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Sep 2, 2013

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John Garfield visits the grave of his mother, Air Force Sgt. Nancy Garfield, a Vietnam War veteran, on Memorial Day at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona. AP

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Vietnam War veteran Roger Wise, 69, salutes the American flag during a Memorial Day ceremony in Roswell, Ga. AP

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Jacob Long, of the Georgia Army National Guard, holds his two-month-old daughter, Charlotte, while listening to the song “God Bless America” during a Memorial Day ceremony in Roswell, Ga. AP

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President Obama places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. AP

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Visitors walk amongst the Louis Vuitton’s Voyages exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing, China. AP Photo

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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia serves against Francesca Schiavone of Italy in the quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium.. AP Photo

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A pedestrian using a cell phone walks past a sports clothing shop window display of a mannequin planking, in Sydney. Planking, the fad of lying face down stiff in often bizarre places for a photo op, has become a global craze. REUTERS

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Supporters of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and residents throw clay pots onto the ground in protest against the shortage of drinking water in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. REUTERS

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Businessmen sit outside a business and shopping complex in Tokyo. Japan’s jobless rate rose in April and the availability of jobs worsened, government data showed, as a large earthquake and tsunami in March hurt demand for labor. REUTERS

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Indian women and children carry drinking water on Himmatnagar Highway north of Ahmadabad, India. There is no direct supply of potable water at homes in most of the poor neighborhoods, and people have to depend on regulated supply of water from public taps erected on roadsides, with a single tap catering to hundreds of households. AP Photo

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South Korean activists wear cigarette-shaped outfits during a campaign marking the World No Tobacco Day in Seoul. Observed around the world every year on May 31, “World No Tobacco Day” created by the World Health Organization (WHO) this year has the theme “The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control”. AFP/Getty Images

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A lantern dedicated to victims of war, natural disasters and health floats on the water during the Na Lei Aloha Lantern Floating event held by the Shinnyo-en Buddhist at Ala Moana beach park on Memorial Day in Honolulu, Hawaii. REUTERS

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A guide looks in from the entrance of a hall for a Louis Vuitton Voyages exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing. REUTERS

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The Virginia State Police Accident Reconstruction Team and Motor Carrier Safety Team inspect a bus that was involved in a single-vehicle accident, in Bowling Green, Va. The commercial tour bus went off Interstate 95 in Virginia and flipped on its roof before dawn Tuesday, killing four people and injuring many more. AP Photo

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A cow grazes as dark clouds appear over a chapel near Murnau, southern Germany. AP Photo

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Flames and smoke billow froman oil tank in the docks of Gibraltar. The cause of the explosion was not immediately known but two people were reported injured. AP Photo

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South African big wave surfer Mike Schlebach rides a wave in the Overberg region of the Western Cape. Surfers enjoyed a swell measuring seven meters with a period of fifteen seconds in the wake of another cold front sweeping past the Cape. Gale force winds and high seas have been lashing the Western Cape coast for weeks following the onset of winter cold fronts. EPA

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South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma greets Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy before their meeting in Tripoli. Zuma made little apparent headway towards brokering a Libya peace deal in talks with Khadafy on Monday as eight army officers became the latest senior figures to break with the Libyan leader. REUTERS

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NASA space shuttle Endeavour (STS-134), is backdropped by a night time view of Earth and a starry sky as its docked to the International Space Station in space. After 20 years, 25 missions and more than 115 million miles in space, NASA space shuttle Endeavour was on the last leg of its final flight to the International Space Station before being retired and donated to the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Getty Images

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A visitor looks at a 3D work exhibited in Shenyang, capital of northeast Chinas Liaoning Province. Caters News/310pix.com

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An Afghan policeman keeps watch as a telecommunications tower attacked by Taliban insurgents burns outside Ghazni city. REUTERS

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Indian tourists ride traditional boats on the Dal Lake, on the outskirts of Srinagar, India. Set in the Himalayas at 5,600 feet above sea level, Kashmir is a green, saucer-shaped valley full of fruit orchards and surrounded by snowy mountain ranges. About 100 lakes dot its highlands and plains. AP Photo

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Space shuttle Atlantis rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building for launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. REUTERS

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People rest outside Moscow’s Kremlin during hot weather in Russia. AP Photo

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An Indian Sikh cyclist rides along a road through heavy rain in Amritsar. Heavy rains which fell in several areas of northern India have brought respite from the scorching heat of previous days. AFP/Getty Images

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Travis Pastrana base jumps off The Signature at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The stunt is to promote the North American debut of Nitro Circus Live at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. AP Images for Nitro Circus Live

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Sergeant Dipprasad Pun, 31, of the 1st Battalion the Royal Gurkha Rifles holds his Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, after it was presented to him by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in central London. Sergeant Pun defeated more than 30 Taliban fighters single-handedly during an attack on his checkpoint in Helmand province, Afghanistan in September 2010. The award is second only to the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration for armed forces of the Commonwealth. REUTERS

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An Indian model displays a creation by Sri Lankan batik designer Dharshi Keerthisena during a fashion show in Colombo. Dozens of Indian and Sri Lankan designers take part in the show. AFP/Getty Images

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An employee poses with artist Anish Kapoor’s untitled sculpture at the press view of the Summer Exhibition 2011 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. REUTERS

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A huge hole is seen in the ground in Guiyang, Guizhou Province of China. Six vehicles were trapped in the hole after a cave-in happened at a residential area. Getty Images

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Food supplies for US Marines hanging off small parachutes are dropped from a plane outside Forward Operating Base Edi in the volatile Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. AP Photo

