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09:52 October 23rd, 2009

Editor’s choice - October 23

Posted by: Jill Kitchener
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Joshua Grant (L) and Brock Hayhoe, members of New York’s professional all-male Dance Company “Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo”, also known as the Trocks, pose for pictures in Sydney October 23, 2009. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

Shi Liliang, 33, a monk from Southern Shaolin Temple, performs a special Chinese martial art stunt, known in Chinese as Shuishangpiao or “running on water”, at a reservoir on the outskirts of Quanzhou, Fujian province, October 22, 2009. Shi ran on the surface of a row of 1-centimetre-thick (0.39 inch) plywoods for 18 metres (59 feet), breaking his own record of 15 metres (49 feet) created several days ago, local media reported. REUTERS/Stringer

A policeman beats a man, who was fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, for cutting in front of others at a food distribution point for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Paharpur, 40 km (about 25 miles) by road from Dera Ismail Khan, located in Pakistan’s restive North West Frontier Province, October 22, 2009. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

A Palestinian woman holding a photograph of her jailed relative is reflected in a photograph of another jailed Palestinian as she takes part in a protest in support of Ahmed Saadat, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), in front of the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza City October 22, 2009. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Click here for the full Editor’s choice slideshow and click here for further showcases of Reuters photography.

2 comments so far

great selection of shots and good examples of the camera at work.

- Posted by Marie

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