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17 May 2012 Last updated at 12:31 ET

Day in pictures 24 hours of news photos 17 May Four-week-old Florida Burrowing Owlets stand in their nest at a local park in Miami, Florida

Olympic flame Olympic flame tours Greece Torchbearer Dimitrios Chondrokoukis lighting a cauldron with the Olympic flame at the Acropolis in Athens

Gold buttons Half a million gold buttons decorate Royal Barge Ann Carrington and assistant at work on the banner

Day in pictures 24 hours of news photos: 16 May 2012 A Palestinian demonstrator throws a stone

Fuentes' wake Mexicans pay their last respects A woman touches the coffin of Mexican author Carlos Fuentes

Jubilee pageant The Diamond Jubilee Pageant at Windsor Castle Cook Island dancers at the Diamond Jubilee Pageant, Windsor Castle

Silverstone Classic Cars and stars on show ahead of this year's event Wet weather on the track

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Dana Popa returns to Romania

15:49 UK time, Thursday, 3 May 2012

Photographer Dana Popa returns to the country of her birth Romania to explore life for those born since the fall of communism.

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