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We bring you a presentation of some of the best photos from around the world in the month gone by
The Man is engulfed in flames during the Burning Man 2012 'Fertility 2.0' arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.
More than 60,000 people from all over the world have gathered at the sold out festival, which is celebrating its 26th year, to spend a week in the remote desert cut off from much of the outside world to experience art, music and the unique community that develops.
Photograph: Jim Urquhart/Reuters
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A Serbian 'Orao J-22' strike aircraft flies during the international air show in Belgrade.
Participants from 16 countries and the Serbian air force demonstrated their flying skills on Sunday to mark the 100th anniversary of military aviation in the Balkan country.
The airshow at the Batajnica airport marks the first flight of a sole Serb biplane aircraft from the southern airfield of Nis during the 1912 Balkan war against Turkish empire.
Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters
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Palestinian protesters are reflected in the helmet of an Israeli security officer during a demonstration denouncing a American film that mocks the Prophet Mohammed, near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City.
Photograph: Darren Whiteside/Reuters
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Luis, the dog belonging to a member of German air carrier Lufthansa cabin crew union 'UFO' wears a badge reading 'Strike' during a demonstration outside a Lufthansa office building at the Fraport airport in Frankfurt.
The union representing striking cabin crew at Lufthansa said it was open for talks at the weekend after renewing contact with the airline in a bitter row over pay and conditions that led to a 24-hour countrywide stoppage on Friday.
Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
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People are reflected in a Memorial Monument during events marking the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in Exchange Place in New Jersey.
Photograph: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
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An olive tree is planted on the podium with other cedar decorations, at the City Center Waterfront in Beirut.
Pope Benedict makes a religiously delicate and potentially dangerous trip to Lebanon this weekend to appeal for peace and reconciliation in the Middle East as civil war rages next door in Syria.
Photograph: Jamal Saidi/Reuters
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Alicia Keys performs 'Girl on Fire' during the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.
Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
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An artist with his face painted participates in a protest demanding the safety of artist Manish Harijan and his freedom of expression, near the Kathmandu District Administration Office in Kathmandu September.
According to the local media, the protest was organized by Nepalese artists because of the death threat received by Harijan for creating and exhibiting paintings depicting Hindu gods blended into images of western superheroes like Ghost Rider and Superman.
The Siddhartha Art Gallery, where the paintings are currently being exhibited at, has been sealed by the DAO.
Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
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Rabbis enter the synagogue for their ordination ceremony at the Roonstrasse Synagogue in Cologne September.
The four rabbis who recently completed their studies at the Rabbinerseminar zu Berlin were ordained on Thursday and will serve the German Jewish community.
The Rabbinerseminar zu Berlin, also known as Hildesheimer's Rabbinical Seminary, is continuing to contribute to the revival of Jewish life in Germany through the training of young rabbis.
Photograph: Ina Fassbender/Reuters
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Demonstrators form a human pyramid in the waters of the Bay of Bengal as they shout slogans during a protest near the Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu.
Demonstrators are protesting against the country's largest nuclear power project, over fears about the plant's safety.
Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
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A man leads his horses away as firefighters try to extinguish a fire in a rural area of Brasilia. Drought, high temperatures and low humidity have caused fires to start at several places in Brasilia, according to officials.
Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters
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Mariachi boys hang around Liberacion Square in Guadalajara September.
Mariachis, traditional Mexican musicians whose music originated in the 19th century in the state of Jalisco, play music for paying customers in public places, bars and restaurants, or at weddings and parties.
Photograph: Alejandro Acosta/Reuters
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A vendor selling pork sleeps while still holding onto her knife at a market in Beijing September.
Photograph: David Gray/Reuters
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A Greek presidential guard marches past the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier in front of the parliament as the sun sets in Athens. Names of places where Greeks fought historical battles are written on the wall.
Photograph:Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
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A Tibetan exile shouts slogans while taking part in a peace march to mark the 52nd anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day, in Chandigarh.
Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters
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Audience members watch a model during the J Mendel Spring/Summer 2013 show at New York Fashion Week.
Photograph: Andrew Burton/Reuters
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Members of Britain's royal family (front left to right) Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles cheer as competitors participate in a sack race at the Braemar Gathering in Braemar, Scotland.
Photograph: Russell Cheyne/Reuters
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A tourist poses with parrots in Croatia's UNESCO protected medieval town of Dubrovnik.
From July, tourists and truckers will have to cross the external borders of the EU to go from one part of Croatia to another, negotiating long, costly queues and strict customs checks twice within the space of 20 km.
Croatia is hoping the EU will pay for a bridge, bypassing Neum and unifying the country.
Photograph: Marko Djurica /Reuters
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A girl waits for her food after ordering it along the streets of Kathmandu.
Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
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Dressed as a princess, Jennifer Knoepfel stands in the pits waiting for the next race during the Saturday night stock car races at Agassiz Speedway in Agassiz, British Columbia.
Jennifer wore the long gown and tiara as part of her duties presenting the trophies to the winners of the night's competition.
Photograph: Andy Clark/Reuters
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An abandoned pet tortoise walks on the debris of a damaged house in the neighbourhood of old Homs. Syria.
Photograph: Yazen Homsy/Reuters
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Palestinian youths practice their parkour skills in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Some youths, aged between 12 and 23 years old, in Gaza are training in parkour which was developed in France.
Parkour is a physical discipline of movement focused on overcoming obstacles. Training is held in cemeteries, and in former Israeli settlements.
Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters
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A dog takes cover from heavy rain outside a wooden house in San Jose Pinula, on the outskirts of Guatemala City. According to local media, the heavy rains have caused many power blackouts in Guatemala City and nearby places.
Photograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters
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A man runs across a hill in front of the Sydney city skyline under a smoke tinted sky at daybreak. Strong winds and above average temperatures on Wednesday have resulted in total fire bans and severe fire warnings declared across much of Australia's south east.
The smoke over Sydney is the result of hazard reduction burns in the area.
Photograph: Tim Wimborne/Reuters
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A protester reacts as the US consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protest by an armed group said to have been protesting a film being produced in the United States.
An American staff member of the US consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi has died following fierce clashes at the compound.
Armed gunmen attacked the compound, clashing with Libyan security forces before the latter withdrew as they came under heavy fire.
Photograph: Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters
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A man in costume takes a drink during the annual West Indian Day parade in Brooklyn, New York. The parade celebrates Caribbean culture, though it has been marred by violence in past years, causing a greater police presence this year.
Photograph: Andrew Burton/Reuters
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Students walk in line towards a dining hall for lunch at a primary school for children of migrant workers in Aksu, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.
Photograph: Reuters
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Marianne Theodorsen, Alexander Norheim and Elen Kristvik take a break from the Moods of Norway Party in SoHo during 'Fashion's Night Out' in New York.
Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters
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