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A United States Marine from Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Marines carries his weapons and ammunition during an operation
to clear the area of insurgents near Musa Qaleh, in northern Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan. -- PHOTO: AP
A Los Angeles County Fire Department camp crew makes it's way up a hillside knocking down fire and clearing brush as a wildfifre burned up a hillside
near Acton, Calif. It was was fully contained at eight acres, and no injuries or damage were reported. -- PHOTO: AP
Two 8-week-old Sumatran tigers cubs hide under their mother, Jaya, during their public debut at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. The cubs, born on May 25, will be on exhibit intermittently with their mother Jaya startling. The male and female cubs, weighed around 2 pounds at birth and have grown to more than 14 pounds and 13 pounds. -- PHOTO: AP
Pilot Captain Brian Bews parachutes to safety as his a CF-18 fighter jet crashes and explodes during a practice flight at the
Lethbridge County Airport for the weekend airshow in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. -- PHOTO: AP
A man cools himself in a fountain in downtown Rome. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Athletes attempt to clear the water jump during the Men's 3000 Metre Steeple Chase qualification heat on day five of the
13th IAAF World Junior Championships at the Moncton 2010 Stadium. -- PHOTO: AFP
Tourists look at skulls on display at the memorial stupa filled with more than 8,000 skulls of victims of the Khmer Rouge regime at Choeung Ek,
a 'Killing Fields' site located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A local fisherman works to clean up the oil, which has spread far from the original explosion site in Xingang port,
Dalian, northeastern China. -- PHOTO: AP
A patient (C) waves while participating in an Independence parade at the Larco Herrera psychiatric hospital in Lima.
The hospital, founded in 1917 and the biggest of its kind in Peru, currently houses more than 450 patients. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A Batman and Robin duo walks through the San Diego Convention Center during the second day of Comic-Con International. -- PHOTO: AP
A demonstrator carries a sign that reads in Spanish 'Guatemala bleeds' during a protest against violence in Guatemala City.
There are about 17 deaths per day in Guatemala City, a city of 2 million. -- PHOTO: AP
A man carries recyclable materials collected from Managua's municipal garbage dump. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Spanish bullfighters Curro Diaz (L), Salvador Vega (C) and female bullfighter Mari Paz Vega are carried on the shoulders of spectators after a victorious 'Corrida Goyesca' bullfight at Archidona's Ochavada square, near the southern Spanish city of Malaga. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Visitors take photos and hold their noses as they view the Amorphophallus titanum plant, better known as the 'Corpse Flower', as it blooms inside the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Houston. Corpse flower blooms are extremely rare and release a strong odor of rotting meat in order to attract pollinating insects. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A patient wearing a clown costume takes part in an Independence parade at the Larco Herrera psychiatric hospital in Lima.
The hospital, founded in 1917 and the biggest of its kind in Peru, currently houses more than 450 patients. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
People walk past flowers arranged during an attempt to achieve the Guinness World Record to create the longest flower carpet in the world to honour the 720th anniversary of the city in Ventspils. Volunteers attempted to create an uninterrupted flower carpet measuring 1500 metres long and one metre wide. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Girls stand in front of a sand sculpture depicting a famous 1945 photo of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (left) U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt (center) and Soviet Premier Josef Stalin, right, which was taken during the Yalta Conference, displayed the VVts, All Russian Exhibition Center, formerly known as VDNKh, to mark the 65th anniversary of the victory of WWII. in Moscow, Russia. -- PHOTO: AP
Malaysian participants prepare to fly their kite during the Jakarta International Kite Festival on Saturday. Participants from 15 provinces in Indonesia and nine countries, including Australia, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, the Netherlands and Japan, joined the two-day festival. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
People dressed up with costumes made of hen feathers and wearing masks, pay tribute to the patron saint of the indigenous people, San Francisco Solano, and thank him for his favours, during the 'Guaicuru Nemonde' traditional rite in Emboscada, 46 km north of Asuncion. -- PHOTO: AFP
