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Best photographs from the last 24 hours

Last updated on: July 17, 2012 08:27 IST

Photos of a rocket launch in Kazakhstan, an elderly man braving the floods caused by the overflowing Yangtze River, competitors participating in the 'Tough Mudder' event  in Vermont and much more. Check out the top shots from Reuters captured in the last 24 hours.

Two members of the Free Syrian Army hold their weapons as they take positions in a house in El Moalimin neighborhood in Homs.

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Best photographs from the last 24 hours

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Competitors work to pull a woman up an obstacle where competitors must jump to the top of a half pipe during the 'Tough Mudder' at Mt. Snow in West Dover, Vermont. The Tough Mudder is a nine mile endurance event which runs competitors through a military style obstacle course complete with mud, water and fire.

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Best photographs from the last 24 hours

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The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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Best photographs from the last 24 hours

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The horse "Tar Baby" falls back onto rider Dusty La Valley of Bezanson, Alberta in the Bareback event during the finals at the 100th Anniversary of the Calgary Stampede Rodeo in Calgary, Alberta.

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Best photographs from the last 24 hours

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Mariya Kuchina of Russia reacts after finishing third and getting the bronze medal in the High Jump final at the IAAF World Junior Championships at Lluis Company Olympic stadium in Barcelona.

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Best photographs from the last 24 hours

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An elderly man sits on the handrail of a park near a pavilion flooded by the overflowing Yangtze River in Wuhan, Hubei province.

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Best photographs from the last 24 hours

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A competitor swims through mud underneath electrified wires during the 'Tough Mudder' at Mt. Snow in West Dover, Vermont.

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A labourer, with his hands covered in sawdust, grinds away a portion of a wooden cargo ship during its overhaul in Karachi's Fish Harbour.

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Japan's self-defense force soldiers search for missing people in an area devastated by heavy rains at Ichinomiya-machi town in Aso, Kumamoto prefecture.

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A boy jumps into a swimming pool in Sofia, to cool off during a heatwave.

 

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