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A Libyan volunteer jumps over his comrades during a military training course before going to the frontline in the rebel strong hold of Benghazi, Libya. According to rebel authorities, after three weeks of intense military training, the volunteers are ready to fight against forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy. AP Photo

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People embrace on a street damaged by a tornado in Springfield, Mass. Residents of 19 small communities in central and western Massachusetts were left to deal with widespread damage Thursday, one day after at least two late-afternoon tornadoes shocked emergency officials and residents more accustomed to dealing with snow and bone-chilling cold than funnel clouds spawned by spring storms. AP Photo

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A mechanic dismantles the engine of a car at a workshop in Noida, northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Vehicle sales in India, one of the fastest-growing auto markets in the world, grew a record 30 percent in 2010 as the burgeoning middle class in Asia’s third-largest economy spurred demand. REUTERS

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A pedestrian smokes a cigar as he passes in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. AP Photo

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Special policemen run with their weapons in a mobilization drill in Huaibei city in central China’s Anhui province. A politburo meeting says China is in a period of acute social conflicts and the tasks of social management are very tough. EPA

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Richard Palase, standing right, a New York City Police Department detective, was one of 15 people, including two firefighters, who were arrested in connection with a New York City gambling ring, according to federal authorities in New York. Palase is seen being transferred by FBI agents in the garage of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building. AP Photo

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An Indian Hindu priest rotates a traditional oil lamp as he performs prayers on the banks of the River Ganges in Allahabad, India. AP Photo

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A resident uses a headlamp to fish during sunset in the shallow waters of Mogpog town in Marinduque island, south of Manila. REUTERS

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Senator John McCain, center, receives flowers from an unidentified HIV-infected child during a visit to a private HIV/AIDS care center run by members of the National League for Democracy (NLD), in Yangon, Myanmar. AFP/Getty Images

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“Brother Hermes,” left, performs an exorcism on Claudia Gaviria, 28, who claims to be possessed by spirits in La Cumbre, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia. Hermes Cifuentes, 50, has performed exorcism rituals during the last 20 years. AFP/Getty Images

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Residents fish aboard a motorboat during sunset in the waters of Mogpog town on Marinduque island, south of Manila. REUTERS

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An Indian laborer carries a basket at the wholesale mango market in Bangalore, India. India recognizes mango as its national fruit and is the world’s largest mango producer with about 13 million tons each year, far exceeding all other countries. AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi

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A federal police officer lands with a parachute during a ceremony to designate Federal Police Day in Mexico City. AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini

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Sikh devotees take a dip inside the holy lake of the Golden Temple, Sikh’s holiest shrine, in Amritsar, India. AP Photo/Altaf Qadri

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President Barack Obama tours Chrysler Group’s Toledo Supplier Park in Toledo, Ohio. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak

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Fire and smokes erupt during clashes between tribesmen loyal to Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful Hashid tribe, and Yemeni security forces in Sanaa, Yemen. AP Photo/Mohammed Hamoud

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Aliza Morand, press officer at Christie’s auction house, looks at an untitled sculpture by Indian artist Ravinder Reddy at the auction house in west London. The item forms a part of an auction entitled “An Indian Summer: South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art” that will be sold on June 9, 2011. Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

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Former Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic removes his hat in the court room during his initial appearance at the U.N.’s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands. Mladic told a United Nations war crimes court Friday he is “a gravely ill man” as he was arraigned on an 11-count indictment charging him with orchestrating the worst atrocities of a war that claimed 100,000 lives. AP Photo/Mohammed Hamoud

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Under pouring confetti, Peru’s presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, of the political party Fuerza 2011, waves to supporters during her closing campaign rally in Lima, Peru. Keiko, daughter of former Peru’s President Alberto Fujimori will face Ollanta Humala, of the Gana Peru party, in a presidential runoff June 5. AP Photo/Esteban Felix

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Chinese bridal couples kiss after their symbolic wedding in Fuessen. 31 Chinese couples who already got married in China, travelled to Germany to repeat their promise of marriage at Neuschwanstein Castle, one of the most popular destinations in Europe. REUTERS

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The volcano Popocatepetl emits a plume of smoke and ash in Puebla, Mexico. Although there was no warning for any risk for people in Puebla, the alert over a possible eruption remained on warning status yellow. EPA/Ulises Ruiz Basurto

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An explosion is seen from a burning ammunition depot, some 40 miles from the city of Izhevsk. REUTERS

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Renowned British sculptor Mark Coreth sits on the back of his carved life-sized melting ice sculpture of a polar bear in Sydney. The public are invited to touch Sydney Ice Bear as it slowly melts, revealing the bronze skeleton of a life-size polar bear, an indication of the impact humans can have on our environment. Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images

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A fisherman throws his net into a river on the outskirts of Siliguri. Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images

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A masked Palestinian youth fires a tear gas canister at Israeli soldiers using an improvised firing mechanism during clashes following a demonstration against Israeli settlements and its separation wall, in the West Bank village of Nilin. Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images

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Tourists walk beside a hot spring and the partially frozen Yellowstone Lake at the West Thumb Geyser Basin in the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images

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A labourer works on a steel structure at a financial building construction site, as the cityscape is seen amid smoke from burning straw, in Hefei, China. REUTERS

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A woman tries on bridal dresses during the Filene’s Basement Running of the Brides bridal dress sale in New York. Reuters

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A model takes to the catwalk wearing a creation by Coca Cola Clothing during the Rio Fashion Week, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. EPA/Antonio Lacerda

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