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REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Last updated on: October 16, 2010 09:45 IST
Mahant Kailash Giri, a sadhu, lies buried in soil as part of a ritual during the nine-day long Navratri festival in Jammu. The ritual was performed to appease Goddess Durga, according to Giri
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REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Last updated on: October 16, 2010 09:45 IST
Palm trees are swayed by strong winds and rains in Havana. A weakening Tropical Storm Paula moved ashore in Cuba on Thursday and neared the Cuban capital, where thunderstorms raked the city with winds and driving rain. The US National Hurricane Centre said the eye of the small storm was now 60 km southwest of Havana, its top winds had dropped to 95 kph and would continue falling
 

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Last updated on: October 16, 2010 09:45 IST
Miners watch as the drill machine 'Sissi' breaks through the rock at the final section Faido-Sedrun, at the construction site of the NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel on October 15. With a length of 57 km crossing the Alps, the world's longest train tunnel should become operational at the end of 2017
 

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Last updated on: October 16, 2010 09:45 IST
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger watches the changing of the guard during a visit to Wellington Barracks, in central London
 

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Last updated on: October 16, 2010 09:45 IST
Lebanon's Hezbollah celebrate the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a rally in the south Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil
 

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton adjusts her make-up before a news conference at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels
 

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Last updated on: October 16, 2010 09:45 IST
A boy with his face decorated with thanaka paste waits outside a local school, for children of migrant workers from Myanmar, near Mae Sot in northwest Thailand on October 15. Myanmar's long standing political crisis has forced millions of people across the border for a better and safer life. Some 140,000 refugees live in official camps along the Myanmar-Thailand border, according to the UN refugee agency and there are concerns that hostilities in the hills of eastern Myanmar could intensify as a result of a refusal of several ethnic political groups to take part in an election next month
 

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Last updated on: October 16, 2010 09:45 IST
A woman leans against a wall inside Svetitskhoveli cathedral in Georgia's ancient capital of Mtskheta, outside Tbilisi. Georgia marks the 1700th anniversary of Svetitskhoveli cathedral and the 1000th anniversary of its first reconstruction
 

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Last updated on: October 16, 2010 09:45 IST
Police chase away Kashmiri protesters during an anti-India protest in Srinagar on October 15. At least 110 people have been killed since June, mostly by police bullets. The protests are the biggest since an armed revolt against Indian rule broke out in Kashmir in 1989
 

REWIND: The best PHOTOS in the last 24 hours

Last updated on: October 16, 2010 09:45 IST
A young reveller twirls to show of her vibrant outfit at a dandiya mandal in Mumbai