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Toy exhibition, hot tub cinema, prison weddings, Democratic convention and more in the day in photos News and feature images from around the world.
Sept. 6, 2012
At the solo exhibition of Japanese artist Hiroshi Fuji in Tokyo, artwork is made of discarded playthings. The exhibition is called "Central Kaeru Station: Where Have All These Toys Come From?"
Kim Kyung-Hoon
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Reuters
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A girl poses with a 3-D painting at an art exhibition in Jiaxing in China's Zhejiang province.
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Sept. 3, 2012
Six-year-old quadruplets from Shenzhen in China's Guangdong province had identifying numbers shaved into their hair before their first day of school.
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Sept. 6, 2012
A boy snorkels in the Ionian Sea in Saranda, Albania.
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Sept. 6, 2012
Russian President Vladimir Putin touches an octopus at an oceanarium on Russky Island in Vladivostok.
Ria Novosti
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Sept. 6, 2012
A satellite image shows Hurricane Michael, with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph, in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the first Atlantic storm of the 2012 season to reach Category 3 intensity.
NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP
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Sept. 6, 2012
NASA's Hubble telescope shows a galaxy pair called Arp 116, which consists of the elliptical galaxy Messier 60, or M60 (C), and a much-smaller spiral galaxy, NGC 4647, upper right.
ESA/Hubble Collaboration
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Reuters
Sept. 6, 2012
A warehouse roof in east London's Hackney neighborhood hosts guests for a hot tub cinema event.
Olivia Harris
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Reuters
Sept. 6, 2012
Outside the Berlin office of GEMA, Germany's agency for collecting music licensing fees on behalf of artists, demonstrators hold puppets while protesting the new fee structure scheduled to take effect in 2013. They say it will force the closure of many clubs in Germany.
Sean Gallup
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Getty Images
Sept. 6, 2012
Monty Python actors Carol Cleveland and Terry Jones bring their dogs to north London's Highgate neighborhood for an event in honor of fellow star Graham Chapman.
Olivia Harris
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Reuters
Sept. 6, 2012
At the ninth annual Roosevelt House Festival on the Lawn in Owensboro, Ky., Keith Kassinger crowns Brandon "Brangelina" Aull the winner of an audience award for his drag outfit.
Gary Emord-Netzley
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Messenger-Inquirer via AP
Sept. 6, 2012
At the Lurigancho men's prison in Lima, Peru, 10 couples were married in a mass wedding ceremony. The nuptials were among events to promote the integration of prisoners back into society, organizers said.
Mariana Bazo
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Reuters
Sept. 5, 2012
People flee from an explosion at a fireworks factory near Sivakasi, India. About 40 people were killed and several others injured after a fire broke out at the factory, local media reported.
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Reuters
Sept. 6, 2012
A man takes a smoke break near the site of a fire in Sidon, Lebanon. A blaze erupted in the city's landfill after a methane gas leak, forcing the industrial sector to shut down.
Mohammed Zaatari
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AP
Sept. 4, 2012
A student reads Braille during a lesson at a school for the blind in Kabul.
Omar Sobhani
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Reuters
Sept. 5, 2012
Million Dollar Baby, a Persian cat, participates in the "Furry Friends on the Runway" fashion event at the Ritz Plaza in New York, coinciding with New York Fashion Week.
Andrew Kelly
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Reuters
Sept. 5, 2012
Pigs race at the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona, Calif. The nation's largest county fair is in its 90th year and continues through Sept. 30.
Lucy Nicholson
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Reuters
Sept. 5, 2012
Ellen Cosmas, 40, of Australia, checks out the treats available at the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona, Calif.
Lucy Nicholson
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Reuters
Sept. 6, 2012
A pickup truck travels a dusty road alongside dry corn fields near Bennington, Neb. The remnants of Hurricane Isaac dumped rain on some Midwest farming states, but Nebraska remains drought-stricken.
Nati Harnik
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AP
Sept. 6, 2012
Lioness Layla and her two 5-week-old cubs are presented to the public at the zoo in Dresden, Germany.
Arno Burgi
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AFP/Getty Images
Sept. 6, 2012
Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos holds up a Kindle Paperwhite e-reader as the company unveiled new tablets to compete with Apple.
Gus Ruelas
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Reuters
Sept. 6, 2012
Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan greets supporters at WestPac Restorations in Colorado Springs.
Bryan Oller
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AP
Sept. 6, 2012
Demonstrators wear masks of GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Obama during a march in Charlotte on the last day of the Democratic National Convention.
John Adkisson
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Reuters
Sept. 6, 2012
Singer Mary J. Blige performs at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.
Charles Dharapak
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AP
Sept. 6, 2012
Democratic National Committee Chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, left, escorts Gabrielle Giffords to the stage, where Giffords led the Democratic convention in the Pledge of Allegiance. Giffords, a former congresswoman from Arizona, is still recovering from being shot in the head in January 2011.
Jonathan Newton
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The Washington Post
Sept. 6, 2012
First lady Michelle Obama applauds as Vice President Biden acknowledges his wife, Jill, center, from the Democratic National Convention stage.
Nikki Kahn
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The Washington Post
Sept. 6, 2012
Vice President Biden acknowledges supporters at the Democratic convention.
Lucian Perkins
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for The Washington Post
Sept. 6, 2012
Democratic National Convention attendees keep the energy high on the last day of their gathering in Charlotte.
Nikki Kahn
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The Washington Post
Sept. 6, 2012
First lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha join President Obama onstage after he gave his acceptance speech to the Democratic National Convention.
Jonathan Newton
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The Washington Post
Sept. 6, 2012
The president and first lady embrace onstage at the Democratic National Convention.
Nikki Kahn
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The Washington Post
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