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REWIND: Top moments from the last 48 hours
Here's a collection of some of the best photos from around the world shot in the last 48 hours
Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge plants a ceramic poppy watched Prince William and Richard Dannatt (R) at the Tower of London's "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" poppy installation to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War One (WW1), in London August 5, 2014.
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A man holds a picture as he stands among debris of collapsed buildings after an earthquake hit Longtoushan township of Ludian county, Yunnan province August 4.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southwestern China on Sunday, killing at least 398 people in a remote area of Yunnan province, and causing thousands of buildings, including a school, to collapse.
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Rescue workers try to help a driver out of his car, after the vehicle was stuck over an alley in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, August 4, 2014. The car rolled off the edge of a road after the driver was late to brake, according to local media. Picture taken August 4, 2014.
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Palestinians ride a donkey cart past destroyed and badly damaged residential buildings as they return to Beit Lahiya town, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes during the Israeli offensive, in the northern Gaza Strip August 5, 2014.
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A boy sits on his father's shoulders as they cool down in the hot weather at a fountain in Tokyo August 5, 2014.
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Light is beamed into the sky from Trafalgar Square to mark the100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War One, in London August 4, 2014.
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Armed pro-Russian separatists guard a checkpoint in the settlement of Yasynuvata outside Donetsk, August 5, 2014.
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Cast member Megan Fox poses with fans at the premiere of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" in Los Angeles, California. The movie opens in the US on August 8.
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A man wades through flood waters with his cat on a cooking pot in Hermosa, Bataan, northwest of Manila August 5, 2014. Typhoon Halong, locally named "Jose," has intensified monsoon rains resulting in flooding in several parts of northern Philippines, local media reports said.
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A relative reacts at a badly damaged house, which witnesses said was hit by an Israeli air strike that killed three Palestinians from the Wahdan family, as bloodstains are seen on a damaged wall in Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip August 4, 2014.
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Gammy, a baby born with Down's Syndrome, is held by his surrogate mother Pattaramon Janbua (not seen) at a hospital in Chonburi province August 4, 2014.
According to Pattaramon, his Australian parents, through a local surrogate agency, asked her at her 7th month of pregnancy to terminate it because of his Down's Syndrome but she refused and kept the baby.
The Australian parents instead took with them Gammy's twin sister who was born healthy. More than 3 million Thai baht ($93,360) was raised through an online campaign in Thailand in less than a day for the medical treatment of Gammy who suffers from potentially life threatening heart conditions and a serious lung infection, local media reported.
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An injured man looks up as he walks next to debris after an earthquake hit Ludian county, Yunnan province August 4, 2014. A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck southwestern China on Sunday, killing at least 398 people in a remote area of Yunnan province, and causing thousands of buildings, including a school, to collapse, Xinhua News Agency reported.
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Opera singers Francesco Meli (top), who plays the part of Manrico, and Anna Netrebko, who plays the part of Leonora, perform during a dress rehearsal of Giuseppe Verdi's "Il trovatore" (The Troubadour) in Salzburg August 4, 2014. The opera will premiere as part of the annual Salzburg Festival (Salzburger Festspiele) on August 9.
The Salzburg Festival, one of the biggest cultural festivals worldwide, takes place from July 27 to August 31, 2014. More than 270 performances in the genres of opera, drama and concert are scheduled at 16 performance venues in Salzburg during the festival.