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Sep 2, 2013

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Here’s a toy tiger that sparked a major operation. Police scrambled helicopters and ordered tranquilizers to hunt what they feared was an escaped wild animal in southern England, but found that the tiger was a toy. Hampshire Police say they responded after several residents called in to say they’d seen a white tiger in a field near a golf course in Hedge End, near the English coastal city of Southampton. AP Photo

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The moon appears near Earth’s horizon in this photograph of an orbital moonset taken from aboard the International Space Station. REUTERS

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North Korean workers nap on piles of fertilizer shipped from China on the banks of Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong. REUTERS

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The sun comes up behind damaged trees after a large tornado hit the town of Joplin, Mo. The tornado caused damage to a large portion of the town and the city’s hospital and school. EPA

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A series of images shows strong winds catching the hair of First Lady Michelle Obama as she arrives at Dublin airport in Ireland. President Obama opened a four-nation tour of Europe in Ireland where he explored his Irish roots in a town that was home to his great-great-great grandfather. REUTERS

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Mohammad Alishan, a performer from India’s eastern state of Jharkhand, performs a stunt as he drives a car on the walls of a “Well of Death” at a fair in Srinagar. The performers earn their livelihood by performing daredevil stunts by driving their bikes and cars on the walls and attract a large number of spectators. REUTERS

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France’s Finance and Economy Minister Christine Lagarde speaks to journalists during a G20 Globalization conference in Paris. She is a candidate to head the International Monetary Fund. AP Photo

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Four of the five Somali pirates arrested on charges of hijacking a South Korean freighter attend their trial at a court in Busan southeast of Seoul. South Korean prosecutors indicted the Somali pirates captured alive during a Jan. 21 Navy commando operation in the Arabian Sea on charges of maritime piracy, accusing one of them of shooting the South Korean captain. The operation killed eight other pirates and rescued all 21 crew members, though the 58-year-old skipper, Seok Hae-kyun, was shot several times during the gun battle. REUTERS

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A crew member falls from the side of a US military helicopter before the arrival of President Obama at the Dublin, Ireland airport. REUTERS

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Officials stand near a damaged aircraft at the PNS Mehran base after troops ended operations against militants in Karachi, Pakistan. Troops recaptured the naval air force base after a 16-hour battle with as few as six Taliban gunmen who had launched their brazen attack to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden. REUTERS

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Space shuttle Endeavour astronaut Andrew Feustel inside the hatch of the Qwest airlock during the first spacewalk of the STS-134 mission. REUTERS

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Taj Mohammad, an Afghan believed to be a would-be suicide attacker, is escorted to speak to the media during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. Mohammad was arrested recently by Afghan intelligence members in Baghlan province, north of Kabul, where he was supposed to commit a suicide attack. AP Photo

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A field of poppies blossom in the Oderbruch region of Mallnow, Germany. The history of the Oderbruch goes back about 250 years. In 1765 Frederick the Great arranged the drainage of the flood area around the Oder river to use the fertile ground. EPA

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The Floating Island is lit up on Han River in Seoul, South Korea. The world’s largest artificial floating island, housing three inter-connected cultural centers on Seoul’s Han River, was unveiled to the public in the latest addition to the city’s multi-billion dollar makeover. REUTERS

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Women, mostly members of feminist groups, hold placards reading “Sexism: it all goes loose” as they stage a demonstration against the political and media reaction to the sexual assault allegations against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in Paris. Around 500 people turned out in Paris for the protest. AFP/Getty Images

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President Obama drinks a pint of Guinness stout at the Ollie Hayes pub in Moneygall, Ireland. Obama sipped beer and cuddled babies as the tiny Irish village welcomed home “a long-lost cousin” with an outpouring of affection. VIDEO: Obama Enjoys a Guinness on Visit to Ireland Reuters

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Honor guards perform at the opening of the sixth international exhibition of arms and military hardware, the Milex 2011, in Minsk, Belarus. Over 130 companies and enterprises from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Armenia display their products and services during the exhibition. AP Photo

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Sir. Paul McCartney waves a Brazilian flag during his show in Rio de Janeiro. AP Photo

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A rebel instructor tells a man how to stand in a military position during a training exercise in Misrata, Libya. According to rebel military authorities, after six days of military training, new recruits are ready to go to fight on the front line against Moammar Khadafy forces. AP Photo

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Tribesmen carry an injured colleague during clashes with Yemeni security forces near the house of Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful Hashid tribe, in Sanaa, Yemen. Fighters for Yemen’s largest tribe sealed off key government buildings and barricaded streets in the heart of the capital as the revolt against President Ali Abdullah Saleh sharply escalated after militiamen turned their guns against government forces. AP Photo

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Motorists drive through floodwaters following a sudden downpour that inundated low-lying areas in Manila, Philippines. Typhoon Songda , the third weather disturbance to enter the Philippine area, is brewing in the eastern part of the country and is forecast to bring heavy rains and expected to make landfall later this week. AP Photo

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A soldier from Belarus smashes a block of concrete with a hammer on the chest of a fellow soldier at the MILEX-2011 arms and military equipment exhibition in Minsk. REUTERS

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A woman walks past a clothes shop in the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham, central England. REUTERS

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North Korean workers are seen through a window from a conference building at the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas. AFP/Getty Images

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint meeting of Congress. Netanyahu urged Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to tear up a pact with Hamas, and said a unilateral bid for Palestinian statehood must be opposed. AFP/Getty Images

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President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama pose with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh before a state dinner at Buckingham Palace in London. REUTERS

