The Earth and sun seen from the International Space Station (in orbit over Minnesota at the time) in a shot snapped by a member of the Expedition 36 crew.
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Red Cross volunteers make their way through the flooded streets of Passau, Germany. Heavy rainfall caused three nearby rivers to break their banks, and the water was expected to continue its rise.
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A Chinese paramilitary policeman watches over the touriusts milling about Tiananmen Square in Beijing following the traditional flag-lowering ceremony.
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Workers wait for a section of a massive crane to be moved into place at as they build a new housing development in the Nine Elms district of London.
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A trio of mountain bikers ride through the Tengger caldera — a cluster of volcanoes at Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park — in Indonesia’s East Java province.
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Canoeists race along the Yamuna river in Allahabad, India.
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Still standing, this window frames what’s left of the rest of the home it was attached to before wildfires swept through Lake Hughes, Calif.
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Two men try to douse a burning police car set alight in Istanbul, Turkey’s Taksim Square. Protests there against the Islamic-rooted government began last week and have quickly spread.
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A sanctioned food fight dubbed the Great Tomatina rages in Boyaca, Columbia — which happens to be the largest tomato-producing region in Latin America.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is mobbed by members of the 507th unit of his Korean People’s Army at Mount O-sung.
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A seemingly uninjured passenger stands amid emergency personnel at the mangled front of a tour bus near Orebro, Sweden. A pair of buses — carrying about 60 passengers — collided with a gasoline tanker, injuring 14.
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A bolt of lightning strikes over Manhattan as massive thunderstorms pushed through New York City overnight.
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