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last SG · 2005-07-13T23:59:44+00:00

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Settlers from the Gaza Strip's final remaining Jewish community of Netzarim say goodbye as they leave.

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Violent wildfires are still raging in Portugal, where plumes of smoke rising from the blazes can be seen and photographed from space (pic: European Space Agency)

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Wildfires in Portugal have raged through forest and scrubland, straining the country's firefighting resources.

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A new species - homo sapiens - is introduced to London Zoo as part of its Human Zoo exhibit, running for four days over the bank holiday weekend.

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Mumbai collapse

Crowds gather at the site of the residential building that collapsed in Mumbai (Bombay) killing 11 people early on Tuesday.

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Mumbai collapse

Before the emergency services arrived, locals formed human chains in a frantic bid to clear debris, using their bare hands to pull at the rubble.

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Mumbai collapse

At least 20 people were believed to be trapped in the debris while nearly 50 people have been rescued.

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Mumbai collapse

Most residents were asleep when the building collapsed soon after midnight.

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Mumbai collapse

Dust is seen in the floodlights as rescue workers pull down a wall of the run-down building that was said to be home to at least 16 families.

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Mumbai collapse

Two adjacent buildings were also evacuated as rescue workers continued to search for survivors.

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Mumbai collapse

Poorly maintained buildings sometimes collapse during the monsoon rains in Mumbai.

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Mumbai collapse

One estimate suggests there are some 19,000 high-rise buildings in Mumbai that are old and dilapidated.

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AP - Thu Aug 25, 6:06 AM ET
Women dry saris on the banks of the River Ganges in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005. Allahabad is one of Hinduism holiest sites. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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Reuters - Thu Aug 18, 7:01 PM ET
Members of Brazil's Assurini do Tocantins tribe, wearing their traditional 'Cokar' handmade with macaw feathers, gather at the II Indigenous Nations' Games of Para in Altamira, northern Brazil, August 18, 2005. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker

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Amazon festival for the dead

Amazonian Indians have gathered in Kuikuro village, in Brazil's Amazon High Xingu park to hold a Kuarup festival. The two-day festival is held to mourn and celebrate the lives of dead heroes.

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Amazon festival for the dead

This Kuarup festival is being held in honour of prominent Brazilian anthropologist Apoena Meireles.

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Amazon festival for the dead

Meireles, the former head of the Federal Indian Bureau, was the first outsider to contact the Cinta Larga Indians in the late 1960s.

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Amazon festival for the dead

He was killed in a robbery at a cash point in Porto Velho in October 2004. At the time he was working with a federal task force to stop illegal diamond mining on the Cinta Larga Indian reservations.

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Amazon festival for the dead

Huka Huka wrestling matches are an important part of the two-day festival.

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Amazon festival for the dead

Huka Huka wrestling is named after the sound the wrestlers make as they try to bring their opponents down. The various bouts are held simultaneously.

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