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Photographs of guests who will attend the BAFTA awards ceremony on Sunday are displayed on seats at the Royal Opera House in London February 7. Photo : Suzanne Plunkett/REUTERS
Striking police officers from the northeastern state of Bahia gesture under an army helicopter, which has arrived in a show of support to their colleagues who are occupying the Legislative Assembly in protest, in Salvador da Bahia February 7. Soldiers on Tuesday morning surrounded the Legislative Assembly and fired tear gas as striking police outside tried to enter the building where hundreds of their colleagues have barricaded themselves with their families in a demand for higher wages. The strike by the police officers has sparked a wave of murders and other violence, just two weeks ahead of Carnaval celebrations. Photo : Lunae Parracho/REUTERS
Handout image issued by the Scottish Government of an image available as part of a smartphone app showing how a young woman could age in just 10 years if she regularly exceeds sensible drinking guidelines, as part of the Scottish Government Alcohol Behaviour Change 'Drop a glass size' campaign,Tuesday February. Photo : PA Wire
Ukrainian deputies unfurl a banner with the face of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko during the opening first session of the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev February 7. Supporters of the jailed opposition leader chanted "Freedom for Yulia!" in an attempt to drown out a keynote speech by President Viktor Yanukovich. Photo : Sergei Svetlitsky /REUTERS
Demonstrators from the communist-affiliated trade union PAME march by the parliament in protest against the new austerity measures in Athens February 7. Alarmed by the prospect of yet more budget cuts, Greece's two main trade unions hold a 24-hour strike on Tuesday in protest against policies they say have only driven the economy into a downward spiral. Photo :Yannis Behrakis /REUTERS
Cleaners wash the glass windows of Movenpick Hotel in Doha February 7. Photo : Fadi Al-Assaad/REUTERS
Jeff Harrods shovels snow from the footpaths in Hutton-Le-Hole, North Yorkshire as Britain's big freeze shows little sign of relenting with sub-zero temperatures set to bring more misery to commuters up and down the country in the coming days. Tuesday February 7. Photo : Owen Humphreys/PA Wire
A boy holds a poster of Yemen's Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who is the country's acting leader, during the inauguration ceremony for Hadi's presidential election campaign in Sanaa February 7. Photo : Khaled Abdullah /REUTERS
Ducks sits in the frozen water in the zoo in the Serbian capital Belgrade February 7. Photo : Marko Djurica/REUTERS
Pickwick Bicycle club members stand near Charles Dickens' birthplace on February 7, in Portsmouth, England. The bicentenary of the birth of the world famous novelist is being celebrated today. As well as events in Portsmouth, a special service is being held at Westminster Abbey, where Dickens is buried, attended by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. Photo : Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
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