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Sep 2, 2013

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Tourists stand on rocks view the Hukou Cataract on the Yellow River in Jixian County, north China’s Shanxi Province. Tourist arrivals at the scenic spot pick up steadily as the water volume of the waterfall increases during the annual flood season. ZUMAPRESS.com

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Special Police Force personnel from the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh march during celebrations marking India’s Independence Day in Secunderabad. India’s prime minister used his Independence Day address to try to reassure the country his government was taking “the strictest possible action” against corruption after a string of scandals. AFP/Getty Images

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A fisherman casts his fishing net on the shore of the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. AP Photo

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Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is kissed by his son Alaa as he lies on a bed within a cage at the court building in Cairo. Mubarak has returned to a Cairo court on a stretcher for the next session of his trial on charges of corruption and complicity in killing protesters during Egypt’s uprising. AP Photo

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Members of the Hays High School football team begins their workout as they take to the field shortly before sunrise in Hays, Kan., on the first day of football practice. AP Photo

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A man passes by trees decorated with South Korean flags to celebrate the Aug. 15 Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, in Seoul. AP Photo

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Gondoliers row gondolas full with tourists on a busy canal in Venice. REUTERS

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A small marble statue of Hercules, which dates from the second century CE and was unearthed in excavations in Horvat Tarbenet, within the framework of the Jezreel Valley Railway project in Israel. According to Dr. Walid Atrash of the Israel Antiquities Authority, this is a rare discovery. The statue is about a foot tall. The statue probably stood in a niche as part of a bathhouse pool. EPA

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President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. AP Photo

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An Egyptian protester hits another protester in front of riot police in Cairo Monday. According to media sources, clashes erupted between Mubarak’s supporters and protesters calling for retribution, despite tight security measures taken outside the Police Academy where the former Egyptian president is being tried. The judge announced the trial will no longer be broadcasted on television and adjourned it to September 5. EPA

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A surfer jumps onto a wave down a hydro-elelectric power plant on the Naviglio river, west of Milan, Italy. AFP/Getty Images

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Garden supervisor for Trentham Gardens Terri Hodson Walker holds a giant mushroom on a pitchfork in Stoke on Trent, UK. There’s not much room for anything else in this vegetable patch, after a giant mushroom sprang up in a public garden. Gardeners at the Trentham Estate were stunned when the fungus just kept growing, to a whopping 18 inches wide. The Giant Puffball weighs in at a hefty five pounds, the same as a small baby, and mysteriously appeared in the estates Italian Garden last month. ZUMAPRESS.com

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Dangling with one foot on a support beam, the man in a standoff with police rearranges himself on a communications tower in Tulsa, Okla. AP Photo

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Workers extract salt at a saltmine near the Siberian town of Barnaul, Russia. AFP/Getty Images

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Veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare waves from a car after being detained by police in New Delhi. Hazare was arrested by police on Tuesday to prevent him from launching a fast to the death to force the government to pass tougher anti-corruption laws. REUTERS

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US soldiers from Bravo Company, 2-87 Infantry Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team and Afghan security forces conduct their final boarding maneuver before departing on a Chinook helicopter at Forward Operating Base Pasab in Zahri district, Kandahar. AFP/Getty Images

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Paul Douglas Peters of Sydney, Australia, is escorted from the Federal Courthouse in Louisville, Ky., after he was arraigned in connection with a bomb hoax in Australia. AP Photo

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A Chinese parent protests outsidet a school for migrant worker’s children which was demolished three days ahead of the new semester in Dongsheng county, in the suburbs of Beijing. AFP/Getty Images

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. AP Photo

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A Chinese laborer is seen working at a saltern in Hami, northwest China’s Xinjiang region. AFP/Getty Images

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A woman delivers food to needy people in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AP Photo

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Supporters of Indian rights activist Anna Hazare shout slogans during a rally in support of Hazare in Mumbai, India. Hazare was detained by police Tuesday morning just hours before he was set to embark on a public hunger strike to demand tougher anti-corruption laws on India’s scandal-plagued government. AP Photo

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Pakistani boys bathe in a watercourse after rainfall in Islamabad, Pakistan. AP Photo

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France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she arrives for a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris. REUTERS

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Vehicles drive past as residents gather near burning oil tankers, used to carry fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, after they were hit by a bomb attack in the outskirts of Landikotal, northwest Pakistan. REUTERS

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A boy sits in between rows of plastic slippers for sale while waiting for customers at a roadside stall in Quetta, Pakistan. REUTERS

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A Lockheed P2V plane drops retardant on a wildfire that spread into the hills in southeastern Pocatello, Idaho. Authorities in Pocatello are still trying to determine the cause of a brush fire that destroyed at least one home. AP Photo

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Actors Lars Eidinger and Bernardo Arias Porras perform on stage during a dress rehearsal of William Shakespeare’s play “Mass fuer Mass” (Measure for Measure) in Salzburg. The play is directed by Thomas Ostermeier and will premiere on August 17 as part of the annual Salzburg Festival (Salzburger Festspiele). REUTERS

