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Wed 11 Dec 2013 20.53 GMTFirst published on Wed 11 Dec 2013 09.50 GMT
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Members of the local group Tuesday Clowns entertain passersby in Hanover by bursting bubbles as a way of helping the city's residents to forget the routine of daily life. Photograph: Alexander Koerner/Getty Images Photograph: Alexander Koerner/Getty Images
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A member of the Egyptian riot police ducks as flares, fireworks and missiles are thrown during another day of protest by the supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood. Photograph: Mahmoud Khaled/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: MAHMOUD KHALED/AFP/Getty Images
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Fresh snow is used by anti-government protesters to reinforce a barricade blocking street access to Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine. Thousands of people continue in their protest against their government's decision to suspend a trade and partnership agreement with the European Union. Photograph: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images Photograph: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images
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The graves for 16 coffins are prepared in the muslim cemetery in Bangui. The father of a slain French soldier has described how disarmed Muslim fighters in the Central African Republic were lynched by a Christian mob in harrowing testimony that raised the spectre of a new wave of sectarian killing in the troubled state. Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images
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Waiting South Africans are disappointed to be told the Union Buildings in Pretoria had closed for the day, and they would not be able to pay their respects to Nelson Mandela as he lies in state. Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images
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Dancers perform during the Opening Ceremony of the 2013 Southeast Asian Games at Wunna Theikdi Stadium in Nay Pyi Taw, Burma. Photograph: Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images Photograph: Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images
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A man tries to tie a chain to a car partially submerged in a flooded road, after a heavy rain in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain. Photograph: Andres Gutierrez/AP Photograph: Andres Gutierrez/AP
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Syrian refugees run for cover from snow during a winter storm in Zahle town, in the Bekaa Valley. A storm named Alexa is sweeping across Syria and Lebanon, bringing with it high winds and freezing temperatures - and marking the beginning of the third winter since the Syrian conflict began in March 2011. Photograph: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters Photograph: MOHAMED AZAKIR/REUTERS
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A gay-rights activist attends a protest following a Supreme Court verdict that ruled that gay sex between consenting adults would continue to be a criminal offence in India. Photograph: Tumpa Mondal/Xinhua Press/Corbis Photograph: Tumpa Mondal/ Tumpa Mondal/Xinhua Press/Corbis
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Eric Marshalls, 73, outside his home in Bagby, North Yorkshire, UK. Eric spends up to three weeks erecting his display of Christmas lights which he has amassed over 20 years. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA
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Andrew Garthwaite, a soldier who had his arm blown off by a grenade in Afghanistan, has become the first person in the UK to receive a mind-controlled prosthetic limb. The surgery involved rewiring his nerve system and then learning to control the prosthetic arm with his mind. 

Andrew Garthwaite wearing muscle sensors at the OttoBock facility in Vienna, before fitting a robotic arm. Photograph: George Glew/MoD/Crown Copyright/PA Photograph: George Glew/MoD/Crown Copyright/PA
Andrew Garthwaite with his thought-controlled prosthetic arm. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA
Corporall Garthwaite, whose arm was severed by a rocket propelled grenade in Afghanistan. Photograph: Andrew Garthwaite/MoD/Crown Copy/PA Photograph: Andrew Garthwaite/MoD/Crown Copy/PA
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Police Officers at the funeral of PC Kirsty Nelis, who was on board the Police helicopter that crashed into the Clutha pub, at St Andrews Cathedral, Glasgow. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA
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Today's Picture from the Past is a smoky scene across London which seems fitting with today's fog scenes we have elsewhere in the picture blog. This picture is from 1893 and the photographer used the gum bichromate photographic process to create a painterly effect and achieve what he called "beauty in ugliness". See the full image here

