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Published Aug. 8, 2014, 6:25 p.m. ET

Gentoo penguins walk inside an open-air cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo on the suburbs of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk August 8, 2014. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: ANIMALS TRAVEL SOCIETY)

Gentoo penguins stroll in their Krasnoyarsk, Russia, enclosure. Reuters

A baby yawns while his mother breastfeeds him during a rally to raise public awareness and support for breastfeeding by the steps of New York City Hall in Manhattan, August 8, 2014. Mothers and their relatives also commemorated at the rally the 20th anniversary of the passing of the New York State civil rights law allowing women to breastfeed at any place they have the legal right to be. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANNIVERSARY HEALTH SOCIETY)

A mother breastfeeds in protest on the steps of New York City Hall. Reuters

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A man cools off at the Tungareshwar waterfall in Mumbai, India. Reuters

Kurdish peshmerga troops participate in an intensive security deployment against Islamic State militants on the front line in Khazer August 8, 2014. U.S. warplanes bombed Islamist fighters marching on Iraq's Kurdish capital on Friday after President Barack Obama said Washington must act to prevent "genocide". REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Demonstrators protest against layoffs at Lear in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Reuters

Kurdish peshmerga troops participate in an intensive security deployment against Islamic State militants on the front line in Khazer August 8, 2014. U.S. warplanes bombed Islamist fighters marching on Iraq's Kurdish capital on Friday after President Barack Obama said Washington must act to prevent "genocide". REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Kurdish peshmerga troops work at a security checkpoint in Khazer, Iraq. Reuters

Men paint "Fidel", the name of Cuba's former president Fidel Castro on a wall in Havana August 8, 2014. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)

Men paint “Fidel” on a wall in Havana, Cuba. Reuters

A Ukrainian serviceman tries on a helmet delivered from Canada at Boryspil International airport outside Kiev August 8, 2014. Canada will provide Ukraine with non-lethal equipment such as helmets, protective vests and tents to help secure the country's unstable eastern region, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday. REUTERS/Konstantin Chernichkin (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST TRANSPORT)

A soldier tries on a helmet in Kiev, Ukraine. Reuters

A tourist walks in the Transylvanian town of Sibiu, central Romania, August 8, 2014. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: TRAVEL SOCIETY)

A tourist strolls in Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania. Reuters

BRISTOL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 08: Hot air balloons depart from Aston Court in a mass ascent on the first full day of the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta on August 8, 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 Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

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

A polar bear takes a sun bath in Moscow Zoo in Moscow on August 8, 2014. Russia's drastic ban on food imports from Europe has claimed it first victims -- the rather choosy animals at Moscow zoo. Keepers at the zoo, one of Europe's oldest, have been sent scrambling to adjust the menus for its animals, which rely heavily on Dutch vegetables and Polish apples. The apples are a particular favourite of the zoo's bears, the animals that symbolize Russian virility and independence. AFP PHOTO/KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV (Photo credit should read KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)

A polar bear sunbathes in Moscow. Getty

A eurasian otter eats a fish in Moscow Zoo in Moscow on August 8, 2014. Russia's drastic ban on food imports from Europe has claimed it first victims -- the rather choosy animals at Moscow zoo. Keepers at the zoo, one of Europe's oldest, have been sent scrambling to adjust the menus for its animals, which rely heavily on Dutch vegetables and Polish apples. The apples are a particular favourite of the zoo's bears, the animals that symbolize Russian virility and independence. AFP PHOTO/KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV (Photo credit should read KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)

A Eurasian otter has a seafood meal at the Moscow Zoo. Getty

A Tiger walks in an enclosure at the "ZOOM" Zoo in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, on August 8, 2014. AFP PHOTO / PATRIK STOLLARZ (Photo credit should read PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images)

A tiger struts at the Zoom Zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Getty

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 08: Matt Adelberg (L), 21, of Baltimore, Maryland and Carlo Pean of Angwin, California pray together for peace as Metropolitan Police Department officers move barricades into place to separate pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups as they hold simultaneous demonstrations on the north side of the White House August 8, 2014 in Washington, DC. Israel resumed bombing targets in Gaza and Palestinian militants started firing rockets into Israel as a 72-hour cease fire ended this morning. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Demonstrators in Washington pray and protest over the conflict in Gaza. Getty

Texas Gov. Rick Perry delivers a speech to nearly 300 in attendance at the 2014 RedState Gathering, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, in Fort Worth, Texas. Two Texans eyeing possible 2016 presidential runs, Perry and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, are addressing the kind of top-tier conservative event necessary to build national support, the RedState Gathering. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Gov. Rick Perry wants YOU at the 2014 RedState Gathering in Fort Worth, Texas. AP

Smoke rises over Gaza City after an Israeli strike on Friday, Aug. 8, 2014, as Israel and Gaza militants resumed cross-border attacks on Friday after a three-day truce expired and Egyptian-brokered talks on a new border deal for blockaded Gaza hit a deadlock. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Smoke rises over Gaza City after an Israeli strike. AP

Water drips off a damaged umbrella as a man boards a car during a thunderstorm in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. Thunderstorms affected the Romanian capital following days of very warm weather. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A thunderstorm ravages Bucharest, Romania. AP

Supporters of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood protest in Amman, Jordan.

Supporters of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood protest in Amman, Jordan. Reuters

A group of baboons play in an enclosure at the "ZOOM" Zoo in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, on August 8, 2014. AFP PHOTO / PATRIK STOLLARZ (Photo credit should read PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Baboons play in a Gelsenkirchen, Germany, zoo. Getty

The day in photos

The day in photos