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Members of the left wing Turkish group hold a poster of reading ‘Go Home’ as they march to the US embassy to protest against the visit of the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, in Ankara, on Saturday. — AFP photo

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US’ Allyson Felix, Carmelita Jeter, Bianca Knight and Tianna Madison celebrate after winning the women’s 4 x 100m relay final at the athletics event of the London 2012 Olympic Games in London on Friday. — AFP photo

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An Iranian woman stands next to her injured child lying on a bed outside a hospital in the town of Ahar, some 60 kilomitres east of Tabriz, after a strong earthquake hit northwestern Iran on Saturday. — AFP photo

Mexico's forward Oribe Peralta (R) celebrates with his team-mates (from-L) Marco Fabian, Javier Aquino and Darvin Chavez after scoring the opening goal against Brazil in their men's football final at the Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday. — AFP photo

Republican US presidential candidate Mitt Romney, left, introduces US Congressman Paul Ryan, as his vice-presidential running mate during a campaign event at the retired battleship USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, Virginia, on Saturday. — Reuters photo

Men fish near an oil refinery in Kawasaki, near Tokyo recently. — Reuters photo

France’s Renaud Lavillenie competes in the men’s pole vault final at the athletics event of the London 2012 Olympic Games in London on Friday. — AFP photo

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