Hindu devotees offer prayers at the Pashupatinath temple as they take part in the “Bol Bom” (Say Shiva) pilgrimage in Kathmandu.
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A Hindu devotee takes a dip at the Bagmati River while she takes part in the “Bol Bom” pilgrimage in Kathmandu.
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Japanese challenger Toshiyuki Igarashi hits Philippine champion Sonny Boy Jaro during their WBC flyweight title match.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Israel’s President Shimon Peres hug after a joint statement at the President’s residence in Jerusalem.
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A Nepali man sets fire to an effigy of the demon Ghantakarna to symbolize the destruction of evil while celebrating the Ghantakarna festival in the ancient city of Bhaktapur.
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A worker pushes a tire past Olympic Stadium in the London 2012 Olympic Park.
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Villagers carry the coffin and portrait of a victim who was killed by a flash flood as they wade through a stream during a funeral in Sujia village of Zhaotong, China.
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South Africans celebrate former president Nelson Mandela’s 94th birthday with special events and charity work on what has become known as “Mandela Day.”
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An artist creates a sand sculpture on a beach in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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The pack of riders cycle in the Pyrenees mountains during the 16th stage of the 99th Tour de France cycling race.
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Chinese paramilitary policemen covered in mud train with logs in Chuzhou city in central China’s Anhui province.
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A Nepalese farmer, wearing a raincover made from bamboo strips to keep dry during monsoon rains, walks past rice paddy fields at Khokana village on the outskirts of Kathmandu.
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An exercise rider rides a horse during morning workouts at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Firemen fight a forest fire in Cernancelhe, Portugal. Blazing heat, with temperatures rising above 40 degrees Celsius, is hampering the efforts to battle the flames devastating thousands of hectares of bush and forest.
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Muslim women perform an evening prayer called ‘tarawih’ marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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A Syrian honor guard carries the coffins of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s inner circle, who were killed on Wednesday by a bomb, during their their funeral procession in Damascus, Syria, Friday.
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A Bahraini anti-government protester runs from riot police in Jidhafs, Bahrain, on Friday. Thousands of anti-government protesters in Bahrain have clashed with riot police firing tear gas in demonstrations against plans to make political marches illegal.
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A Syrian man walks on a damaged street after the Syrian troops regained control of the district of Midan, in the southern part of Damascus, Syria.
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A woman digs for sand worms at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean in Saco, Maine. She planned to use the worms as bait for striped bass fishing.
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The pack with Bradley Wiggins of Britain, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, passes a field with sunflowers during the 18th stage of the Tour de France cycling race in France.
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A Palestinian reads from the Quran during the dawn prayer on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in the West Bank city of Jenin.
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Heightened police presence at a movie theater in Times Square before a showing of “The Dark Knight Rises”. The NYPD will provide police coverage “as a precaution against copycats” following a shooting during a midnight screening of the film in Aurora, Colo., killing at least 12 people and leaving more than 50 injured.
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Indian wrestlers practice in a mud pit at the Sports Authority of India complex, in Bhiwani, India.
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The Fontenelle Fire burning in the Bridger-Teton National Forest, Wyo.
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A Bahraini Shiite Muslim protester tries to thrown a tear gas cannister fired by riot police during clashes in the village of Musalla, west of Manama.
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