New Delhi, India: Tribal people and forest dwellers form a human chain in protest against what they claim are efforts by elements of the government and private sector to wrest control of their landPhotograph: Saurabh Das/APSpace: A map of the world released by Nasa shows the relative greenness of the Earth's surfacePhotograph: MODIS/NASA/APGlasgow, UK: A close up view of Stuart Haygarth's spectacle chandelier at the Lighthouse, Scotland's national architectural design centre. The 7ft chandelier is made of over 1000 pairs of glasses, and is one of a range of products the designer has made out of recycled productsPhotograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty
Sydney, Australia: Competitors take part in the International Surf Challenge at Bondi BeachPhotograph: Ezra Shaw/GettyNew York, USA: French artist Otro operates a computer that changes the stage backgrounds at the Blip festival at Eyebeam. The festival is a four-day international event focusing on musicians and artists who use low-bit videogame and computer hardware as their creative toolsPhotograph: Craig Ruttle/APBeijing, China: A woman and her child stand on a Hutong, a traditional lane conservationists claim are disappearing fastPhotograph: China Photos/GettyShanghai, China: Model Mo Wan Dan poses for a page of the 2008 issue of the Pirelli calendarPhotograph: Patrick Demarchelier/EPANew York, USA: A crowd listen to the Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama at a campaign fundraising eventPhotograph: JUSTIN LANE/EPARutshuru, DRC: Congolese villagers flee in fear of renewed fighting between government troops and rebels loyal to the dissident general Laurent NkundaPhotograph: Lionel Healing/AFPNew York, USA: DMC (l), a founding member of the hip-hop group Run-DMC, performs with Snoop Dogg at the Jam awards - held in memory of Run-DMC member Jam Master Jay, who was killed in a recording studio shooting in 2002Photograph: Andy Kropa/APCaracas, Venezuela: Brothers and sisters of the drug dealer 'El Patan' watch television in Las Mayas neighbourhood. Oil-rich Venezuela remains a land plagued by crime and a stark gap between the rich and poorPhotograph: Rodrigo Abd/APBogi, Bangladesh: Victims of cyclone Sidr clutch aid coupons as they wait for relief supplies to be unloadedPhotograph: MEHDI FEDOUACH/AFPSun City, South Africa: Luke Donald of England and his caddy approach a pair monkeys at the 3rd hole during the first round of the Nedbank golf tournament on the Gary Player coursePhotograph: Ross Kinnaird/GettyBaghdad, Iraq: Local residents fill a pan with drinking water from a burst water pipe on the outskirts of Sadr cityPhotograph: WISSAM AL-OKAILI/AFPSeoul, South Korea: A vendor looks at posters of presidential candidates on the wallPhotograph: Jung Yeon-Je/AFPNew York, USA: This Norman Rockwell painting entitled Extra Good Boys and Girls was sold to an anonymous buyer for $2.17m during an auction at Christie'sPhotograph: HO/AP
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