WELCOME to The World In Pictures - a round-up of images from around the globe, taken in the last 24 hours.
Today's collection includes Steve Buscemi winning at the Screen Actors Guild awards, Novak Djokavic with his Australian Open trophy, a chemical clean-up in China and meerkats huddling together against the rain.
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An Egyptian girl holds up her ink-stained thumb after voting at a polling center in Cairo
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Francesca Del Celo jumps Womens 3m Springboard during the British Gas National Cup 2012
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Novak Djokovic poses with his Australian Open trophy at a park in central Melbourne
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Meerkats huddle together as it rains at the Dusit Zoo in Bangkok
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Steve Buscemi poses backstage with the awards for outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series and outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series for Boardwalk Empire
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North Korean new leader Kim Jong Un greets students at Mangyongdae Revolutionary School in Pyongyang
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Paramilitary policemen wearing chemical suits deal with water tainted by cadmium pollution in China
