ABOVE THE CROWD: A man waited to be rescued after stopping his pulley on a zip-line over the audience during a Justin Timberlake performance at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro Monday.
ABOVE THE CROWD: A man waited to be rescued after stopping his pulley on a zip-line over the audience during a Justin Timberlake performance at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro Monday.
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RAISING THE SHIP: In an unprecedented maritime salvage operation, engineers on Monday gingerly began to wrestle the hull of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia off the Italian reef where the cruise ship has been stuck since a January 2012 accident near Giglio Island, Italy.
RAISING THE SHIP: In an unprecedented maritime salvage operation, engineers on Monday gingerly began to wrestle the hull of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia off the Italian reef where the cruise ship has been stuck since a January 2012 accident near Giglio Island, Italy.
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AWAY FROM THE ERUPTION: Evacuees displaced by the eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung slept in an evacuation center in the country’s Karo district Monday. Thousands of people fled Sunday after the volcano spewed rocks and red-hot ash onto surrounding villages, officials said.
AWAY FROM THE ERUPTION: Evacuees displaced by the eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung slept in an evacuation center in the country’s Karo district Monday. Thousands of people fled Sunday after the volcano spewed rocks and red-hot ash onto surrounding villages, officials said.
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FLOOD ASSISTANCE: Joey Schendel, 19, looked for submerged household items while helping neighbors salvage and clean their property in an area inundated after days of rain, in Hygiene, Colo., Monday. Parts of Colorado have had several days of heavy flooding.
FLOOD ASSISTANCE: Joey Schendel, 19, looked for submerged household items while helping neighbors salvage and clean their property in an area inundated after days of rain, in Hygiene, Colo., Monday. Parts of Colorado have had several days of heavy flooding.
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CLOSE INSPECTION: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men in the Meah Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem inspected an etrog fruit, or yellow citron, one of four plants to be used during the celebration of the Sukkot holiday, which begins Thursday at sunset.
CLOSE INSPECTION: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men in the Meah Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem inspected an etrog fruit, or yellow citron, one of four plants to be used during the celebration of the Sukkot holiday, which begins Thursday at sunset.
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TAKING A BREAK: A Free Syrian Army fighter dove into a swimming pool as a fellow fighter watched in Aleppo, Syria, Monday.
TAKING A BREAK: A Free Syrian Army fighter dove into a swimming pool as a fellow fighter watched in Aleppo, Syria, Monday.
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SCARY SCENE: A helicopter lifted a person from a roof as police responded to a shooting at the U.S. Navy Yard in Washington Monday. At least 12 people were killed, including a suspected gunman, the police say, and others were injured in the shooting spree.
SCARY SCENE: A helicopter lifted a person from a roof as police responded to a shooting at the U.S. Navy Yard in Washington Monday. At least 12 people were killed, including a suspected gunman, the police say, and others were injured in the shooting spree.
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HEADING OUT TO REEL THEM IN: Thousands of fishing boats left Shenjiamen Port in the city of Zhoushan in China’s Zhejiang province on Monday, returning to their work off the Chinese coast as the three-month-long fishing off-season in the East China Sea came to an end.
HEADING OUT TO REEL THEM IN: Thousands of fishing boats left Shenjiamen Port in the city of Zhoushan in China’s Zhejiang province on Monday, returning to their work off the Chinese coast as the three-month-long fishing off-season in the East China Sea came to an end.
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BURNED OUT: Men stood near damaged tankers from a NATO supply convoy Thursday after an attack a day earlier in Hub, Pakistan, about 16 miles from Karachi. Oil tankers carrying fuel to NATO troops in Afghanistan were set on fire by militants Sunday in Pakistan.
BURNED OUT: Men stood near damaged tankers from a NATO supply convoy Thursday after an attack a day earlier in Hub, Pakistan, about 16 miles from Karachi. Oil tankers carrying fuel to NATO troops in Afghanistan were set on fire by militants Sunday in Pakistan.
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BODY BUILDING: Amateur ‘body fitness’ competitors prepared to take the stage at a bodybuilding contest in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Sunday. More than 20 professionals—including a dozen from China—were competing with scores of amateurs in the Bodybuilding Grand Prix.
BODY BUILDING: Amateur ‘body fitness’ competitors prepared to take the stage at a bodybuilding contest in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, Sunday. More than 20 professionals—including a dozen from China—were competing with scores of amateurs in the Bodybuilding Grand Prix.
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GRIM WORK: People looked for survivors Sunday after an accident in Quxian county in China’s Sichuan province. A truck knocked a bus from a bridge and buried it with the sand and cobblestones it was carrying. 16 people were killed, including 11 students, and nine people were injured.
GRIM WORK: People looked for survivors Sunday after an accident in Quxian county in China’s Sichuan province. A truck knocked a bus from a bridge and buried it with the sand and cobblestones it was carrying. 16 people were killed, including 11 students, and nine people were injured.
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THERE SHE IS: Nina Davuluri, Miss New York, was crowned Miss America by 2013 Miss America Mallory Hagan in Atlantic City, N.J., on Sunday evening. Ms. Davuluri, 24, is the second consecutive New Yorker to win the national title.
THERE SHE IS: Nina Davuluri, Miss New York, was crowned Miss America by 2013 Miss America Mallory Hagan in Atlantic City, N.J., on Sunday evening. Ms. Davuluri, 24, is the second consecutive New Yorker to win the national title.
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TIME FOR A BREAK: Afghan schoolgirls peered out their classroom windows at a school in east Afghanistan’s Ghazni province on Monday.
TIME FOR A BREAK: Afghan schoolgirls peered out their classroom windows at a school in east Afghanistan’s Ghazni province on Monday.
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203, 204, 204: A Rwandan electoral official marked the number of ballots cast for the ruling party, Rwanda Patriotic Front, on Monday in Kigali after parliamentary elections earlier in the day. The Rwandan Patriotic Front was expected to retain its majority in the Parliament.
203, 204, 204: A Rwandan electoral official marked the number of ballots cast for the ruling party, Rwanda Patriotic Front, on Monday in Kigali after parliamentary elections earlier in the day. The Rwandan Patriotic Front was expected to retain its majority in the Parliament.
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