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Parental wealth is key marker of graduates’ earning power
Students from poorer backgrounds earn less than wealthier peers on same course, major international study finds
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'Man's next great leap': Spacecraft to go further into universe than ever before
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Portuguese MMA fighter Carvalho dies after Dublin show
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World news in pictures
World news in pictures
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1/30 12 April 2016
Flames and smoke rise after a fight between Kurds and Arab Syrians at their makeshift camp in the northern border village of Idomeni. Tensions are high in the makeshift encampment at Idomeni, after 250 refugees hurt at the flashpoint Idomeni crossing as they tried to force their way into Macedonia
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2/30 12 April 2016
An Afghan man prays at a shrine on the ruins of the ancient city of Balkh, located outside the northern Afghan town of Mazar-i-Sharif. Once known as the "mother of cities," the ancient city of Balkh was a popular destination along the ancient Silk Route. Balkh was destroyed by Mongol conquerer Genghis Khan during his rule, with the city's ruins remaining as a tourist attraction today
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3/30 12 April 2016
Boys play water as they celebrate Myanmar New Year Water Festival in Yangon
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4/30 12 April 2016
Flower fields at seen from an aerial view in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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5/30 12 April 2016
People release balloons with an image of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, during a gathering to mark "Cosmonautics Day" near the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow, Russia
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6/30 12 April 2016
A boy sits on his ball next to a border fence on the Greek side of the border, as Macedonian police stand guard on the Macedonian side, close to a makeshift camp for refugees near the Greek village of Idomeni
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7/30 12 April 2016
A view of the Olympic Aquatics Stadium at the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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8/30 11 April 2016
A boy and an elephant splash each other with water during the celebration of the Songkran water festival in Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok
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9/30 11 April 2016
Members of Malaysia's Civil Defence Force pose with a python, that they estimated to be 7.5m (24.6 ft) long and 250kg (551 pounds) in weight, caught near a construction site in Paya Terubong, Penang
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10/30 11 April 2016
A man sleeps on a girder between the two pillars of a bridge on the Sabarmati river during a hot day in Ahmedabad, India
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11/30 10 April 2016
An Indian survivor is treated at a hospital following a fire at the Puttingal Devi Temple in Paravur. A massive fire swept through a temple in the southern Indian state of Kerala, killing more than 100 people and injuring at least 280 after thousands gathered to watch a fireworks display
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12/30 10 April 2016
A refugee carries a fellow injured man during clashes with Macedonian police next to a border fence at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece
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13/30 10 April 2016
People jump off a bridge, which has a height of 30 meters, in Hortolandia, Brazil. According to organizers, 149 people were attempting set a new world record for "rope jumping", in which people, tied to a safety cord, jump off a bridge
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14/30 10 April 2016
Thousands of runners are seen during a long exposure crossing the Reichsbrucke bridge over the Danube river, during the Vienna City Marathon in Austria. This year, around 42 thousand participants were estimated to take part at the Vienna Marathon
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15/30 10 April 2016
Two men waiving life jackets next to a large sign "Help" made of palm leaves as a US Navy P-8A maritime surveillance aircraft spotted them on the deserted island of Fanadik in Micronesia. The US military said it has helped rescue three stranded men from a deserted Pacific island, after the shipmen used palm fronds to spell the word "HELP" and held up lifejackets. Navy airplane crew members spotted the survivors and shared their location with relatives as well as with ships in Guam. A small boat then picked the men up and took them to Pulap in Micronesia
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16/30 9 April 2016
Members of the sect of Legio Maria (Latin for Legion of Mary) attend the funeral service for one of the sects founders, Cardenal Wilson Oweno Obimos, in the western Kenya town of Kisumu. Legio Maria also known as Legio Maria of African Church Mission, is an African initiated church or new religious movement popular among particularly the Luo people of western Kenya. It was initiated by repeated appearances of a mystic woman to several Roman Catholic members delivering messages on the incarnation of the son of God as a black man
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17/30 9 April 2016
Ethnic Yao minority women brush their long hair as part of a performance during the local Long Hair Festival, to celebrate the third day of the third lunar month which is regarded as a traditional festival for many ethnic minorities in Huangluo village of Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. More than 80 women in the village have hair longer than 1.4 metres, with the longest reaching 2.3 metres, according to local media
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18/30 9 April 2016
A woman carries a flags and fork as she walks with her children in the center of eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, after marking the second anniversary of the proclamation of the so called People's Republic of Donetsk. Some 10 000 of the people took part in the march and in the the rally in the center of the city
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19/30 9 April 2016
Syrian children run with balloons past heavily damaged buildings in the neighborhood of Jobar, on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus
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20/30 9 April 2016
French high school students attend a demonstration against the French labour law proposal in Marseille
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21/30 9 April 2016
A paramilitary policeman looks on as a performer waits before a memorial ceremony for the Yellow Emperor, or Huangdi, in Xinzheng, in China's Henan province. The Yellow Emperor, said to have lived around 5000 years ago, is considered the founder of the nation and the ancestor of all Chinese people, according to myth and some historical accounts
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22/30 8 April 2016
Mexican soldiers take part in an operation to destroy a poppy plantation in the mountains in the municipality of Zirandaro, Guerrero State. Mexico suffers from a fierce dispute between drug cartels who fight over turf and trafficking routes to the United States
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23/30 8 April 2016
Spanish matador Morante de la Puebla performs a pass with capote on a bull during a bullfight at the Maestranza bullring, in Sevilla
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24/30 8 April 2016
Northern Lights seen near the town of Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
