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Images from around the world Here is a look at some of the week’s best photographs from around the globe.
Sept. 1, 2012
Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles cheer during a campaign rally for him in Miranda, Venezuela. Capriles is running against President Hugo Chavez in the country's Oct. 7 election.
Fernando Llano
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AP
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Sept. 1, 2012
Vasyl Chikur is assisted by his friends as he prepares to dive in the submarine he built near Odessa, Ukraine. It took the enthusiast about two years to build the three-metre long vessel, which is capable of going 3.5 knots (6.5 km) per hour.
GLEB GARANICH
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Reuters
Sept. 1, 2012
Members of historic clubs wearing 1812-era uniforms perform during a rehearsal of a staged battle reenactment to mark the 200th anniversary of the battle of Borodino in Borodino, Russia. Russia marks on Sunday the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino which in 1812 was the largest and bloodiest single-day action of the French invasion of Russia.
Mikhail Metzel
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AP
Sept. 1, 2012
Participants of a Holi Open Air festival spread color pigments in the Wedemark region near Hanover, Germany. Holi is actually a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus in many countries, where people cover each other with colored powders and water.
ALEXANDER KOERNER
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AFP/Getty Images
Sept. 1, 2012
The French acrobatic flying team "Patrouille de France" perform in their Alpha jets for the public in Oslo, Norway. They participated in a flight show over the harbour area in Oslo to mark the 100th anniversary of powered flight in the Norwegian armed forces.
NTB SCANPIX
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Reuters
Aug. 31, 2012
People carry Anju, wife of Vikram Rathod, one of the persons convicted for their roles in religions violence, after she fainted while wailing outside a court in Ahmedabad, India. A former Indian state minister and 30 others, including Rathod, were jailed for their role in the so-called Naroda Patiya massacre, the single bloodiest episode of the three-day riots in 2002.
Amit Dave
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Reuters
Aug. 31, 2012
Mexican national Raquel Alatorre Correa, center, surrounded by fellow detainees facing organized crime and money-laundering charges, attend a court hearing to face additional indictments in Managua, Nicaragua. Costa Rican authorities say Alatorre is believed to be the leader of a group posing as Televisa journalists transporting millions of dollars to Costa Rica to pay for a load of drugs that had been smuggled into the United States. The Aug. 20 seizure has pulled back the curtain on Nicaragua’s role as a conduit between South American cocaine producers and the Mexican drug cartels that move their product into the United States.
Estbean Felix
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AP
Aug. 31, 2012
Soldiers march during the 21st anniversary celebration of Independence Day in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Shamil Zhumatov
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Reuters
Aug. 31, 2012
An airplane lands at Santos Dumont domestic airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as the full moon shines in the night sky. It was the second full moon in August. This phenomenon, known as a "blue moon," happens every two and a half years on average.
Vanderlei Almeida
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AFP/Getty Images
Aug. 30, 2012
National police, front, and civilians participate in a candlelight memorial service for the late prime minister Meles Zenawi at Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Thousands turned out for the first of three days of planned ceremonies in tribute to Meles, who will be buried on Sunday.
Rebecca Blackwell
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AP
Aug. 29, 2012
People walk beside an illuminated model of the Eiffel Tower in the landscape park Miniwelt (Mini World) at sunset in Lichtenstein in eastern Germany.
Jens Meyer
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AP
Aug. 29, 2012
A clown performs during a media preview of “Slava's Snowshow” in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands. The show was created by renowned Russian clown Slava Polunin in 1993.
Wong Maye-E
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AP
Aug. 29, 2012
Revelers pelt each other with tomatoes during the annual Tomatina festival in Bunol, Spain. Village officials estimated that more than 40,000 people, some from as far away as Japan and Australia, took up arms with 100 tons of tomatoes.
Alberto Saiz
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AP
Aug. 29, 2012
A man consoles his son while being taken to prison after his conviction in a religious violence case in Ahmadabad, India. A court found 32 people guilty of charges ranging from murder to rioting. The religious violence began after a train fire Feb. 27, 2002, that killed 60 Hindu pilgrims.
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AP
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
A plane drops water on a fire in Talamantes, near Zaragoza, Spain. Numerous wildfires have broken out across Spain in the sweltering heat in recent weeks, an extra headache for authorities struggling to get the country out of its financial crisis and recession.
Cesar Manso
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AFP/Getty Images
Aug. 28, 2012
A man feeds his daughter while sitting in front of his damaged house, in Azaz, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. Heavy fighting continues between rebel and government forces in the city.
Muhammed Muheisen
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AP
Aug. 26, 2012
Police remove a protester during an anti-corruption demonstration near the prime minister's official residence in New Delhi. Indian police detained scores of activists trying to march to the homes of top political leaders in New Delhi to protest a scandal involving the sale of coal fields without competitive bidding.
Mustafa Quraishi
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AP
Aug. 26, 2012
Protesters are hit with a police water cannon during an anti-corruption protest near the prime minister's official residence in New Delhi. Police detained scores of anti-corruption activists trying to march to the homes of India’s top political leaders to protest a scandal involving the sale of coal fields without competitive bidding.
Kevin Frayer
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AP
Aug. 26, 2012
Waves batter Havana's seafront following the passage of Tropical Storm Isaac. With winds reaching 50 mph, the storm brought heavy rain and choppy seas to the Florida Keys after battering Haiti and sweeping across Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Adalberto Roque
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AFP/Getty Images
Aug. 26, 2012
A member of the wildfire brigade of Iznalloz and Puerto Lobo of Granada cleans his electrical saw while fighting a wildfire in Bedar.
Pedro Armestre
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AFP/Getty Images
Aug. 26, 2012
Members of a wildfire brigade of Iznalloz and Puerto Lobo of Granada try to extinguish a fire in Bedar.
Pedro Armestre
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AFP/Getty Images
Aug. 26, 2012
A man walks past the still-burning Amuay refinery after an explosion near Punto Fijo, Venezuela. A gas leak set off a blast Saturday that killed at least 39 people and injured more than 80.
Ariana Cubillos
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AP
Aug. 26, 2012
People recover items from a damaged house after an explosion in the Amuay refinery near Punto Fijo, Venezuela. The blast in the country's biggest refinery unleashed a ferocious fire and killed at least 39 people.
Ariana Cubillos
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AP
Aug. 26, 2012
Flames from an explosion at the Amuay oil refinery near Punto Fijo, Venezuela, rise in the background as members of a family walk on a street.
Ariana Cubillos
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AP
Aug. 26, 2012
A performer is painted green during the children's day parade at the Notting Hill Carnival in west London.
Luke MacGregor
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Reuters
Aug. 24, 2012
Viewers inside the Institute of Contemporary Art building watch Jonathan Paredes of Mexico dive into Boston Harbor during the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series qualifier.
Elise Amendola
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AP
Aug. 26, 2012
Participants operate a homemade flying machine during the Red Bull Flugtag (Flight Day) event in Brasilia.
UesleiI Marcelino
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Reuters
Aug. 26, 2012
A mannequin made to look like a fighter is placed by Free Syrian Army rebels in the Salah el-Dine neighborhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.
Youssef Boudlal
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Reuters
Aug. 26, 2012
A Jewish settler walks with her children in the Migron outpost in the West Bank. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the government would respect the Supreme Court's decision to evacuate the outpost, while simultaneously strengthening the settlement with an alternative housing site. The statement comes three days before the deadline to evacuate 30 out of 46 families from Migron.
Uriel Sinai
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Getty Images
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