Titled ‘Rebirth 2013,’ this sculpture made of 13 junked cars towers over the Jiangcheng No.1 Creative Culture Park in Wuhan, China, the site of an old factory.
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Afghan farmers harvest raw opium in a poppy field in Jalalabad. Cultivation of the plant, a narcotic, has increased for a third year in a row and is heading for a record high, according to the UN.
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Dwight Dumais splashes into the water during the preliminary round of the men’s 3-meter springboard event at the USA Diving Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale.
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Driver Mohammed al-Sahlawi veers off a cliff during the first stage of the Jordan Rally in Sweimeh, Jordan. Al-Sahlawi and co-driver Allan Harryman were unhurt.
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Lightning streaks across the sky over a wind farm in Jacobsdorf, Germany.
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Sandra Perkovic of Croatia plants one on coach Ivan Ivancic after winning the women’s discus throw at the IAAF Diamond League meet Doha, Qatar.
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An Iranian boy stands among worshippers during the Friday prayers at Tehran University.
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An iron worker snaps a shot of a the final piece of the spire on top of One World Trade Center in New York, as the building finally topped out at 1,776 feet.
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Two bonnet macaques peer at visitors from their enclosure at the Giza Zoo in Egypt.
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A visitor walks through the ‘Rain Room,’ a large-scale environment by Random International, which is part of EXPO 1: New York at the Museum of Modern Art.
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An orthodox woman peeks over a fence for a better view of the reformist women known as the “Women of the Wall” at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Police held back hundreds trying to prevent the liberal groupfrom praying at the site.
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