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Russian aerobatic group ‘Russkiye Vityazi’ (Russian Knights) and Russian MIG-29 fighters of aerobatic group ‘Strizhi’ perform during the MAKS 2011 airshow in the town of Zhukovsky, Moscow region. EPA

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Libyan rebels drive their vehicle from the frontline in Zawiyah, a vital oil port just west of Tripoli that links the capital with Tunisia, as the battle for the control of the town continued between the rebels and forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy. AFP/Getty Images

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The sun rises into early morning fog in the alpine upland near Bernbeuren, Germany. ZUMAPRESS.com

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A resident carries a goat as he wades through floodwaters at Domhut village, West Bengal state of India. Many parts of India are affected by flooding due to heavy rainfall. ZUMAPRESS.com

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People play at the entertainment park during the 134th Royal Queensland Show in Brisbane, Australia. ZUMAPRESS.com

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A child reaches out to touch a huge straw sandal dedicated to a Buddhist temple in Tokyo. AP Photo

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Priests are seen inside their temporary confession boxes as they wait for worshipers in the Retiro park ahead to the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in Madrid. AP Photo

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Thai firefighters on a ladder spray water on smoke coming out from the 18th floor of a 30-story condominium where a fire broke out. Police said at least three people were injured in the afternoon blaze. AP Photo

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A woman takes part in the “March of the Daisies,” an annual mobilization by women in Brazil, to demand sustainable development with justice, autonomy, equality and freedom, on the Esplanade of Ministries in Brasilia. REUTERS

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A firefighter rappells down during a civil defence drill in preparation for North Korea’s possible chemical attack in Seoul. The civil defence drill was conducted as a part of the Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) military exercise, an annual joint exercise between South Korean and U.S. forces. REUTERS

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Niagara Falls at dusk in Canada. AP Photo

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A car is destroyed by US Marines after being detected trafficking drugs by a Royal Navy Sea King Mk 7 surveillance helicopter in Helmand province, Afghanistan. REUTERS

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A man surfs on an artificial wave at an open area of the airport in Munich, Germany. Peter Kneffel/ZUMAPRESS.com

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Blaze and smoke pour out of an old building in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. The nearly 100-year-old, three-story building was burnt down on Thursday morning. No casualties have been reported. ZUMAPRESS.com

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Pakistani army soldiers and volunteers arrive at the flooded Yousuf Goth village in the Badin district. Devastating rains have triggered floods in southern Pakistan, affecting at least 700,000 people and forcing 60,000 from their homes. Villages have been flooded and crops destroyed in Pakistan’s bread basket of Sindh province, one of the worst-hit areas in the unprecedented floods of 2010 that affected 21 million people and caused losses of $10 billion. AFP/Getty Images

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Pet bird Xiao Nuo pecks at the flash while perched on the lens of a camera during an interview by local media with its owner in Kunming, Yunnan province. The bird is attracted to cameras and will approach and investigate any cameras it sees, according to the owner. REUTERS

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Israeli soldiers secure the area near a road block formed by security forces on roads leading to the sites of several attacks in the Arava desert, southern Israel. Assailants armed with heavy weapons, guns and explosives crossed into southern Israel from the neighboring Egyptian Sinai peninsula on Thursday, killing six Israelis and wounding at least a dozen more in an audacious string of attacks that stoked concerns about Palestinian militants exploiting the recent instability in Egypt. AP Photo

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A photographer takes pictures of a newlyweds couple posing against the scenic spot at Shidu, on the outskirts of Beijing, China. Shidu, which means “10 ferry crossings” in Chinese, is one of the most famous tourist attractions in the country. AP Photo

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Dancers Alexai Geronimo, left, and Lee Gumbs from Rock the Ballet perform for photographers with Edinburgh Castle in the background during a media event for their shows at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. REUTERS

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A puppet of Chilean President, Sebastian Pinera, walks through the crowd during a student march, in Santiago, Chile. An estimated 100,000 Chilean youths marched in Santiago Thursday despite persistent rain to demand free, good-quality public education. EPA

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Local residents run away from waves by a tidal bore surging past a barrier onto a road on the bank of the Qiantang River in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Qiantang river is one of the few places in the world where the tidal phenomenon occurs, when an incoming tide forms a wave that travels up a river against the direction of the river’s current. The Chinese characters on the wall read “A moment of carelessness, a lifetime of pain.” REUTERS

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Israeli emergency personnel stand near a bus after it was ambushed about 18 miles north of the Red Sea resort of Eilat. Several people were killed when gunmen fired at Israeli vehicles near the Egyptian frontier on Thursday, Israeli TV said, attacks likely to raise concerns about the ability of Egypt’s new leadership to rein in militants along the border. REUTERS

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Morning commuters pass by the New York Stock Exchange. REUTERS

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Players from Georgetown University men’s basketball team and China’s Bayi men’s basketball team fight during a basketball exhibition game at the Beijing Olympic Basketball Arena. REUTERS

