Live News Pictures Of The Day: Photos From Thursday 26th June 2014

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Pictures of the day 26th June
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People pitch a London Underground train tent in the camping fields at Worthy Farm in Pilton on the first day of the 2014 Glastonbury Festival on June 25, 2014 in Glastonbury, England. Gates opened today at the Somerset dairy farm that plays host to one of the largest music festivals in the world. Tickets to the event, which is now in its 44th year, sold out in minutes even before any of the headline acts had been confirmed. The festival, which started in 1970 when several hundred hippies paid £1, now attracts more than 175,000 people. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - JUNE 26: Prince Harry meets crack-addict street cleaners during a visit to 'Cracolandia', an extremely deprived area of Sao Paulo with a high concentration of crack addicts on June 26, 2014 in Sao Paulo Brazil. Crack in Sao Paulo costs just 80 UK pence for a rock of the drug. Prince Harry is on a four day tour of Brazil that will be followed by Two days in Chile. (Photo by Chris Jackson - Pool / Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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People look at a pile of seized narcotics is set fire during a ceremony commemorating International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 26, 2014. Iran's interior minister said Thursday international sanctions imposed over the country's nuclear program have hindered its ability to fight drug smuggling. (credit:AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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A view of the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship which remains in a bay off the Giglio Island, Italy, on June 26, 2014. A meeting today that was supposed to approve the transfer of the shipwreck for dismantlement and disposal in Genoa, failed to reach an agreement as the destiny of the ill-fated cruise liner, which is still resting where it crashed into rocks on the Island of Giglio in Tuscany in January 2012, must now be decided within seven days by the Italian cabinet of ministers. (credit:Getty Images)
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James and Pippa Middleton attend Wimbledon on day four of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Wimbledon on June 26, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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7-year-old male Asiatic Cheetah, named 'Koushki,' crouches at the Miandasht Wildlife Refuge in Jajarm, northeastern Iran. Iran is conducting a campaign to rescue the Asiatic Cheetah which has disappeared across south and central asia except fewer than 100 remaining in Iran.
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Uruguay's Luis Suarez looks out from his hotel in Natal, Brazil, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Suarez bit Italian player Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay's game with Italy on Tuesday, which could lead to Suarez being kicked out of the World Cup.
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Pepsi, a male Pomeranian from Thailand, is groomed during Thailand International Dog Show in Bangkok
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Pakistani paramilitary soldiers move beside a burning pile of seized drugs during a ceremony to mark International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on the outskirts of Peshawar on June 26, 2014. Pakistan's war-torn neighbour Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium, the raw material for heroin. Efforts to cut production have failed in the 13 years since US-led forces toppled the Taliban regime there. More than 45 percent of Afghanistan's illicit opiates pass through Pakistan on their way to markets in Europe and Asia, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. AFP PHOTO/A MAJEED (Photo credit should read A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A Pakistani paramilitary soldier gestures as he stands guard beside a burning pile of seized drugs during a ceremony to mark International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on the outskirts of Peshawar on June 26, 2014. Pakistan's war-torn neighbour Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium, the raw material for heroin. Efforts to cut production have failed in the 13 years since US-led forces toppled the Taliban regime there. More than 45 percent of Afghanistan's illicit opiates pass through Pakistan on their way to markets in Europe and Asia, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. (credit:A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)
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James Corden, Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine and John Carney attend the New York premiere of the Weinstein company's BEGIN AGAIN, sponsored by Delta Airlines and Budweiser at SVA Theater on June 25, 2014 in New York City. (credit:Getty Images)
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Malaysian youths play with a three-years old gibbon pet called 'Itam' at a park in Hulu Langat, near Kuala Lumpur on June 26, 2014. Gibbons are small apes that are commonly found in countries like China, India, and Malaysia. (credit:Getty Images)
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Jay-Z and Beyonce perform during opening night of the 'On The Run Tour: Beyonce And Jay-Z' at Sun Life Stadium on June 25, 2014 in Miami Gardens, Florida.
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Portugals' players Cristiano Ronaldo (C), Raul Meireles (R) and Beto (L) in action during the official training session at at the Centro de Capacitacao Fisica dos Bombeiros in Brasilia, Brazil, 25 June 2014. Portugal faces Ghana for a FIFA World Cup 2014 group G preliminary round match at the Estadio National in Brasilia, Brazil, on 26 June 2014. (credit:EPA)
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Argentina's supporters cheer for their team ahead of the Group F football match between Nigeria and Argentina at the Beira-Rio Stadium in Porto Alegre on June 25, 2014,during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. (credit:Getty Images)
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Fans arrive at the Estadio Beira-Rio (credit:PA)
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Prince Harry as he plants a tree at Cota 200 outside Sao Paolo where he viewed Mata Atlantica, the Atlantic Rainforest, and learnt about the Serra do Mar and the Atlantic Forest Mosaics System project that combines the promotion of sustainable conservation with supporting local communites, as he continues his tour of Brazil. (credit:PA)
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Fu-Wan, one of two giant pandas on loan from China, sits inside the Giant Panda Complex enclosure at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur on June 25, 2014. Fu-Wan and Feng-Yi, the two giant pandas on loan from China to mark the 40th anniversary of Malaysia-China diplomatic relations, were renamed Xing-xing and Liang-liang respectively on their first public appearance. AFP PHOTO / MANAN VATSYAYANA (Photo credit should read MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Orion's Belt Rises Through the Atmosphere - Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman captured this image which connects Earth to the International Space Station and to the stars. Among the "stellar" scene is part of the constellation Orion, near the center of the frame. The U.S. laboratory or Destiny is seen in the upper right.
Harley the sea lion's 'Arf Attack' will be displayed and auctioned at the Chessington World of Adventures Resort Conservation Fund Evening this Saturday from 6pm onwards(20 of21)
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