Pictures Of The Day: Photos From Tuesday 15th July 2014

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Rescue workers remove debris at a collapsed apartment after an airstrike in Snizhne, 100 kms east from the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The attack adds to the steadily growing number of civilians killed over four months in a dogged pro-Russian insurgency. Government officials denied the Tuesday strike was carried out by Ukraine's air force. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this frame grab from video provided by the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations, rescue teams work inside the tunnel in Moscow where a rush-hour subway train derailed Tuesday, July 15, 2014, killing at least 20 people and sending 150 others to the hospital, many with serious injuries, Russian officials said. Officials vigorously dismissed terrorism as a possible cause. (AP Photo/Russian Emergency Situation Ministry) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Winner Kim Seo-yeon, 22-year-old college student, poses during the 2014 Miss Korea Contest in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Kim will represent South Korea for this year's Miss Universe beauty pageant. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Palestinian mourners carry the body of four-year-old girl Sarah Sheik al-Eid after she was killed along with her father and uncle in a Israeli military strike the previous day, during their funeral in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 15, 2014 . Israel carried out at least four air strikes against Gaza on Tuesday afternoon, resuming raids after a truce that failed to get off the ground, AFP correspondents and eyewitnesses said. AFP PHOTO/SAID KHATIB (Photo credit should read SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAID KHATIB via Getty Images)
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New signing Ashley Cole and AS Roma Ceo Italo Zanzi pose for photographs with AS Roma Shirt during the press conference at the AS Roma Training Centre on July 15, 2014 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images) (credit:Paolo Bruno via Getty Images)
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Undated Drusillas Park handout photo of Mulan with two rare red pandas which are the first of their kind to be born at the zoo. (credit:PA)
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A missile is launched by an 'Iron Dome' battery, a short-range missile defence system designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets and artillery shells, on July 15, 2014 in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod. Israel will expand its week-long military campaign in the Gaza Strip if Hamas refuses to accept an Egyptian ceasefire plan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned. (credit:DAVID BUIMOVITCH via Getty Images)
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Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (C) flanked by national soccer team player Lionel Messi (L) and head coach Alejandro Sabella (R) during a welcoming ceremony for the national soccer team at Ezeiza airport, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 14 July 2014. After having lost 0-1 to Germany in the FIFA World Cup 2014 final, Argentina's team returned to Buenos Aires where thousands of people were waiting to greet them
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Former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London, where she is accused of being concerned in brokering a drug deal. (credit:Jonathan Brady/PA Wire)
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Pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung, wearing a red T-shirt in center, is stopped by security guards as he throws a plastic hammer towards Hong Kong Chief Secretary Carrie Lam, third from right, during a meeting on proposing electoral reforms at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The chief executive has submitted a report to the National People's Congress Standing Committee on political reform, saying that the majority of Hong Kong people are eager to have universal suffrage in the chief executive election in 2017. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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His training methods have seen him win Olympic, World and European honours but Mo Farah took his preparation for the upcoming Commonwealth Games down a less conventional route today, by setting a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the fastest 100m Sack Race at the Weetabix Ultimate Sports Day
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Crewmember Tetsuo Hayashi airbrushes the final touches to a 6.6 meter replica of the famous Godzilla at Tokyo Midtown on July 15, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. The 'MIDTOWN Meets GODZILLA' project is in collaboration with the Japan release of the Hollywood film version of 'Godzilla' The Godzilla built on the lawns of Tokyo Midtown will host a light show everynight complete with mist, audio and fire rays. (credit:Chris McGrath via Getty Images)
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Israeli soldiers from the Nahal Infantry Brigade sleep in the shade of their armored vehicle at an Israeli army deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on July 15, 2014. Israel's security cabinet accepted an Egyptian ceasefire proposal, a government spokesman said, after a week of the deadliest violence in and around Gaza in years. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JACK GUEZ via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 15: Nicky Morgan, the new Education Secretary, leaves Downing Street on July 15, 2014 in London, England. British Prime Minister David Cameron is conducting a reshuffle of his Cabinet team with a greater number of women expected to be appointed to senior positions. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images) (credit:Oli Scarff via Getty Images)