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Lightning spreads across the sky over the Russian Orthodox Church of Three Saints in Garfield, N.J., during a storm. AP Photo

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Amphibious cars motor across Lake Neuchatel near Saint-Blaise. This week, owners of more than 50 of these amphibious vehicles brought their World War 2-era military transporters, jeeps and vintage-style cars to Switzerland‚ St Blaise for their annual European gathering. Fitted with colourful sun umbrellas and decorated with flags, what looked like a motley crew of vehicles carrying families including babies and dogs drove off the port and glided smoothly into the water, before moving across Lake Neuchatel. AFP/Getty Images

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Members of an international religious movement called the White Brotherhood wait for the sunrise on the top of Rila Mountain, near Babreka lake, south of Sofia. The teaching of the movement, whose founder is Bulgarian Peter Deunov, combines aspects of Christianity and Hinduism with a heavy emphasis on brotherly love, a healthy diet and living in harmony with nature. AFP/Getty Images

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US Army soldiers from Charlie Company’s 2nd battalion 35th infantry regiment, Task Forces Bronco take a break during an early morning mountain patrol at the Chaw Kay district in Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan. REUTERS

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A demonstrator holds up a spoon in front of the face of a police officer during a demonstration in Santiago, Chile. Students have been striking for more than two months now and marching by the tens of thousands calling for free and equal quality education. AP Photo

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An individual runs down a dune after making it to the top during the Dune Climb along the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Empire, MI. AP Photo

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Policemen form a human chain around India’s most prominent anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare as he arrives at Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, in New Delhi, India. Hazare began a public hunger strike and mass protest Friday, adopting the tactics of Gandhi to push for government reform. AP Photo

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A ”haboob” or dust storm moves from the suburb of Tempe to downtown Phoenix Thursday. A haboob (Arabic for ”strong wind”) is a type of intense duststorm commonly observed in arid regions throughout the world. They have been observed in the Sahara desert, the Arabian Peninsula, throughout Kuwait and most arid regions of Iraq. In the US, they are frequently observed in the deserts of Arizona, including Yuma and Phoenix, as well as New Mexico and Texas. ”Haboob” has been widely used to describe dust storms for more than a generation In Arizona but this year the very word ”haboob” has become a political football because some conservatives have lobbied against use of the word, favoring English words, like ”dust storm.” ZUMAPRESS.com

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A demonstrator throws a Molotov cocktail against a police vehicle after a demonstration in Valparaiso, Chile. Students have been striking for more than two months and marching by the tens of thousands calling for free and equal quality education. Some of the protests have turned violent. AP Photo

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, visits an unidentified wounded Israeli soldier, whose family is in his hospital room, in Beersheba’s Soroka Hospital, Israel. The soldier was injured in “terror” attacks on August 18 in the north of the resort town of Eilat. At least 17 people – 7 Israelis, 6 Palestinians, and at least four Palestinian gunmen – were killed Thursday, in one of the most violent days for months in Israel and the Gaza Strip, as militants shot up Israeli vehicles, and Israeli aircraft bombed the Gaza Strip in response. EPA

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Pakistani boys swim in a puddle of rain water to cool off as the temperature rises on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. AP Photo

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Pope Benedict XVI is flanked by nuns as he leaves the St. Lorenzo Monastry at the end of a visit in El Escorial, Spain. Pope Benedict XVI lamented Friday what he called modern society’s “amnesia” about God as he traveled to a famed Spanish monastery on the second day of his four-day visit for the church’s world youth festival. AP Photo

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Members of an international religious movement called the White Brotherhood perform a ritual dance near Babreka lake, in Rila Mountain, south of Sofia, as part of celebration of their New Year. The teaching of the movement, whose founder is Bulgarian Peter Danov, is a synthesis of Christianity and Hinduism with a heavy emphasis on brotherly love, a healthy diet and living in harmony with nature. REUTERS

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A view of an helicopter after it crashed into the San Lorenzo River, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The helicopter was carrying a group of rescuers when it crashed, who were trying to rescue about ten people that were in a pickup truck that was stuck in the river. The crash left two people dead and two injured. EPA

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A member of the Nepalese Armed Police Force stands guard at Bhaktapur Durbar Square to provide security for China’s Politburo Standing Committee Member Zhou Yongkang’s visit at the ancient city of Bhaktapur. REUTERS

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Cody Bryant, 15, splashes down into Long Lake after riding a bike off a dock to cool off on a hot summer day in Naples, Maine. AP Photo

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Smoke billows from Tajura, a suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli following a NATO air strike on the eastern district which is the site of a number of military installations. AFP/Getty Images

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Shaun McLaughlin, 6, of Natick, Mass., who was born without a right foot, learns to surf with help from Dana Cummings during a Learn to Surf clinic at Long Sands Beach in York, Maine. Cummings, originally from Livermore Falls, Maine, is executive director of AmpSurf, a California-based organization that teaches people with disabilities how to surf. AP Photo

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