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Baby gorilla Diara relaxes besides its mother Kumili at the Zoo in Leipzig, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Diara was born during the night between March 10 and 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Baby gorilla Diara snuggles with mom Kumili in a Leipzig, Germany, zoo. AP

Children hold candles as they pray for those affected after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit Longtoushan town, Ludian county of Zhaotong, Yunnan province, in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, August 4, 2014. The death toll from the earthquake that hit southwestern China on Sunday climbed to 398 people, state media reported on Monday. The numbers 8 and 3 in the centre of the heart refer to August 3, the date the earthquake occurred. Picture taken August 4, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

Children hold a vigil for earthquake victims in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China. Reuters

ATTENTION EDITORS - REUTERS PICTURE HIGHLIGHT TRANSMITTED BY 0545 GMT ON AUGUST 5, 2014 DJM133 People enjoy an artwork entitled "Spectra" by Japanese visual artist Ryoji Ikeda during "Lights Out", as part of commemorations to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War One (WWI), in London. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez REUTERS NEWS PICTURES HAS NOW MADE IT EASIER TO FIND THE BEST PHOTOS FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT STORIES AND TOP STANDALONES EACH DAY. Search for "TPX" in the IPTC Supplemental Category field or "IMAGES OF THE DAY" in the Caption field and you will find a selection of 80-100 of our daily Top Pictures. REUTERS NEWS PICTURES. TEMPLATE OUT

Observers take in “Spectra” by Ryoji Ikeda in London. Reuters

Israeli soldiers from the armoured corps celebrate after returning to Israel from Gaza August 5, 2014. Israel pulled its ground forces out of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and started a 72-hour ceasefire with Hamas mediated by Egypt as a first step towards negotiations on a more enduring end to the month-old war. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Israeli soldiers celebrate their return to Israel from Gaza. Reuters

A Palestinian woman, who fled her house during an Israeli offensive, prepares food inside a classroom at a United Nations-run school sheltering displaced Palestinians, in Gaza City August 2, 2014. In Israeli southern communities hit by daily rocket and mortar bomb attacks from the Gaza Strip, some residents remained in their shelters, waiting tensely to see if a 72-hour Egyptian-brokered ceasefire that went into effect on Tuesday would hold. In Gaza, Palestinians who sheltered in U.N.-run schools began returning to towns and villages to examine the widespread damage from four weeks of fierce fighting. Picture taken August 2, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 15 OF 38 FOR WIDER IMAGE PACKAGE 'SHELTERING FROM CONFLICT - ISRAEL AND GAZA' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'COHEN SALEM'

A Palestinian woman prepares food in a UN school classroom in Gaza City. Reuters

Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a session of the State Council Presidium in Voronezh, August 5, 2014. Putin has ordered his government to prepare retaliatory measures against the latest round of Western sanctions, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday. REUTERS/Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti/Kremlin (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks hard in Voronezh, Russia. Reuters

Pope Francis kisses a child as he arrives to leads a meeting with altar workers in St Peter's square at the Vatican August 5, 2014. Tens of thousands of altar servers from Germany, Austria gather at the Vatican to meet with Pope Francis. REUTERS/ Stefano Rellandini ( VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Pope Francis kisses a child in the Vatican. Reuters

The Star of David is drawn on light switches at a girl's high school that was used by Israeli soldiers in Beit Hanoun town, which witnesses said was heavily hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes during the Israeli offensive, in the northern Gaza Strip August 5, 2014. Israel withdrew ground forces from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and started a 72-hour ceasefire with Hamas mediated by Egypt as a first step towards negotiations on a more enduring end to the month-old war. Gaza officials say the war has killed 1,834 Palestinians, most of them civilians. Israel says 64 of its soldiers and three civilians have been killed since fighting began on July 8, after a surge in Palestinian rocket launches. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)

The Star of David is seen on light switches in a girls’ school damaged by Israel shelling in Gaza. Reuters

Volunteers lower a corpse, which is prepared with safe burial practices to ensure it does not pose a health risk to others and stop the chain of person-to-person transmission of Ebola, into a grave in Kailahun August 2, 2014. Hundreds of troops were deployed in Sierra Leone and Liberia on Monday to quarantine communities hit by the deadly Ebola virus, as the death toll from the worst-ever outbreak reached 887 and three new cases were reported in Nigeria. Picture taken August 2, 2014. REUTERS/WHO/Tarik Jasarevic/Handout via Reuters (SIERRA LEONE - Tags: DISASTER HEALTH 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. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Volunteers lower a corpse into a grave in Kailahun, Sierra Leone, amidst Ebola fears. Reuters

