Photos of the Day: Aug. 28

KISS THE GROUND: Ethiopians kissed the ground after landing at Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv Wednesday. The Jewish Agency said 450 people arrived, completing the final large airlift of Falash Mura, a community whose ancestors converted from Judaism to Christianity under duress.
KISS THE GROUND: Ethiopians kissed the ground after landing at Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv Wednesday. The Jewish Agency said 450 people arrived, completing the final large airlift of Falash Mura, a community whose ancestors converted from Judaism to Christianity under duress.
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PAY TO PLAY: Revelers celebrated at the annual Tomatina festival in Bunol, Spain, Wednesday. About 20,000 people pelted each other with tons of tomatoes, but the debt-burdened town charged participants an entry fee of $13 for the first time this year. Locals didn’t have to pay.
PAY TO PLAY: Revelers celebrated at the annual Tomatina festival in Bunol, Spain, Wednesday. About 20,000 people pelted each other with tons of tomatoes, but the debt-burdened town charged participants an entry fee of $13 for the first time this year. Locals didn’t have to pay.
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CASTING A NET: A fisherman pulled his net from a lagoon in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Wednesday.
CASTING A NET: A fisherman pulled his net from a lagoon in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Wednesday.
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AT A LOTUS FARM: Usa Mahmueangbon picked lotus flowers at her family’s lotus farm in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, Wednesday. She and her two sisters run the farm, which their deceased father started 30 years ago.
AT A LOTUS FARM: Usa Mahmueangbon picked lotus flowers at her family’s lotus farm in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, Wednesday. She and her two sisters run the farm, which their deceased father started 30 years ago.
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FLEEING: LaRue Montgomery carried his 2-year-old niece, Brianna, and his dog out of his house as a grass fire threatened homes in Fairfield, Calif., Tuesday. About 50 people fled after the roadside fire spread, destroying five homes and damaging 10 others.
FLEEING: LaRue Montgomery carried his 2-year-old niece, Brianna, and his dog out of his house as a grass fire threatened homes in Fairfield, Calif., Tuesday. About 50 people fled after the roadside fire spread, destroying five homes and damaging 10 others.
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LIGHTHEARTED: A woman and others celebrated the Janmasthami festival at the Krishna Temple in Nepal Wednesday. The festival marks the anniversary of lord Krishna’s birth.
LIGHTHEARTED: A woman and others celebrated the Janmasthami festival at the Krishna Temple in Nepal Wednesday. The festival marks the anniversary of lord Krishna’s birth.
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BY HEADLAMP: A worker picked Sauvignon Blanc grapes at Ehlers Estate winery in St. Helena, Calif., Wednesday.
BY HEADLAMP: A worker picked Sauvignon Blanc grapes at Ehlers Estate winery in St. Helena, Calif., Wednesday.
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QUITTING TIME: A farmer left a paddy field for the day on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, India, Wednesday.
QUITTING TIME: A farmer left a paddy field for the day on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, India, Wednesday.
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FIRE FLIES: Civil Defense and forest brigade members worked at the site of a wildfire near La Coruña, Spain, Wednesday.
FIRE FLIES: Civil Defense and forest brigade members worked at the site of a wildfire near La Coruña, Spain, Wednesday.
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SAVED: Rescue personnel administered oxygen to an injured man, center, trapped in the debris of one of two residential buildings that collapsed in Vadodara, India, Wednesday, killing at least 11 people. The local government constructed the buildings more than 10 years ago to house…
SAVED: Rescue personnel administered oxygen to an injured man, center, trapped in the debris of one of two residential buildings that collapsed in Vadodara, India, Wednesday, killing at least 11 people. The local government constructed the buildings more than 10 years ago to house the poor.
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GETTING ALONG: Farmers gave police cheese and sugar water during a protest in La Calera, Colombia, Wednesday. People have been demonstrating against President Juan Manuel Santos’s agriculture and economic policies, which farmers say leave them unable to turn a profit.
GETTING ALONG: Farmers gave police cheese and sugar water during a protest in La Calera, Colombia, Wednesday. People have been demonstrating against President Juan Manuel Santos’s agriculture and economic policies, which farmers say leave them unable to turn a profit.
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LIGHTING CANDLES: Believers lighted candles during a religious service marking the day of the Virgin Mary at Sioni Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday.
LIGHTING CANDLES: Believers lighted candles during a religious service marking the day of the Virgin Mary at Sioni Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday.
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HEIGHTENED SENSES: Blind children played in water during Janmashtami celebrations at the Victoria Memorial School for the Blind in Mumbai Wednesday.
HEIGHTENED SENSES: Blind children played in water during Janmashtami celebrations at the Victoria Memorial School for the Blind in Mumbai Wednesday.
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PERP WALK: Police officers escorted suspects, their heads covered in black hoods, Wednesday in Mumbai as they exited the Shakti Mills compound, where a female photojournalist was raped.
PERP WALK: Police officers escorted suspects, their heads covered in black hoods, Wednesday in Mumbai as they exited the Shakti Mills compound, where a female photojournalist was raped.
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