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Pics of the day 9th July 2014
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British Cycling and Sky, in partnership with Liverpool City Council, are today delighted to announce that Davina McCall will be attending Sky Ride Liverpool on Sunday 7 September. In what promises to be a momentous year for cycling in the UK, much-loved TV presenter and Sky 1’s Got to Dance host is a passionate cyclist and is supporting this year’s Sky Ride campaign.
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Indian football fans of Argentina, travel in a cycle-rickshaw as they cheer for the team ahead of the FIFA World Cup semi-final match between Argentina and Netherlands, in Kolkata on July 9, 2014. Football fans in the eastern Indian city are decorating their clubs and locality with football-related paraphernalia to celebrate the World Cup. AFP PHOTO/ Dibyangshu Sarkar (credit:DIBYANGSHU SARKAR via Getty Images)
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The father of Palestinian baby Ranim al-Gafur carries her body during a funeral ceremony for Ranim and her mother, Amal, on July 9, 2014 after they were both killed today in an Israeli air strike in the town of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. So far 43 Palestinians have been killed in hundreds of air strikes since Israel launched 'Operation Protective Edge'. Over the same period, 130 rockets have struck Israel, but so far, nobody has been hurt. (credit:SAID KHATIB via Getty Images)
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Italy's Vincenzo Nibali, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, crosses the finish line of the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 155 kilometers (96.3 miles) with start in Ypres, Belgium, and finish in Arenberg, France, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Mark Cavendish pictured after having surgery on his shoulder
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Forrest the Humbolt Penguin waddles through the waterfall in his enclosure at Blair Drummond Safari Park as the hot weather continues across Scotland. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
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Britain's Prince William, (R) The Duke of Cambridge, is pictured as he snorkels with British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) members at a pool in central London on July 9, 2014. In May 2014, The Duke of Cambridge followed in the footsteps of The Prince of Wales and The Duke of Edinburgh by becoming President of BSAC, the UKs governing body for scuba diving. (credit:JUSTIN TALLIS via Getty Images)
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Chippy the Chimp licks an ice-pop given to him by staff at Blair Drummond Safari Park, as the hot weather continues across Scotland. (credit:Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)
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An electric pole and rubbish bins burns in the foreground, as Langa township residents protest, on the outskirts of the city of Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Hundreds of Langa township residents protested against the lack of basic services by the local government including lack of toilets, running water, housing, and other basic needs. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Jeremy Meeks, right, makes a court appearance with his attorney Tai Bogan July 8, 2014 in Stockton, California. During his brief appearance the state agreed to let federal prosecutors take over Meeks' case. Meeks was arrested on felony weapon charges June 18 as part of a Stockton police gang sweep. His booking photo was posted to the Stockton police Facebook page and has garnered media attention and secured him a Hollywood agent due to his model-like features. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images) (credit:Elijah Nouvelage via Getty Images)
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Taiwan's panda cub Yuan Zai, right, and her mother Yuan Yuan enjoy Yuan Zai's first birthday cake at the Taipei Zoo in Taipei, Taiwan. The panda cub's parents Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan were gifts from China to mark warming ties with Taiwan in 2008. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Sir Philip Green (L) and Michael Gove attend the 2014 Fashion Retail Academy Awards at the Fashion Retail Academy on July 9, 2014 in London, England.
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Paw aside Grumpy Cat, there's a new kitty in town! Be prepared for the internet to grind to a halt, we present to you - Purrmanently Sad Cat. The mournful kitten is owned by Ashley Herring, 21, from New Orleans. She explains: "My cat recently had a litter of kittens. My roommate Bridget Ayers and I realised this one kitten's sad face one day when we were watching them learn to walk around in my room. She was waddling around and we looked at her and both just went Oh. My. God. She looks so depressed! Perma-sad face! I decided to call this one Purrmanently Sad Cat. "PSC is actually a very happy kitten despite her facial expression! She is currently cuddled up on my shoulder with her sister and one of her brothers taking a little cat nap! It's raining right now and she doesn't like thunder."
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A Palestinian stands in a crater as others looks as he picks up debris from under the rubble of a house that was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on July 9, 2014. Eleven Palestinians were killed in a series of Israeli air strikes on Gaza, hiking the overall death toll to 32 in two days, with more than 150 wounded, medics said.
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President Barack Obama plays pool at Wynkoop Brewing Co. with Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, not seen, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Denver. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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An Israeli missile explodes on impact in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. The Israeli military launched what could be a long-term offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Tuesday, striking nearly 100 sites in Gaza and mobilizing troops for a possible ground invasion aimed at stopping a heavy barrage of rocket attacks against Israel. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Palestinians try to salvage what they can of their belongings from the rubble of a house destroyed by an overnight Israeli airstrike in Gaza City Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Israel launched what could be a long-term offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the military said, striking at least 50 sites in Gaza by air and sea and mobilizing troops for a possible ground invasion in order to quell rocket attacks on Israel. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Britain's Christopher Froome's wounds show through his torn race suit after crashing ruingd the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 163.5 kilometers (101.6 miles) with start in Le Touquet and finish in Lille, France, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Germany soccer fans celebrate their team's 7-1 victory over Brazil after watching the World Cup semifinal match on a live telecast inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Brazil soccer fans cry as they watch their team lose 7-1 to Germany at a World Cup semifinal match on a live telecast inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A fan of Brazil sits on the ground as his team loses to Germany in a semi-final match, at the FIFA Fan Fest during the 2014 soccer World Cup in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, center, talks to journalists after casting his ballot at a polling station in Bogor, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. After the most polarizing campaigning in Indonesia's history, millions of people voted to elect a new president Wednesday in a race too tight to predict, hoping for change after years of corruption and poverty. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Julian Rodriguez, right, of Everson, Wash., holds his two-gram packet of recreational marijuana outside Top Shelf Cannabis, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Bellingham, Wash., on the first day of legal sales. At left is Tom Beckley, the owner of the store
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Security personnel take photos before the semi-final football match between Brazil and Germany at The Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on July 8, 2014. AFP PHOTO / PATRIK STOLLARZ (Photo credit should read PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PATRIK STOLLARZ via Getty Images)
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SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - JULY 08: Head coach, Louis van Gaal (L) speaks to Robin van Persie during the Netherlands training session at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil held at the Estadio Paulo Machado de Carvalho Pacaembu on July 8, 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images) (credit:Dean Mouhtaropoulos via Getty Images)
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The Duchess of Cornwall at the University of Aberdeen where she presented degrees at a graduation ceremony at Elphinstone Hall. (credit:Andrew Milligan/WPA-Rota)
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Devotees throng around chariots during the return of chariots event that marks the end of the nine-day chariot festival of Lord Jagannath in Puri, India, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. The three idols of Hindu god Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra are taken out in a grand procession in specially made chariots and are pulled by thousands of devotees during the festival. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)