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Day in photos: Aug. 21, 2013

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Pelicans are fed in their enclosure at the bird park in Marlow, Germany. AFP/Getty Images
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A couple performs in the 2013 Tango World Championship stage category in Buenos Aires, Argentina. AP
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A passer-by appears to mock anti-fur protesters, who have stripped to their underwear in an attempt to persuade clothing designers to stop using animal fur in Sydney, Australia. AP
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The moon hangs over the New York skyline in its full stage under a phenomenon called the blue moon. AP
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A zookeeper weighs a waxy monkey frog during the annual weigh-in at London Zoo. Creatures are weighed and measured for their measurements to be recorded into the Zoological Information Management System. The frog weighted in at 40g. AP
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Medical marijuana patients wear paper bags over their heads during a protest against alleged state government security breaches, in Denver. Protesters asked Colorado health authorities to completely dismantle the state’s 107,000-person marijuana patient registry because of what they call breaches of private medical information. AP
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A Filipino boy cleans dishes at a temporary evacuation center as rain pours in suburban San Mateo, east of Manila, Philippines. AP
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A Syrian boy living in Egypt rides his bicycle on a street in Cairo. Reuters
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King Leon, a five-month-old striped skunk, nibbles on a cracker in Bay City, Mich. AP
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A couple share a kiss against the setting sun in Berlin. Reuters
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Images of New Jersey State Governor Chris Christie and Democratic challenger State Senator Barbara Buono are seen cut into a cornfield maze in this aerial image taken over Stony Hill Farm Market in Chester Township, NJ. Reuters