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REWIND: Best PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Presenting some of the best photographs from around the globe in the last 24 hours

Performing artist Lady Gaga poses at the offices of Metro International in London, May 16. Flamboyant pop star Lady Gaga ditched the music and switched to the media on Monday with a stint as a guest editor at the London headquarters of the global free newspaper network Metro

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REWIND: Best PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn appears in Manhattan Criminal Court during his arraignment in New York on May 16. Strauss-Kahn made his first appearance in court Monday since being accused of trying to rape a hotel maid in a case that sent shockwaves through French politics and left the IMF in turmoil

REWIND: Best PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

The space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 16. Endeavour carried six astronauts into orbit on its 25th and final flight on Monday, taking the $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer particle detector, supplies and spare parts to the International Space Station

REWIND: Best PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Spectators react as the space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 16

REWIND: Best PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

A civilian volunteer of the rebel army clears an obstacle course during training in Benghazi, Libya

REWIND: Best PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Kwykyti Kayapo, 63, wears sunglasses days after his cataract surgery during a medical expedition by the 'Expedicionarios da Saude' (Brazilian Health Expeditions) in the Kikretum community in Sao Felix, northern Brazil. The 'Expedicionarios da Saude' is currently on a medical expedition to the area. Twice a year, volunteer doctors would build a mobile hospital to provide clinical and surgical treatments for indigenous tribes and residents from different parts of the Amazonian Rainforest

REWIND: Best PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

A Palestinian boy looks at an Israeli border police officer pointing his weapon during brief clashes between Palestinians stone throwers and Israeli security forces at Qalandiya checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Ramallah

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A Palestinian uses a home-made weapon during clashes with Israeli security forces at a protest in the mostly Arab neighbourhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem

REWIND: Best PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Ivan Stoiljkovic poses for pictures with cutlery stuck to his chest in front of his home in Koprivnica, some 100 kilometres north of Croatian capital Zagreb. Ivan, 6, has an extraordinary talent: the ability to attract metallic objects -- from spoons to heavy frying pans -- to his body.

He is said to be able to carry up to 25 kg of metal stuck to his torso.

Ivan's family also claims that his hands can emit heat and his mysterious ability has also given him healing powers.

Medical checkups so far have reaped inconclusive results.

REWIND: Best PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

An environment supporter tries to avoid water jet released by riot police vehicle during a rally against a hydro-power dam project, which will be built at the southern Chilean patagonia, in Valparaiso city, about 121 km northwest of Santiago.

Chilean environmental regulators gave the green light to the divisive $3.5 billion HidroAysen hydro-power dam project that promises to help ease energy squeezes, but opponents say it will ruin the pristine Patagonian valleys. Behind the supporter is a poster of former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet