Perugia, Italy — Amanda Knox is whisked away from the courthouse in Perugia after she was acquitted of murder and sexual assault in a dramatic end to her four-year legal battle.

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Cape Town, South Africa — The hands a mixed race couple protect a candle flame from the wind as they protest with supporters of the Dalai Lama outside the Houses of Parliament in Cape Town. The Dalai Lama was invited to attend fellow Nobel peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu's 80th birthday celebration later this week but thus far his visa application has been rejected by the South African government, fearing reprisals by China, the country's largest trading partner.

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Islamabad, Pakistan — Pakistani Shaima Akram, 12, left, and her sister Shamila, 9, rest while working with their family in a brick factory on the outskirts of Islamabad.

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London — Against a backdrop of London's skyline, Zora Bishop, 22, left, and Leanne Golightly, 23, relax in the autumn sunshine on the South Bank of the River Thames. Britain's heat wave will soon come to an end, with temperatures expected to drop later this week.

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London — Colorful arrows hit their targets with precision during the women's ranking round on the first day of the London Archery Classic at Lords Cricket Ground.

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Washington — An engineer of the "Difficult Access Team" uses a hammer to sound for loose stones on the Washington Monument to determine the extent of damage caused by the 5.8-magnitude earthquake in August.

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Washington — The White House is bathed in pink light in recognition of October as Breast Cancer Awareness month.

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Sanaa, Yemen — Protesters with Yemeni and Syrian flags painted on their faces chant slogans during a demonstration to demand the resignation of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The Arabic writing on the man's face at right reads, "Get out."

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Perugia, Italy — Amanda Knox is escorted into an appeal hearing at the Perugia court. The 24-year-old looked tense as she entered a packed courthouse. She is expected to address the court in a final plea of her innocence. A verdict is expected later today. American student Knox and her former Italian boyfriend were found guilty of the murder and sexual assault of a British woman, Meredith Kercher, in Perugia.

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Phuket Island, Thailand — Devotees to the Chinese shrine of Jui Tui shield themselves as fireworks explode as they carry a shrine during a street procession at the annual Vegetarian Festival on Phuket. The traditional Chinese vegetarian festival held during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar emphasizes ritual cleansing to mark the nine-day festival featuring face-piercing, spirit mediums and strict vegetarianism.

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Tangos, Philippines — Residents walk past a tattered Philippine flag at an area where most of the houses were wiped out by strong currents from recent typhoons along a coastal village in Tangos. Flood waters slowly receded Monday in many parts of the northern Philippines after two typhoons.

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Kathmandu, Nepal — A man carries ducks to a livestock market in Kathmandu. The Hindu festival of Navaratri, also known as the Dasain festival, celebrates the triumph of good over evil. Hindus offer sacrificial animals during the festival.

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Athens, Greece — High school students clash with riot police during a protest march against economic austerity and planned education reforms. Clashes broke out when police attempted to free traffic after the students blocked a main avenue in front of Parliament.

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Nablus, West Bank — Families of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel protest in front the International Committee of the Red Cross in Nablus. The inmates started a hunger strike Sept. 28 to protest punishments such as lengthy stays in solitary confinement, officials said.

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Kiev, Ukraine — A memorial ceremony at Minora Monument pays tribute to victims of the Nazi massacre of Jews at Babi Yar ravine in Kiev 70 years ago. The Nazis shot 33,771 Jews at Babi Yar from Sept. 29 to 30, 1941, in an atrocity that has been commemorated only in recent years.

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London — Judges walk to Parliament from Westminster Abbey in London. The start of the legal year is marked with a traditional religious service and procession. The judges arrive from the Royal Courts of Justice for the service followed by a procession to the Houses of Parliament, where the lord chancellor hosts a reception.

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Taipei — Nurses look after babies inside a postpartum center. Taiwan had the world's lowest fertility rate at 0.9 children per woman on the island of 23 million people last year, according to the Ministry of the Interior. Taiwan wants to raise its birthrate before the sinking number of newborns threatens productivity for its export-driven $390-billion economy.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: PICHI CHUANG / Reuters

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Sirte, Libya — An anti-Kadafi fighter fires an RPG-7 during fighting in an area about a half mile from the center of Sirte. The city of Sirte on the Mediterranean coast is the birthplace of Kadafi and is at the center of a battle for control between fighters loyal to Libya's deposed leader and forces with the National Transitional Council, the country's new rulers.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ANIS MILI / Reuters

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Hyderabad, India — Indian children eat food at their temporary shelter on the side of the road in Hyderabad. In an affidavit filed to the Supreme Court, India's Planning Commission shared a new estimate on India's poverty line, setting it at $19.50 per month for people living in cities and at $16 for people living in rural areas to spend on food, education and health.

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Paris — British fashion designer Bill Gaytten for John Galliano's fashion house presents his spring-summer 2012 ready-to-wear collection.

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