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She may have a really big roll of clingfilm and some half-dressed male dancers but surely Anggun of France doesn't stand a chance against the Russian grannies, Buranovskiye Babushki, in tomorrow's grand final of the Eurovision song contest Photograph: Rolf Klatt/WireImage

Say cheese. The Scottish actor Alan Cumming shows the SNP leader Alex Salmond how to take photos with an iPhone at the launch of the yes campaign for Scottish independence Photograph: Andy Buchanan/AFP/Getty Images

It's hot hot hot, especially in Scotland, and even more surprisingly it's forecast to last the whole weekend! People enjoy the sunshine in Edinburgh's city centre as temperatures reached 27C Photograph: David Cheskin/PA

A Palestinian child holds a slingshot during clashes between stone throwers and Israeli soldiers in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, following a protest against the confiscation of Palestinian land to expand the nearby Jewish settlement of Hallamish Photograph: Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images

A full-size replica of the space shuttle leaves Nasa's Florida spaceport on an open barge bound for its new home at Space Center Houston, across the Gulf of Mexico in Texas Photograph: AP

Abseiling workers climb over the Queen and Prince Philip as they erect a giant photograph of the royal family by the river Thames to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee. The photograph, measuring 70 by 100 metres, shows the royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during silver jubilee celebrations in 1977 Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

… And this is what it looks like from across the Thames. (We wonder what the residents of that building think about it?) Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

Another day at Cannes, another Nicole Kidman photocall – how many films does she have in the competition? This particular photocall is for the film Hemingway and Gellhorn Photograph: Vincent Kessler/Reuters

A man shouts during a protest against candidate Ahmed Shafiq at Tahrir Square in Cairo. Conflicting, and everchanging, polls put Shafiq in second place though final results won't be known till Sunday or Monday. Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters

A couple of cheeky, and rather hot, monkeys cool down on a hot summer afternoon on the outskirts of Jammu, India Photograph: Channi Anand/AP

Jeremy Hunt leaves his London home on Friday morning after the Leveson inquiry heard that the culture secretary privately wrote to David Cameron in November 2010 to warn that blocking the BSkyB bid would harm Britain's media sector; a memo that showed 'partiality', claimed some analysts. Hunt will appear at Leveson on Thursday Photograph: Tal Cohen/AFP/Getty Images

Robert Pattinson looks a tad uncomfortable with all the attention as he poses at the photocall for Cosmopolis at the Cannes film festival. Perhaps he is not used to cameras? Photograph: Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images

Members of Libyan prime minister Abdurrahim El-Keib's security team have their photo taken next to the memorial for policewoman Yvonne Fletcher, who was shot dead outside the country's London embassy in 1984. Keib visited the scene after it was announced a team of detectives from the Metropolitan police would fly to Libya to continue their investigations into the unsolved murder Photograph: Carl Court/PA

Japan's most-wanted fugitive is back behind bars. Well, OK, walls. Penguin 337 is now back at the Tokyo Sea Life Park after it was recaptured on a city riverbank. The Humboldt penguin had been on the run from the Tokyo aquarium since early March, outwitting the coastguard several times during its brave bid for freedom Photograph: Tokyo Sea Life Park/AFP/Getty Images

A nice joyful scene here as Tajik secondary school graduates celebrate their final days of school in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Students across the former Soviet Union republics celebrate the end of the academic year on Friday, traditionally called the last bell Photograph: Nozim Kalandarov/Reuters

Artist Grayson Perry struts his stuff at a fashion show and auction at WWF Pandamonium in Hyde Park. The event showcases, and the apparently auctions off, wearable sculptures including an igloo skirt Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images