The day in photos

The day in photos

Sep 3, 2014

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Tourists have dinner as fish swim around them, at the Tianjin Haichang Polar Ocean World in Tianjin, September 1, 2014. Picture taken September 1, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: TRAVEL SOCIETY ANIMALS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY FOOD) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

Tourists dine at Tianjin Haichang Polar Ocean World in Tianjin, China. Reuters

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Visitors tour one of two completed caverns at the Jurong Rock Caverns, before its opening in Singapore September 2, 2014. The Jurong Rock Caverns, the first commercial underground facility for liquid hydrocarbons storage in Southeast Asia, opened on Tuesday. When all five caverns are completed, the facility located 150 meters below the ground will be able to store up to 1.47 million cubic meters of liquid hydrocarbons, equivalent to 600 Olympic-sized swimming pools. The remaining three caverns are expected to be completed in 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: BUSINESS ENERGY COMMODITIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Visitors tour the Jurong Rock Caverns in Singapore. Reuters

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Spring flowers bloom as paragliders take to the skies on the slopes of Cape Town's iconic Table Mountain , September 2, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: SPORT ENVIRONMENT TRAVEL TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Paragliders fly over flowers in Cape Town, South Africa. Reuters

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A cross and bullet are seen on Ukrainian serviceman as he stands in his camp near Donetsk September 2, 2014. Russian troops are strengthening their positions in eastern Ukraine and using aid shipments to smuggle in arms and other supplies to separatist forces, Kiev's military said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A soldier shows off a cross and a bullet in Donetsk, Ukraine. Reuters

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Devotees carry statues of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, to be immersed into the Arabian Sea on the fifth day of the ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai September 2, 2014. Ganesh idols are taken through the streets in a procession accompanied by dancing and singing, and later immersed in a river or the sea, symbolising a ritual seeing-off of his journey towards his abode, taking away with him the misfortunes of all mankind. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Devotees carry statues of the Hindu god Ganesh in Mumbai, India. Reuters

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Men position an inflatable giant figure in the shape of a pink river dolphin in front of the National Congress in Brasilia, September 2, 2014. The figure was placed by organizers of the Red Alert conservation campaign, which is trying to halt the killing of dolphins, which is illegal but common. REUTERS / Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)

A hot pink inflatable dolphin gets relocated in Brasilia, Brazil. Reuters

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A steelworker operates machinery at the Ilich iron and steel plant in the southern coastal town of Mariupol, September 2, 2014. Fears have arisen that an escalation of fighting between government forces, rebels and what appears to be Russian troops in Ukraine's east and around Mariupol would lead to a halt of production in the Ilich plant, owned by Metinvest, a key metal manufacturer in Ukraine's industrialised east. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (UKRAINE - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

A steelworker operates machinery in Mariupol, Ukraine. Reuters

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A detainee held by Pro-Russian rebels lays bound meters away from a column of destroyed Ukranian military vehicles in the village of Novokaterynivka, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. Ukrainian troops have over the past week suffered a string of major military losses in their offensive against Russian-backed separatist rebels, losing large swathes of territory and having hundreds of soldiers captured. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

A bound detainee is held by pro-Russian separatists in Novokaterynivka, Ukraine. AP

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Iraqi Shiite militia fighters celebrate after taking control of Sulaiman Pek village in the northwest of Tikrit city

Shiite militia fighters celebrate taking control of Sulaiman Pek village from Islamic State militants in Tikrit, Iraq. Reuters

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U.S. President Barack Obama waves before boarding Air Force One before departing for Estonia while at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, September 2, 2014. Obama will also attend the NATO summit in Wales on Thursday and Friday where Russia's involvement in Ukraine is expected to be the main topic. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One in Washington. Reuters

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - AUGUST 29: Bititi (L), an eleven year-old giraffe, brushes against its newborn calf at the San Francisco Zoo on August 29, 2014 in San Francisco, California. The San Francisco Zoo is welcoming a newborn male giraffe that was born on Tuesday, August 26 with a twin that died two days later. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Mother giraffe Bititi nuzzles her newborn calf in a San Francisco zoo. Getty

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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 02: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on September 2, 2014 in New York City. In morning trading after the holiday weekend, the Dow was down 20 points as global markets nervously watch developments in Russia and Ukraine. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange. Getty

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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 02: WWII veteran 106 year old Ret. Lt. Col. Luta Mae Cornelius McGrath sits in a wheel chair as she lays a wreath during ceremony at the World War II Memorial, September 2, 2014 in Washington, DC. The ceremony was held to commemorate the 70th anniversary of President George H.W. Bush's 46th combat mission as a Navy torpedo bomber pilot, when he was shot down over the Pacific during World War II, and to commemorate the recent 69th anniversary of V-J Day when allied forces claimed victory in the Pacific and the end of the World War II. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Veterans are honored at the World War II Memorial in Washington. Getty

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In this aerial view, fountains of lava, up to 60 meters high, spurt from a fissure in the ground on the north side of the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. The alert warning for the area surrounding Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano remained at orange on Tuesday, indicating that it is showing increased unrest with greater potential for an explosive eruption. (AP Photo/Stefano Di Nicolo)

The Bardarbunga volcano erupts in Iceland. AP

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Youths are silhouetted as they stand on a pier jutting out into the Adriatic Sea, during the 71st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/David Azia)

A dock on the Adriatic Sea is empty at the Venice Film Festival. AP

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Health workers spray the body of a amputee suspected of dying from the Ebola virus with disinfectant, in a busy street in Monrovia, Liberia, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. Food in countries hit by Ebola is getting more expensive and will become scarcer because many farmers won't be able to access fields, a U.N. food agency warned Tuesday. An Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed more than 1,500 people, and authorities have cordoned off entire towns in an effort to halt the virus' spread. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

Health workers spray the body of a person believed to have died of Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia. AP

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Paula Manago, of Cliffside Park, N.J., gathers shells along the ocean near the Revel Hotel Casino early Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014, in Atlantic City, N.J. The casino section of the Revel closed at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday. Revel is shutting down a little over two years after opening with high hopes of revitalizing Atlantic City's struggling gambling market. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

A woman gathers shells outside the closed Revel casino and hotel in Atlantic City, NJ. AP

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Landscapers trim grass in front of Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman's 25-meter (82-foot) white rabbit, as it leans up against an old aircraft hangar as part of the Taoyuan Land Art Festival in Taoyuan, Taiwan, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. Hofman's big yellow duck drew millions of visitors as it toured the island last year and festival organizers are hoping the rabbit will do the same. The Taoyuan Land Art Festival will take place from Sept. 9-14. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

Landscapers trim grass in front of Florentijn Hofman’s white rabbit in Taoyuan, Taiwan. AP

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A bee collects pollen in a sunflower field, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, near Lawrence, Kan. The 40-acre field planted annually by the Grinter family draws bees and lovers of sunflowers alike during the weeklong late summer blossoming of the flowers. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

A bee collects pollen from a sunflower in Lawrence, Kansas. AP

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