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Jack Laugher of England competes in the men's 3m Springboard final at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, July 31, 2014. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT DIVING TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Jack Laugher of England competes in the men's springboard final at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Ifeoma Nwoye of Nigeria is carried away by her coach after she lost her women's freestyle 55kg wrestling semi-final to Brittanee Laverdure of Canada at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

Ifeoma Nwoye of Nigeria is carried away by her coach after she lost her women's freestyle wrestling semi-final at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Children play in a fountain during a hot and sunny summer day in Nice, southeastern France, July 31, 2014. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard (FRANCE - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Children play in a fountain in Nice, France.

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A protester holds up a placard during a demonstration against Israel's military action in the Gaza strip, in Stockholm July 31, 2014. REUTERS/Fredrik Persson/TT News Agency (SWEDEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN

Protesters in Stockholm, Sweden, demonstrate against Israel's military strikes against Gaza.

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An activist shouts slogans as she is detained by New York City Police for blocking traffic during a protest in Midtown, Manhattan, in New York, July 31, 2014. About two dozen protesters, who identified themselves as members of the arts and activism collective, wore black clothing and white masks as they marched to protest against Israel's military action in the Gaza strip. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CRIME LAW CONFLICT)

Police arrest a protester for blocking traffic in Midtown.

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CANNOCK, ENGLAND - JULY 31: The headstones of World War One German soldiers sit in the Cannock Chase German War Cemetery on July 31, 2014 in Cannock, England. Cannock Chase German War Cemetery nestles in the woods of Staffordshire's Cannock Chase and is the only German cemetery in the UK. The cemetery, managed by the German War Graves Commission, contains 2,143 WWI deceased soldiers, 2,786 of which are from WWII. It is estimated that there is still over 1,000 German graves in commonwealth war grave sites across the British Isles. Events across the world will mark the centenary of the First World War on August 4th 2014. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

The headstones of World War One German soldiers sit in the Cannock Chase German War Cemetery in Cannock, England.

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CHICAGO, IL - JULY 31: Fast food workers and activists demonstrate outside McDonald's downtown flagship restaurant on July 31, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. According to a recent ruling by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) McDonald's USA can be considered a joint employer at its franchised restaurants, a decision that could affect how the restaurant chain is forced to deal with organized labor disputes. About 90 percent of the company's restaurants are owned by franchisees. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Fast food workers protest for higher wages in Chicago.

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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 31: U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks before signing an executive order that requires government contractors to make public previous labor law violations and give their workers more rights to address disputes in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building July 31, 2014 in Washington, DC. Obama signed the labor order a day after House Republicans voted to go forward with a lawsuit against the president in an attempt to stop him from acting on his own with executive orders. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama signs an executive order in Washington.

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An Indian man carries a schoolgirl and wades through a waterlogged street as it rains in Mumbai, India,

An man carries a schoolgirl and wades through flooding rains in Mumbai, India.

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Palestinian children, wounded during fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas militants near a compound housing a U.N. school in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, in the northern Gaza Strip, lay on the floor of an emergency room at the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, Thursday, July 24, 2014. Israeli tank shells hit the compound, killing more than a dozen people and wounding dozens more who were seeking shelter from fierce clashes on the streets outside. Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra says the dead and injured in the school compound were among hundreds of people seeking shelter from heavy fighting in the area. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Palestinian children lie on the floor of an emergency room in Beit Lahiya, Gaza.

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Hamas supporters shout slogans against the Israeli military action in Gaza, during a demonstration in the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday, July 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

Hamas supporters in Nablus, West Bank, protest against Israeli military action in Gaza.

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An Israeli soldier of the Maglan elite unit morns over the grave of Staff Sgt. Matan Gotlib, a Maglan elite unit soldier, during his funeral in the military cemetery in Rishon Letzion, central Israel, Thursday, July 31, 2014. Gotlib, 21, was killed in combat on Wednesday in the southern Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

A soldier mourns a comrade in Rishon Letzion, Israel.

