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A lighter look

Lighter look gallery: A panda cub
He comes in peace: a panda cub at the China Conservation and Research Centre for the Giant Panda at the Wolong nature reserve in Sichuan, China Photograph: Katherine Feng/Minden/Solent
Lighter look gallery: A Burmese woman meditates
A Burmese woman meditates under a bell at Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon, which is fine as long as no one rings it Photograph: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
Lighter look gallery: A ball boy cools off
Oh I say, a tennis fan. A ball boy cools off in Melbourne on another boiling hot day at the Australian Open tennis tournament Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA
Lighter look gallery: A man jumps between trains
We knew things were bad on the 8.15 from Tunbridge Wells but … a man jumps between trains at Tongi railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA
Lighter look gallery: Acrobats of the Hungarian Golden Power troupe
Are these two spending too much time at their desk? Acrobats of the Hungarian Golden Power team perform on the circus floor of the Grand Circus of Budapest Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images
Lighter look gallery: No Pants Day 2013
Can't think why they chose that station. People take part in a No Trousers Day 2013 flashmob on the London Underground Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA
Lighter look gallery: Justin Bieber In Concert
Here comes another tweet. It's Justin Bieber performing at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Alabama Photograph: Taylor Hill/FilmMagic
Lighter look gallery: A dog in a sweater
A dog called Gaucho 'models' his new sweater on a walk in a snowy park in Lucerne, Switzerland. If he was a human his rights might have just been abused Photograph: Sigi Tischler/EPA
Lighter look gallery: Ken Clarke arrives for a cabinet meeting
Kind of blue. Jazz fan and minister without portfolio Ken Clarke arrives for a cabinet meeting at No 10 Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters
Lighter look gallery: Shinto believers pray in a ice-pool
No shrinkage! Shinto believers pray in an ice-pool to purify their bodies and souls as they display their endurance skills during a new year's purification ceremony at Teppozu Irani shrine in Tokyo Photograph: Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images
Lighter look gallery: Walter Van Beirendonck show, Paris
Doing lip service for Walter Van Beirendonck's show during the Paris menswear autumn/winter fashion week in France Photograph: Bukajlo Frederic/SIPA/Rex Features
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