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In pictures: Top shots of the day

Refuelling

A British Typhoon fighter jet approaches a Canadian Boeing in-flight refueller tanker aircraft during a refuelling operation above the Mediterranean sea as part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Unified Protector operation over Libya.

'Free Assange'

Supporters of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange are pictured outside the High Court in central London,

Protest

Activists of Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parisad hold placards against the construction of big dams as they protest on a boat in the river Brahmaputra in Gauhati.

Heights

A man rides an urban zipline past the Ferry Building above Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco.

Dead end

Firefighters work at the scene of an Amtrak passenger train that collided with a tractor-trailer in North Berwick, Maine.

Rain's on

Villagers hide under a plastic sheet to protect themselves from heavy rains on the outskirts of Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh.

Honour

Pranab Mukherjee being offered a shawl by NABARD CMD Prakash Bakshi during the meeting of Board of Directors of NABARD on its foundation day, in New Delhi.

Team India off to London

Sreesanth and Wriddhiman Saha arrive at Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport to leave for London.

Attack

An injured cop runs towards the police station after he was attacked by Congress workers in Agartala.

Rallies and cows

Korean cows are surrounded by livestock farmers during a rally against South Korean government signing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with various countries, including the European Union and the U.S., near National Assembly in Soul, South Korea.

Wreckage

Railway workers use a crane to clear the mangled wreckage of the Kalka Mail passenger train that derailed on Sunday near Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh.

Man on the run

WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange arrives at the High Court in London for his extradition appeal hearing in London. Assange is back in court on Tuesday for the latest installment in his fight against extradition to Sweden, where the 40-year-old Australian is accused of rape and molestation.

Prayers

Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her youngest son Kim Aris pay respect to the late Gen. Aung San, father of Suu Kyi, at the Martyr's Mausoleum in Yangon, Myanmar.

Smokin' good music

A man plays the violin during the San Fermin Festival. The festival is a symbol of Spanish culture that attracts thousands of tourists to watch the bull runs despite heavy condemnation from animal rights groups.

Clearing the wreck

Policemen stand guard as Railway workers clear the mangled wreckage of the Kalka Mail passenger train that derailed on Sunday near Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh. The rescue operation that ended on Monday found 69 bodies and at least 239 passengers have been injured.