A view of St Paul's cathedral in London. Titled Among the Housetops by Walter Benington, 1893. Photograph: Royal Photographic Society/Walter Benington Photograph: Royal Photographic Society/Walter Benington
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Seven-year-old South African girl Zenande Ndzeki, a neighbour of late South African president Nelson Mandela, walks in a mud hut sheltering from the rain in Mandela's ancestral village of Qunu, South Africa. Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA Photograph: NIC BOTHMA/EPA
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Sri Lankan police block a road leading to President Mahinda Rajapaksa's office during a demonstration held by the opposition Peoples Liberation Front party Colombo. Photograph: Ishara S.Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: ISHARA S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images
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Striking employees block the entrance to the Kem One chemical factory with burning tyres in Fos-sur-Mer, southern France, to protest against the possible closure of their factory. Photograph: Claude Paris/AP Photograph: Claude Paris/AP
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Sri Lankan police climb over a barricade during a demonstration by the opposition party in Colombo who are protesting about high living costs. Photograph: Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: ISHARA S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images
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Athletes and officials from Burma wave as they parade into the stadium during the opening ceremony of the Southeast Asian Games in Naypyitaw, Burma. Photograph: Vincent Thian/AP Photograph: Vincent Thian/AP
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Low lying fog surrounds the base of the Shard tower in central London during the early morning fog. See our gallery of fog in London. Photograph: Daniel Sorabji/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Daniel Sorabji/AFP/Getty Images
Heavy fog shrouds people crossing the Millennium Bridge above the River Thames. Photograph: Daniel Sorabji/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Daniel Sorabji/AFP/Getty Images
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A pedestrian walks past the Capitol Building as morning snow falls, closing the Federal Government and local schools in Washington DC, US. Photograph: MCT/Landov/Barcroft Media Photograph: MCT /Landov / Barcroft Media
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People wait in line to board buses to view the body of former South African president Nelson Mandela as he lies in state in Pretoria, South Africa. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Soldiers help a woman in a wheelchair as she cries after bidding farewell to Nelson Mandela lying in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images
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Thousands of riot police have entered Independence Square this morning in an unexpected crackdown on protesters who have occupied the square for the past two weeks. You can see more pictures in our gallery and read the story

Pro-European Union activists wave flags as riot police pull back from Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine. Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP
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Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas Boas visits with 93-year-old Tottenham Hotspur fan Stanley at North Middlesex Hospital in London during a team visit. Photograph: Tony O'Brien/Action Images Photograph: Tony O'Brien/Action Images
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Two women take pictures in front abandoned police trucks outside the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand following protests demanding that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra resigns. Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images
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A displaced Somali girl carries her sibling along a dusty road leading to a food distribution centre where families have moved to due to flooding in areas around Jowhar, a town north of Somalia's capital Mogadishu. Photograph: Omar Faruk/Reuters Photograph: OMAR FARUK/REUTERS
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People walk through thick fog at the Millennium Bridge over the River Thames in London, UK. Fog today has caused travel disruption and delays with Heathrow and London City airports seeing more than 70 cancellations. Photograph: Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images Photograph: Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images
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Naomi Campbell cries as she leaves after paying her respects to Nelson Mandela during the lying in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa. Photograph: Marco Longari/AP Photograph: Marco Longari/AP
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Two impala stop for a drink at a watering hole in South Luangwa National Park in South Luangwa, Zambia. But they don't notice a crocodile creeping up on them. The crocodile is spotted by an elephant, who unsuccessfully tries to shepherd the impalas away from the riverside, even at one point trying to stamping on the submerged crocodile. The crocodile eventually pounces, but he is thwarted by the impala's quick reactions. The dramatic images were captured by amateur photographer Rob Brookes. 

Two impalas drink water from the river side not noticing the approaching crocodile. Photograph: Rob Brookes / Barcroft Media
As the crocodile strikes, the impala leaps high into the air to avoid the gaping jaws. Photograph: Rob Brookes/Barcroft Media Photograph: Rob Brookes / Barcroft Media
Those impala sure can jump. Photographs: Rob Brookes/Barcroft Media Photograph: Rob Brookes / Barcroft Media
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Two girls stand near smoke from twigs which were set on fire by their parents to warm themselves at a vegetable field in New Delhi, India. Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters Photograph: AHMAD MASOOD/REUTERS
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Guests attend the traditional Nobel Prize banquet at the Stockholm City Hall following the Nobel Prize award ceremonies for Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature and Economic Sciences. Photograph: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images
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Military officers carry the coffin of former South African president Nelson Mandela to the Union Buildings where he will lie in state for three days, in Pretoria, South Africa. Photograph: Marco Longari/AP Photograph: Marco Longari/AP
The coffin of Nelson Mandela is transported to the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Mourners at the cortege of Nelson Mandela along Madiba St in Pretoria. Over 60 heads of state have travelled to South Africa to attend a week of events commemorating the life of Nelson Mandela. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
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Riot policemen hide behind a bus as pro-EU protesters spray water on them from windows, as they occupy the City Hall in Kiev, Ukraine. Photograph: Roman Pilipey/EPA Photograph: Roman Pilipey/EPA
Ukrainian security forces stormed Independence Square overnight. Photograph: Volodymyr Shuvayev/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Volodymyr Shuvayev/AFP/Getty Images
Riot police block activists camping out in their tents on Independence Square in Kiev as hundreds of police moved in. Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
Ukrainian riot policemen pull a Pro-European Union activist out from the camp. Photograph: Sergei Chuzavkov/AP Photograph: Sergei Chuzavkov/AP
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