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Pictures of the day
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Palestinians throw tyres at a burning barricade during clashes with Israeli soldiers following a protest against the Jewish settlements and the Israeli Wall of Shame, the separation barrier between Israel and the West Bank, on October 3, 2014 in the West Bank city of Nablus. (credit:Photo by Nedal Eshtayah/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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The cast of Star Treks past and present have united. William Shatner and Bruce Greenwood launch Destination Star Trek 3 at London's ExCel Centre.
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Hindu devotees watch an effigy of the Hindu demon king Ravana, stuffed with fire-crackers, burn at a grounds in Amritsar on October 3, 2014 on the occasion of the Hindu festival of Dussehra. Held at the end of the Navratri (nine nights) Festival, Dussehra symbolises the victory of good over evil in Hindu mythology. On the night of Dussehra, fire-crackers and stuffed effigies of Ravana are set alight in open grounds across the country. AFP PHOTO/ NARINDER NANU (Photo credit should read NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:NARINDER NANU via Getty Images)
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Roy Hodgson has been in Biggin Hill opening a new state-of-the-art 3G football pitch at Charles Darwin School, Jail Lane. The 67-year-old Croydon-born boss was accompanied at the event by the head coach of the England Women's team Mark Sampson. Work on the third generation (3G) pitch has just been completed following the school’s successful bid for funding from the Premier League and the FA Facilities Fund. The funding is part of a £102 million scheme to improve grassroots football nationwide. (credit:Rex)
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Labour Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls (with a foamy pint he's just pulled) , Shadow Small Business Minister Toby Perkins MP and candidate Liz McInnes on a tour of the JW Lees Brewery factory, on a campaign stop in the Heywood and Middleton by-election. The by-election was called after the death of MP Paul Goggins (credit:Rex)
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Labour Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls (pictured right, lifting a barrel ) and candidate Liz McInnes on a tour of the JW Lees Brewery factory, on a campaign stop in the Heywood and Middleton by-election. The by-election was called after the death of MP Paul Goggins (credit:Rex)
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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, centre left, meets General Malouk, head of 215 corp in the Helmand province and members of the Afghan army, in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Cameron on Friday pledged support for Afghanistan's newly sworn-in president and the country's new unity government, saying during a surprise visit to Kabul that Britain is committed to helping Afghans build a more secure and prosperous future. (AP Photo/Dan Kitwood, Pool) (credit:AP)
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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, centre, addresses British troops, in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Cameron on Friday pledged support for Afghanistan's newly sworn-in president and the country's new unity government, saying during a surprise visit to Kabul that Britain is committed to helping Afghans build a more secure and prosperous future. (AP Photo/Dan Kitwood, Pool) (credit:AP)
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A rider is thrown by a bull during the Bull Ride Spectacular on the first day of the 2014 Deni Ute Muster at the Play on the Plains Festival grounds on October 3, 2014 in Deniliquin, Australia. (credit:Mark Kolbe via Getty Images)
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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 02: Actress Nicole Kidman attends the OMEGA - De Ville Prestige 'Butterfly' launch at DDP on October 2, 2014 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Han Myung-Gu/WireImage) (credit:Han Myung-Gu via Getty Images)
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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 02: Actress Nicole Kidman attends the OMEGA - De Ville Prestige 'Butterfly' launch at DDP on October 2, 2014 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Han Myung-Gu/WireImage) (credit:Han Myung-Gu via Getty Images)
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TNT Television attempts to break a Guinness World Record title for the worlds tallest pancake stack with legendary Chef Emeril Lagasse and Ty Pennington stars of TNT's new competition series ''On The Menu '' the record was broken in Manhattans Time Square. (credit:Rex)
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indsay Lohan performs during a photocall for 'Speed The Plow' at Playhouse Theatre in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) (credit:Karwai Tang via Getty Images)
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Lindsay Lohan attends the press night afterparty of 'Speed The Plow' at National Liberal Club on October 2, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) (credit:Karwai Tang via Getty Images)
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A view of sunset across Aylesbury Vale pictured from Dunstable Downs, on October 02, 2014 in Buckinghamshire
