Photos of the Day: Aug. 16

ONE YEAR LATER: Mine workers gathered at a hill near the Marikana Platinum Mine in Rustenburg, South Africa, Friday. The mine workers paid their respects to 36 colleagues who were shot dead by police a year earlier
ONE YEAR LATER: Mine workers gathered at a hill near the Marikana Platinum Mine in Rustenburg, South Africa, Friday. The mine workers paid their respects to 36 colleagues who were shot dead by police a year earlier
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GODLY PLACE: A young child sat amid idols of Hindu goddess Dashama in Ahmedabad, India, Friday.
GODLY PLACE: A young child sat amid idols of Hindu goddess Dashama in Ahmedabad, India, Friday.
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IN PROTEST: Bus driver Felix Aguero lay with his hands nailed to a wooden cross during a protest in Luque, Paraguay, Friday. Six drivers for a public transportation company crucified themselves using five-inch nails after they were allegedly fired for being members of a union.
IN PROTEST: Bus driver Felix Aguero lay with his hands nailed to a wooden cross during a protest in Luque, Paraguay, Friday. Six drivers for a public transportation company crucified themselves using five-inch nails after they were allegedly fired for being members of a union.
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GETTING LOW: A rider competed during the annual Tibet Shoton horse-racing festival on Friday in Tibet.
GETTING LOW: A rider competed during the annual Tibet Shoton horse-racing festival on Friday in Tibet.
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READY TO FIRE: Madara Palameika of Latvia competed in the Women’s Javelin qualification during of the 14th IAAF World Athletics Championships Moscow in Moscow on Friday.
READY TO FIRE: Madara Palameika of Latvia competed in the Women’s Javelin qualification during of the 14th IAAF World Athletics Championships Moscow in Moscow on Friday.
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MAN DOWN: Demonstrators carried a fellow protester wounded after Muslim Brotherhood supporters clashed with police near Ramses Square in Cairo on Friday.
MAN DOWN: Demonstrators carried a fellow protester wounded after Muslim Brotherhood supporters clashed with police near Ramses Square in Cairo on Friday.
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LOCK AND LOAD: Visitors to the Taiwan Aerospace & Defense Technology Expo aimed shoulder-fired Kestrel HEAT Rockets in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday.
LOCK AND LOAD: Visitors to the Taiwan Aerospace & Defense Technology Expo aimed shoulder-fired Kestrel HEAT Rockets in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday.
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PRINCE’S FUNERAL: Members of the Dutch royal family and guests walked to the Stulp Church in Baarn, the Netherlands, Friday for the funeral service for Prince Friso. The prince died at the age of 44 on Monday, 18 months after a skiing accident.
PRINCE’S FUNERAL: Members of the Dutch royal family and guests walked to the Stulp Church in Baarn, the Netherlands, Friday for the funeral service for Prince Friso. The prince died at the age of 44 on Monday, 18 months after a skiing accident.
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HELPING OUT: Men helped evacuate civilians at a site hit by what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, Syria, Friday.
HELPING OUT: Men helped evacuate civilians at a site hit by what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, Syria, Friday.
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BALANCING ACT: A child walked on a pole installation that will be used in a competition as part of Indonesia Independence Day celebrations in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday.
BALANCING ACT: A child walked on a pole installation that will be used in a competition as part of Indonesia Independence Day celebrations in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday.
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PLUGGED UP: Two men cleared a blocked catch basin on a street in Shenyang, China, Friday.
PLUGGED UP: Two men cleared a blocked catch basin on a street in Shenyang, China, Friday.
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ALL ALONE: A bull stood in the middle of the street during a running of the bulls in Penafiel, Spain, Friday.
ALL ALONE: A bull stood in the middle of the street during a running of the bulls in Penafiel, Spain, Friday.
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TILTED: Culinary Specialist First Class Jason Burba, bottom right, listened to Capt. Robert N. Geis as he addressed attendees at a change-of-command ceremony in Virginia Beach, Va., Friday.
TILTED: Culinary Specialist First Class Jason Burba, bottom right, listened to Capt. Robert N. Geis as he addressed attendees at a change-of-command ceremony in Virginia Beach, Va., Friday.
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