A friend of Alawite soldier Ali Khaddaaro, who was killed during clashes between Lebanese Army soldiers and Islamist militants in Arsal, mourns during his funeral in Talhmera village, Akkar August 5, 2014. A 24-hour ceasefire was agreed on Tuesday to halt fighting between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants who seized the border town of Arsal at the weekend, in the most serious spillover into Lebanon from Syria's three-year-old civil war. At least 16 Lebanese soldiers have been killed in the violence. It is unclear how many militants and civilians have been killed, though death tolls given by security officials and a doctor indicate it is in the dozens. REUTERS/Stringer (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A friend mourns slain Alawite soldier Ali Khaddaaro in Akkar, Lebanon. Reuters

A Canadair CL-415 SuperScooper waterbomber, one of two lent by the French Civil Security, is pictured after landing at Vasteras airport August 5, 2014. The aircraft, purpose-built to dump its cargo of over 6 tons of water onto a fire, will assist in putting out the wildfire that rages through thousands of hectares in Central Sweden. REUTERS/Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency (SWEDEN - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY) ATTENTION EDITORS - SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

A Canadair CL-415 SuperScooper waterbomber lands in Vasteras, Sweden. Reuters

U.S. President Barack Obama talks at the U.S.-Africa Business Forum about strengthening trade and financial ties between the U.S. and Africa in Washington, August 5, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)

President Barack Obama speaks that the US-Africa Business Forum in Washington. Reuters

Protesters stand outside the Mandarin Oriental Hotel where the U.S.-Africa Business Forum takes place in Washington, August 5, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Protesters stand outside the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington. Reuters

BRISTOL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 05: Hot air balloons are inflated in Queen Square ahead of the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta on August 5, 2014 in Bristol, England. Now in its 36th year, the Fiesta is Europe's largest annual hot air balloon event in the city that is seen by many as the home of modern ballooning. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Hot air balloons take off in the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta in Bristol, England. Getty

An elephant immerses behind a window in the elephants' indoor pool at the Zoo in Leipzig, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

An elephant takes a dip in a Leipzig, Germany, zoo. AP

PlanetSolar press officer Julia Tames walks across the deck of the MS Turanor PlanetSolar, the world's largest solar-powered boat, moored at Zea Harbor, in Athens, on Tuesday Aug. 5, 2014. The 35-meter (115-foot) vessel is in Greece to take part in a Swiss-Greek underwater archaeology project to survey the seabed off a major prehistoric site, in hope of finding traces of what could be one of the earliest villages in Europe. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A woman walks across MS Turanor PlanetSolar, the world’s largest solar-powered boat, in Athens. AP

An Indian woman collects drinking water after digging a hole on the banks of the River Heran near Sajanpura village in Chhota Udepur district of Gujarat state, India, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Dozens of women from the Sajanpura village cross the river every day to collect drinking water from the other side since the water in their village is saline and muddy. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

A woman collects drinking water in Gujarat, India. AP

Zebras stand head to head in their compound at the Zoo in Leipzig, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Zebras relax in a Leipzig, Germany, zoo. AP

A man looks at a home destroyed by a landslide in a hillside community of North Salt Lake, Utah, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. One home was destroyed and 27 others were evacuated after a landslide early Tuesday struck an upscale suburban Salt Lake City community, where officials had worried for nearly a year about cracked soil on the hillside above the houses. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

A man observes a home destroyed by a landslide in Salt Lake City. AP

Remington Jones, of the Point Reyes National Seashore, Calif., Engine 1130 looks for hot spots left behind by the Eiler Fire on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014, near Burney, Calif. The fire is threatening more than 700 homes, some of which have been evacuated. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

A firefighter battles a wildfire near Burney, Calif. AP

This photo provided by the Gladys Porter Zoo shows Oscar, a black bear a few minutes before he managed to climb out of his exhibit area on Monday morning, Aug 4, 2014 at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas. An official with the zoo on Tuesday said Oscar will remain out of public view, in his sleeping quarters, until repairs are made to the bear grotto. His escape lasted about 90 minutes. (AP Photos/Gladys Porter Zoo, Patricia Scanlan)

Black bear Oscar is seen minutes before escaping his enclosure in a Brownsville, Texas, zoo. AP

The day in photos

The day in photos