The day in photos

Jessica Sager

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Sep 15, 2014

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A child with his drum smiles as he walks near students performing during a parade commemorating Costa Rica's Independence Day in San Jose September 15, 2014. Schools and colleges participated in parades throughout the country to celebrate its 193rd anniversary of independence. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate (COSTA RICA - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A drummer grins at an Independence Day parade in San Jose, Costa Rica. Reuters

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A polar bear takes a sun bath at Moscow's zoo on September 12, 2014, in Moscow. From September 13 to 14, 2014, Moscow's zoo marks 150 years since its founding in 1864. AFP PHOTO / VASILY MAXIMOV (Photo credit should read VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images)

A polar bear sunbathes in a Moscow zoo. Getty

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South Korean Marine Corps' amphibious vehicles take part in a ceremony to mark the 64th anniversary of Incheon Landing Operations conducted by the U.S.-led United Nations troop during the 1950-1953 Korean War, in the sea off Incheon, September 15, 2014. REUTERS/News1 (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: MILITARY ANNIVERSARY POLITICS CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS - NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA

South Korean Marine Corps’ vehicles mark the 64th anniversary of Incheon Landing Operations. Reuters

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A volunteer of Ukrainian self-defence battalion "Azov" talks to his girlfriend after returning from the front line in Eastern regions of Ukraine, in Kiev September 15, 2014. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko (UKRAINE - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A soldier holds his girlfriend in Kiev, Ukraine, after returning from the front lines. Reuters

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Captain Bui Sy Tung checks the alignment of the honour guard before a welcoming ceremony for Indian President Pranab Mukherjee at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi September 15, 2014. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Capt. Bui Sy Tung checks the alignment of the honor guard before a welcoming ceremony for Indian President Pranab Mukherjee in Hanoi, Vietnam. Reuters

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A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter launches mortar shells towards Zummar, controlled by Islamic State (IS), near Mosul September 15, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter fires towards Zummar near Mosul, Iraq. Reuters

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A boy looks up at a mural reading "A Wish for Peace" in Medford, Massachusetts September 15, 2014. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A boy gazes at a mural in Medford, Mass. Reuters

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Members of Ukrainian police special task force "Sich" take part in a drill at their base in Slaviansk September 15, 2014. Fighting broke out again in Ukraine's rebel-held city of Donetsk on Monday as President Petro Poroshenko prepared to unveil a risky plan to give the separatist-minded east "special status" in a bid to end a conflict that has killed over 3,000 people. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Special police forces train in Slaviansk, Ukraine. Reuters

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SCHEVENINGEN, NETHERLANDS - SEPTEMBER 15: A horseman rides his horses through colored smoke during a practice session at the beach of Scheveningen on September 15, 2014 in Scheveningen, Netherlands. Some eighty members of the Dutch cavalry practiced for any possible emergency during tomorrow's Prinsjesdag ceremony which marks the opening of the Dutch parliament. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)

A horseman rides through colored smoke in a Dutch Cavalry training exercise in Scheveningen, the Netherlands. Getty

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In this Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014 photo, a firefighter walks past a burning structure on Cedar Drive in Oakhurst, Calif., as two raging wildfires in the state forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes. (AP Photo/The Fresno Bee, Mark Crosse) LOCAL PRINT OUT (VISALIA TIMES-DELTA, REEDY EXPONENT, KINGBURG RECORDER, SELMA ENTERPRISE, HANFORD SENTINEL, PORTERVILLE RECORDER, MADERA TRIBUNE, THE BUSINESS JOURANL FRENSO); LOCAL TELEVISION OUT (KSEE24, KFSN30, KGE47, KMPH26)

A firefighter tries to control a wildfire in Oakhurst, Calif. AP

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A stranded dog stands on the rooftop of a collapsed house in an inundated neighborhood in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. Flooding from days of heavy monsoon rains partially submerged Srinagar and left more than 400 people dead in northern Pakistan and India. The flood waters have begun to recede, but vast fields of crops have been destroyed and tens of thousands of families have lost all their possessions. (AP Photo/ Altaf Qadri)

A stranded dog stands on the rooftop of a collapsed house in flooded Srinagar, India. AP

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Protesters demonstrate across the street from the Comcast Center Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, in Philadelphia. Demonstrators expressed opposition to the proposed merger of communications companies Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc., and called for further Federal Communications Commission regulation of Internet traffic to support "net neutrality," advocates who want strong government protections for the open Internet. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Net neutrality protesters rally across the street from the Comcast Center in Philadelphia. AP

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A hotel worker walks near the entrance of the resort, partially destroyed by Hurricane Odile, in Los Cabos, Mexico, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. Hurricane Odile hammered Mexico's Baja California Peninsula overnight, tearing away the facades of luxury resorts, shattering countless car and hotel windows and leaving lobbies swamped and full of debris on Monday. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

A worker walks by a hotel entrance partially destroyed by Hurricane Odile in Los Cabos, Mexico. AP

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A Roma girl watches riot policemen while she and more than 100 others are evicted from the homes they lived in, in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. Up to 25 Roma families were evacuated from buildings in the Romanian capital which were illegally taken into state propriety during the Communist rule and then returned to their owners following lengthy legal procedures. The Roma, of which some were legal tenants while the buildings were under state control, protested that they are not compensated for their loss, and that the temporary shelters they were offered involve women and children living separate from men. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A Roma girl watches riot policemen evict Roma from their homes in Bucharest, Romania. AP

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A model displays a Spring/Summer 2015 design by Alvarno, during the Madrid's Fashion Week, in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014 . (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

A model walks the runway during Fashion Week, in Madrid, Spain. AP

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President Barack Obama shakes hands with William Sloat as he presents the Medal of Honor for his brother Army Spc. Donald P. Sloat in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept., 15, 2014. Donald P. Sloat, of Coweta, Okla., was killed in action on Jan. 17, 1970, at age 20. While on patrol, a soldier in his squad triggered a hand grenade trap that had been placed in their path by enemy forces. According to the White House, Sloat picked up the live grenade, initially to throw it away. When he realized it was about to detonate, he shielded the blast with his own body in order to save the lives of his fellow soldiers. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Barack Obama shakes hands with William Sloat as he presents the Medal of Honor for his brother, Army Spc. Donald P. Sloat, in Washington. AP

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A two-day-old Tapir walks around its enclosure at the zoo in Leipzig on September 12, 2014. Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of South America, Central America, and Southeast Asia. AFP PHOTO / DPA / PETER ENDIG +++ GERMANY OUT +++ (Photo credit should read PETER ENDIG/AFP/Getty Images)

A two-day old tapir strolls around its Leipzig, Germany, zoo enclosure. Getty

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In this Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014 photo provided by John Luerding, an air tanker drops fire retardant over a wild fire at the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest between Grants Pass and Cave Junction in Oregon. Two wildfires that started over the weekend were threatening scattered rural homes in western Oregon, where forests are critically dry and the weather is hot. (AP Photo/John Luerding)

An air tanker drops flame retardant over an Cave Junction, Oregon, wildfire. AP

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, left, and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio leave a press conference following a security meeting, in New York, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. Govs. Andrew Cuomo, Christie and Mayor de Blasio met with Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and a bi-state group of officials from local, state and federal law enforcement and public safety offices to discuss security preparedness and coordination in the New York-New Jersey region. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Mayor Bill de Blasio leave a press conference in New York. AP

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