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Day in photos: July 26, 2012

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Pakistani police escorts suspects arrested during a police operation in Karachi. ZUMAPRESS.com
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Thai riot-police take part in an exercise at the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok. AFP/Getty Images
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A fighter from the Syrian opposition aims his rifle during clashes with forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. AFP/Getty Images
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Indonesian students at the Ar Raudhatul Hasanah Islamic boarding school in Sumatra hold prayers during Ramadan. AFP/Getty Images
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An elderly woman stands by her damaged home in a devastated area of Beijing, after the worst rainstorms in six decades pounded the capital city. AFP/Getty Images
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Helping hands control an anaconda at the Oklahoma City Zoo as it has dental floss taped to the snake’s head and body to measure its length AP
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A jet is silhouetted against the setting sun as it passes in the distance behind spires of the Tower Bridge in London. AP
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Specialist Philip Finale works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks soared at the opening bell after the president of the European Central Bank vowed to do what it takes to preserve the continent’s monetary union. AP
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Male members of British diving team (from left: Chris Mears, Tom Daley and Jack Laugher) have pictures taken by their teammates during a training session at the Aquatics Center on the eve of the London 2012 Olympic Games. EPA
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A visitor looks at several vintage cars at the Avus car park in Berlin, Germany. A Swiss Lagonda oldtimer from 1937 (foreground) is one of more than 120 vintagem historic and classic cars featured in the 2nd German Automobile Club rally. EPA
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A man sits next to bags filled with vegetable carbon, which costs costs $0.05 for half a pound, in the central market known as La Terminal in Guatemala City. Reuters
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A Palestinian man rides a donkey cart on Gaza beach as the sun sets in Gaza City. AP
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Spanish bullfighter David Fandila, knows as ‘El Fandi,’ is tossed by a bull during a bullfight on the occasion of ‘La Blanca’ bullfighting festival in Vitoria, Spain. EPA
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A freight tanker is seen on fire near the terminal of Petronas Chemicals Methanol Sdn Bhd in Labuan on Malaysia’s island of Borneo. Reuters
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Two men employed to use their buttocks for advertising, walk beside Trafalgar Square in central London, where sunny weather has returned ahead of the 2012 London Olympic games. AFP/Getty Images