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Page last updated at 18:45 GMT, Thursday, 14 May 2009 19:45 UK

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Day in pictures

A boy at a makeshift camp in Swabi, north-west Pakistan.

A boy waits for food at a makeshift camp in Swabi for people displaced by fighting between Taleban militants and the military in the north west of Pakistan.

A green peacock displays its feathers in Dubai zoo, the oldest zoo in the Arabian peninsula and home to nearly 200 species of mammals, birds, reptiles and fish.

A French Caracal helicopter takes off east of Kabul

A French Caracal helicopter takes off from Camp Tora east of the Afghan capital, Kabul.

Buddhist monks protest on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal

Exiled Tibetan monks take part in a protest against China at a Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal.

A heavy sandstorm did not stop some residents of Kuwait City from visiting the waterfront.

Svetlana Loboda performs at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia.

Ukraine's Svetlana Loboda performs during a rehearsal for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia.

Soldiers in camouflage march in Asuncion, Paraguay

Soldiers from Paraguay's army special forces march during an Independence Day parade in the capital, Asuncion.

Pope Benedict prays in the grotto of the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth, believed to be the site where angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and announced that she would give birth to Jesus Christ.

A man dressed as a devil runs with cyclists of the Giro d'Italia

German cycling fan Didi Senft - also known as El Diablo - runs with the pack during the sixth stage of the Giro of Italy in Austria.

Workers check through the produce at a fish market in Jakarta, Indonesia, where President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said pollution and damage of the world's oceans is "a life and death issue" for humanity.

Fans of FC Barcelona celebrate in Catalunya Square, Barcelona

Fans of FC Barcelona take to the city's Catalunya Square to celebrate their team's victory over Athletic de Bilbao in the Spanish King's Cup.

A Moon bear gets to know its new semi-natural enclosure at a rescue centre in the northern Vietnamese province of Vinh Phuc.

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