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Pictures of the day 24th July
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Grizzly Bear cub making salute, feeding on sedges, sitting on rock in rainforest
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Residents of Henley were left stunned today as Hotel VW California popped-up on Temple Island and welcomed its first guests. From today, the public can book to stay in a Volkswagen California camper van on the island hotel through LateRooms.com.
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Mayor of London Boris Johnson boxing with Sir Robin Wales at the Coca-Cola Zero Parklives launch in Newham, London (credit:Rex)
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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis meets Meriam Ibrahim, from Sudan, with her daughter Maya in her arms, in his Santa Marta residence, at the Vatican, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Pope Francis has met privately with the Sudanese woman who arrived in Italy after escaping a death sentence in Sudan for refusing to recant her Christian faith. The Vatican said Pope Francis had "a very affectionate" meeting with Meriam Ibrahim, 27, her husband and their two small children. Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said the pope "thanked her for her faith and courage, and she thanked him for his prayer and solidarity" during the half-hour meeting. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 24: Londoners walking through Potters Field Park were surprised to see a 'money tree' blooming with £9820 in £10 notes, the average amount a working British family has in savings, on July 24, 2014 in London, England. The tree was planted by Sunlife to encourage the nation to start saving at least £10 a month for a brighter future. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for SunLife) (credit:Tristan Fewings via Getty Images)
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In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis meets Meriam Ibrahim, from Sudan, with her daughter Maya in her arms, in his Santa Marta residence, at the Vatican, Thursday, July 24, 2014. The Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death in Sudan for refusing to recant her Christian faith has arrived in Italy along with her family, including the infant born in prison. Ibrahim, whose father was Muslim but whose mother was an Orthodox Christian from Ethiopia, was sentenced to death over charges of apostasy. She married her husband, a Christian, in a church ceremony in 2011. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II takes seat to watch hockey at the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, Thursday July 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The world’s first driveable Ultimate Deck Chair has been unveiled on Brighton beach in front of hundreds of holidaymakers. Commissioned and built by car hire comparison site Holiday Autos, ‘The Ultimate Deck Chair’ was designed by artist Solomon Rogers to provide dedicated sun-seekers with an incomparable beach based experience…
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A giant coconut has been placed on London's South Bank by Vita Coco to remind Londoners to stay hydrated during the heatwave. (credit:Matt Alexander/PA Wire)
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German pianist Stefan Aaron hovers about the Munich airport Franz-Josef-Strauss, southern Germany, on July 23, 2014. Stefan Aaron is seated in front of his piano on an aluminum structure that is reminiscent of a flying carpet and attached to a helicopter. The appearance is the fourth stop on his 'Orange Piano Tour' that will take him and his orange piano at exceptional locations around the world for the musician. On the 4206 meter high Alphubel in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, Stefan Aaron has played on the Great Wall and the Pulpit Rock in Norway, a natural rock platform 604 meters above the Lysefjord near Stavanger. (credit:CHRISTOF STACHE via Getty Images)
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Thousands of festival goers hold their traditional red scarf on the opening night of the Bayonne festival, Wednesday, July 23, 2014 in Bayonne, southwestern France. Bayonne, the cultural capital of the French Basque country, hosts the yearly Bayonne festival during five days with gastronomy, sport, culture, concerts, cow races, or processions. About one million people are expected to attend the festival, coming from all over France, Spain, and other European countries. (AP Photo/Bob Edme) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this photograph taken on July 22, 2014, Indian dentists display teeth removed after operating on seventeen year old Ashik Gavai at JJ Hospital in Mumbai. Surgeons in Mumbai have removed 232 teeth from the mouth of an Indian teenager in what they believe may be a world-record operation, the hospital said. Ashik Gavai, 17, sought medical help for a swelling on the right side of his lower jaw and the case was referred to the city's JJ Hospital, where they found he was suffering from a condition known as complex odontoma, head of dentistry Sunanda Dhivare-Palwankar told AFP. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:STRDEL via Getty Images)
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Palestinians hug near a destroyed mosque following an Israeli military strike in the Jabalia district in the northern Gaza Strip, on July 24, 2014. Hamas yesterday rejected a ceasefire to end 16 days of deadly fighting with Israel unless the blockade on the Gaza Strip is lifted, its chief Khaled Meshaal said in Doha. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI (credit:MARCO LONGARI via Getty Images)
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A general view shows the scene where TransAsia Airways flight GE222 crashed near the airport at Magong on the Penghu island chain on July 24, 2014. Taiwanese officials defended flight clearance given to a plane which crashed while trying to land during stormy weather, killing 48 people, as sobbing relatives gathered to identify their loved ones. AFP PHOTO / Sam Yeh (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAM YEH via Getty Images)
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Rescue workers survey the wreckage of TransAsia Airways Flight GE222 which crashed on the Taiwanese island of Penghu Thursday, July 24, 2014. The plane attempting to land in stormy weather crashed on the island late Wednesday, killing more than 40 people and wrecking houses and cars on the ground. (AP Photo) TAIWAN OUT (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Costumed characters walk in front of the convention center before waiting in line for credentials on preview night at the 2014 Comic-Con International Convention held Wednesday, July 23, 2014 in San Diego. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Invision/AP) (credit:Denis Poroy/Invision/AP)
