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U.S. Open, Isaac landfall, Tango World Cup, Republican National Convention and more in the day in photos News and feature images from around the world.
Aug. 28, 2012
U.S. tennis player Sloane Stephens celebrates defeating Francesca Schiavone of Italy after their match at the U.S. Open in New York.
Jessica Rinaldi
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Aug. 28, 2012
Matthew Pettus holds a sheet open in the wind on a levee near Lake Pontchatrain as Hurricane Isaac approaches New Orleans on the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
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Aug. 28, 2012
Kat Soulagnet hula hoops at a '”hurricane party” in the Upper Ninth Ward in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Aug. 28, 2012
Ruffin Henry and Scout, a dog, swim in the rising water of Lake Pontchatrain as Hurricane Isaac approaches New Orleans.
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Aug. 28, 2012
Meteorologists Alycia Gilliland and Christopher Johnson of the Center For Severe Weather Research walk up a levee in Plaquemines Parish, La., to place instruments to research tropical winds as they hit land. Hurricane Isaac was approaching the state.
Gerald Herbert
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AP
Aug. 28, 2012
Two teenagers play in the surf under the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier in Navarre, Fla., as Hurricane Isaac approaches the Gulf Coast.
Nick Tomecek
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AP
Aug. 28, 2012
Bertrand Ragas of Port Sulphur, La., rests in a cot at the Belle Chase Auditorium shelter as Hurricane Isaac bears down on the Louisiana coast.
Sean Gardner
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Reuters
Aug. 28, 2012
A statue of Saint Jude, the Catholic saint of lost causes, stands in a Mexico City Metro car. Thousands of followers travel to the city’s St. Jude Thaddeus Church on the 28th of every month as part of a pilgrimage in the saint’s honor. His official feast day is Oct. 28.
Eduardo Verdugo
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AP
Aug. 28, 2012
Prisoners stand on the roof of Socabaya prison during a riot in Peru's southern city of Arequipa. About 200 prisoners staged an early-morning mutiny, injuring prison guards and taking four hostages, including the prison director, according to local media. All hostages were released, and the riot continued as the prisoners demanded improvements of prison conditions and medical attention, media said.
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Aug. 28, 2012
Argentina's Maria Noel Sciuto and Cristian Sosa celebrate after winning the 2012 Tango Dance World Cup stage finals in Buenos Aires. Couples from around the world competed in the annual competition, the highlight of a two-week festival. This year, the festival honored Astor Piazzolla, the legendary composer who revived the genre and infuriated purists by blending tango with rock music in the 1970s.
Natacha Pisarenko
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AP
Aug. 28, 2012
A roadside dentist's assistant files the dentures of a customer in Varanasi, India. Dentist Ramjee Sao said he provides a range of dental services, including extractions, fillings, pain alleviation and denture fitting.
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Aug. 28, 2012
A blue-colored pigeon rests on a tourist's hand at St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy. Swiss artist Julian Charriere airbrushed pigeons in different colors as part of a performance for Architecture Biennale, an annual exhibition.
Tony Gentile
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Reuters
Aug. 25, 2012
Actress Kristin Bauer van Straten visits the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya. Bauer is a celebrity patron of the International Fund for Animal Welfare and was in Kenya to make a documentary that will highlight the threat to elephants and rhinos.
Sayyid Azim
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AP
Aug. 28, 2012
A dog rests at the Protection Association for Abandoned Dogs center in Sintra, Portugal. Because of the country’s financial crisis, there has been an increase in the number of abandoned dogs and a decrease in adoptions of dogs over the past two years, according to Natalia Correia, director of the center.
Rafael Marchante
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Reuters
Aug. 28, 2012
A relative attends to a wounded child in a hospital after a suicide attack in Kandahar, Afghanistan. A suicide truck bombing killed four civilians and wounded Gen. Abdul Raziq, the provincial police chief who has a strong anti-Taliban background, authorities said.
Jangir
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Aug. 28, 2012
Burnt cars are seen after a car bomb exploded at the entrance to a Druze cemetery in the Jaramana district of southeast Damascus, Syria. Twelve people were killed and dozens were wounded during a funeral, state television reported. An activist group claimed that the attack had targeted supporters of President Bashar al-Assad.
Khaled Al-Hariri
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Reuters
Aug. 28, 2012
A Free Syrian Army fighter runs across a street dodging Syrian army bullets in El Amreeyeh neighborhood of the northwest city of Aleppo.
Youssef Boudlal
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Reuters
Aug. 28, 2012
A man accused of instigating street riots is detained by Kenyan police in Mombasa. Two police officers and a civilian were killed Tuesday when rioters hurled a grenade at officers in the port city after two days of violence over the killing of a radical Muslim cleric. Mobs of youths had fired at police with machine guns just before the grenade was thrown into a police truck, a senior police intelligence officer said.
Siegfried Modola
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For Reuters
Aug. 28, 2012
Hawkers walk past each other in the Angolan capital of Luanda.
Siphiwe Sibeko
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Reuters
A snapped fishing boat and other vessels rest, washed ashore, on Taiwan’s offshore island of Lanyu. Taiwan's rain-battered south heaved a sigh of relief after Typhoon Tembin skirted past before dawn without making landfall, leaving little damage.
Hui Chun Cheng
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Lanyu Biweekly News via AFP/Getty Images
Aug. 28, 2012
Paramilitary police officers leap into their fellow officers’ arms as they take part in a training exercise in Tongling, China.
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China Daily via Reuters
Aug. 28, 2012
A boy enjoys the water from a stone spout near Bangalamukhi temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. There are dozens of centuries-old spouts in the city that are used to distribute water or as public bathing areas.
Niranjan Shrestha
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AP
Aug. 28, 2012
Supporters reach out to shake hands with President Obama after a campaign event at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.
Nikki Kahn
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The Washington Post
Aug. 28, 2012
Delegates from Texas cheer during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa.
Toni L. Sandys
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The Washington Post
Aug. 28, 2012
GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney applauds his wife, Ann, at Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
Lucian Perkins
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Aug. 28, 2012
Michigan delegates express their excitement as each state announces their vote count toward Mitt Romney's nomination during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
Lucian Perkins
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Aug. 28, 2012
In this photo taken with the Hipstamatic smartphone app, Phillip Huffines of Texas sports his Ron Paul button at Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
Bonnie Jo Mount
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The Washington Post
Aug. 28, 2012
"The Apotheosis of Washington" is seen on the canopy of the Rotunda at the U.S. Capitol. It has been reported that the dome has 1,300 known cracks and breaks that cause water to leak into the Rotunda. The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved $61 million to fix the structure. On Monday, Rules and Administration Committee Chairman Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) called on Speaker of the House John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) to support the repairs.
Alex Wong
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