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25/30 8 April 2016
A Russian army sapper works in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra
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26/30 8 April 2016
Newly-released political student protester and family members cry after being reunited in Tharrawaddy town, Bago Region. A Myanmar court in nearby Tharrawaddy town freed dozens of jailed students, in the first wave of detainee releases after Aung San Suu Kyi pledged that the release of activists and political prisoners would be the first priority of her new government
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27/30 7 April 2016
Kashmiri Muslim women mourn during the funeral of Waseem Ahmad Malla, a suspected militant, in Pehlipora village in Shopian district in south Kashmir. Two suspected militants, one of whom was Malla, were killed during a gunbattle with Indian security forces in Shopian
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28/30 7 April 2016
Ethnic Armenian soldiers stand next to a cannon at artillery positions near the Nagorno-Karabakh's town of Martuni. Armenia’s president has warned an outbreak of fighting in the region could lead to full-scale war, as a third day of fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenian-backed separatists has seen soldiers killed on both sides, in the most intense violence in the area in years
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29/30 7 April 2016
Students from a martial art school attends a training session as they perform Shaolin Kung Fu and other practices in Dengfeng, Henan Province, China
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30/30 7 April 2016
A pro-police supporter yells while protesters charged with rioting during the Mong Kok protests arrive to court in Hong Kong. Protesters appeared in court again over rioting after officials tried to clear illegal street hawkers from the busy commercial neighbourhood of Mong Kok on Lunar New Year
Report: Ronaldo hat-trick keeps Real Madrid in Champions League
Real Madrid 3 Wolfsburg 0: Ronaldo scored all three goals as Real Madrid overcame their 2-0 first-leg deficit to reach the semi-finals
Coetzee succeeds Meyer as South Africa head coach
The 52-year-old was part of Jake White's 2007 Rugby World Cup-winning coaching staff
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Gopperth stays cool at the death to send Wasps through to semi-finals
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Haskell’s return prepares buzzing Wasps for revenge
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Marler suspended for two games and fined £20,000 for 'gyspy boy' slur
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Cipriani's interception plunges Exiles closer to the drop
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McCall 'feels sorry' as Bath decide to stand by Watson after red card
Letters It's not just Europe that needs a rethink, its Western foreign policy
Send your letters to letters@independent.co.uk
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Holly Baxter According to the Tories, a low earner is a 'low achiever'
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Jane Merrick Why I'm so happy that Danny Willett won in an elite sport like golf
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Ben Chu Inheritance tax doesn't work. Let's tax family gifts instead
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Harriet Williamson No Stephen Fry, survivors of child sex abuse don't need to 'grow...
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Maha Akeel Trevor Phillips' research on British Muslims is dangerous and wrong
Ashton Kutcher says there's a script for a Dude, Where's My Car 2
It's the sequel everyone (?) wanted.
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Spider-Man will be a much bigger part of Civil War than expected
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Will Smith explains how his Suicide Squad role could become Batman
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Inhumans release date set to be pushed back by Marvel Studios
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New Ian McEwan novel set for release in September
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Tessa Thompson joins Thor: Ragnarok, Natalie Portman won't appear
David Gest was about to embark on ‘David Gest is not dead’ tour
The tour's full title was 'David Gest Is Not Dead but Alive With Soul'
Original Gilmore Girls producer files lawsuit over Netflix revival
Polone claims breach-of-contract and is demanding at least $195,000 damages from Warner Bros TV
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13 reasons to catch up on Peaky Blinders before season 3 begins
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Netflix now better at originals than HBO, according to viewer survey
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The Walking Dead tease arrival of another comic book character
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The actors who consistently make terrible films
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Chris Parnell admits he's been playing the same character on different
J.K. Rowling reveals her favourite Harry Potter character
Turns out, an author can absolutely play favourites with their literary creations; in fact, it's quite easy to do so
Breaking ground
Florals are a tried, tested but somewhat tired fashion trope – but not this season, as all manners of designers give them all manners of makeovers. Alexander Fury plucks the best of the bunch of the season’s reimagined blooms
Ben & Jerry's are giving away ice cream – here's how you can get some
If you love the B&J's, it may as well be Christmas, Easter and New Year’s all squeezed, pasteurised and frozen into one delicious scoop
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Global vanilla shortage may cause ice cream prices to soar this summer
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Foods that were once considered bad for you, but are actually healthy
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Five 'unhealthy' foods that are actually good for you
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38 nutrition experts tell us what they eat for breakfast
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Costa 'selling different cup sizes holding same coffee quantities'
6 loos with great views
Nature’s call has never been so beautifully answered, as Lonely Planet's latest book shows
Just your type: interiors inspiration for typography fans
Be a person of letters — they are having an interior design moment.
Facebook F8 conference: What we learned during the opening keynotes
A number of major announcements were made during the opening speeches of this year's F8 conference
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iPhone SE review: gently-refined handset is the best small phone ever
The most affordable iPhone yet is a subtle but important upgrade, writes David Phelan
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Quantum Break: Laying the groundwork for something revolutionary
A convoluted story, not helped by a below average TV show
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Doom open beta set to launch on 15 April
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PlayStation 4 remote play introduced with latest software update
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Miitomo, Nintendo's first-ever mobile game, is now available worldwide
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Final Fantasy 'Platinum Demo' now available on PlayStation and Xbox
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Gamers confess to the worst things they've ever done while playing
10 best pet tech
From cameras to keep an eye on your kitty to LED-laden dog collars, here are gadgets to take the stress out of pet parenting