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Dried sunflowers are seen in a field near the Bulgarian capital Sofia

A Syrian girl, who fled her home with her family due to fighting 

Temperatures in the Bavarian capital reached up to 30 degrees Celsius. 

In this Aug. 22, 2012 photograph, ever a showman, an 86-year-old B.B. King thrills a crowd of several hundred people

A four-day-old baby hippopotamus

A paraglider flies over cornfields at the edge of the black forest in Fuerstenberg, southern Germany,

Israelis protest in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on August 23, 2012, against a possible Israeli attack on Iran. 

A Syrian man shows marks of torture on his back

People gather in Marikana on August 23, 2012 after attending a memorial service for the 44 individuals killed in a wildcat strike

Cycling fan Dory Holte chases as the peloton as Liquigas-Cannondale rides at the front on the climb

 The installation is part of a larger exhibit at the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden called "Natural Discourse" that runs through January 2013. (Photo by Justin Sullivan

 Actress Ashley Greene arrives to the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "The Apparition" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre

A man carries an umbrella to shield himself from rain, as he walks past the slum of Susan's Bay in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown

A tanker truck leaking isobutane vapor burns during a controlled vent and burn in order to stop the leak late 

Japanese toilet maker TOTO employee Akiko Matsuyama laughs as she shows a "Toilet Bike Neo" at its showroom in Fujisawa,

The shadow of a woman is cast on the wall of a monastery as she looks on toward the Swayambhunath Stupa in Kathmandu

Free Syrian Army fighters take cover as they exchange fire with regime forces in the Salaheddin neighbourhood of Syria's northern city of Aleppo

Children play on flood affected street in the Kyune Kone township delta area, Irrawaddy Division

People swim at the start of the annual Lake Zurich crossing swimming event in Zurich

Manuel Sanchez Gordillo, the mayor of the village of Marinaleda and a member of the regional parliament for the United Left party in the Andalucian regional parliament, and activists continue their protest

 river runs through a valley near Moose Pond, Northwest Territories August 22, 2012.

Argentine tango dance couple Guido Palacios and Florencia Castilla compete in the stage category at the Tango Dance World Cup 2012 in Buenos Aires

A firefighter (R) extinguishes a fire that engulfed a slum area in Manila

Handout image courtesy of NASA shows tracks left by the Curiosity rover on Mars August 22, 2012

 Giraffes prepare to be weighed and measured during the ZSL London Zoo's

A fisherman walks with his catch on the banks of the Yangtze River

The peloton rides through a canyon during stage two of the USA Pro Challenge from Montrose to Crested Butte on August 21, 2012 

Tracer bullets ricochet off their targets as the Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force 

A woman holds her baby as Palestinians enjoy a day at a beach during Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan

A man waves a Romanian flag during a protest against President Traian Basescu in Bucharest

An aerial picture shows a derailed S-Bahn commuter train near Tegel station in Berlin 

Indian Muslims take part in Eid al-Fitr prayers at Jama Masjid in New Delhi,

A humpback whales lunges out of the water to feed near a gathering of spectators just off a beach at San Luis Obispo, Calif.

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