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Day in Photos: Sept. 6, 2012

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A man dressed as The Joker was arrested at Florida movie theatre. Christopher Sides, 21, donned bright pink hair and make-up resembling the infamous Batman villain when he entered the theatre in Melbourne and bought a ticket to watch The Expendables. Police were called after alarmed movie-goers alerted management. it comes in the wake of in the wake of the deadly Aurora, Colorado shootings. Sides made no threats and had no weapons but was arrested on an outstanding failure to appear warrant. Splash News
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A demonstrator beaten by Indian riot policemen during a violent protest in Bhubaneswar. Dozens were injured September 6 as police fired teargas and charged crowds during a Congress party rally demonstrating against India’s Odisha state government. AFP/Getty Images
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A school bus is seen after it crashed on a farm in the Swiss village of Grenilles. The bus carryied 80 children. Thirty children were treated on the spot and twelve others with only minor injuries were transported to the hospital. AFP/Getty Images
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A diver carries a young girl, after a boat carrying illegal immigrants trying to reach Europe capsized in waters off western Turkey, near Izmir. Forty-five people including two crew members were rescued alive, and at least 39 people drowned. The captain and his maid who were among the survivors were detained. AFP/Getty Images
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Monsoon clouds hover over a train track in Gauhati, India. The monsoon rains which usually hit India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people. AP Photo
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Wilmer Sequiera looks at his damaged house following an earthquake in Nosara, northwest of San Jose. Costa Rica escaped relatively unscathed after a powerful earthquake hit the country on Wednesday, sparking landslides and knocking down buildings without killing anyone. REUTERS
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An Airbus A 310 MRTT tanker aircraft (R) and two Tornado fighter jets of the German Air Force fly over the Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt (BER) in preparation of the aviation trade show ILA in Schoenefeld, Germany. EPA
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A boy plays on an artwork made of unwanted toys at the solo exhibition of Japanese artist Hiroshi Fuji, known for his creations that recycle unwanted toys and waste materials, in Tokyo. More than 100,000 unwanted toys collected by social groups across Japan for the past 13 years were used in the exhibition. REUTERS
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A Lebanese army helicopter extinguishes a fire that erupted in Sidon’s waste dump. REUTERS
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Brazil’s Luciano dos Santos Pereira knocks over an official as he competes in the men’s triple jump – F11 final in the Olympic Stadium at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Santos Pereira was competing against other athletes who were also visually impaired. REUTERS
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A Sri Lankan man fishes in a lagoon in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. AP Photo
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Onlookers stand next to an overturned passenger bus that was washed away by flash floods in Bankura district of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. The bus carrying about 50 passengers was washed away by flash floods with 45 passengers rescued while the rest are still missing. REUTERS
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People run for cover as smoke rises from the site of a fire at a fireworks factory on the outskirts of Sivakasi, India. Police in southern India said they have arrested six employees of the fireworks factory for a massive blaze that killed 40 workers and injured 60 others Wednesday. AP Photo
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A Chinese girl poses for fun with a 3D painting at an art exhibition in Jiaxing city in east China’s Zhejiang province. AP Photo