Photos of the Day: Sept. 2

FIFTH TRY: U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage. It was her fifth attempt since 1978.
FIFTH TRY: U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage. It was her fifth attempt since 1978.
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RAIN CHECK: Rain delayed the fourth round of the U.S. Open Monday in New York. Arthur Ashe Stadium is finally getting a roof, but that won’t happen until 2016 at the earliest.
RAIN CHECK: Rain delayed the fourth round of the U.S. Open Monday in New York. Arthur Ashe Stadium is finally getting a roof, but that won’t happen until 2016 at the earliest.
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FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL: Children lined up at their school Monday, on the first day of the 2013-2014 academic year in the Cuban province of Granma.
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL: Children lined up at their school Monday, on the first day of the 2013-2014 academic year in the Cuban province of Granma.
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BELATED HOMAGE: Iranian mourners carried the coffin of a soldier killed during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, whose remains were recently recovered, at a funeral in Tehran, Iran, Monday.
BELATED HOMAGE: Iranian mourners carried the coffin of a soldier killed during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, whose remains were recently recovered, at a funeral in Tehran, Iran, Monday.
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IN POSITION: A Free Syrian Army fighter took up a position on the stairs of a building as he monitored the movements of snipers loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in the old city of Aleppo Monday.
IN POSITION: A Free Syrian Army fighter took up a position on the stairs of a building as he monitored the movements of snipers loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in the old city of Aleppo Monday.
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ELEPHANT-HEADED DEITY: Children played in front of a Ganesh statue for sale on a road in New Delhi Monday, ahead of the Hindu festival celebrating the rebirth of the God Lord Ganesha, in which many of the statues are immersed in water.
ELEPHANT-HEADED DEITY: Children played in front of a Ganesh statue for sale on a road in New Delhi Monday, ahead of the Hindu festival celebrating the rebirth of the God Lord Ganesha, in which many of the statues are immersed in water.
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LABOR DAY: Zach Dumont loaded sorghum stalks into a mule drawn press to make syrup at Brazos de Dios, outside Waco, Texas, Monday. The small community was celebrating its 19th annual Labor Day Sorghum Festival.
LABOR DAY: Zach Dumont loaded sorghum stalks into a mule drawn press to make syrup at Brazos de Dios, outside Waco, Texas, Monday. The small community was celebrating its 19th annual Labor Day Sorghum Festival.
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RIM FIRE: Smoke was seen in Greeley Hill, Calif., Monday. Crews working to corral the massive wildfire searing the edge of Yosemite National Park made major gains on the blaze overnight.
RIM FIRE: Smoke was seen in Greeley Hill, Calif., Monday. Crews working to corral the massive wildfire searing the edge of Yosemite National Park made major gains on the blaze overnight.
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PLACE YOUR BETS: Men competed in a horse race in Gaza City Monday.
PLACE YOUR BETS: Men competed in a horse race in Gaza City Monday.
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REFLECTION: A man jumped over a water stream on a beach along the Arabian Sea in Mumbai Monday.
REFLECTION: A man jumped over a water stream on a beach along the Arabian Sea in Mumbai Monday.
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