A Comic Con attendee arrives dressed as the Avatar from the motion picture 'The Last Airbender'
at Comic Con in San Diego, California. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A woman lifts the veil of a bride dressed in the traditional costume for a Chinese princess
for a wedding with an imperial theme held in Beijing, China. -- PHOTO: AP
Revellers rush up a hill after panic broke out during the Loveparade in Duisburg, western Germany on Saturday. -- PHOTO: AFP
Pakistani workers (bottom) hold support pillars as a Janbaz Circus gymnast performs during a show in the Pothohair Village near Islamabad. The Punjab-based Janbaz Circus is famous as one of the best Pakistani entertainment organisations, attracting a large number of people to its shows. -- PHOTO: AFP
Water pours over the dam and in and out of the windows of the historic Independence Mill in downtown Independence,
Iowa as the Wapsipinicon River rose on Saturday. -- PHOTO: AP
Students of Sri Vidya stand on the steps of Kedar Ghat on the occasion of Guru Purnima,
or Guru's Full Moon day, in Varanasi, India. -- PHOTO: AP
Firefighters try to control a forest fire, in Sausset-les-Pins, near the southeastern French city of Marseille. Firefighters said about 900 hectares of forest had been destroyed. More than 600 firefighters, 75 fire trucks, waterbombing planes and helicopters are being used to fight the first forest fire of the season in southern France. -- PHOTO: AFP
Athletes race into the waters of Lake Zurich for the start of the swimming leg of the
Ironman Switzerland Triathlon in Zurich. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A boat travels through oil sheens from the oil spill site at a fishing port, where oil scooped from the sea is ferried for storing, in Dalian, Liaoning province.
A chemical agent used to strip sulphur from oil contributed to a pipeline blast at China's Dalian port last weekend, causing a huge oil slick in the sea and forcing the port's temporary closure. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Vince Byron, of Brisbane, Australia, performs during the Park Finals of the 6.0 BMX Open at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. -- PHOTO: AFP
US Navy sailors aboard the Nimitz-class USS George Washington prepare to leave for joint military exercises at the Busan port in Busan, south of Seoul, South Korea. The massive nuclear-powered US supercarrier began maneuvers with ally South Korea in a potent show of force that North Korea has threatened could lead to 'sacred war'. -- PHOTO: AP
Fireworks explode over an ancient cathedral in Santiago de Compostela during celebrations for St James's day in northwestern Spain. This year marks a special 'Holy Jacobeo Year' as St. James Day falls on a Sunday and hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are expected to travel the long route,
mostly on foot or by bicycle. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Crew members of Danish training ship Georg Stage set sail out of Aaalborg Harbour in northern Denmark, as it heads for Kristianstad in Norway.
Georg Stage is one of the training ships from all over the world taking part in the Tall Ships Race 2010. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Switzerland's Air Force national flight team Patrouille Suisse (top) in their Northrop F-5E Tiger II aircrafts and the PC-7 flight team in their Pilatus NPC-7 aircrafts perform together with two Boeing F/A 18C Hornet (centre) fighter jets during the Flugmeeting Emmen 2010, near Lucerne.
Switzerland celebrates 100 years of aviation. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Crew member Jo Royle watches from the deck of the 60-foot-long Plastiki catamaran, built from more than 11,000 reclaimed bottles and other recycled plastic and waste products, as it is towed through Sydney Harbour at the end of its Trans-Pacific crossing. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Surfer Don Frank, second left, and others take a look at the 'Magic Carpet Ride' sculpture surrounded by a papier mache model
of a great white shark, in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California. -- PHOTO: AP
Visitors look at the 'Slav Epic' series of twenty oil paintings, which depict the mythology of the Czech and the Slavic people,
by Art Nouveau Czech artist Alfons Mucha at the Moravsky Krumlov Castle. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Balloons are released before the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana.
-- PHOTO: AFP
Fireworks explode over the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the Ukrainian Sea port and the main base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet of Sevastopol,
during the celebrations of the Russia Navy Day on Sunday. -- PHOTO: AP
A soccer scarf is placed amid a sea of candles and flowers in Duisburg. German prosecutors opened an investigation on Sunday into a stampede which killed 19 people and injured 342 at the Love Parade techno music festival in the western city of Duisburg.
