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Day in Photos: July 31, 2012

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Employee Tilly Shiner looks at a book in the aMAZEme labyrinth at The Southbank Centre in London. Brazilian artists Marcos Saboya and Gualter Pupo used 250,000 books to create the maze which will be on display until August 25. Getty Images
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Young women jump among sunflowers during the Sunflower Festival in Zama, Japan. More than half a million sunflowers will attract visitors until the middle of August at some venues in the city. AFP/Getty Images
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Residents of the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya look among the debris of their homes after an accidental fire. The Dadaab camp is the largest refugee complex in the world where thousands of Somalis fleeing conflict and starvation have found shelter and are helped by aid agencies. AFP/Getty Images
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Paramilitary policemen attend a training session in Hefei, China. Feature China/Barcroft Media
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Traffic comes to a stop at the Delhi-Gurgaon road on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. India’s energy crisis cascaded over half the country when three of its regional grids collapsed, leaving 620 million people without power in one of the world’s largest-ever blackouts. AP
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A security officer walks past artwork at the Tokyo Big Sight convention. AP
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A woman talks on her mobile phone in the trunk of her car as she waits to be rescued on a flooded street in Taiyuan, China. Reuters
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Horses walk among agave plants in the Mexican state of Tequila. EPA
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A seasonal worker from Poland picks apples at the Obsthof Herzberg farm in Frankfurt/Oder, Germany, near the Polish border. AFP/Getty Images
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Security forces gather at the scene of a car-bomb explosion in a shopping area in Baghdad, Iraq. AP
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A newlywed couple poses for photos in Shanghai, China. AP
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Police officers detain an opposition protester during an unsanctioned opposition rally in downtown Moscow. AP
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Penn State University football fans greet players during the “Rise and Rally” event as they make their way to a preseason workout in State College, Pa. Reuters
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A Pakistani man sweeps the ground in front of his restaurant during a sudden monsoon in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. AP
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A combination of pictures shows supporters during the London 2012 Olympic Games. AFP/Getty Images