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Red Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany takes part in the drivers parade ahead of the Japanese F1 Grand Prix at the Suzuka circuit.
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A resident and a child cast a ballot in one of a polling stations in Warsaw during the parliamentary elections. Polish citizens vote today for a new parliament, deciding mainly between the ruling Civic Platform party and the oppositional Law and Justice party. Prime Minister Donald Tusk is aiming for a landmark second term and pushing a message of prudent economic stewardship which kept the nation out of recession.
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Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leads the Sunday mass during his one day pastoral visit to the Italian southern city of Lamezia Terme.
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Two burqa-clad Afghan women make their way along a street in Kabul. Women's rights have undoubtedly improved in Afghanistan since the Taliban were ousted despite their continued intimidation. Under them, girls' schools were closed down while women were banned from working outside the home and forced to wear the burqa.
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Catholic nuns fill up their ballot papers at a polling station in Warsaw. Poles are voting in a parliamentary election on Sunday, likely to give the ruling centre-right Civic Platform four more years in power to press on with gradual economic reforms and closer ties with the European Union.
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South Africa springboks' Bismarck du Plessis (L) tussles with Australia Wallabies captain James Horwill during their Rugby World Cup quarter-final match at Wellington Regional Stadium.
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Sri Lankan Police Special Task Force commandos stand guard outside the offices of ruling party legislator Duminda Silva in Colombo on October 9, 2011, after he was seriously wounded in a shoot out with members of a rival faction within his own ruling party a day earlier. Silva's arch rival and presidential aide Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra and two of his bodyguards were killed at the Kolonnawa electorate in the district of Colombo shortly before voting ended at a key local council election.
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Lotus-Renault driver Bruno Senna of Brazil waves during the drivers' parade prior to the Formula One's Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.
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Mercedes Formula One driver Nico Rosberg of Germany (L), McLaren Formula One driver Jenson Button of Britain (C) and Red Bull Formula One driver Mark Webber of Australia talk before the drivers parade ahead of the Japanese F1 Grand Prix at the Suzuka circuit.
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Andy Murray of Britain kisses his trophy after winning the Japan Open final against Rafael Nadal in Tokyo.
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