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Day in Photos: Sept. 13, 2012

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Polish acrobatic flight formation team Grupa Zelazny perform during the ILA Berlin Air Show in Selchow near Schoenefeld south of Berlin. REUTERS
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Protesters are arrested by riot police during a protest against the government to demand changes in the public state education in Santiago. Chilean students have been protesting against what they say is speculation in the state education system. ZUMAPRESS.com
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Demonstrators stand in the waters of the Bay of Bengal as they shout slogans during a protest near the Kudankulam nuclear power project, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. REUTERS
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Skimboarders running to the water at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio boasts some of the world’s most stunning urban beaches and they’re worth several visits. AP Photo
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Thousands of miners of South Africa’s strike-hit platinum belt gather for a rally in Rustenurg, a day after bringing the world’s top producer of the precious metal to a standstill. Workers streamed into a sports stadium at the company’s Rustenburg complex where shuttered entrances to mine shafts were guarded by security men after operations were halted over safety fears. AFP/Getty Images
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US Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launch rockets into the air during a live fire training exercise in the South Korean border county of Cheorwon. Some 28,500 US troops are based in South Korea under a mutual defense pact to deter against the North Korean threat. AFP/Getty Images
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Afghan military officers stand attention during their graduation ceremony at the Kabul Military Training Center in Kabul, Afghanistan,. The process of taking over security from over 130,000-strong NATO-led ISAF forces by Afghan troops would be completed by the end of 2014 when Afghanistan will take over the full leadership of its own security duties from US and NATO forces. AP Photo
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A village farmer inspects an agricultural field on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar. With nearly 70 percent of India’s population living in rural areas, farming is vital to the economy. AP
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A baby crawls near the door of his house at a shanty neighborhood in New Delhi, India. A report released Wednesday by three United Nations agencies and the World Bank said that child mortality worldwide has fallen 41 percent since 1990 and about half of all child deaths occur in just five countries, India being one of them. AP
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Villagers from the local Pashtun tribe transport grain through a settlement near the Kandahar Air Field in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Estimates by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) are that militia attacks cost between 100 million dollars and 155 million dollars a year to stage while the rest goes to maintaining the insurgency says a new UN report that adds that the Taliban raised 400 million dolallrs last year through taxes, donations, and extorting businessmen and narcotics dealers in Afghanistan. AFP/Getty Images
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An artist with his face painted participates in a protest demanding the safety of artist Manish Harijan and his freedom of expression, near the Kathmandu District Administration Office in Kathmandu. REUTERS
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Models take to the catwalk during the Bench Underwear fashion show at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City, south of Manila, Philippines. Bench, one of the leading clothing brand in the country on its 25th anniversary in business staged a two nights underwear fashion show. EPA
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President Obama greets supporters after speaking at a campaign rally in Golden, Colorado. REUTERS
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The Fuego volcano eruption seen from the Palin municipality, Escuintla departament, south of Guatemala City . The volcano has begun spewing lava and columns of ash into the air, and authorities have raised the red alert level in the area. AFP/Getty Images
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Brazilian bodyboarders Renata Cavalheiro (L) and Alexandra Ereiro congratulate each other during the Bodyboarding World Circuit qualifier at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AFP/Getty Images