The scarf reads, 'Germany mourns for you'. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A painter decorates the wall of a school in the Prenzlauer Berg area of Berlin on Sunday. -- PHOTO: AFP
Wearing sailor's vests former seamen gesture while standing in a fountain as their celebrate Navy Day in Gorky Park, Moscow. -- PHOTO: AP
Buddhists burn moxa (dried medicinal herbs) atop unglazed pottery plates on their heads as they pray for good health in a traditional summer ritual at Tokyo's Myoenji Temple on Monday. The 350-year-old custom called 'houroku-kyu' is believed to keep heads cool and refresh bodies. -- PHOTO: AFP
Protesters pulls an effigy of Philippine President Benigno Aquino as they march along Commonwealth highway near the House of Representatives where Aquino will deliver his first State of the Nation address (SONA) in Manila. -- PHOTO: AFP
A worker scoops oil from the oil spill site near Dalian Port, Liaoning province. Dalian Port has resumed operations at two of its oil berths and its main 300,000 tonnage berth is expected to reopen soon, the company said, after a fire at the port a week ago shut the berths down. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Scouts and scout leaders wave to the review stand during the Boy Scout Association Grand Centennial Parade
along Constitution Avenue in Washington. -- PHOTO: AP
Members of the Turkish dance group Fire of Anatolia perform in Manama, Bahrain, as part of the summer culture festival. -- PHOTO: AP
Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador of Spain waves during a victory lap with his Astana teammates after the 20th and last stage
of the Tour de France cycling race over 102.5 kilometers, starting in Longjumeau and finishing in Paris, France. -- PHOTO: AP
C-101 Aviojets from the Spanish Air Force aerobatic group Patrulla Aguila fly over San Lorenzo beach during an aerial exhibition in Gijon,
northern Spain. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A plane over flies the Jerusalem forest in a bid to douse the flames with water and fire retardant. Thousands of Jerusalem homes were evacuated as a massive blaze tore through a forest near a hospital on the outskirts of the Holy City. -- PHOTO: AFP
Nepalese Hindu women gesture over pots of holy water as they offer prayers at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. According to the Nepali calendar, Shravan is considered the holiest month of the year with each Monday of the month known as Shravan Somvar when worshippers offer prayers for a happy and prosperous life. -- PHOTO: AFP
Buddhist monks pray on Asanha Puja Day, the eve of the Buddhist Lent, in Nakhon Pathom province on the outskirts of Bangkok.
-- PHOTO: REUTERS
Actress Elsie de Brauw performs on stage during a dress rehearsal of Stefan Zweig's play 'Angst' (fear) in Salzburg.
The play is directed by Jossi Wieler. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
An acrobat performs amid fountains during the opening ceremony of the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. AFP
Fishermen pull in nets of sardines on Durban's Addington beach. The east coast of South Africa is host to an annual migration of
sardines which sees millions of the fish shoaling up the coast line. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Sheep graze close to electricity generating wind turbines as a rainbow is seen in the
background near the northern German town of Husum. -- PHOTO: AFP
A man visits a make-shift memorial site near the tunnel where panic broke out in a tunnel during the Loveparade in Duisburg, western Germany.
At least 19 people were killed and more than 300 were injured in a mass panic during the Loveparade in Duisburg. -- PHOTO: AFP
A butterfly sits on a flower during a hot summer day in Silver Spring, Maryland. -- PHOTO: AFP
Fireworks explode above the Maria Cristina avenue on during the opening ceremony of the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona.
-- PHOTO: AFP
A Japanese government panel will recommend that Japan relax longstanding defence guidelines to prepare for 'contingencies' in the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan Strait, reports said. The draft recommendation, obtained by two newspapers, proposes to scrap even the deployment of the Self-Defence Forces throughout the country, instead shifting the forces to south-western islets where the Chinese Naval warships often travel. -- PHOTO: AFP
Tyron Smith of Bermuda competes in the Men's Long jump at the XXI Central American & Caribbean Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
-- PHOTO: AFP
