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Never one to disappoint, designer Karl Lagerfeld presents his gorgeous designs for French fashion house Chanel as part of his haute couture autumn-winter 2012/2013 fashion show in Paris Photograph: Benoit Tessier/Reuters

Torchbearer Pennelope Allman passes the Olympic flame to Gary Lineker on the torch relay leg through Leicester. There's no place for walkers though; he'll have to break into a run! Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

People have fun with a 3D painting during the Chinese 2012 Magic Art special exhibition in Hangzhou Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

A model presents a spectacular creation by designer Kristy Griffith at the hair and nails competition in the Walking on Sunshine fashion show in Isika, Guyana Photograph: Andrea De Silva/Reuters

A beautiful new picture of the Flame Nebula on the eastern hip of Orion has been taken by Nasa's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise Photograph: NASA/Handout

A worker tries to restore power to a neighbourhood of Falls Church, Virginia. Over a million people in the Washington area lost power after a violent storm tore across the region last Friday. Hundreds of thousands are still without power Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

In Colorado, smoke from the Waldo Canyon fire blankets a hill in the background as a deer passes through a recently evacuated neighbourhood Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters

Residents have begun to return to charred areas of Colorado Springs after the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history forced tens of thousands of people from their homes and left the landscape a blackened wasteland. Firefighters are finally bringing the fire under control but full containment is expected to take two weeks Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters

Students paddle to school in weather best suited to ducks after a heavy downpour in Quezon City in the Philippines. Heavy rain has flooded some roads, causing classes to be suspended in parts of the country Photograph: Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters

There's only one story from Wimbledon so far today and it's that rain has stopped play Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images

Great Britain's Andy Murray takes a rain check during his match against Croatia's Marin Cilic on day eight of Wimbledon Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA

Is the French president about to break into a version of Bring Me Sunshine during a military ceremony at the Hotel des Invalides? Photograph: Eric Feferberg/AP

The Duchess of Cornwall seems a little taken aback by an overly familiar duck during a visit to the new veterinary surgery on the Scilly Isles Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

This picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency shows President Bashar al-Assad during an interview with the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet in Damascus. The embattled leader said he regretted that his country's defence forces shot down a Turkish fighter jet last month, but insisted the plane was in Syrian airspace Photograph: -/AFP/Getty Images

An exhausted firefighter wipes sweat from his face while while helping to battle the Waldo Canyon fire near Colorado Springs Photograph: Jeremy Lock/AFP/Getty Images

In this photo released by the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard punch the air after launching a missile from an undisclosed location in Iran. The Revolutionary Guards test-fired several ballistic missiles, including a long-range variety capable of hitting US bases in the region as well as Israel, Iranian media reported Photograph: Mostafa Qotbi/AP

Against the elaborate backdrop of St Paul's Cathedral, members of the English National Ballet perform a dress rehearsal for a production that will form part of the City of London festival's 50th anniversary celebrations Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images

The peloton blazes a colourful trail during the third stage of the Tour de France 2012 between Orchies and Boulogne-sur-mer Photograph: Nicolas Bouvy/EPA

It's a weary wait in long lines for hours to register with UNHCR at the Yida refugee camp in South Sudan along the border with North Sudan. The refugee camp is struggling to cope with its population which is growing each day and now has swollen to well over 60,000, as people flee violence in North Sudan Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images