A magia da fotografia

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 This photo, of a fisherman with blood dripping down his arm, was popular with the judges says Rayner.

"He looks delighted with himself."

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 Two-month-old chimpanzee Keeva has been found a new home at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo in Florida after being rejected by her mother

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Jakarta-based creative design professional Kurit Afsheen took this funny shot of a tree frog enjoying a gymnastic work out on a branch

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 Six-year-old boy Li Zhengyang performs acrobatics by bending his body and keeping balance with his mouth gripping a tripod during the opening ceremony of a festival in Bozhou city, Anhui province, China

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 One of the 8,000 people who took part in the Dirty Weekend in the grounds of the 16th century Elizabethan country estate, Burghley House after it was turned into the longest assault course in the world

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 Aerial night view of the Three Gorges and the Yangtze River in China

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 Dancers from 'Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo' rehearse on stage at the Canal Theatre in Madrid, Spain

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 A striking and unique red bridge has been constructed out of paper over a beck in a picturesque valley in the Lake District.

The bridge is a temporary piece of artwork located at the top of the Grisedale Valley near Patterdale in the shadow of Helvellyn in Cumbria.

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 Maris Strombergs from Latvia and Joris Daudet from France compete in Heat 6 of the Mens Elite UCI BMX Supercross World Cup held at Papendal Outdoor Olympic Training Centre in Arnhem, Netherlands

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Amandeep (driving) and Mohinder Singh (front) from Patiala, India, built this wooden car by hand – working up to 12-hours a day.

 The car, which has a top speed of 75 mph, was carefully crafted using hundreds of planks of wood.

 The pair built the unconventional vehicle using traditional wooden materials 

covered in layers of varnish to build the classic car shape around the engine

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  A man jumps in the air and cheers as his rocket takes off at the Bun Bang Fai Rocket Festival in Yasothon, Thailand

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A police officer stands by a swarm of bees that landed on a Basilico Pizza bike in Fulham, London

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The Red Arrows fly over London for the VE Day 70 Commemorations

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 Dominic Bergamin (L), a new Vatican Swiss Guard, receives a kiss from Joanne (R) prior to a swearing-in ceremony in Vatican City

  

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 Sisters Celyn Alexander (left) and Tristin Alexander drive a motorised miniature split screen Volkswagen van on Brean Beach in Somerset

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A man in an iron mesh suit plays his guitar while man-made lightning strikes his body during a show in Changle in China

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A visitor walks through the 'Occupations/Discoveries' art installation by brazilian artist Antonio Manuel at the Pavilion of Brazil during the International Art Exhibition (Biennale d'Arte) in Venice

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Self proclaimed Superhero Captain Beany, who is standing to be an MP in the Aberavon constituency,

 shows off his tattoo during the General Election count at Neath Sports Centre

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Indonesian musician Ricky Surya Virgana performs in front of the Communist Party's local office on a street in Venice

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These fish drying on a rattan disc "almost look like a necklace" says Rayner.

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A visitor looks at 'The Key in the Hand' art installation by Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota presented at Japan's pavilion during the 56th International Art Exhibition (Biennale d'Arte) titled 'All the Worlds Futures'

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 A protester wears a mask made from a leaf in the Cibitoke neighbourhood of Bujumbura

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The shape of an eight-year-old boy is seen inside a suitcase on a Spanish civil guard scanner screen on the border between Morocco and Spain's north african enclave Ceuta, Spain...

...A 19-year-old woman was arrested for the attempted smuggling of the boy,

who was checked by medics and handed over to juvenile prosecutors office, according to authorities