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Must-see PHOTOS from the past 48 hours

Last updated on: August 17, 2012 08:44 IST

A compilation of some of the best pictures shot by ace lensmen.

A firefighting tanker plane drops fire retardant on homes threatened by the Taylor Creek Fire outside Cle Elum, Washington.

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Must-see PHOTOS from the past 48 hours

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Gchan Choudhary, 17, helps his younger brother Drumpal, 11, to stand on wooden stilts while performing tricks on the street of Kathmandu.

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Must-see PHOTOS from the past 48 hours

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A man in front of houses destroyed during a recent Syrian Air Force air strike in Azaz, north of Aleppo.

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Men burn incense during a procession of the Statue of the Virgen de la Asuncion (Virgin of the Assumption) in the streets of downtown Guatemala City.

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An Italian Carabinieri police falls down during their parade prior to a training session of the Palio race in Siena's main square.

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Schoolchildren take part in the Independence Day celebrations in front of the historic Red Fort.

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Dervishes perform and pray to God on Laylat al-Qadr during the Muslim holy month of Ramzan at Naqshbandiyya tekke "Mesudija" in Kacuni.

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Striking miners chant slogans outside a South African mine in Rustenburg, northwest of Johannesburg.

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A horse, a boxer dog and a podenco dog (Andalusian hound) (L-R) are silhouetted in Marinaleda, Spain.

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A man gestures in front of houses destroyed during a recent Syrian Air Force air strike in Azaz.

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A member of the Russian female punk group Pussy Riot, who is still at large, drinks coffee after an interview with Reuters journalists in Moscow.

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Children play in a mud bank while watching a festival inaugurating the Amazon River as one of the seven natural wonders of the world at the mouth of Itaya River in Iquitos.

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Houses in Valle Gran Rey are surrounded by burned areas after a wild fire devastated the area on the Spanish Canary Island of La Gomera.

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A boy covered in an Israeli flag lifts a curtain during a welcoming ceremony for Jewish immigrants from North America upon their arrival to Israel, at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv.

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Ethnic Catalan protesters, also known as "Indignados", shout slogans during a protest against austerity measures in Boqueria market on Las Ramblas, Barcelona.

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Researchers examine the internal anatomy of the largest Burmese python found to date in Florida at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, Florida in this handout picture.

The 17-foot-7-inch snake, captured in Everglades National Park in April, weighed 164 pounds and carried 87 eggs in its oviducts, according to researchers.

 

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