21 March 2012 Last updated at 08:42 ET

Day in pictures 24 hours of news photos: 21 March 2012 Brendan Kasony and his wife Joyce

Briton freed Judith Tebbutt released by kidnappers Judith Tebbutt, in Somalia, 21 March 2012,following her release from Somali kidnappers.

Police raid in Toulouse Armed police seal off flats where man suspected of killing seven people is hiding Police stand outside the Belle Paule residence in Toulouse, 21 March 2012

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Reburying the dead Congo tries to move on from conflict Kumu Mobondo (25) with her two year old daughter Elongo preparing breakfast for her family at dawn

Queen's address Diamond Jubilee address at Westminster Hall The Queen and Prince Philip in Westminster Hall

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Yuriage one year on

15:51 UK time, Monday, 12 March 2012

Photographer Jake Price returns to the town of Yuriage in Japan for a second time since the earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of Japan on 11 March 2011.

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