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Week in pictures: 18 - 24 May

25 May 2014

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Police guard the entrance to McDonald's corporate campus

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ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY:

Orphaned Orangutan Rizki learns to bite at Surabaya Zoo

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INDONESIA, MONDAY:

Tiffany Townsend of the United States falls down

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BEIJING, WEDNESDAY:

UKIP leader Nigel Farage outside polling station in Biggin Hill

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LONDON, MAY:

Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters gather in Rabin Square to celebrate

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TEL AVIV, MONDAY:

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ISTANBUL, THURSDAY:

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 19: Queen Elizabeth II looks at a display during a visit to the Chelsea Flower Show on press day on May 19, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Stefan Wermuth - WP

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LONDON, MONDAY:

French-Argentinian actress Berenice Bejo (2ndL) smiles while posing with Russian actress Zukhra Duishvili (L), French director Michel Hazanavicius (2ndR) and Russian actor Abdul-Khalim Mamats

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CANNES, WEDNESDAY:

Ukrainian riot policemen fight with " rioters" as they take partin exercises for mass disturbances suppression in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa on May 19, 2014. Prime Minister Arseniy

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ODESA, MONDAY:

WOOLWICH, ENGLAND - MAY 22:Rebecca Rigby, the widow of murdered fusilier Lee Rigby, lays a wreath at the scene of Mr Rigby's murder, adjacent to the Royal Artillery Barracks, on the first ann

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WOOLWICH, THURSDAY:

In pictures: A year of Taliban rule

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In Depth

What is Donald Trump doing now?

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Today’s newspapers

‘Air chaos to hit half term’

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Tall Tales

The UK’s most commonly misspelt names revealed

Salman Rushdie at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in October 2019

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Expert’s view

How Salman Rushdie exposed fault lines between the West and Islam

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Tall Tales

Cats grounded in German town

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Speed Reads

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Low water levels at Baitings Reservoir in West Yorkshire

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Global lens

How the UK’s droughts compare with the rest of the world

Why The Satanic Verses is still controversial

Ukrainian soldiers patrol on the frontline in Zolote, Ukraine

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In Depth

Is World War Three on the cards?

Chinese troops on mobile rocket launchers during a parade in Beijing

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Fact file

Will China invade Taiwan?

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Week in pictures: 18 - 24 May

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