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Day in Photos: Sept. 21, 2012

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A Pakistani Muslim demonstrator brandishes a stick near burning police vehicles during a protest against an anti-Islam film in Karachi. At least nine people died in Pakistan during violent protests on Friday condemning a US-made film insulting Islam. AFP/Getty Images
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Greenpeace activists dressed in Tiger costumes visiting the palm oil plantation of PT in Pulang Pisau, Indonesia. AFP/Getty Images
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USA’s Grace Alexander lies in the road after falling during the women’s Junior Road race World Championships near Valkenburg. Britain’s Lucy Garner won ahead Norway’s Eline Brustad and Italy’s Anna Zita Stricker. AFP/Getty Images
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An activist of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) attired to look like a piece of meat meal within a meal lies on a huge plate during a demonstration in Bangalore. AFP/Getty Images
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An Indian ragpicker carries a huge sack of reusable garbage at a dumping ground on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. AP Photo
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Julian Wilson of Australia surfs on the final day at the Hurley Pro Trestles at San Onofre State Beach in Lower Trestles, Calif. Getty Images
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard troops march, during a military parade commemorating the start of the Iraq-Iran war 32 years ago, in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran. AP Photo
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Daniel ‘El Loco’ Barrera (C), one of Colombia’s most wanted drug traffickers, is seen after his capture in San Cristobal, near the border with Colombia. Barrera was captured in Venezuela on Tuesday with the help of Caracas as well as British and U.S. intelligence agencies. Authorities in Colombia had been closing in on the drug lord – known as “Crazy Barrera” – in recent weeks, arresting 36 members of his gang and seizing five tonnes of the drug and 21 aircraft. REUTERS
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Pakistani Muslim demonstrators topple a freight container, placed by police to block a street during a protest against an anti-Islam film in Lahore. AFP/Getty Images
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Indian farmers are seen at Darangiri banana market in the Goalpara district, Assam, India. There are nearly 15,000 people involved in the banana market. Darangiri is the largest banana market in North East India where 10-12 trucks of bananas are sold every day during the peak of banana growing season. EPA
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The Mustang Complex wildfires in Idaho are seen from the International Space Station at an altitude of approximately 260 miles above earth in this NASA photo taken by a crew member from Expedition 33. The Mustang Complex fire has devoured at least 280,000 acres of pine forests since it grew from several separate lightning-sparked blazes in late July in remote stretches of the Salmon-Challis National Forest. NASA/REUTERS
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An art installation entitled “Floating Echo,” an inflatable Buddha by artist Chang-Jin Lee, is seen floating in the Harlem River at Socrates Sculpture Park in the Queens, NY. REUTERS
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Space Shuttle Endeavour mounted on NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, passes over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Endeavour is making a final trek across the country to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it will be permanently displayed. AP Photo
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A woman walks in downtown Rome at sunset. AFP/Getty Images
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People enjoy a ride during the Minnesota 2012 State Fair in Albuquerque. ZUMAPRESS.com