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24 hours in pictures

24 hours in pictures: Typhoon Muifa approaches mainland China
Shanghai, China: People walk along the Bund after heavy rainfall caused by Typhoon Muifa Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters
24 hours in pictures: the response prayer rally
Houston, USA: Worshippers pray at "the Response", a seven-hour rally organised by Texas governor Rick Perry as part of a day of Christian prayer and fasting on Saturday to ask God to fix America's woes. Perry is expected to enter the Republican race for the 2012 White House Photograph: Veronica Zaragovia/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours in pictures: Two men sleep on the street having passed out after drinking heavily
Kolkata, India: Two men sleep on the street after drinking heavily, oblivious to the rain Photograph: Bikas Das/AP
24 hours in pictures: A Pro-Gadaffi fighter is captured by rebel forces in Bir Ghanam, Libya
Bir Ghanam, Libya: A Pro-Gaddafi fighter is captured by rebel forces Photograph: Florent Marcie/AFP/Getty Images
24 hours in pictures: Chimneys belonging to a coal fired powerstation
Grosskrotzenburg, Germany: Chimneys on an Eon coal-fired power station. The energy company announced it plans to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
24 hours in pictures: Ekka show 2011
Brisbane, Australia: A cattleman offers a jug of beer to his prized Braford bull at the Ekka, the largest exhibition of beef stud cattle in the southern hemisphere, held at the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland's showgrounds in Brisbane Photograph: Patrick Hamilton/EPA
24 hours in pictures: Heavy metal fans head bang at the Woodstock Festival
Kostrzyn, Poland: Heavy metal fans enjoy the music at the Woodstock festival Photograph: Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters
24 hours in pictures: Italian street theatre festival in Brazil
São Paulo, Brazil: Members of Italian theatre company Tascabile di Bergamo prepare to dance a waltz on stilts during the Italian street theatre festival on the Pateo do Collegio Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters
24 hours in pictures: Juhu beach contaminated by oil
Mumbai, India: People run on Juhu beach, which is tainted by oil leaking from a merchant ship that sank off the coast of the Arabian Sea three days ago Photograph: Rajanish Kakade/AP
24 hours in pictures: Villagers perform during a folk festival in Shatili
Shatili, Georgia: Villagers perform during a folk festival Photograph: David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters
24 hours in pictures: tel aviv  tent city protest
Tel Aviv, Israel: Police confront some of the thousands of demonstrators marching to protest against the rising cost of living Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
24 hours in pictures: A dog watches a passer-by in squatter camp in Quezon City
Quezon City, Philippines: A dog looks up to a passerby in a squatter camp. An estimated 290,000 dogs are slaughtered for their meat annually in the country Photograph: Rolex Dela Pena/EPA
24 hours in pictures: Visitors are shown around the ancient amphiteatre in Pompeii at night
Pompeii, Italy: Visitors are shown around the ancient amphitheatre at night Photograph: Mario Laporta/AFP/Getty Images
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