In pictures: The Scots who mapped the world
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Week in pictures
News photos from around the world
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Life on the edge
Lives of Brazil's Guarani-Kaiowa people
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Day in pictures
24 hours of news photos: 14 December
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Sex slave protests
Trial acquittals spark protests in Argentina
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Your pictures
Readers' photos of Christmas shopping
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Wildlife crime
Illegal trade threatening elephants and tigers
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Sir Patrick Moore
Life of the astronomer and broadcaster
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Day in pictures
24 hours of news photos: 13 December
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Meshaal visits Gaza
First visit of Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal to Gaza
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Earth by night
Spectacular night-time view of Earth