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The best of Otago's young rugby players in under-38kg, under 48kg and under 65kg weight divisions turned out in the annual Millers Flat quad tournament between Metro, South/West and Central Otago representative sides on Sunday. Photos are by a staff photographer and prints are available online at Otago Images.

Flash floods sweep through Toowoomba, in Queensland, yesterday as relentless rains bring more misery to a region already battling its worst flooding in decades.

Photos by AP.

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Eleven oil workers are missing following a fire on the oil rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, 80km southeast of Louisiana, on Wednesday. Photos by AP.

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Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia, killing 96. (AP Photo).

 

The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on January 12 left more than a million people living in makeshift camps. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Revellers and dancers display their incredible costumes during carnival celebrations in Rio de Janeiro for the Brazil Carnival.