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Star Wars fans pose for a photo during preview night at the 2014 Comic-Con International Convention held Wednesday, July 23, 2014 in San Diego. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Invision/AP) (credit:Denis Poroy/Invision/AP)
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A fan takes a selife with a Guardians of the Galaxy Rocket Racoon figurine during preview night at the 2014 Comic-Con International Convention held Wednesday, July 23, 2014 in San Diego. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Invision/AP) (credit:Denis Poroy/Invision/AP)
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April Del Rosario and Lester Del Rosario pose with their son during preview night at the 2014 Comic-Con International Convention held Wednesday, July 23, 2014 in San Diego. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Invision/AP) (credit:Denis Poroy/Invision/AP)
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Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, top, scores past Los Angeles Galaxy goalkeeper Jaime Penedo during the first half of a friendly soccer match at Rose Bowl on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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PASADENA, CA - JULY 23: Wayne Rooney #10 (C) of Manchester United celebrates with Ander Herrera #21 and Danny Welbeck #19 after making a penalty kick as Juninho #19 of the Los Angeles Galaxy reacts in the first half at the Rose Bowl on July 23, 2014 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images) (credit:Stephen Dunn via Getty Images)
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A Scottish Terrier wearing a vest with the team name of Malta is led around the arena ahead of the team during the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday July 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A Scottish Terrier wearing a vest with the team name of Scotland is led around the arena ahead of the team during the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday July 23, 2014. . (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II looks on as Sir Chris Hoy, left, and Prince Imran from Malaysia, the President of the Commonwealth Games Federation struggle to open the Queen's baton during the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday July 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Fireworks explode over the river Clyde as they mark the opening of the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday July 23. 2014. The competition runs till August 3, with 71 countries and 2 territories taking part. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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As the school holidays begin, St John Ambulance is today calling for millions of parents across the country not to wrap their children in cotton wool this summer but learn first aid instead. The nation’s leading first aid charity has launched a short spoof film, ‘Safety Suit’, to send up this ‘cotton wool culture’, and encourage parents to pick up potentially life saving skills online, so they can let their children play outside with peace of mind.
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An Australian athlete does a handstand as she arrives with her teammates during the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday July 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Prime Minister David Cameron meets workers at Ocean Kinetics, a maritime engineering company on July 23, 2014 in Lerwick, Sheltand Islands. It is the first time Shetland has seen a prime minister visit in 34 years, following the visit of Margaret Thatcher in 1980. (credit:WPA Pool via Getty Images)
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Huge cloud of mist cloaks the Isle of Man: What is it? Sea fog shrouds the island and is known as Manannan's Cloak...read story here
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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - JULY 23: A minor landslides is caused by Typhoon Manot in Neihu district as Typhoon Matmo passes the city on July 23, 2014 in Taipei, Taiwan. Typhoon Matmo landed in east Taiwan early today bringing with it heavy downpours and winds. (Photo by Ashley Pon/Getty Images) (credit:Ashley Pon via Getty Images)
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A banner depicting the names of Palestinians killed in Israel's ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip hangs on the landmark Pigeon Rock in Beirut's Rawshe seafront on July 23, 2014. All of Lebanon's main television channels broadcast simultaneously earlier this week a bulletin in support of Gazans in the face of an Israeli military offensive that has killed hundreds. The Gaza conflict shows no signs of abating, yet it has triggered a massive response on both traditional and social media. The banner reads ' Greetings from Beirut to Palestine. to the survivors in Gaza
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Rescue workers survey the wreckage of TransAsia Airways flight GE222 which crashed while attempting to land in stormy weather on the Taiwanese island of Penghu, late Wednesday, July 23, 2014. A transport minister said dozens of people were trapped and feared dead. (AP Photo/Wong Yao-wen) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A photo taken on July 23, 2014 shows the crash site of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, in a field near the village of Grabove, in the Donetsk region. The first bodies from flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands on July 23 almost a week after it was shot down over Ukraine, with grieving relatives and the king and queen solemnly receiving the as yet unidentified victims. AFP PHOTO/ BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BULENT KILIC via Getty Images)
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Pallbearers carry a coffin out of a military transport plane during a ceremony to mark the return of the first bodies of passengers and crew killed in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 from Ukraine at Eindhoven military air base, in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Six days after the Boeing 777 was shot down over the battlefields of eastern Ukraine, the first bodies finally arrived in the Netherlands, the country that bore the heaviest toll in the crash that killed all 298 passengers and crew. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Twin Snow Leopards cubs have been born at The Welsh Mountain Zoo. The cubs, born in April at the zoo in Conwy North Wales, have been named Tom and Jessie to mark both Welsh musical legend Tom Jones and Brit award winner Jessie J visiting the area later this week for a concert in Colwyn Bay.
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