July 15: Day in pics

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UPA Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee during an interaction with the media at his residence in New Delhi. (PTI/Subhav Shukla)

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The BJP has been less than enthusiastic in its position on gay rights, speaking in multiple voices. This is a photograph from a lesbian, gay and transgender pride walk in Kolkata.(Ramkrishna Samanta/HT File photo)

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This photo shows a performer waiting backstage prior to appearing in a show at the Temple Theatre of the Beijing Opera House in Beijing. Beijing's Temple Theatre performs titles by late 20th century opera icon Mei Lanfang such as 'Drunken Princess' and 'Sylph Scattering Flowers' in 100-minute shows for tourists and aficionados alike. (AFP Photo/ Ed Jones)

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Straight and queer unit at the annual lesbian gay and transgender pride walk in Kolkata, India.(Hindustan Times Photo/Ramkrishna Samanta)

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A young sports lover seek autograph from Olympic bound Indian Archers during ONGC organized Olympic players send of ceremony for London Olympic 2012 in New Delhi, India. (Hindustan Times Photo/Sonu Mehta)

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A competitor celebrates his team's victory of a swamp football match in a man made mud pool in Beijing, China. The sports which originated from England is usually played in a bog or swamp and in the Beijing games, the rules require at least one female competitor in each team. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Bollywood star Tusshar Kapoor and Riteish Deshmukh pose during promotion of their film Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum in Lucknow.(PTI Photo/Nand Kumar)

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A view of illuminated Sher Shah Suri Gate at after the sunset in New Delhi. (Hindustan Times Photo/Arijit Sen)

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Kanwarias or devotees of Shiva, pick up their Ganga water carriers at Shahdara in East Delhi. Kanwarias, dressed in orange coloured clothes, carry holy water from the Ganga river to be poured on the Shivlinga in their hometown on the occasion of Shivratri and this journey endears them to Lord Shiva. (Photo By Sonu Mehta)

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A pro-democracy protester's T-shirt is reflected in the sunglasses of a demonstrator during a protest following an official investigation into the recent death of Chinese dissident Li Wangyang, outside China's liaison office in Hong Kong. Relatives and rights groups have said Li Wangyang, who was jailed for over 22 years for his role in the 1989 Tiananmen democracy protests, died in suspicious circumstances when he was found hanged at his hospital last in June.(AFP Photo / Laurent Fievet)

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Updated on Jul 16, 2012 11:19 AM IST

Anti-nuclear protesters beat drums as they stage a demonstration in Funabashi, suburban Tokyo. A series of increasingly large gatherings have been held in Tokyo since the tsunami-sparked disaster at Fukushima, with protestors demanding an end to nuclear power. (AFP Photo / Toru Yamanaka)

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Updated on Jul 16, 2012 11:19 AM IST

Eight Amarnath pilgrims were killed and thirty others injured as the bus they were travelling in, fell into a deep gorge near Kangra tunnel,22-Km from Dharamsala on late Saturday evening. (Agencies)

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Updated on Jul 16, 2012 11:19 AM IST

Local Cambodian and foreign participants start running during the Phnom Penh International Duathlon in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Some 300 people took part in the first international Duathlon event which was hosted in Myanmar, according to a Myanmar official. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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July 15: Day in pics

UPA Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee during an interaction with the media at his residence in New Delhi. (PTI/Subhav Shukla)

The BJP has been less than enthusiastic in its position on gay rights, speaking in multiple voices. This is a photograph from a lesbian, gay and transgender pride walk in Kolkata.(Ramkrishna Samanta/HT File photo)

Straight and queer unit at the annual lesbian gay and transgender pride walk in Kolkata, India.(Hindustan Times Photo/Ramkrishna Samanta)

A young sports lover seek autograph from Olympic bound Indian Archers during ONGC organized Olympic players send of ceremony for London Olympic 2012 in New Delhi, India. (Hindustan Times Photo/Sonu Mehta)

A competitor celebrates his team's victory of a swamp football match in a man made mud pool in Beijing, China. The sports which originated from England is usually played in a bog or swamp and in the Beijing games, the rules require at least one female competitor in each team. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Bollywood star Tusshar Kapoor and Riteish Deshmukh pose during promotion of their film Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum in Lucknow.(PTI Photo/Nand Kumar)

A view of illuminated Sher Shah Suri Gate at after the sunset in New Delhi. (Hindustan Times Photo/Arijit Sen)

Anti-nuclear protesters beat drums as they stage a demonstration in Funabashi, suburban Tokyo. A series of increasingly large gatherings have been held in Tokyo since the tsunami-sparked disaster at Fukushima, with protestors demanding an end to nuclear power. (AFP Photo / Toru Yamanaka)

Eight Amarnath pilgrims were killed and thirty others injured as the bus they were travelling in, fell into a deep gorge near Kangra tunnel,22-Km from Dharamsala on late Saturday evening. (Agencies)

Local Cambodian and foreign participants start running during the Phnom Penh International Duathlon in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Some 300 people took part in the first international Duathlon event which was hosted in Myanmar, according to a Myanmar official. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

BJP president Nitin Gadkari addresses the Atal Kisan Mahapanchayat at Jumboree ground in Bhopal. (HT/Mujeeb Faruqui)

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