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Pictures of the day: 4 July 2008

Bull elephant Noppakhao paints a picture of another elephant in Ayutthaya province, Thailand
Picture: REUTERS

Warbie, a seven-week-old ring-tailed lemur, is pictured with his mother at Bristol Zoo
Picture: PA

Two-week-old baby giraffe Ulla stands in front of her mother in Tierpark Berlin zoo
Picture: REUTERS

A worker carries wood up a dune in the desert close to Dunhuang, Gansu Province, north eastern China
Picture: EPA

The Llaima volcano spews lava. Chile evacuated the remaining occupants of a southern ski station as Llaima volcano, one of South America’s most active, spewed lava for a second day, prompting fears of landslides
Picture: REUTERS


A man leans against a tree as a farmer driving a tractor passes him on a road shrouded in haze in the town of Lu Cheng, around 50 miles from Beijing
Picture: REUTERS

A group of firefighters look out over the Pacific Ocean at the sun obscured by smoke from a massive wildfire in Big Sur, California
Picture: REUTERS

The coastline of Big Sur is partially obscured by smoke from a massive wildfire
Picture: REUTERS

Spanish long distance swimmer David Meca attempts a world-record breaking swim from the beach at Tarifa, on the southern tip of Spain
Picture: AFP/GETTY

Brendan Hansen swims in the men’s 200m breaststroke finals at the US Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Nebraska
Picture: REUTERS

Amanda Beard looks at her hands during the US Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Nebraska
Picture: REUTERS

German artist Wolfgang Laib’s work with the self-explanatory title ‘Pollen from hazelnut’ is displayed at the Museum of Grenoble, France
Picture: AFP/GETTY

A team of artists create a record-breaking sand picture on Blackpool beach to mark the premiere of Monsters Inc on the Disney Cinemagic channel
Picture: WARREN SMITH

Five-times Wimbledon singles champion Bjorn Borg is seen in a grass-covered taxi
Picture: REUTERS

People look at a sculpture of the signing of the Declaration of Independence carved out of 2,000 pounds of cheese in New York
Picture: REUTERS

Giorgio Armani picks up France’s most prestigious award, the Legion D’Honneur, after it fell in the courtyard of the Elysee Palace
Picture: AFP/GETTY

A child waves from inside a giant replica of actor Eddie Murphy’s head in Times Square to promote his new film “Meet Dave”
Picture: REUTERS

RóisÃn Murphy performs on the main stage of the O2 Wireless Festival in Hyde Park, London
Picture: GETTY

Japanese Shakuhachi players perform to promote the World Shakuhachi Festival 2008 at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Picture: REUTERS

Ukrainian riot police surround football fans during exercises in preparation for the Euro 2012 championship at the Olimpiyski stadium in Kiev
Picture: AFP/GETTY

A policeman throws stones at demonstrators during a protest in Jammu, Indian-adminstered Kashmir
Picture: REUTERS

Policemen run for cover as demonstrators chase them during a protest in Jammu
Picture: REUTERS

A protester punches another wearing a mask of Uncle Sam near the US embassy in Manila, Philippines
Picture: AP

A burqa-wearing Pakistani female religious student prays for the martyrs of the Red Mosque as she sit in the debris of Jamia Hifza seminary in Islamabad
Picture: AFP/GETTY


US soldiers take an oath during a mass re-enlistment ceremony in Baghdad
Picture: REUTERS

A US military policeman searches the belongings of detainees during a random check at one of the buildings at Camp Cropper, a military-run detention facility in western Baghdad
Picture: REUTERS

Police investigate the scene of a police helicopter crash in Soweto on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa
Picture: AFP/GETTY