A man covers himself with a coat as he cycles past a residential complex under construction in Taiyuan, China.
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An Indian child dives into the River Ganges in Varanasi.
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A Kanwaria (worshipper of the Hindu God Shiva) smokes marijuana as he rests with others during a pilgrimage in India.
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A kindergarten child wearing graduation cap and gown looks at the sky as he poses for a picture during sunset in Hong Kong.
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A lightweight single-engine multi-role fighter manufactured by the Swedish aerospace company Saab flies during the second day of the Farnborough International Airshow in England.
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A Yemeni girl walks past a pile of rubbish on a main street in the capital of Sanaa.
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American League All-Star Prince Fielder of the Detroit Tigers and his sons Jaden (left) and Haven celebrate Fielder’ winning Major League Baseball All-Star Game’s Home Run Derby.
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A monument of Mary holding an infant baby Jesus is seen on top of the main cathedral of the Sheshan Catholic Church in Shanghai.
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A soldier digs a grave for those who died during floods in Krymsk, Russia, about 750 miles south of Moscow.
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A fisherman works on fish traps at sunset in Malkiya village, Bahrain, on the Persian Gulf coast.
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Aircrafts perform during a graduation ceremony for air force cadets attended by Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi outside of Cairo.
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French President Francois Hollande inspects a Guard of Honour by 1st Battalion of the Coldstream Guards at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.
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The Wangcun Waterfall in Furong Town of Yongshun County in the west of central China’s Hunan Province.
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Chris Willis, 34, works out in the exercise yard at San Quentin state prison in California.
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A man takes a photograph of a lit spherical structure as World Heritage site Stonehenge is illuminated during an elemental Fire Garden display, which is part of the London 2012 Festival.
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Commuters disembark from crowded suburban trains during the morning rush hour at Churchgate railway station on World Population Day in Mumbai.
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The Blades performs aerial maneuvers at Farnborough International Airshow in Britain.
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Hindu devotees bathe early morning at the River Ganges in India.
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A Bosnian Muslim woman weeps near the grave of her relative among the graves of Srebrenica victims at the Memorial Cemetery.
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Richard Branson waves a model of a LauncherOne cargo spacecraft from a window of an actual size model of SpaceShipTwo on display.
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A man stands in front of riot policemen during a coal miners’ demonstration in Madrid.
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An Indian homeless man sleeps inside a cement tube in Hyderabad.
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A demonstrator bleeds as she is detained by the riot police during a coal miners’s march to the Minister of Industry building in Madrid.
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The launching of a missile named “Maysalun”, named after a famous battle against the French occupation in 1920, during Syrian army maneuvers at an undisclosed location in Syria.
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A bull jumps over runners at the entrance of a bullring during the San Fermin Festival in Spain.
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US Olympic sprinter Michael Johnson holds the Olympic Flame at Stonehenge in England.
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Cyclists compete during the 11th stage of the 2012 Tour de France in La Toussuire.
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Filipino workers attach LED lights to a post at Manila’s Rizal Park, Philippines.
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Indian children play in a water-filled street after a spell of monsoon rain in New Delhi.
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Tires burn as French prison employees protest in front of the entrance of a prison in Villefranche-sur-Saône.
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Migrants, mostly from Honduras, rest on railroad tracks as they wait for a train in Lecheria, on the outskirts of Mexico City.
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Tribesmen, loyal to the al-Houthi Shi’ite rebel group, perform the traditional Baraa dance at the conclusion of a two-day tribal gathering in the northwestern Yemeni province of Saada, on the border of Saudi Arabia.
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A car burns after Nationalist rioters clashed with Police Service of Ireland in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast, Northen Ireland.
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US Honor Guard troops stand at attention as a cannon is fired in salute to the arrival of the Russian General of the Army during a full honor cordon at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.
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Workers construct satellite dishes for the world’s media in the London 2012 Olympic Park.
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US bartender Ricky Gomez, center, prepares a drink as judges take notes during the World Class bartender of the year competition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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In this image made available by The British Royal Air Force, RAF Northolt in London hosts Typhoon Fighters from RAF Coningsby for a 9 day Military Exercise to prepare for the forthcoming London 2012 Olympic Games.
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Bradley Wiggins of Britain, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, rides in the pack as it passes a field of sunflowers during the 12th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 140.5 miles with start in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and finish in Annonay, France.
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Britney Amore, of Amore Farms, stocks the shelves of her families farm stand with corn that she says was on the stalk this morning.
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A woman visits the installation ‘Atompops’ by German artist Thomas Schoenauer during a press preview at the international exhibition of contemporary arts ‘OSTRALE’ in Dresden, eastern Germany.
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Kanwarias, worshippers of Hindu God Shiva, take rest before a ritual pilgrimage walk in New Delhi, India.
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Spain’s Marc Marquez steers his CatalunyaCaixa Repsol team motorcycle during the second free practice session in view of Sunday’s Italian Moto GP, at the Mugello race circuit, in Scarperia, Italy.
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Construction worker takes a break in a shade under a bridge in highway section linking Kosovo to Albania on west and Serbia on the east in the village of Trpeza.
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Construction is nearly complete on the artificial turf of the football field at Lindenwood University’s Belleville, Ill., campus. The university is making its leap into college football this fall and has tackled how to make its program instantly unique with thr new turf of alternating maroon and gray stripes that’s drawing some ridicule. The Lynx’s new field is part of a $2.3 million stadium renovation and makes the NAIA program among just a few college football schools nationwide with turf that’s a departure from the traditional green.
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Palestinian competitors warm up during a bodybuilding championship in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
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Giles Cooper sits in his Lotus Elise at Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge in Fairbanks, Alaska. Cooper of Queensland, Australia, is in the midst of an Australia to North Slope, Alaska, journey in the car, which he nicknamed Elsie.
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A follower of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood movement passes by Jordanian anti-riot policemen during a protest organized by the movement in Amman, Jordan.
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President Obama walks with Col. Dale S. Holland, Vice Commander of the 89th Airlift Wing, before leaving to campaign in Virginia.
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