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A teenager uses a cracked, buckled street caused by the 6.0 earthquake as a skate park on Meadowbrook Drive in Napa. -- A cracked, buckled street caused by an earthquake that was recorded as 6.0 on the Richter scale has been turned into a skate park by teenagers on Meadowbrook Drive in Napa. Sandybrook Lane nearby suffered similar damage, but was quieter. Pictured: Napa Earthquake Ref: SPL827697 250814 Picture by: Demotix / Splash News Splash News and Pictures Los Angeles: 310-821-2666 New York: 212-619-2666 London: 870-934-2666 photodesk@splashnews.com
A teen skateboards on a crack in the street from an earthquake in Napa, Calif. Splash
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Thailand's newly appointed Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha pays his respects as he receives the royal endorsement, in front of a portrait of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, at the Royal Army headquarters in Bangkok in this August 25, 2014 handout photo provided by the Thailand Government House. Thai military leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha was endorsed as prime minister by Thailand's king on Monday, four days after he was elected by his own hand-picked parliament, paving the way for the formation of an interim government. REUTERS/Thailand Government House/Handout via Reuters (THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Thailand’s newly appointed Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha honors Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok. Reuters
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People visit Shwesantaw Pagoda at Pyay, Bago division, August 24, 2014. Picture taken August 24, 2014. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: RELIGION)
People visit Shwesantaw Pagoda at Pyay, Myanmar. Reuters
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Palestinians, hoping to cross into Egypt, ride in a car as they wait at the Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip August 25, 2014. Under Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Cairo has secured closures on the Gaza border, increasing economic pressure on Hamas from a long-running Israeli blockade. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Palestinian civilians on Sunday to leave immediately any site where militants are operating, one day after Israel flattened a 13-storey apartment block in Gaza. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Palestinians head towards Egypt from Gaza. Reuters
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Performers take part in the Notting Hill Carnival in west London August 25, 2014. REUTERS/Neil Hall (BRITAIN - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Revelers perform in the Notting Hill Carnival in London. Reuters
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel embraces the statue of Saint James during her visit to the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela August 25, 2014. REUTERS/Lavandeira Jr/Pool (SPAIN - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel embraces a statue of Saint James in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Reuters
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Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi speaks during a press conference in Baghdad August 25, 2014. Abadi on Monday predicted a "clear vision" on a new government would emerge within the next two days, state television reported, as the country faces deepening sectarian conflict. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi speaks in Baghdad. Reuters
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Mexican border residents and members of the Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR) march on a road towards a detention center for migrants at the border between the U.S and Mexico in El Paso, Texas, August 24, 2014. People marched for four days and 100 miles (161 km) from southern New Mexico to west Texas, to reject border militarization and the deportation of children, according to local media. Picture taken August 24, 2014. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Mexican border residents head to a migrant detention center in El Paso, Texas. Reuters
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REFILE - CORRECTING ID OF CAL BROWN An image of 18-year-old Michael Brown is seen on a tie worn by his father as his stepmother and father Cal Brown and Michael Brown Sr., hold hands while arriving to take part in their son's funeral services at the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, Missouri, August 25, 2014. Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot dead by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST OBITUARY)
Michael Brown’s father, Cal Brown, wears his slain son’s face on a tie to his funeral in St. Louis, Mo. Reuters
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Multi-coloured houses are seen along a canal on the Venetian island of Burano August 25, 2014. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (ITALY - Tags: TRAVEL SOCIETY)
Multicolored homes are seen on the coast of Burano, Venice, Italy. Reuters
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A supporter of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party, his body painted in national flag colors, chants slogans with others as they participate in a pro-government rally in support of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Lahore, August 25, 2014. Local media reported that PML-N supporters organised a pro-government rally in support of Sharif and to oppose ongoing sit-ins by the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party Imran Khan and Tahir ul-Qadri, Sufi cleric and leader of political party Pakistan Awami Tehreek, who have been leading protests in the capital, Islamabad, trying to bring down Pakistani Prime Minister Sharif. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
A supporter of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party chants at a rally in Lahore, Pakistan.