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Muslim pilgrims gather to pray at Jabal Al Rahma holy mountain, or the mountain of forgiveness, during the annual pilgrimage, known as the hajj, near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. An estimated 2 million Muslims are streaming into a sprawling tent city near Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage. Saudi Arabia banned hajj and work visas this year for people from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea as a precaution to avoid the spread of Ebola during hajj, which sees massive crowds of people from around the world gather in Mecca. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Myanmar worker Win, center, is escorted by Thai police officers for a press conference in Koh Tao island , Surat Thani province, Thailand, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Two workers from Myanmar have confessed to killing a pair of British tourists whose battered bodies were found on a beach in southern Thailand last month, and police said Friday that the suspects' DNA matched that collected from one of the victims.(AP Photo) THAILAND OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A humpback whale jumps out of the water on June 24, 2013 in Port St. Johns, South Africa. A huge humpback whale leaps out of the water in an amazing display of strength and agility. These awe inspiring pictures were taken in June 2013 by marine tour guide Steven Benjamin who was documenting over 1000 whales migrating from the coast of South Africa to the warmer waters of Mozambique and Madagascar. And the 31-year-old confirmed that it is very rare to see such a powerful and majestic breach at such close proximity (credit: Steven Benjamin / Barcroft Media)
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SANLIURFA, TURKEY - OCTOBER 03: A photograph taken from Suruc district of Sanliurfa, southeastern city of Turkey, shows smoke rising from Ayn al-Arab city (Kobani) during clashes between Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Kurdish armed groups in Ayn al-Arab, north of Syria, on October 3, 2014. (Photo by Ibrahim Erikan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Prime Minister David Cameron arrives at RAF Akrotiri base in Akrotiri, Cyprus. (credit:Dan Kitwood/PA Wire)
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Myanmar workers Saw, center left, and Win, center right, are escorted by a Thai police officers for a press conference in Koh Tao island, Surat Thani province, Thailand, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Two workers from Myanmar have confessed to killing a pair of British tourists whose battered bodies were found on a beach in southern Thailand last month, and police said Friday that the suspects' DNA matched that collected from one of the victims. (AP Photo) THAILAND OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A protester stands outside the legislative government complex as the standoff continues on October 2, 2014 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Thousands of pro democracy supporters continue to occupy the streets surrounding Hong Kong's Financial district. Protesters have threatened to widen their campaign with a new deadline of midnight tonight. They are calling for open elections and the resignation of Hong Kong's Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. (credit:AP)
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Malaysian ethnic Chinese walk barefoot over burning coals on the final day of the Nine Emperor Gods festival at a temple in Ampang, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. The men have abstained from meat for the past nine days in order to purify their bodies in preparation for this ritual, in which women are barred from participating. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Demonstrators confront police with water cannons as the ECB governing council meets in Naples, Italy, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. European Central Bank head Mario Draghi is expected Thursday to underline the bank's willingness to deploy more economic stimulus measures, a stance that could send the euro skidding even lower. And a drop in the currency â which helps eurozone exporters and could nudge up worryingly low inflation â might be the most effective stimulus to come out of the ECB's monthly meeting. police squared off against more than 3,000 demonstrators in Naples, where the council held its monthly meeting, one of two held annually away from its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. Riot police used water cannons to break up protesters carrying banners against government austerity policies and unemployment. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Prime Minister David Cameron meets pilots, engineers and logistic support staff in front of a Tornado GR4 at RAF Akrotiri base in Akrotiri, Cyprus. (credit:Dan Kitwood/PA Wire)
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Two days after a man in Texas was diagnosed with Ebola, Dr. Gil Mobley, a Missouri doctor, walks to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to check in and board a plane dressed in full protection gear Thursday morning, Oct. 2, 2014, in Atlantat. He was protesting what he called mismanagement of the crisis by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (credit:PA)
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Andy Murray of Britain returns a shot to Marin Cilic of Croatia during the China Open tennis tournament at the National Tennis Stadium in Beijing, China, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. (credit:AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
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Lindsay Lohan starring in the West End Stage Show, Speed The Plow as Karen, the Playhouse Theatre, London. (credit:Doug Peters/Doug Peters)
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Demonstrators, many of them wearing masks of Pulcinella, a 17th century character that became very popular in Neapolitan puppetry, protest against the ECB governing council meeting in Naples, Italy, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014. European Central Bank head Mario Draghi is expected Thursday to underline the bank's willingness to deploy more economic stimulus measures, a stance that could send the euro skidding even lower. And a drop in the currency â which helps eurozone exporters and could nudge up worryingly low inflation â might be the most effective stimulus to come out of the ECB's monthly meeting. police squared off against more than 3,000 demonstrators in Naples, where the council held its monthly meeting, one of two held annually away from its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. Riot police used water cannons to break up protesters carrying banners against government austerity policies and unemployment. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The Orcs are coming! The Orcs are coming! Orcs descend upon the capital Celebrating the release of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Out today on Playstation 3, London, Britain (credit:Rex)