Nearly 400 yachts left Cowes yesterday at the start of the Rolex Fastnet Race, which will take them to the southwest coast of Ireland and back
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Ballet Philippines perform at the opening ceremony of the 50th Association of Southeast Asian Nations regional forum in Manila
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A camel train as seen by Anushka Eranga in Dubai. The travel photographer, 29, could stay in the heat for only ten minutes as he waited for the ideal shot
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Ian Burley wipes the oil from his hands after tending to Ultimate, his 1943 Marshall S-type steam roller, at Torbay Steam Fair, which ended yesterday
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These England fans took their seats early to watch Joe Root’s team take on South Africa on the third day of the final Test at Old Trafford
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People cool off at a water park in Luzhou, Sichuan province, China, where the temperature reached 35C yesterday
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Revellers at the Monsoon Holi in Madrid. The festival of colours has Hindu origins but is celebrated by people of all creeds across the globe
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The Queen anoints a caber with a dram of whisky at the official opening of the 150th Aboyne Highland Games
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Skyler hangs ten, a trick where all ten toes — or eight for a dog — hang off the front of the board, at the World Dog Surfing Championships in Pacifica, California
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Iranian soldiers attend a swearing-in ceremony for President Rouhani yesterday. He was re-elected for a second term in a landslide victory in May
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A girl assembles an AK74 before the Safe Route event, in which teams have to cross a “minefield”, at the International Army Games in Tyumen, Russia
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