancient shrines and Shiite mosques in territory - the city of Mosul and the town of Tal Afar - they have seized in northern Iraq in recent weeks.
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A mother protects her ten day old snowy owls in Germany zoo
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Performers from the musical Cats during a photocall outside the London Palladium in central London. (credit:Philip Toscano/PA Wire)
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Syrians walk amid dust following a reported barrel-bomb attack by Syrian government forces on July 7, 2014 in the Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood in the northern city of Aleppo. The opposition Syrian National Coalition said on July 6, 2014 that regime forces are preparing to launch a major assault on rebel-held areas of Aleppo. (credit:ZEIN AL-RIFAI via Getty Images)
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PAMPLONA, SPAIN - JULY 07: Revellers run with Torrestrella's fighting bulls along the Calle Estafeta during the second day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival on July 7, 2014 in Pamplona, Spain. The annual Fiesta de San Fermin, made famous by the 1926 novel of US writer Ernest Hemmingway 'The Sun Also Rises', involves the running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images) (credit:Pablo Blazquez Dominguez via Getty Images)
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PAMPLONA, SPAIN - JULY 07: Revellers wait to run with the Torrestrella's fighting bulls along the Calle Estafeta during the second day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival on July 7, 2014 in Pamplona, Spain. The annual Fiesta de San Fermin, made famous by the 1926 novel of US writer Ernest Hemmingway 'The Sun Also Rises', involves the running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images) (credit:Pablo Blazquez Dominguez via Getty Images)
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Mario Balotelli, Fanny Neguesha July 05, 2014 Italian footballer Mario Balotelli and his fiance Fanny Neguesha enjoying a stroll on the beach in Miami, Florida. The pair started out on the balcony of their hotel where Mario enjoyed a cigarette. Afterwards the hit the beach and Mario posed for pictures with fans. Mario and Fanny are on vacation in Miami after Mario's Italian National Team lost at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
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Sinitta perform on the main stage of the London Pride event in Trafalgar Square, London, England.
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Sir Ian McKellen performs on the main stage of the London Pride event in Trafalgar Square, London, England.
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Medical teams help people from the crowd when people begin to be crushed as British group The Libertines perform on stage at the British Summer Time festival in Hyde Park in central London. (credit:LEON NEAL via Getty Images)
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South African Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius enters the North Guateng High Court in Pretoria on July 7, 2014 for the continuation of his murder trial. An Australian television network on July 7 defended its decision to air footage showing Oscar Pistorius in a shock reenactment of the night he shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, insisting it was not obtained illegally. (credit:MUJAHID SAFODIEN via Getty Images)
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PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 06: Jennifer Lopez attends the Versace show as part of Paris Fashion Week - Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014-2015 on July 6, 2014 in Paris, France. (credit:Pascal Le Segretain via Getty Images)
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A newly married Bulgarian couple holds hands during their wedding in Pchelina, Bulgaria, Sunday, July 6, 2014. Hundreds of Bulgarians on Sunday recreated a 17th century wedding at a folk festival in the northeast of the country. In a spectacular recreation of traditional rituals, a couple got married at the festival in Pchelina, near the city of Razgrad. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Tour de France themed topiary in St James's Park, London, as the world's most famous cycle race moves south for a stage ending in the centre of London. (credit:Andy Jackson/PA Wire)
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Visitors stand watch blue fin tunas in a 2,200-ton tank at Tokyo Sea Life Park in Tokyo, Monday, July 7, 2014. The tank is designed to create artificial flow of the ocean to keep the fish alive. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 06: Novak Djokovic attends the Wimbledon Champions Dinner at The Royal Opera House on July 6, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images) (credit:Stuart C. Wilson via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 06: Novak Djokovic of Serbia kisses the Gentlemen's Singles Trophy following his victory in the Gentlemen's Singles Final match against Roger Federer of Switzerland on day thirteen of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 6, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) (credit:Al Bello via Getty Images)
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EAST HAMPTON, NY - JULY 06: Michael Douglas attends the 'And So It Goes' premiere at Guild Hall on July 6, 2014 in East Hampton, New York. (Photo by Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images) (credit:Sonia Moskowitz via Getty Images)