Ahmedabad, India — A folk dancer rehearses with her troupe for a performance during Navratri, also known as the Festival of Nine Nights, which starts Sept. 28.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Sam Panthaky / AFP / Getty Images

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Sanaa, Yemen — A protester shouts slogans during a rally demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

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Jammu, India — An elephant rider uses a plastic sheet to protect himself from heavy rain as the end of India's monsoon season approaches.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Channi Anand / Associated Press

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Incheon, South Korea — South Korean forces mark the 1950 Incheon landing led by U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press

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Kunar, Afghanistan — 2nd Lt. Andrew Ferrara, 23, of Torrance, Calif., in the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Division, turns from the rotor wash of a landing Blackhawk helicopter.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: David Goldman / Associated Press

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Kunar, Afghanistan — A cow confronts 2nd Lt. Andrew Ferrara, 23, of Torrance, Calif., as the U.S. Army officer tries to secure the landing zone for an incoming helicopter.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: David Goldman / Associated Press

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Tando Allahyar, Pakistan — A pet bear sits among residents who escaped to higher ground from their flooded village in Pakistan's Sindh province.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Akhtar Soomro / Reuters

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New Plymouth, New Zealand — John van der Giessen of the U.S. pushes the ball out from a maul during a hard-fought Rugby World Cup match against Russia. The U.S. won 13-6.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: David Gray / Reuters

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Aalesund, Norway — Smoke billows from a cruise ship after it caught fire off the coast of Norway, killing two people and forcing the evacuation of more than 200 passengers.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Norwegian Coastal Administration

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Moscow — Visitors photograph earrings in a collection of jewelry, paintings and costumes owned by Elizabeth Taylor. The two-day show in the GUM shopping center on Red Square is the first stop of a world tour of the items, which are to be auctioned in December.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters

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