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Residents of Niteroi in Brazil portray themselves as prisoners of violence in a barbed wire cage. They argue that crime in their city has escalated from pick-pocketing to murders in recent months. (AP)

Residents of Niteroi in Brazil portray themselves as prisoners of violence in a barbed wire cage. They argue that crime in their city has escalated from pick-pocketing to murders in recent months. (AP)

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Firefighters in their underwear protest against austerity measures in Sabadell. Spain has been in recession for the best part of the past four years as the economy battles to recover from the collapse of its once-booming property sector. (AP)

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Guests including Chief Constable Matt Baggott, Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan and Dame Mary Peters joined a Mexican wave while they waited for the arrival of US President Barack Obama. (PA)

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Lea Thompson at the L.A. premiere of Star Trek Into Darkness

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