New York City — Traders' anxiety shows as they work frantically on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, when fears of a new global recession sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average crashing down more than 600 points in the largest one-day loss since fall 2008.

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London — Police stand guard near a burning car in Hackney as rioting in the British capital escalates.

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Colombo, Sri Lanka — Officers stand guard outside the main prison, keeping back protesters demanding the release of Sarath Fonseka.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ISHARA S.KODIKARA / AFP/Getty Images

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Belgrade, Serbia — State officials attend a ceremony on the new Sava River Bridge as workers connect the riverbanks of Belgrade and New Belgrade.

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — Election signs are pictured on a bulletin board at a polling place during early voting in the Oklahoma County Board of Elections.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Sue Ogrocki / Associated Press

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Gori, Georgia — Georgians light candles for victims of the war with Russia as they mark the third anniversary of the conflict.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Shakh Aivazov / Associated Press

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Gaza City — A Palestinian youth spins fireworks at night in celebration of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: MOHAMMED SABER / European Pressphoto Agency

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Weymouth, England — Dorian van Rijsselberge of Holland takes to the air during an RS-X Men's Class race during day seven of the Weymouth and Portland International Regatta.

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Weymouth, England — The 49er fleet heads downwind during day seven of the regatta.

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Whitby, England — A woman has the beach all to herself as poor summer weather in the northern part of the country continues.

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Lahore, Pakistan — A man rides his donkey cart loaded with chairs through a flooded street after a heavy downpour.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: MOHSIN RAZA / Reuters

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Mumbai, India — People stand on Juhu beach contaminated by oil leaking from a merchant ship that sank off the coast in the Arabian Sea four days ago. Two Indian coast guard ships were using chemicals to clean up the oil spread over seven nautical miles.

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Mogadishu, Somalia — A Somali government soldier mans a position inside Bakara market. Residents of Somalia's war-torn capital fled fighting after remnants of extremist Shebab rebel forces, who pulled out of Mogadishu during the weekend, battled with government troops overnight.

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Dharmsala, India — Exiled Tibetans watch the swearing-in ceremony of Lobsang Sangay, the new prime minister of Tibet's government in exile, at the Tsuglakhang Temple. The Harvard-trained legal scholar is also replacing the Dalai Lama as political leader of the exiled movement.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Ashwini Bhatia / Associated Press

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London — Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia plays a shot in his match against Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand during Day 1 of the BWF World Badminton Championships.

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Nablus, West Bank — A Palestinian girl reads the Koran at the Dahya Mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ALAA BADARNEH / European Pressphoto Agency

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Ahmedabad, India — Schoolchildren chant a mantra while offering a mixture of water and milk to the Hindu god Lord Shiva at a temple in Ahmedabad. Hindu devotees fast and offer prayers for their communities to Lord Shiva during the month of Shravan.

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Hyderabad, India — Indian youth celebrates Friendship Day, observed annually on the first Sunday in August.

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Langshan, China — Saimaiti Aishan, a 27-year-old Uighur acrobat, hangs from a tightrope strung between two hot air balloons in a failed attempt to set a 100-meter height record.

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Moscow — A pooch catches a Frisbee during the Russian Dog Frisbee Championships. Dogs and their owners took part in a variety of distance and accuracy events to test their Frisbee skills.

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Moscow — A participant becomes airborne during the Red Bull Flugtag Russia 2011 on the outskirts of Moscow. Enthusiasts competed to fly the longest distance in self-made aircraft.

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Taji, Iraq — U.S. Army soldiers from D Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, confer during a patrol outside Contingency Operating Site Taji, north of Baghdad.

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