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  1. Flooding in Egham River Thames breaks its banks

  2. Luke Batty, 11, was killed by his father at Tyabb cricket ground on Wednesday February 12, 2014 Tyabb cricket ground tragedy

  3. School boy in Hebron Four Corners: Stone Cold Justice

  4. CFA crew put out fires at Warrandyte Bushfires rage in Victoria and SA

  5. A man rides his horse through the flames during the "Luminarias" annual religious celebration on the night before Saint Anthony's, patron of animals, in the village of San Bartolome de los Pinares in January 2014 Top Shots

  6. Clouds darken sky in town of Coober Pedy Your Photos

  7. Protesters rally against shark cull on Cottesloe beach Week in news

  8. Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the Seahawks won the Super Bowl Weekly sport round-up

  9. Year of the Horse parade Sydney Chinese New Year celebrations

  10. King tides coincide with a storm surge from Cyclone Dylan at Airlie Beach Cyclone Dylan reaches Queensland

  11. Lorde and Joel Little win the Grammy for Song Of The Year Grammy Awards 2014

  12. Wawrinka celebrates Australian Open title win Australian Open 2014

  13. McAlister Kemp Tamworth Country Music Festival

  14. Simon Gerrans wins stage one of Tour Down Under Tour Down Under 2014

  15. A pro-European protester swings a metal chain during clashes with riot policemen Ukraine protests - in pictures

  16. Rusty McGee ABC Open: Big Sky Country

  17. Bodhidharma Cave, Buddhist Sancturary, Weixi County, Shangri-la. Exhibition: One Year in Yunnan

  18. Tauana and Kemilly Yasmin Snapshot of life in a Brazilian slum

  19. Minnimbah bushfire NSW firefighters tackle bushfires

  20. Stanley Kingham, 79, busks for the first-ever time during the 42nd Tamworth Country Music Festival. Tamworth Country Music Festival

  21. Fire at Watraba on SA's West Coast Picture gallery: Fires burning across SA

  22. Cars drive away from bushfire at Eden Valley Heatwave grips south-east Australia

  23. Karridale circus Western Australian Circus Festival

  24. Wide Bay floods ABC Open: Australia's extremes

  25. Firefighters tackle the blaze in Perth Hills Gallery: Homes lost in WA bushfire

  26. Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston Golden Globes 2014

  27. Volcanic ash spews from Mount Sinabung. Mount Sinabung volcano erupts

  28. Dog dressed as Elvis at Parkes festival Elvis Festival comes to Parkes

  29. Dead cattle on drought-affected property west of Townsville. Jan 8, 2014 Hard drought, hard times

  30. A Manly Ferry passes the Ashes reception at the Sydney Opera House. Ashes party at Sydney Opera House

  31. Ice crystals in Minneapolis 'Polar vortex' hits northern USA

  32. Llyeton Hewitt celebrates Brisbane International win Photo gallery: Summer of tennis

  33. Fireworks light up the sky above the Cathedral Square in Vilnius, Lithuania. The world celebrates New Year's Eve

  34. Fire lights a welcome sign at the opening ceremony of Woodford Folk Festival Woodford Folk Festival

  35. Fire burns under a car as it performs a burnout during Summernats. Summernats 2014

  36. Sydney to Hobart yacht, Black Jack, races down the coast of south east Australia. Sydney to Hobart yacht race

  37. Sculptor Baldrick Buckle continues work on his sculpture Sand Sculpting Championship

  38. Siddle and Australia celebrates Ashes sweep Fifth Ashes Test at the SCG

  39. Mandawuy Yunupingu at Shady Beach in Arnhem Land. In pictures: Remembered in 2013

  40. People let off fireworks during a village festival in Spain 2013: News photos of the year

  41. Australian cricket team celebrates Best sport photos of 2013

  42. Warrimoo firefighters 2013 as seen by ABC photographers

  43. Beach-goers pass by a decorated Christmas tree on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii. Christmas Day celebrations

  44. Paris Santa Claus Santa Claus gears up for Christmas

  45. Ronnie Biggs 'Great Train Robber' Ronnie Biggs

  46. Mitchell Johnson Third Ashes Test in Perth

  47. Noel Klaehn Looking back: Australia in Uruzgan

  48. Peter O'Toole Life in pictures: Peter O'Toole

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