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Today in Pictures: July 19

Hitching a ride in Burundi, cliff diving in the Azores, an exhausting train journey and more.
Image: Cylists hang to the back of a truck outside the capital Bujumbura as the country awaits next week's presidential elections
Cylists hang on to the back of a truck outside Burundi's capital of Bujumbura. Each day scores of cyclists make the 28-mile downhill journey at breakneck speed from Bugarama to sell bananas, often hanging from the back of trucks for the return uphill trip. A cyclist heading downhill passes at left.MIKE HUTCHINGS / Reuters