Sailors train at the Edersee lake near Rehbach, Germany. Meteorologists forecast rising temperatures around 85 degrees for the coming days.
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John Shea leans into a gate, exhausted, as a forest fire consumes the grounds around a friend’s ranch Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, near Cle Elum, Wash. Shea heard the news, knew his friend was at work, and rushed over to his home to rescue livestock.
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A man holds balloons for sale near the National Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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New Jewish immigrants from U.S. arrive at the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israel. A total of 350 immigrants arrived on the flight from the U.S. Tuesday, and were welcomed by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a ceremony at the airport. Over 100 of the new immigrants are expected to join the Israel Defense Forces in the upcoming month.
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People swim by the mouth of Itaya River during a festival inaugurating the Amazon River as one of the seven natural wonders of the world in Iquitos, Peru. The Amazon River made it to the list of winners in a global contest conducted by the New Seven Wonders Foundation.
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Flood affected residents gather under the rain as they queue for relief goods in suburban Marikina, east of Manila, Philippines. Tropical Storm Kai-Tak will continue to move northwestward on Wednesday toward southeastern China and is expected to dump more rain in the flood-battered northern Philippines a week after half of the sprawling capital city got submerged.
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A hiker climbs towards the Blackenstock mountain near Engelberg, in the canton of Obwalden, central Switzerland.
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A combination of pictures shows different supporters and followers of Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev (not pictured) who joined his campaign and supported his fast and protest against corruption and black money in the Ambedkar stadium, a makeshift jail, in New Delhi, India.
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Villagers cross the polluted Ciujung river at Astana Agung village in Serang, Indonesia’s Banten province. According to a villager in Astana Agung, the villagers must walk to another location to get clean water, bathe and wash their clothes as the Ciujung river is polluted from waste being dumped by factories located along the river.
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Vehicles are stuck in flooded roads after heavy rains in Uji city, western Japan.
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Fishermen travel on their boat at sunset in Tripoli.
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Members of Russian female punk group Pussy Riot who are still at large, wait before an interview with Reuters journalists in Moscow. A court will deliver a verdict on Friday in the case of three members of the band who are accused of hooliganism after a performance in Moscow’s main cathedral.
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A Free Syrian Army fighter fires his sniper rifle from a house in Aleppo.
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A Thai tourist poses for a photograph with a 3D waterfall painting at the Art in Paradise museum in Pattaya resort city, Chonburi province, Thailand. South Korean investors created a new genre of ‘interactive’ art museum visitors may use art as a backdrop for their pictures. The interactive Art in Paradise museum encourages visitors to interact with hundreds of three-dimensional paintings artwork and pose in front of them for snap shots.
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A firefighting helicopter, operated by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, works to suppress the Taylor Bridge Fire east of Cle Elum, Wash.
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Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev gestures to his supporters during an anti-corruption protest in New Delhi, India. Ramdev sipped a glass of fruit juice offered by supporters ending his hunger strike Tuesday but says his battle against endemic corruption in India will continue.
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A boy runs in the water near a pier at sunset in Tripoli, Libya.
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Matador Alejandro Talavante falls as he fights a bull at Illumbe bullring during the second bullfighting day held as part of events to mark the San Sebastian’s Big Week festival, Basque Country, northern Spain.
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People enjoy hot temperature and sunny weather at Arpoador beach, in Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil.
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The Rockettes perform at the 2012 “Radio City Christmas Spectacular” Christmas In August Kick-Off at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
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