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24 hours in pictures: December 14 2007

December 14 2007: Some of the best photographs of the last 24 hours from around the world

Fri 14 Dec 2007 12.50 EST First published on Fri 14 Dec 2007 12.50 EST

  • Mecca, Saudi Arabia: Muslim pilgrims perform Tawaaf, the circling of the holy stone known as the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque

  • Kaga Bandoro, Central African Republic: People shop in the rebel-held town

  • Stari Vrac, Kososo: Part of the Serbian Orthodox monastery which was destroyed after the 1998-1999 war

  • Seoul, South Korea: MPs from South Korea's main opposition Grand National Party and the pro-government United New Democratic Party clash at the national assembly

  • Muqdadiyah, Iraq: A US army soldier points his gun at a suspect during a night raid

  • St Petersburg, Russia: Students in the main building of St Petersburg University's law department

  • Brazilia, Brazil: The ramp of Brasilia's National Museum, designed - like much of the city - by Oscar Niemeyer, who turns 100 tomorrow

  • Baghdad, Iraq: Families sit on the grass at al-Zawraa park

  • Harisa, Lebanon: Army officers carry the coffin of Brigadier General Francois al-Hajj, killed by a bomb on Wednesday

  • Philadelphia, US: Rowers on the Schuylkill River pass the Strawberry Mansion Bridge on a foggy morning

  • Ramallah, West Bank: A family gather around a stove in the Al-Amari refugee camp

  • Colombo, Sri Lanka: A vendor arranges fish at a market

  • Mushake, Democratic Republic of Congo: A rebel soldier loyal to renegade general Laurent Nkunda climbs a hill

  • Quezon City, Philippines: Firemen battle a fire in a slum area which destroyed around 200 homes

  • Washington, US: Activists lie down outside the Department of Housing and Urban Development to protest at a plan to tear down more than 4,500 public housing apartments in New Orleans

  • Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic: A man walks along a street full of mud in front of houses destroyed by Tropical Storm Olga

  • Tignes, France: Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau of Canada in action before winning the men's moguls event of the Ski World Cup

  • Bethlehem, West Bank: A Palestinian worker fixes a star onto a Christmas tree next to the Church of the Nativity
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