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| Ramadan in Turkey, a NASA rocket, a Royal fan and a Nicaraguan protester are all in Saturday's Pictures of the Day |
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The La Moneda presidential palace is
lit in the colours of the rainbow flag, to mark the International Day
against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia in Santiago, Chile
MARCELO SEGURA/AFP/Getty Images
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Xiaburihai, a seven year old boy
practises Kung Fu at home in Liangshan Prefecture, China. He is very
keen on martial arts and idolises martial arts star Bruce Lee.
Costfoto / Barcroft Images
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Clouds of parched earth kicked up by
sheep silhouette a shepherd as he rounds up his flock at sunset near
Bitlis, a city in eastern Turkey
Solent
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Emboldened by the recent spell of warm
spring sunshine, a group of university students dives into the water off
the wooden pier at Aberystwyth, on the west coast of Wales
Keith Morris / Alamy Live News
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| George 'Johnny" Johnson, Britain's last surviving Dambuster, has flown in a Lancaster bomber again to mark the raid's 75th anniversary. Mr Johnson, 96, flew over Derwent Valley in Derbyshire, just as he did while training for the 617 Squadron in 1943, He called the trip 'wonderful'. |
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Prince Harry greets well-wishers
outside Windsor Castle on the eve of his wedding to Meghan Markle who
says she is feeling "wonderful"
John Nguyen/JNVisuals for The Telegraph
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| Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's president, arrives at a campaign rally as confetti falls in Caracas, Venezuela Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg |
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| An HVO geologist stands next to cracks that have expanded significantly on Nohea Street in Leilani Estates, Hawaii. Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted from its summit early on Thursday, shooting a huge plume of ash miles into the sky and prompting authorities to urge area residents to take cover. |
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Lava erupts following eruptions at the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island
Mario Tama/Getty Images
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| Participants in swan costumes parade during the Sanja Festival in Tokyo, Japan. Sanja Festival is one of Japan's major festivals and is held annually in the Asakusa area of Tokyo. The three day event starts with a grand parade with people in traditional costumes performing dances before around a hundred mikoshi (portable shrines) from the local communities are carried to and from Asakusa Temple. Carl Court/Getty Images |
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Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims pray by
candlelight during a ceremony at the Fasilides baths as part of the
Timkat festival in Gondar. Timkat is the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian
festival which celebrates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan river.
During Timkat, Tabots or models of the Ark of the Covenant are taken
from churches and paraded through the streets.
CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images
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Russian President Vladimir Putin,
right, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel shake hands after news
conference at Putin's residence in the Russian Black Sea resort of
Sochi, Russia. The meeting in Sochi is Merkel's first visit to Russia in
a year and comes amid tense relations between Berlin and Moscow.
Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
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A youngster takes part in a protest of
the "Madres de Abril" (Mothers of April) movement in demand of justice
for their sons, killed during the recent protests against the
government, at the Ruben Dario roundabout in Managua, Nicaragua
INTI OCON/AFP/Getty Images
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| A woman walks past sculptures by Chinese artist Yue Minjun outside an art museum in Beijing, China |
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Vanessa Paradis poses during the
photocall for the film 'Knife+Heart (Un Couteau Dans le Coeur)' at the
71st Cannes Film Festival in France
Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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Royal fans awake and pack away tents at first light having spent the night outside of Windsor Castle, the location for the forthcoming wedding of Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle
Toby Melville/Reuters
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A royal fan sits covered in her sleeping bag having spent the night on the pavement outside of Windsor Castle
Toby Melville/Reuters
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Royal fan Joseph Afrane, bedecked in Union flag colours, poses along the Long Walk in Windsor
TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty Images
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Members of Lisboa forcados group perform during a bullfight at Campo Pequeno bullring in Lisbon, Portugal
RAFAEL MARCHANTE/REUTERS
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Jesus Angulo (R) of Santos Laguna and Fernando Uribe of Toluca in action in the TSM Corona stadium, Torreon, Mexico
DANIEL BECERRIL/REUTERS
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Students read the Quran during the holy
fasting month of Ramadan at Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Islamic Boarding
School in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia,
Binsar Bakkara/AP
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Filipino Muslims pray during the second day of Ramadan outside a mosque in Baseco, Tondo city, metro Manila, Philippines
ROMEO RANOCO/REUTERS
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An Israeli boder guard keeps watch as
Palestinians make their way through a checkpoint to attend the first
Friday prayer of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jerusalem's
Al-Aqsa mosque, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank
ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images
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Muslim devotees read the Koran to keep
recitation and response ("mukabele") tradition, (which is carried on
after Dawn Midday Prayers), alive at Somuncu Baba Mosque in Darende
district, Malatya, Turkey
Ayhan Iscen/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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A night view of a 476 foot ( 145m) high
spokeless ferris wheel in Weifang in China's eastern Shandong province.
The ferris wheel is made up of 36 pods that can carry 10 passengers
each
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An man walks along a flooded street during a heavy downpour in Agatala, the capital of northeastern Indian state of Tripura
ARINDAM DEY/AFP/Getty Images
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Vojtech Rudicky of Marienbad warms up
during Sydney FIBA 3x3 World Challenger event hosted by the NBL held at
the Overseas Passenger Terminal, Circular Quay in Sydney, Australia
Jason McCawley/Getty Images
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A resident carries a dead fish taken
out from the Beas river. Hundreds of fish were found dead in the Beas
river in the Amritsar district of India
NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images
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An Orbital ATK rocket is seen as it is
rolled out to launch Pad-0A at Wallops Flight Facility in advance of a
Sunday launch, Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via AP
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Dancers and performers rehearse Frôlons, a public space performance at the Garnier Opera in Paris, France
GERARD JULIEN/AFP/Getty Images
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Supporters of Colombian presidential
candidate Gustavo Petro, from Colombia Humana party, take part in a
campaign rally in Bogota. Colombia will hold presidential elections on
May 27.
RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP/Getty Images
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Pilgrims cross the Quema river on their
way to the village of El Rocio. El Rocio pilgrimage, the largest in
Spain, gathers hundreds of thousands of devotees of the Virgin of El
Rocio in traditional outfits converging in a burst of colour as they
make their way on horseback and onboard decorated carriages across the
Andalusian countryside
CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP/Getty Images
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