The day in photos

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California Wildfires
A wildfire burns in the dry foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains just north of LA on Thursday. AP/Nick Ut
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Thai Protestors Attempt To Topple Government With Bangkok Shutdown
Thai anti-government protesters block a major city intersection in an effort to clog up the city in Bangkok, Thailand. Getty Images
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Volodymyr Malyshev
Lawmaker Vladimir Malyshev, left, wipes blood from his face after a scuffle in the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev, Ukraine on Thursday. AP/Sergei Chuzavkov
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Heavy Smog Hits Beijing
People visit a Tiananmen Square cloaked in heavy smog on Thursday in Beijing, China. Getty Images
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Mount Sinabung spews hot lava and ashes
A villager rides his motorcycle in North Sumatra, Indonesia as Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke on Thursday. EPA
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India Hinduism
Hindu teenagers take a ritualistic bath believed to absolve their sins in Ahmadabad, India. AP/Ajit Solanki
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Young chimp in Warsaw's Zoo
Baby chimp Frodo lies in the arms of his mother Kimberly at the Warsaw Zoo in Warsaw, Poland. EPA
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Mideast Bahrain Airshow
The Saudi Hawks Display Team performs Thursday at the Bahrain International Air Show in Sakhir, Bahrain. AP/Hasan Jamali
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Brazil Surfer Dogs
A young woman practices yoga on a paddle board with her dog off Barra de Tijuca beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AP/Silvia Izquierdo
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Hungary Figure Skating
Ukraine’s Yakov Godorozha soars in the European Figure Skating Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Thursday. AP/Darko Bandic
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India Bull Taming
Men try to harness a bull during a bull-taming sport called Jallikattu in Alanganallur, India on Thursday. AP/Arun Sankar K.
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Mideast Iraq
Gunmen patrol Fallujah, Iraq after Iraqi airstrikes pounded a nearby town that had been seized by al-Qaeda linked militants. AP
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Petza'el shepherds
Palestinians play near a spring in the West Bank, Jordan Valley, a contentious territory in ongoing Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. EPA