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Activists from The Wilderness Society protest in lingerie outside a city store in Sydney. The protest was held to draw attention to the claim that logging is being carried out in the Australian state of Victoria’s Central Highland forests for the production of paper, despite alternative sources being available. AFP/Getty Images

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Pakistani volunteers search for victims amid of debris after a suicide bombing in Peshawar. The suicide bomber in an explosives-laden pickup truck leveled a police building in northwest Pakistan, killing five officers and wounding 30 other people in the latest attack to rattle the country since the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden. AP Photo

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Former President Bill Clinton during the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s 2011 Fiscal Summit: Solutions for America’s Future in Washington. After warning about the perils of budget gaps since the early 1980s — when deficits were positively fashionable — the Peter G. Peterson Foundation on Wednesday brought together lawmakers, policy experts and top US officials to tackle one question: How to reduce the federal deficit. REUTERS

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Pakistani girls react as they get caught in a sand storm in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad. AP Photo

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Children of migrant workers dance outside containers used as classrooms during an after-school program initiated by Compassion for Migrant Children in Beijing. REUTERS

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Smoke raises from the Grimsvotn volcano under the Vatnajokull glacier in southeast Iceland. The Icelandic volcano, which disrupted hundreds of flights in northern Europe, is no longer spewing out ash and the eruption seems to have halted. REUTERS

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Palestinian women walk in a street in Jerusalem’s Old City. Palestinians and Israelis alike saw little prospect of a fresh start to Middle East peace talks after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the Congress. REUTERS

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North Koreans work on a paddy farm on an island located in the middle of the Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju and the Chinese border city of Dandong. REUTERS

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Pujie Girls, Karren (L) and Jinyu, pose for a photograph while demonstrating planking during an interview with Reuters outside Ximen train station in Taipei. Lying face flat on the ground may not be the world’s most glamourous photo pose but two Taiwanese “planking” women have made a name for themselves on the Internet — and hope to use the craze to spread positive social messages. Calling themselves the Pujie Girls, which literally translates to “falling on the street” in Mandarin, the pair are Taiwan’s most well-known plankers, with almost 100,000 fans following them on Facebook. REUTERS

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A laborer attaches iron rods to a column at the construction site of a flyover in Lahore, Pakistan. REUTERS

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China’s President Hu Jintao and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kim Jong Il visited Beijing, and Heilongjiang, Jilin and Jiangsu provinces during his visit to China. REUTERS

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Supporters of Peru’s presidential candidate Ollanta Humala push a campaign truck that got stuck in the sand outside a meeting on the outskirts of Lima. REUTERS

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An woman poses next to an installation by US artist John Baldessari entitled “Beethoven’s Trumpet (With Ear)” at the Saatchi Gallery in central London. Forming part of The Shape of Things To Come: New Sculpture exhibition, it is to be displayed until Oct. 16. AFP/Getty Images

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Models dressed in traditional arabic clothing pose behind one of the drivers before he sets off from Covent Garden in central London at the start of the Gumball 3000 Rally 2011. The rally sees owners of classic and high-end supercars drive from London to Istanbul, covering the 3,000 miles over seven days. AFP/Getty Images

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Ukrainian teenagers look at weapons at a military base in the town of Zhytomyr, west of Kiev. As part of a campaign to promote patriotic upbringing, Ukrainian NGO Nobody Except Us took a group of schoolchildren on a tour of a military paratrooper detachment camp. REUTERS

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Thomas Michel, a professor at Harvard Medical School, waits for the start of the 360th commencement exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. REUTERS

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A woman poses in a tractor tire during a photoshoot for the new Bavarian and Austrian farmer wifes calendar at a farm in Kadelshofen near Ulm, southern Germany. AFP/Getty Images

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A member of a military Honor Guard stands at parade rest during a Memorial Day remembrance at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on the Boston Common in Boston. Ten thousand American flags have been placed near the monument to represent the number of Massachusetts citizens who have given their lives in America’s wars. AP Photo

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The Sydney Opera House is illuminated by colored patterns during the Vivid Light Festival in Australia. AP Photo

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Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic was arrested in Serbia after years in hiding. Mladic is Europe’s most wanted war crimes fugitive. He was on the run for 16 years. AP Photo

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Rene Crete looks over damaged cars at Buy Right Auto in East Montpelier, Vt. Schools and roads are closed across central Vermont as heavy rains caused flooding that overflowed riverbanks. A Vermont emergency management official said almost 150 people were in three shelters in Barre, Montpelier and Berlin. AP Photo

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Naval Academy graduates throw their hats in the air during ceremonies at in Annapolis, Md. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates gave his last commencement speech to this year’s graduating class. Getty Images

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President Obama walks on the tarmac while changing to a Boeing 747 from a 757 at Orly airport near Paris en route to Warsaw, Poland. AFP/Getty Images

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Norway’s gymnastics team members perform with ropes during the group all-around competition at the 27th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships in Minsk. AFP/Getty Images

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A helicopter drops water on a burning fire in a forest area at the Serra de Monar in Sant Joan de Lebritja on the Spanish island of Ibiza. Police in Spain detained a beekeeper suspected of accidentally starting the biggest wildfire in the history of the holiday island. AFP/Getty Images

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Visitors have fun at the beach near the Nanfangauo fishing harbor in Ilan county as typhoon Songda approaching the eastern Taiwan. A powerful typhoon that threatened to slam into the Philippines at the weekend has changed course and may be heading for southern Japan. AFP/Getty Images

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Anti-government protestors attend Friday prayers during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen. AP Photo

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A secondary school graduate dances in a fountain as she celebrates the last day of school in Kiev. Students across Ukraine celebrated the end of the academic year on Friday, traditionally called the “last bell.” REUTERS

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