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Page last updated at 22:35 GMT, Monday, 11 January 2010

Day in pictures

A group of seals try to break free after they were frozen in a pool at a nature reserve in Yantai, in north-east China, as more cold weather is expected in the area this week.

Images from around the world on 11 January 2010.

THE BIG PICTURE

VALUED EXPOSURE

SPORT IN FOCUS

Egyptian archaeology workers ferrying sand in trolleys on rail tracks in front of the Great Pyramid, in Giza.

Tombs

Taxi

Dancers perform at the November 11 stadium in the Angolan capital of Luanda

Kick-off

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A ride along

Writer and photographer Paul Kaye cycled 2,230 miles along the route of the Iron Curtain

YOUR PICTURES

Celebration

Each week we publish a gallery of readers' pictures on a set theme. We begin the first gallery of 2010, on the theme of celebration, with a photograph by Linda Bamber of her dog Cassie on New Year's Day.
Stuart Koenig-Roach: "After my nephew had demolished his cake, just these cute little candles remained as evidence of a fun birthday feast."
Shannon B: "When I think of celebration, I think of bright colours and happiness."
Nancy Durham: "Christmas morning we celebrated with family, opening presents together at our house."
Jeremy Harper: "New year celebrations in Sydney taken at Lavender Bay, just behind Sydney Harbour Bridge."
Monika Tomczuk: "Thankful for a quiet evening with my father, we rang in the new year at home in front of the Christmas tree. He was diagnosed with cancer before Christmas so we are grateful to have this New Year's Eve to celebrate."
Stuart Taylor: "The Selangor St Andrew's Society held their annual celebration at the Royal Lake Club, Kuala Lumpur. Attendance was approximately 150 and the evening comprised pre-dinner cocktails, toasts to the Agong and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth."
Chayali Fehl: "A memorable parade and celebration I came across in the quaint town of Cuzco, Peru, when I was there in the summer."
Philip Perman: "The annual Lewes bonfire night celebrations in East Sussex were as spectacular as ever!"
Richard Brown: "My picture shows two family members reuniting at their annual Easter party in south Wales. Although wonderfully celebratory I love the ambiguity of just seeing one side of the hug (think they'd rather call it a 'cwtch'!)."
Anna Lambert: "This is a three-layer banoffee marshmallow cake I found the recipe for in Good Food magazine. I made it to celebrate a visit to a friend I hadn't seen in months. Myself and five other girls ate half for dessert during our evening meal."
Lynn Passmore: "In this photo, both rain and confetti fall from the sky, marking the end of the Lotus Lantern Festival in Seoul, South Korea. The festival is a celebration of Buddha's birthday."

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