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A truck passes by a flooded open coal mine pit in Kostolac, some 70 kilometers (43 miles) east of Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, July 31, 2014. Severe floods caused by excessive rainfall hit the Balkans in the past two days, inundating the Kostolac power plant and causing damage across central Serbia. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

A truck passes by a flooded open coal mine pit in Kostolac, Serbia.

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Passengers walk along the platform inside Atocha train station during a partial train strike in Madrid, Spain

Passengers walk along an Atocha train station platform during a partial train strike in Madrid, Spain.

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The Capitol is seen in Washington, Thursday morning, July 31, 2014, as lawmakers prepare to begin a five-week summer recess. Republicans pushed a divided House yesterday toward a campaign-season lawsuit against President Barack Obama, accusing him of deliberately exceeding the bounds of his constitutional authority. Obama and other Democrats derided the effort as a stunt aimed at tossing political red meat to conservative voters. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Civilians walk across a damaged bridge in Donetsk, Ukraine.

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The Capitol is seen in Washington, Thursday morning, July 31, 2014, as lawmakers prepare to begin a five-week summer recess. Republicans pushed a divided House yesterday toward a campaign-season lawsuit against President Barack Obama, accusing him of deliberately exceeding the bounds of his constitutional authority. Obama and other Democrats derided the effort as a stunt aimed at tossing political red meat to conservative voters. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Capitol is seen in Washington, Thursday morning, July 31, 2014, as lawmakers prepare to begin a five-week summer recess. Republicans pushed a divided House yesterday toward a campaign-season lawsuit...

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African elephant George splashes water in the recently completed elephant water hole feature at Wildlife Safari in Winston, Ore., Thursday, July 30, 2014. (AP Photos/The News-Review, Michael Sullivan)(AP Photos/The News-Review, Michael Sullivan)

African elephant George splashes in a water hole at Wildlife Safari in Winston, Ore.

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A broad-headed skink rests in the shade on a banana leaf on Wednesday, July 30, 2014, in Panama City, Fla. (AP Photo/The News Herald, Heather Leiphart)

A broad-headed skink rests on a banana leaf in Panama City, Fla.

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On the last day before Congress takes a five-week summer recess, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. pauses while meeting with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 31, 2014, about Republicans pushing through legislation to launch a campaign-season lawsuit against President Barack Obama, after accusing him of deliberately exceeding the bounds of his constitutional authority. Democrats have branded the effort a political charade and an effort by top Republicans to mollify conservatives who want Obama to be impeached. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has a press conference in Washington.

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A pair of new shoes are seen at the Karnes County Residential Center in Karnes City, Texas on Thursday, July 31, 2014. Federal officials gave a tour of the South Texas immigration detention facility that has been retooled to house adults with children who have been apprehended at the border. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A pair of new shoes are seen at the Karnes County Residential Center in Karnes City, Texas.

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First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the 2014 National Conference on Ending Homelessness, part of the Joining Forces initiative, Thursday, July 31, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the 2014 National Conference on Ending Homelessness in Washington.

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A member of the U.S. Marine Corps League honor guard of Northeastern Pennsylvania slowly folds the United States Flag at the conclusion of a flag raising ceremony at the Lackawanna County Courthouse on Thursday, July 31, 2014 in downtown Scranton, Pa. A United States Flag from 2004 that flew over the U.S. Marines Corps Camp Fallujah in Iraq was hoisted and will be flown for 30 days in front of the Lackawanna County Courthouse. (AP Photo/Scranton Times & Tribune, Butch Comegys) WILKES BARRE TIMES-LEADER OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

A Marine folds a flag in Scranton, Penn.

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A baseball fan watches a baseball game between the Colorado Rockies and the Chicago Cubs during the fourth inning in Chicago, Thursday, July 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

A fan watches the Colorado Rockies against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.