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Fred Ralston (centre holding baton) and colleagues from the Swords of Dalriada with the Glasgow 2014 Queen's Baton as it is relayed through Largs in North Ayrshire. The batonbearer's name has been provided in good faith, however it has not been independently verified. Photo credit should read: David Cheskin for Glasgow 2014. Copyright Glasgow2014, 2014, All rights reserved. (credit:David Cheskin for Glasgow 2014/Glasgow2014)
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Players of German national soccer team arrive at Tegel airport in Berlin Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Germanyâs World Cup-winning team has returned home from Brazil to celebrate the countryâs fourth title with huge crowds of fans. The teamâs Boeing 747 touched down at Berlinâs Tegel airport midmorning Tuesday after flying a lap of honor over the âfan mileâ in front of the landmark Brandenburg Gate. Words on plane read : Winner plane and instead of Lufthansa, Fanhansa. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Players of German national soccer squad, Philipp Lahm, Thomas Mueller, Sebastian Schweinsteiger and Sami Khedira, from left, wave in joy as they arrive at Tegel airport in Berlin Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Germanyâs World Cup-winning team has returned home from Brazil to celebrate the countryâs fourth title with huge crowds of fans. The teamâs Boeing 747 touched down at Berlinâs Tegel airport midmorning Tuesday after flying a lap of honor over the âfan mileâ in front of the landmark Brandenburg Gate. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) attending a live-fire drill by a North Korean artillery unit near the eastern border with South Korea. KCNA reported it on 15 July 2014, without elaborating on the timing of the visit.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) touring a construction site at an international airport terminal in Pyongyang, North Korea. KCNA reported it on 11 July 2014, without elaborating on the timing of the visit.
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Kate Hudson attends the premiere of "Wish I Was Here" on Monday, July 14, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP) (credit:Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
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A dancer performs a cart-wheel during auditions for the famous French Moulin Rogue which celebrates its 125th birthday this year, in Sydney on July 15, 2014. The dancers are auditioning for a place in the show which consists of a troupe of 60 artists who perform twice on stage every evening, 365 days a year, with 1000 made to measure costumes, a giant aquarium, five pythons and six miniature horses. (credit:WILLIAM WEST via Getty Images)
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Bastille Day fireworks explode over the Seine river next to the Eiffel Tower in Paris Monday night, July 14, 2014. Bastille Day commemorates the storming by Parisians of the Bastille prison on July 14, 1789, setting off the French Revolution that toppled King Louis XVI and put an end to monarchy. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A photo taken on July 15, 2014 from the southern Israeli Gaza border shows Israeli army flares falling into the Palestinian enclave. Israel's security cabinet was to meet early on July 15 to discuss Egyptian proposals for a truce in Gaza, a senior official said, as an aerial campaign against Hamas entered its eighth day. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MENAHEM KAHANA via Getty Images)
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Russell Brown, of Los Altos, Calif., watches the sunrise from a a hill in the Marin Headlands on Monday, July 14, 2014, in San Francisco. (credit:PA)
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United for Wildlife handout photo of Prince Harry (left) and Prince William (right) taking part in a cricket match with former international players to raise awareness about the illegal wildlife trade. (credit:PA)
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United for Wildlife handout photo of Prince Harry and Prince William taking part in a cricket match with former international players to raise awareness about the illegal wildlife trade. (credit:PA)
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A Eurofighter Typhoon takes off for a flying display during Farnborough International Air Show, Farnborough, England, Monday, July 14, 2014. (credit:PA)
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A test station stands inside an unfitted Airbus A350 XWB as it stands on display during Farnborough International Air Show, Farnborough, England, Monday, July 14, 2014. (credit:PA)
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Kashmiri protesters shout slogans against Israel from inside a police vehicle after they were detained during a protest in Srinagar, India. The protest was against the Israeli military operation in Gaza strip. Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip launched an unmanned drone aircraft at Israel on Monday and Israeli air attacks killed four Gaza residents, as the conflict between the antagonists closed out its first week with no end in sight. The placard reads: "Killer of Humanity, Stop Killings in Palestine. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)