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Day in photos: Aug. 20, 2013

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A picture of a dogfish being swallowed by a sand tiger shark in Delaware Bay is caught by researchers at the University of Delaware’s Ocean Exploration, Remote Sensing, Biogeography (ORB) Lab. Reuters
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Field Marshall Montgomery celebrate winning the 2013 World Pipe Band Championships for the third year in a row in Glasgow,Scotland. Getty Images
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Zachary Yi Chen of Singapore and Xinyuan Gu of China compete during the Men’s Epee Individual on day four of the Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China. Getty Images
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President Obama poses with members of the 1972 Miami Dolphins during an East Room event at the White House. President Obama hosted the undefeated 1972 Super Bowl champion who never got the chance to be honored at the White House in the 70s. Getty Images
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An Aymara Indian woman walks barefoot on potatoes to remove frozen dew and the peels as she works in extremely cold temperatures on La Cumbre mountain on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia. AP
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A decorated tusker carries a casket containing a sacred tooth relic believed to be of Lord Buddha during an annual Buddhist procession in Kandy, Sri Lanka. AP
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Stephane Sevigny and his daughter Serena, look out over Alexandra Falls near Enterprise, Northwest Territories in Canada. Reuters
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Mayflies are pictured above a river at dusk in Heihe, Heilongjiang province, China. The nuptial flight of mayflies takes place in evening time during spring and summer every year, as the insect mates and reproduces. Reuters
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Jeffrey Croonenberg of Rotterdam plays on a bronze sculpture of a knotted gun entitled ‘Non-Violence’ by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reutersward, while visiting the Memorial of Caen museum in Caen, France. Reuters
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German Chancellor and top candidate for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel toasts with beer after her speech during an electoral rally in Dachau near Munich. Reuters
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Bo (left) and Sunny, the Obama family’s new puppy, are pictured on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Reuters
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Jeremy Prader and his son, Logan, stand inside an underwater tunnel shark exhibit as sharks swim overhead at Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ. Getty Images