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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton winks at a committee member as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington Photograph: Cliff Owen/AP

The Duchess of Gloucester and home secretary Theresa May making an interesting fashion choice at a reception for missing people at Downing Street Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA

Graduates celebrate as US president Barack Obama gives out their diplomas during the Air Force Academy commencement ceremony in Colorado Springs, Colorado Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Queen Elizabeth II meets a curtseying Joan Collins at a Diamond Jubilee Celebration of the Arts event at the Royal Academy of Arts Photograph: Getty Images

This outstanding portrait of steel workers taking a break in Islamabad, Pakistan has been sent in by Muhammed Muheisen, one of our favourite photographers Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

There's no escape for French actor Denis Lavant during the photocall of "Holy Motors" at Cannes Photograph: Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images

A cow finds herself in pastures new as dairy farmers offer free milk to people along the canals of Amsterdam. With this campaign, milk producer FrieslandCampina intends to showcase the source of their product Photograph: Ade Johnson/EPA

A case of gilding a lily? A model gets made up backstage during the Fashion Rio Summer 2012-2013 at Pier Maua in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Photograph: Nestor J Beremblum/Getty Images

Its a sight that may take tourists by surprise today, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on guard duty at Horse Guards in London. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are in the UK to take part in the Queen's diamond jubilee celebrations Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

We know that Paris has a beach, but London? A man soaks up the sun on the south bank of the River Thames, with St Paul's Cathedral in the distance. Phew it's hot! Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP

The DJ Fresh Prince? Charles doesn't quite look the part though Photograph: Reuters

Adventurer Ben Fogle walks on water for photographers on the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park, London, to announce his latest challenge to swim across the Atlantic Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Kirsten Dunst appears slightly off centre stage on Wednesday for the On The Road photocall at the Cannes film festival Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

They're going to be a hard act to follow! Russian singing group Buranovskiye Babushki (Buranovo Grannies) perform during the first semi-final of the Eurovision 2012 song contest in the Azerbaijan capital, Baku, on Tuesday night Photograph: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images

A very enthusiastic William Cruickshank took his turn in the Olympic torch relay this morning on the leg between Chippenham and Calne Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

It's a historic day in Egypt as people queue to cast their vote in Cairo. Egyptians are voting freely for the first time in 30 years to pick their president in a wide-open election that pits Islamists against those who served under deposed leader Hosni Mubarak Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters

A woman makes her way to the shrine of El Rocio, during the annual pilgrimage in Seville. The journey to Almonte, which houses the Virgin del Rocio shrine, is the largest pilgrimage in Spain with hundreds of thousands of devotees in beautiful traditional outfits making their way on horseback and in decorated carriages across the Andalusian countryside Photograph: Cristina Quicler/AFP/Getty Images