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Students of Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts School are suspended in mid-air as they practise in a rehearsal for a stunt performance which is part of the opening ceremony of the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games, at a stadium in Nanjing, Jiangsu province August 9, 2014. A total of 520 students took part in the performance named "building the dream", which will be performed during the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games on August 16, 2014, local media reported. Picture taken August 9, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT OLYMPICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

Martial arts students practice a stunt in Nanjing, China.

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Palestinians gather around the remains of a mosque, which witnesses said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike before a 72-hour truce, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip August 11, 2014. Israeli negotiators were due in Cairo on Monday for talks on ending a month-old Gaza war with Palestinian militants, an Israeli government official said, after a new 72-hour truce brokered by Egypt appeared to be holding. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY CONFLICT MILITARY)

Palestinians gather around the remains of a mosque in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip.

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The supermoon is pictured behind the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro August 11, 2014. Occurring when a full moon or new moon coincides with the closest approach the moon makes to the Earth, the supermoon results in a larger-than-usual appearance of the lunar disk. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares (BRAZIL - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TRAVEL TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Christ the Redeemer is silhouetted by the supermoon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Female personnel of India's Border Security Force (BSF) patrol along the fencing of the India-Bangladesh international border ahead of India's Independence Day celebrations, at Dhanpur village in India's northeastern state of Tripura August 11, 2014. India commemorates its Independence Day on August 15. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey (INDIA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Female members of India's Border Security Force patrol the India-Bangladesh border.

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A tightrope walker performs between two spheres of the Atomium monument in Brussels August 11, 2014. The 102-metre-tall (335-feet-tall) structure and its nine spheres, which was designed for Expo 58, is in the shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal, magnified about 165 billion times. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A tightrope walker performs on the Atomium monument in Brussels, Belgium.

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A lone protestor in favor of Israel holds a sign while members of the activist group "Code Pink" protest against Israel's involvement in Gaza while at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, August 11, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

A pro-Israel protester demonstrates in Washington.

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The moon is seen as a man stands next to residential buildings, which witnesses said were destroyed in an Israeli offensive, during a 72-hour truce in Beit Lahiya town in the northern Gaza Strip August 11, 2014. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators resumed indirect talks mediated by Egypt on Monday on ending a month-old Gaza war, Egypt's state news agency said, after a new 72-hour truce appeared to be holding. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

The moon rises behind damaged buildings in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip.

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Three brown bear cubs are pictured before they were transported to a wildlife enclosure in a Kosovo forest, at a bear sanctuary in Mramor near capital Pristina August 6, 2014. The cubs were rescued from a private zoo where they were kept illegally, and have been living in the sanctuary since March. They will be released to the wild next year. Picture taken August 6, 2014. REUTERS/Hazir Reka (KOSOVO - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY)

Three bear cubs play in a Mramor, Kosovo, enclosure.

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An Israeli child blow soap bubbles on the shore of the Mediterranean sea at the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon August 11, 2014. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators resumed indirect talks mediated by Egypt on Monday on ending a month-old Gaza war, Egypt's state news agency said, after a new 72-hour truce appeared to be holding. REUTERS/ Amir Cohen (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Children blow bubbles at the beach in Ashkelon, Israel.

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A girl hawks groundnuts arranged on a tray along a road in Nigeria's southwest city of Osogbo, August 11, 2014.REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye(NIGERIA - Tags: SOCIETY)

A young woman sells nuts in Osogbo, Nigeria.

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Christians take part in a candlelight march holding Jordanian and Palestinian flags, as they prayed for peace in Gaza, Jordan, and in the Arab region, in Al-Fuheis, near Amman, August 11, 2014. Participants passed by three churches, the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Latin Churches, which are the three main churches in the area according to the organisers. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)

Christians hold a candlelight march for peace in Amman, Jordan.

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A Palestinian mourner weeps at the family house of Ehsan al-Agha, who was killed in an Israeli strike Sunday, as his body is carried away during the funeral, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

A Palestinian woman mourns a slain relative in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip.

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Baby elephant "Nhi Linh" eats vegetables on her first birthday at the Rotterdam Blijdorp Zoo, in Rotterdam, on August 10, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANP / BART MAAT ***netherlands out*** (Photo credit should read BART MAAT/AFP/Getty Images)

Baby elephant Nhi Linh celebrates her first birthday at a zoo in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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An Orthodox Jewish child walks alongside a collage wall at the Jewish Children's Museum, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The museum is the largest Jewish-themed children's museum in the United States. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

An Orthodox Jewish man passes a collage wall at the Jewish Children's Museum in Brooklyn.

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In this Aug. 4, 2014, photo, a boy with his body covered in red paint poses for a portrait during the Santo Domingo festivities in Managua, Nicaragua. The faithful coat their bodies in used motor oil or red paint, and dress in traditional costumes as a promise for a prayer or miracle they believe was performed or answered by Managua's patron saint, Santo Domingo de Guzman. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A boy poses at the Santo Domingo Festival in Managua, Nicaragua.

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Marcelle Stewart, left, confronts police officers during a march and rally in downtown Ferguson, Mo., Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. The group marched along the closed street, rallying in front of the town's police headquarters to protest the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by Ferguson police officers. Brown, who was killed in a confrontation with police in the St. Louis suburb, was shot Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, and died following the confrontation with police. Stewart said she was attending the rally because her son-in-law Jason Moore died after being shot with a taser by police. (AP Photo/Sid Hastings)

Protesters demonstrate in Ferguson, Mo., to protest the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown.

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In this picture taken Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, a gorilla is reflected in a glass panel in its compound at the Hellabrunn zoo in Munich, southern Germany. (AP Photo/dpa, Sven Hoppe)

A gorilla checks himself out in a Leipzig, Germany, zoo.

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A couple photographs the supermoon in Monterrey, Mexico.