In pictures: Queen's Baton Relay - Europe

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Dancers in traditional Cypriot costume perform with the Queen's Baton.
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Schoolchildren perform the Syrtos dance to honour the Queen's Baton in Paphos, Cyprus.

Man in a Cyprus team tracksuit holding the Queen's Baton.
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Para-athlete Antoni Aresti carries the Queen's Baton in Paphos, Cyprus.

Man in gondola posing with Queen's Baton.
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Malta National Olympic Committee Vice President Joe Cassar carries the Queen's Baton on a 'dghaysa tal pass' boat in Valletta Grand Harbour, Malta.

A woman in silhouette holds the Queen's Baton aloft.
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Athlete Alessandra Pace poses with the Queen's Baton by the Dwejra 'azure window' arch in Gozo, Malta.

An elderly gentleman holds the Queen's Baton next to a man playing bagpipes. The Rock of Gibraltar is in the background.
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Charlie Fowler MBE, president of the local Commonwealth Games Association, holds the Queen’s Baton as a piper from the Gibraltar Sea Scouts plays.

A military band perform with the Queen's Baton.
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The Royal Gibraltar Regiment honours the Queen's Baton in Gibraltar.

Two men wearing lifejackets pose with the Queen's Baton on board a small boat.
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Tom Daley carries the Queen's Baton with Zane Duquemin, Team Jersey medal hopeful and British Indoor Championship shot-putter, as it arrives into St Aubin's harbour, Jersey.

Schoolgirls wearing straw hats look at the Queen's Baton.
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Children from the Helvetia House School choir with the Queen's Baton in Jersey.