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REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

We bring you a presentation of the best photos in the last 48 hours from around the world.

An Afghan man is detained by US Marines from the First Battalion, Eighth Marines Bravo Company at their base in Talibjan after a battle against Taliban insurgents in Musa Qala district in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province.

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The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

A boy goes to help a donkey standing on its hind legs as its owner unloads garbage from its cart at a junk yard in Lahore

The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

French climber Alain Robert, also known as 'Spiderman', scales the 165-metre (541-feet) high Singapore Flyer observation wheel in Singapore

The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

A boy holds his dog in Santa Izabel do Rio Negro, in Amazonas state, northern Brazil

The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

A rag-and-bone man sleeps at an old residence community in central Beijing

The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

Students from Tagou Wushu School in Henan province attend a daily training session at the venue where the opening ceremony of the Asian Games will be held, in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China

The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

A visitor takes a photograph in front of a wall painted with flowers in the Pavilion of Dreams at the Taipei International Flora Exposition in Taipei

The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

Chicago Bears wide receiver Devin Hester (23) is tackled by Buffalo Bills cornerback Drayton Florence during the first half of their NFL game in Toronto

The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

An illuminated cross representing anti-nuclear protest is seen from the top of a tent where anti-nuclear activists are holding a plenum to discuss their activities in Metzingen, near Dannenberg, Germany

The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

Lei Sheng of China celebrates defeating Yuki Ota of Japan in the semi-finals of the foil competition at the 2010 World Fencing Championships at the Grand Palais in Paris

The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

Soccer great Diego Maradona teaches children soccer skills during the half-time break of a charity match between an Argentine team and a local team in Dongguan, Guangdong province, China

The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin listens to instructions from Renault Formula One team members before test driving the car at a racing track in Leningrad Region

The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

A man from Bare tribe swims with his children on Negro River at the Cartucho community in Santa Isabel do Rio Negro, in Amazonas state, northern Brazil. The 'Expedicionarios da Saude' (Brazilian Health Expeditions) organization is currently on a medical expedition to the area with volunteer doctors that twice a year build a mobile hospital to provide clinical and surgical treatment for indigenous tribes and residents from different parts of the Amazonian Rainforest

The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

Nana Ahmed (Centre) reacts as she takes part in a protest outside the Moroccan embassy in Madrid. Clashes between security forces and protesters in Western Sahara killed several people on Monday after Moroccan authorities stormed the site of the disputed territory's biggest anti-government protest in decades

The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (Centre) drinks tea with entrepreneurs at a converted temple during a trade mission in Beijing. Cameron said he was aiming to double bilateral trade with China to more than $100 billion (62 billion pounds) a year by 2015

The best PHOTOS in the last 48 hours

A policewoman uses a blanket to try to cover activists from People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) as they protest outside a G20 Summit venue in Seoul. Holding signs 'Save the Planet, Go Vegetarian', activists from PETA staged a brief protest against what they say are hazards of meat production before police stopped and detained them outside a G20 Summit venue in Seoul