Singapore — Performers dance during the closing ceremony of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games at the Marina Bay Floating Platform.

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New York — Dancers wrapped in sculptural beeswax and lanolin costumes are perched on a wall during Melt, a dance installation by Noémie Lafrance at the Salt Pile under the Manhattan Bridge in Lower Manhattan.

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Berlin — Visitors to the "sounding D train" listen to "new music" in a carriage parked at Platform 4 at the main train station in Berlin. A special music train will bring concerts, sound art and actions to 16 cities across the county until Sept. 12. The project was launched by Network New Music) to promote so-called New Music, a range of different music styles and sounds developed in the last 100 years.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ODD ANDERSEN / AFP/Getty Images

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Renton, Washington — Pilot Gregg Pointon "flies" in the cockpit of a Boeing 787 full-flight simulator during a media tour of Boeing's training tools for their newest jet. The company has provisional approval from the FAA on the Thales-built 787 flight-training hydraulic-electric hybrid simulators, allowing them to begin training customer pilots, the company announced.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Elaine Thompson / Associated Press

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Beijing — A policeman is seen on a bicycle beside the wall surrounding the Forbidden City in central Beijing.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: DAVID GRAY / Reuters

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Copiapo, Chile — Candles are lighted as relatives pray for the 33 miners trapped underground in a copper and gold mine in Copiapo. The cave-in at the San Jose mine has increased public pressure on the government to enforce safety conditions at small operations in the world's top copper producer.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: IVAN ALVARADO / Reuters

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Tokyo — A road marking in a business district in Tokyo. The Japanese government plans to urge the Bank of Japan to ease monetary policy further as part of a package of steps to stem the yen's rise and support the fragile economy, the Asahi newspaper said.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: KIM KYUNG-HOON / Reuters

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Katmandu, Nepal — Children watch as men attempt to catch a sacrificial animal in a pond during an annual Hindu festival in the Nepalese capital. A sacrificial animal is thrown into a pond as local men in teams compete to kill it, with the belief that whoever takes the prize will have a prosperous year ahead. Animal rights activists have protested the practice.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP/Getty Images

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Katmandu, Nepal — Living goddess Kumari is taken on a pilgrimage in Katmandu. The Kumari, a young girl who is believed to be a manifestation of a goddess, is worshiped by both Hindus and Buddhists in Nepal. The Kumari emerges from her temple only about 12 times a year for religious events.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: GOPAL CHITRAKAR / Reuters

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Sukkur, Pakistan — A young girl, displaced from her home by flooding, assists in preparing dinner for her family near Sukkur in Pakistan's Sindh province. The country's agricultural heartland has been devastated, with rice, corn and wheat crops destroyed by floods. Officials say as many as 20 million people have been affected during Pakistan's worst flooding in 80 years.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images

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Sukkur, Pakistan — Villagers displaced from their homes by flooding stay at a Pakistan Army relief camp near Sukkur in Sindh province, Pakistan.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images

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Washington, D.C. — Dressed as suffragists from the early 20th century, League of Women Voters members Christine Matthews, left, and Kathryn Ray march in front of the White House to mark the 90th anniversary of 19th Amendment, prohibiting each state and the federal government from denying women the right to vote.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

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San Francisco — A one-day old flamingo chick and its father at the San Francisco Zoo. The chick is among the three hatched since last Friday from the zoo's Chilean flamingo colony.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jeff Chiu / Associated Press

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Copiapo, Chile — A Chilean flag sits among rocks near the collapsed mine where 33 miners are trapped. The miners, who have been trapped since the shaft they were working in collapsed on Aug. 5, were confirmed to be alive Sunday when they were reached via a small hole through which rescuers could pass messages and see the miners with a camera.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Natacha Pisarenko / Associated Press

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Landau, Germany — A penguin fights with a duck in their zoo enclosure.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: RONALD WITTEK / AFP / Getty Images

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Mingora, Pakistan — A 100-year-old man named Babou Zay holds his walking stick as he talks to a journalist about his flood-damaged house near Mingora in Pakistan's Swat Valley.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: TIM WIMBORNE / Reuters

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Amsterdam, Netherlands — The tree that Anne Frank could see from her hiding place during World War II is taken away in pieces. The tree blew over in strong winds on Monday.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: MARCEL ANTONISSE / EPA

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Cape Town, South Africa — Thousands of public sector workers protest outside parliament as part of a nationwide general strike.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: NIC BOTHMA / EPA

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Mingora, Pakistan — A boy carries his younger sibling at a flood-affected area near Mingora in Pakistan's Swat Valley.

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Ahmadabad, India — A child touches a bust of Mother Teresa during a function to mark the birth centenary of the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. Special feasts to feed the poor, a festival of films on her life and work, the launch of a new train called the Mother Express, and interfaith prayer meetings were among events planned to mark the yearlong anniversary.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Ajit Solanki / Associated Press

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Berlin, Germany — A singer performs during rehearsals for the show "Yma -- Too Beautiful to Be True."

PHOTOGRAPH BY: JENS KALAENE / EPA

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Srinagar, India — An Indian paramilitary soldier peers out from the window of an armored car during a protest in Srinagar, India.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Altaf Qadri / Associated Press

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Mount Bromo, Indonesia — Villagers sell food and drinks at dawn to Indonesian Hindu pilgrims delivering their offerings at the crater of Mount Bromo in East Java as part of the traditional Kasada religious ritual held once a year at the active volcano.

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