Members of Japan Ground Self-Defense Force rappel down from a UH-60JA helicopter during the annual live-fire drill at the Higashi Fuji training range in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo.
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An S-Bahn city train lies derailed on the track between the Tegel and Schulzendorf stations near Berlin, Germany.
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A boy runs through a flock of pigeons at a field in Mumbai, India.
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Palestinians enjoy a ride in an amusement park on the third day of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Islam’s fasting holy month of Ramadan, in Gaza City.
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A firefighter walks past trees on fire during a wildfire in Tabuyo del Monte near Leon, Spain. Some 500 soldiers have been deployed to help battle a wildfire authorities believe was started intentionally and which has burned 30 sq. miles in northern Spain.
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A man rides his bicycle through a waterlogged street during a monsoon shower in Jammu, India. The monsoon rains, which usually hit India from June to September, are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people.
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A line of Japan Ground Self-Defense Force tanks flare up a smoke screen during the annual live-fire exercise and demonstration at Higashi Fuji training range in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo.
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A boy jumps into the Hoyoux river as steam billows from the cooling towers of Tihange’s nuclear plant in Tihange, Belgiun.
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Smoke rises from a residential building at the Sunni Muslim dominant neighborhood of Bab al-Tebbaneh in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, during clashes between Sunni Muslims and Alawites.
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A man sits on the roof of his home at a flooded village in the Thar Pound township delta area in Myanmar.
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Supporters cheer as President Obama speaks during a campaign event at Capital University in Cleveland, Ohio. Obama is on a two-day campaign trip to Ohio, Nevada and New York.
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Ash and steam billow from the Tungurahua volcano near Huambalo, Ecuador.
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Swiss farmer Kari Gisler carries a bundle of hay as he practices wild haying on a steep hillside on the mountain Rophaien in the Swiss village of Flueelen, south of Zurich. The tradition of wild haying in Central Switzerland dates back around two hundred years and is practiced from mid-July until mid-September on high altitudes with steep hillsides.
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A DC-10 drops fire retardant on the Ponderosa Fire, near Paynes Creek, Calif. Nearly 1,900 firefighters were battling the Ponderosa Fire in rugged, densely forested terrain as it threatened 3,500 homes in the towns of Manton, Shingletown and Viola, about 170 miles north of Sacramento.
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A Montgomery County Ride On bus careened into a home after colliding with a taxi cab in Silver Spring, Md. There were injuries to some bus passengers but there were no injuries to those in the home.
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Bill Bouton, an amateur photographer, was driving down the coast in Luis Obispo, California on Saturday when he managed to capture a stunning aquatic spectacle of a pod of feeding humpback whales. Boaters and kayakers in the waters had cameras of their own poised to take pictures, fearlessly advancing toward the hungry animals, typically from 39-52 feet in length with an average weight of around 79,000 lbs.
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Jennifer Hawkins, center, and other models showcase designs by Bendon on the catwalk as part of the Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival Sydney in Sydney, Australia.
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Entertainers dance around a statue of Chuchok, a greedy Brahmin who died accordingly to a buddhist story from gluttony due to his new found wealth. Some Thai Buddhist’s hire dancers to give thanks to Chuchok statues after their wishes have been fulfilled. It is believed that wealth and luck would come to those who believe in Chuchok.
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