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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World

24 hours in pictures: January 7 2008

Srinagar, India
Srinagar, India: Kashmiri Muslim women at a shrine raise their hands for prayers as the head priest (not seen) displays the relic of Prophet Muhammad to mark the anniversary of the death of Hazrat Umar Farooq, the second Khalifah (Caliph) of Islam Photograph: Altaf Qadri/EPA
Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico: People wait to be served a slice of an oversized version of bread called known as Rosca de Reyes - Three Kings Bread - which is traditionally eaten on Three Kings Day and made by Mexico's National Bread Makers' Group Photograph: Marco Ugarte/AP
Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong, China: Visitors to the Hong Kong toy fair look at items displayed at one of hundreds of stands Photograph: Mike Clarke/AFP
Coraki, Australia
Coraki, Australia: Floodwaters engulf homes in northern New South Wales. Thousands of people were stranded by flooding after torrential rains hit the country's east coast Photograph: Dave Hunt/AFP
Kachibora , Kenya
Kachibora , Kenya: Displaced Kenyans are pictured in a makeshift camp housing people who had fled nearby villages. Earlier in the morning, attackers had poured into the camp, killing a woman and her baby, but aid agencies later arrived to hand out emergency rations. Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP
Jakubany, Slovakia
Jakubany, Slovakia: Worshippers in the Orthodox Slovak Greek Catholic church collect blessed water from the Jakubianka river during the traditional Great Blessing of Water on the Three Kings Day feast Photograph: Maria Zarnayova/isifa/Getty
Las Vegas, US
Las Vegas, US: The Atlantic EGO Icebar 2, a waterproof sound case for the iPod Nano, is shown floating in water during a press event for the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show Photograph: Ethan Miller/Getty
Tbilisi, Georgia
Tbilisi, Georgia: Georgians walk to the Orthodox Christmas service at the Trinity Cathedral complex Photograph: Sergey Ponomarev/AP
Nashua, US
Nashua, US: The New York senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton speaks to reporters after a campaign rally in New Hampshire Photograph: Stefan Zaklin/EPA
Bogota, Colombia
Bogota, Colombia: People lie on beds during the last day of the Week of Laziness exhibition at a city museum. Visitors could lie on sofas and beds to look at art during the event Photograph: Christian Escobar Mora/AP
Kisufim, Israel
Kisufim, Israel: Israeli soldiers guard Palestinians detained during an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip's Bureij refugee camp as they arrive at a military base Photograph: David Buimovitch/AFP
Oberhof, Germany
Oberhof, Germany: Biathletes start the women 12.5km mass start Biathlon World Cup race Photograph: Jens Meyer/AP
London, UK
London, UK: A Christie's employee in front of the Francis Bacon painting Triptych 1974-77. Its auction sale is expected to break the current record for a British artist Photograph: Andrew Parsons/PA
Eldoret, Kenya
Eldoret, Kenya: The body of a man killed during violence after the country's disputed elections is pictured in a mortuary Photograph: Jose Cendon/AFP
Carter Bar, UK
Carter Bar, UK: A view of snow-covered hills on the border between Scotland and England Photograph: Scott Heppell/AP
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