Photos of the Day: Aug. 26

SPARKS FLY: Revelers played with fireworks in an enclosed area during the annual ‘Corda’ festivities in Paterna, Spain, Monday.
SPARKS FLY: Revelers played with fireworks in an enclosed area during the annual ‘Corda’ festivities in Paterna, Spain, Monday.
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REVELERS AT THE READY: Performers paraded past judges during the Notting Hill Carnival in London Monday. The Afro-Caribbean community first held the carnival here in the 1960s.
REVELERS AT THE READY: Performers paraded past judges during the Notting Hill Carnival in London Monday. The Afro-Caribbean community first held the carnival here in the 1960s.
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UNIFIED: Former Maoist combatants posed for a picture after they were inducted into the Nepalese military Monday at a military academy in Kharipati, Nepal, as part of a peace deal.
UNIFIED: Former Maoist combatants posed for a picture after they were inducted into the Nepalese military Monday at a military academy in Kharipati, Nepal, as part of a peace deal.
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SAD SCHOOLGIRL: Jennifer White consoled her daughter, Addison White, 5 years old, who started kindergarten at Curtsinger Elementary School in Frisco, Texas, Monday.
SAD SCHOOLGIRL: Jennifer White consoled her daughter, Addison White, 5 years old, who started kindergarten at Curtsinger Elementary School in Frisco, Texas, Monday.
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BLESSED MOTHER: A Catholic nun cleaned a portrait of the late Mother Teresa at an orphanage in Agartala, India, Monday, on Mother Teresa’s 103rd birth anniversary.
BLESSED MOTHER: A Catholic nun cleaned a portrait of the late Mother Teresa at an orphanage in Agartala, India, Monday, on Mother Teresa’s 103rd birth anniversary.
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CLEAN SWEEP: A worker cleaned a scoreboard on the first day of the U.S. Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., Monday. The U.S. Open runs through Sept. 9.
CLEAN SWEEP: A worker cleaned a scoreboard on the first day of the U.S. Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., Monday. The U.S. Open runs through Sept. 9.
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NIMBLE: A man ran up a pole covered in grease as he competed in the traditional game of ‘gostra’ during the religious feast of St. Julian, the patron saint of St. Julian’s, Malta, Sunday.
NIMBLE: A man ran up a pole covered in grease as he competed in the traditional game of ‘gostra’ during the religious feast of St. Julian, the patron saint of St. Julian’s, Malta, Sunday.
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BALANCING GAME: A girl carried a marble on a spoon held in her mouth at a community-games event held Sunday in Tangerang, Indonesia, as part of the country’s Independence Day celebrations.
BALANCING GAME: A girl carried a marble on a spoon held in her mouth at a community-games event held Sunday in Tangerang, Indonesia, as part of the country’s Independence Day celebrations.
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ADRIFT: A small boat traveled on the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir as smoke wafted from the Rim fire in California’s Yosemite National Park Sunday. Containment of the fire doubled to 15% on Monday, although it was within a mile of the reservoir, the source of San Francisco’s drinking water.
ADRIFT: A small boat traveled on the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir as smoke wafted from the Rim fire in California’s Yosemite National Park Sunday. Containment of the fire doubled to 15% on Monday, although it was within a mile of the reservoir, the source of San Francisco’s drinking water.
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STRANDED: men sat on the roof of a submerged house Monday in Salori, India, after water from the Ganges River flooded the area amid monsoon rains.
STRANDED: men sat on the roof of a submerged house Monday in Salori, India, after water from the Ganges River flooded the area amid monsoon rains.
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BROKEN GLASS: A man walked past shattered glass at a cafe in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, a day after a series of attacks across the country killed dozens of people. Some other targets included a wedding party convoy and a carload of off-duty soldiers.
BROKEN GLASS: A man walked past shattered glass at a cafe in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, a day after a series of attacks across the country killed dozens of people. Some other targets included a wedding party convoy and a carload of off-duty soldiers.
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IN LIMBO: A Palestinian boy rested near suitcases as he waited to cross into Egypt at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip Monday. Egypt reopened its border crossing on Saturday after closing it for several days.
IN LIMBO: A Palestinian boy rested near suitcases as he waited to cross into Egypt at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip Monday. Egypt reopened its border crossing on Saturday after closing it for several days.
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FINAL STRETCH: Ousted politician Bo Xilai listened as his corruption trial concluded in Jinan, Shandong province, China, Monday. Prosecutors said Mr. Bo shouldn’t receive leniency because he had recanted pretrial confessions to bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. A verdict is…
FINAL STRETCH: Ousted politician Bo Xilai listened as his corruption trial concluded in Jinan, Shandong province, China, Monday. Prosecutors said Mr. Bo shouldn’t receive leniency because he had recanted pretrial confessions to bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. A verdict is expected in September.
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