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Picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world, including puffins in Northumberland, the Bubble Nebula, Obama in Riyadh and watermelons in Lahore
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  • Bubble Nebula, which is an emission nebula located 11 000 light-years away. This new image was observed by the Hubble Space Telescope to celebrate its 26th year in space
    The Bubble NebulaAn emission nebula 11,000 light years away. This image was taken by the Hubble telescope to celebrate its 26th year in space
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  • Children play on a destroyed fighter plane
    Juba, South SudanChildren play on a destroyed fighter plane. Fragile hopes for an end to the civil war are being tested by the rebel leader Riek Machar’s failure to return to the capital to form a unity government
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  • Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaOman’s Deputy Prime Minister Fahd bin Mahmoud al-Said, President Barack Obama Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa participate in the leaders photo at the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit
    Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaOman’s deputy prime minister Fahd bin Mahmoud al-Said, the US president Barack Obama, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa at the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit
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  • Visitors walk in the Government Gardens of the Port Arthur Historical Site
    Port Arthur, AustraliaVisitors walk in the Government Gardens. Port Arthur became infamous on 28 April 1996 when Martin Bryant began shooting indiscriminately with a high-powered rifle at people visiting the site
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  • Farmers gather to sell watermelons at a fruit market
    Lahore, PakistanFarmers sell watermelons at a fruit market
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  • Workers wash statue of Lenin on the eve of the 146th anniversary of his birth
    Krasnoyarsk, SiberiaWorkers wash the statue of Lenin on the eve of the 146th anniversary of his birth
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  • Puffins just off the Northumberland coast at the start of the breading season
    Farne Islands, UKPuffins just off the Northumberland coast at the start of the breeding season. Rangers are hoping for a more successful summer after flooding wreaked havoc last year
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  • Policeman stand guard as a health worker administers polio drops to a child during a vaccination campaign
    Karachi, PakistanPolicemen stand guard as a health worker administers polio drops to a child during a vaccination campaign
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  • People walk around ‘The Starry Paradise’, a recreation of Van Gogh’s painting ‘The Starry Night’ made from discarded plastic bottles
    Keelung, TaiwanPeople walk around ‘The Starry Paradise’, a recreation of Van Gogh’’s painting ‘The Starry Night’ made from discarded plastic bottles at the Embrace Cultural and Creative Park
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  • A man bends iron to recycle, at a post-earthquake debris field
    Manta, EcuadorA man bends iron to recycle at a post-earthquake debris field
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  • Teresita Gapayao wades through garbage using a makeshift raft made from styrofoam on the Estero de Vitas river
    Manila, PhilippinesTeresita Gapayao wades through garbage using a makeshift styrofoam raft on the Estero de Vitas river 
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  • A man smokes marijuana as thousands of people gather to celebrate the plant’s unofficial holiday
    Vancouver, CanadaA man smokes marijuana as thousands of people gather to celebrate the plant’s unofficial holiday
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  • Nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, at a polling booth during the West Bengal state Assembly elections
    Kolkata, IndiaNuns of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Mother Teresa, at a polling booth during the West Bengal state assembly elections
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  • The full moon above the lighthouse
    Westerhever, GermanyThe full moon above a lighthouse 
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