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Smoke rises after the Yasinovskiy coking chemical plant was damaged by recent shelling in Makiivka, outside Donetsk August 25, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (UKRAINE - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Smoke rises after the Yasinovskiy chemical plant was damaged by shelling in Makiivka, Ukraine. Reuters
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Russian tourist Yaroslav Kolchin appears for his arraignment in Brooklyn Crimminal Court in New York, August 25, 2014. Kolchin, 24, was arrested on Sunday after climbing to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge, where he snapped photos with his phone before answering police demands to come down. REUTERS/Alec Tabak/Pool (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY)
Russian tourist Yaroslav Kolchin appears in court for climbing to and photographing the top of the Brooklyn Bridge. Reuters
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A man from The Kurdish Aid Foundation waits to distribute aid to displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect who fled the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, in city of Dohuk August 25, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY)
A man waits to deliver aid to displaced Yazidi refugees in Dohuk, Iraq. Reuters
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A reproduction of an US one thousand dollar bill is seen inside at a money exchange bureau in downtown Santiago, August 25, 2014. Most economists now predict overall growth in Chile's economy of between 2.0 and 2.5 percent this year, down from 4.1 percent in 2013. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS POLITICS)
A reproduction of a $1,000 bill is framed at a money exchange in Santiago, Chile. Reuters
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French President Francois Hollande attends a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation
French President Francois Hollande marks the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris. Reuters
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The casket containing the body of Michael Brown is transported by horse carriage as it is taken to its final resting place in St. Peter's Cemetery located in St. Louis, Missouri, August 25, 2014. Family and supporters on Monday celebrated the life of Michael Brown, a black teenager slain by police in Ferguson, Missouri, with a music-filled funeral service and calls to remember him with peace and political change. Brown's body lay at the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in a black and gold casket, topped with the St. Louis Cardinals baseball cap he was wearing when he was killed on Aug. 9 in nearby Ferguson by a white police officer. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST OBITUARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A horse-drawn carriage transports Michael Brown’s casket to a St. Louis, Mo., cemetery. Reuters
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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko delivers a speech dedicated to his decree to dissolve parliament in Kiev, August 25, 2014. Poroshenko signed a decree on Monday to dissolve parliament, he said on a Twitter post, paving the way for a new election. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko delivers a speech dedicated to his decree to dissolve parliament in Kiev. Reuters
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Contrails from passenger planes are seen on the sky over Venice August 25, 2014. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (ITALY - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORT)
Airplane contrails cross in the Venice, Italy, sky. Reuters
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Young African wild dogs also called Lycaon pictus, are pictured on August 25, 2014 at the Bioparco of Rome (Rome's zoo). Zampa and Sax were born in May at the Bioparco and fed by their parents, a young couple of wild dogs, before their presentation to the public, few days ago. AFP PHOTO / TIZIANA FABI (Photo credit should read TIZIANA FABI/AFP/Getty Images)
African wild dogs peer our of their Rome, Italy, zoo enclosure. Getty
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Ron Peralez, of Vacaville, Calif., sits on rubble and looks at earthquake-damaged buildings Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, in Napa, Calif. The San Francisco Bay Area's strongest earthquake in 25 years struck the heart of California's wine country early Sunday, igniting gas-fed fires, damaging some of the region's famed wineries and historic buildings, and sending dozens of people to hospitals. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
A man observes rubble from an earthquake in Vacaville, Calif. AP
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An Indian boy swims with his cattle through flood waters as he tries to take them to a safer place in Burhaburhi village in Morigaon district of north eastern Assam state, India, Monday, Aug.25, 2014. Monsoon season brings rains vital to growing crops in India, but floods and landslides each year kill thousands of people and submerge hundreds of villages. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A boy swims his cattle through monsoon floods to a safer area in Assam, India. AP
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Liberian security forces with riot gear stop people from leaving the West Point area, that has been hardest hit by the Ebola virus spreading in Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. A Liberian doctor who was among three Africans to receive an experimental Ebola drug has died, the country's information minister said Monday.(AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)
Security forces stop people from leaving Westpoint, Liberia. AP
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Supporters of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League rally in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. Thousands of supporters of Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri are besieging parliament in the capital to pressure Sharif to resign over alleged election fraud. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Supporters of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif rally in Lahore, Pakistan. AP