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Monday's Pictures of the Day slideshow includes these images of Ilyushin aircraft, Oleg Sentsov protesters, Elsa Buck's art in Leeds and San Francisco Comic Con |
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Men carry their wives over a water obstacle while racing in the Wife Carrying competition to mark the City Day in Krasnoyarsk, Russia ILYA NAYMUSHIN/REUTERS |
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Competitors during the Maldon Mud Race, a charity event on the River Blackwater in Maldon, Essex. The race originated in 1973, with a dare being given by a local resident to the landlord of the Queens Head public house, which stands on the Hythe Quay in Maldon, challenging him to serve a meal on the saltings of the Rivers Blackwater dressed in a dinner jacket. The challenge was accepted and carried out, resulting next year in a bar being opened on the saltings. About twenty people made a mad dash across the driver bed, drank a pint of beer and dashed back. Joe Giddens/PA |
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| Two of the fastest men on the planet: World XI's Usain Bolt in action with England's Mo Farah at Soccer Aid 2018 in Old Trafford, Manchester PHIL NOBLE/REUTERS |
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Elite womens one and two Vicky Holland GBR and Georgia Taylor-Brown GBR lead out on the run in the closing stages AJ Bell, World Triathlon, Leeds City Centre Greig Cowie/BPI/REX/Shutterstock |
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A woman sells balloons illuminated with LED lights during the night in a street in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Mohd Daud/NurPhoto |
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| Ilyushin Il-76MD strategic airlifters fly over the Migalovo air base hosting events marking the 75th birthday of the 12th Military Transport Aviation Division and the 196th Military Transport Aviation Regiment. The Division was formed in 1943 and fought against Nazi Germany in the 1941-45 Great Patriotic War, the Eastern Front of World War II. |
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Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates with ball boys, ball girls and the trophy after winning the final of the French Open against Austria's Dominic Thiem at Roland Garros, Paris, France BENOIT TESSIER/REUTERS |
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Charity Anna's Hope attempts the Guinness World Record for the Largest Gathering of People Dressed as Fairies in One Place, Cathedral Square, Peterborough Terry Harris |
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Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler's Lucas Di Grassi celebrates after winning the Zurich E-Prix during the podium ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland MORITZ HAGER/REUTERS |
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The Knockhundred Shuttles Morris Group from Midhurst, West Sussex dance at the Weald And Downland Living Museum Morris Day Of Dance event in West Sussex Scott Ramsey / Alamy Live News |
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Protesters hold a poster depicting political prisoner Oleg Sentsov during an opposition rally organised by 'Free Russia' in Moscow, Russia Evgeny Feldman/AP |
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People join hands to form a 125 mile (202km) long human chain linking the cities of San Sebastian, Vitoria and Bilbao to call for a right to vote on Basque independence, near Vitoria, Spain VINCENT WEST/REUTERS |
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A new hoarding covers the top of Grenfell Tower to mark the first anniversary of the fire that killed 71 people at the social housing tower block in west London PETER NICHOLLS/REUTERS |
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'Alliance for Choice' and other pro-choice groups from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, join 'Processions' women's march for more liberal abortion laws in Northern Ireland in Belfast CLODAGH KILCOYNE/REUTERS |
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A participant dresses as The Joker at San Francisco 2018 Comic Con in Oakland, California, USA Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images |
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| Inductee Vitali Klitschko is seen during the parade of champions at the International Boxing Hall of Fame for the Weekend of Champions induction event in Canastota, New York, USA Alex Menendez/Getty Images |
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An anti-government demonstrator fires a home-made mortar during clashes with riot police at a barricade in the town of Masaya, Nicaragua Alex Menendez/Getty Images |
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Birds are seen at Nallihan Bird Sanctuary in Ankara, Turkey |
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Kirsten Sinclair is silhouetted as she stands behind a work titled Residual Opacity by artist Elsa Buck, that forms part of Squeeze, the Fine Art Degree Show 2018 at the University of Leeds |
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