In pictures: Queen's Baton Relay - Kiribati, Cook Islands & Tonga

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Students from Uekera Primary School in Kiribati wait patiently for their turn to hold the Queen's baton during the celebrations in Kiribati.
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Students from Uekera Primary School in Kiribati wait patiently for their turn to hold the Queen's baton during the celebrations in Kiribati.

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A sailing canoe sits in dock ahead of the Queen's Baton's next adventure in Tarawa, Kiribati.

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An elder in a traditional floral headdress holds the Queen's Baton in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

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Members of the local community hold the Queen's Baton at a local beach market in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

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BBC Queen's Baton Relay presenter, Mark Beaumont, poses with Tonga's young boxing hopefuls, includng Osika Finau who hopes to compete at Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

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Many hands reach for Queen's Baton during the relay in Nuku’alofa, Tonga.

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A woman carries a home made coconut bark torch today dubbed the 'Tongan torch' - during the procession of the Queen's Baton Relay in Nuku’alofa, Tonga.