Photos of the Day: Sept. 3

GRAIN BY GRAIN: A woman swept rice from the floor at a wholesale warehouse in Agartala, India, Tuesday. India plans to subsidize wheat, rice and cereals for some 800 million people under a $20 billion plan to consolidate and expand programs to cut malnutrition and ease poverty.
GRAIN BY GRAIN: A woman swept rice from the floor at a wholesale warehouse in Agartala, India, Tuesday. India plans to subsidize wheat, rice and cereals for some 800 million people under a $20 billion plan to consolidate and expand programs to cut malnutrition and ease poverty.
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TAKING COVER: A Free Syrian Army fighter kept under cover as he watched forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday. In the U.S., top lawmakers from both parties said they would support action against Syria to deter the use of chemical weapons there.
TAKING COVER: A Free Syrian Army fighter kept under cover as he watched forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday. In the U.S., top lawmakers from both parties said they would support action against Syria to deter the use of chemical weapons there.
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SAD: Jessica Williams wiped tears from the eyes of her 7-year-old daughter, Brooklyn, before she started the second grade on the first day of school at Barton Elementary School in Barton, Wis., Tuesday.
SAD: Jessica Williams wiped tears from the eyes of her 7-year-old daughter, Brooklyn, before she started the second grade on the first day of school at Barton Elementary School in Barton, Wis., Tuesday.
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BURIED: A truck sat buried amid rubble at the entrance to a coal mine in Sirnak, Turkey, Tuesday, a day after a landslide there killed at least three people.
BURIED: A truck sat buried amid rubble at the entrance to a coal mine in Sirnak, Turkey, Tuesday, a day after a landslide there killed at least three people.
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WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES: The Greater Naples, Fla., YMCA was left Monday with fire, smoke and water damage after a suspected lightning strike at the facility caused about $2 million in damage.
WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES: The Greater Naples, Fla., YMCA was left Monday with fire, smoke and water damage after a suspected lightning strike at the facility caused about $2 million in damage.
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CLOSE BOND: Conjoined twins Elsa Guadalupe, left, and Maria Guadalupe Sanchez attended their fourth birthday party in Santa Catarina, Mexico, Monday. Mexico’s National System for Integral Family Development and the local municipality organized the party, according to local media.
CLOSE BOND: Conjoined twins Elsa Guadalupe, left, and Maria Guadalupe Sanchez attended their fourth birthday party in Santa Catarina, Mexico, Monday. Mexico’s National System for Integral Family Development and the local municipality organized the party, according to local media.
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RETRIEVED: Emergency services removed the body of British broadcaster Sir David Frost from the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship in Lisbon Tuesday. Mr. Frost, 74 years old, who gained fame from interviews with U.S. President Richard Nixon and others, died of a heart attack while on board.
RETRIEVED: Emergency services removed the body of British broadcaster Sir David Frost from the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship in Lisbon Tuesday. Mr. Frost, 74 years old, who gained fame from interviews with U.S. President Richard Nixon and others, died of a heart attack while on board.
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FLOATING: A local tried to clear dead fish from the Fuhe River in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, Tuesday, after large amounts of dead fish began to surface. Local officials blame high levels of ammonia.
FLOATING: A local tried to clear dead fish from the Fuhe River in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, Tuesday, after large amounts of dead fish began to surface. Local officials blame high levels of ammonia.
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EXHUMED: Researchers from the University of South Florida removed remains Monday in Marianna, Fla., from a cemetery at the former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys. Men who lived at the school in the 1950s and 1960s have detailed instances of horrific beatings and abuse.
EXHUMED: Researchers from the University of South Florida removed remains Monday in Marianna, Fla., from a cemetery at the former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys. Men who lived at the school in the 1950s and 1960s have detailed instances of horrific beatings and abuse.
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MOTORCADE: Police officers led a procession across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Monday, marking the opening of the $6.4 billion span after more than a decade of construction delays. The bridge replaces a structure that was damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
MOTORCADE: Police officers led a procession across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Monday, marking the opening of the $6.4 billion span after more than a decade of construction delays. The bridge replaces a structure that was damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
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MAN VERSUS MACHINE: Women got a ride on man-powered trolley on a track near an oil depot as a train passed by in Manila Tuesday.
MAN VERSUS MACHINE: Women got a ride on man-powered trolley on a track near an oil depot as a train passed by in Manila Tuesday.
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DUMPING GROUND: People collected trash for recycling at the Duquesa landfill in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Monday. The landfill receives up to 5,000 tons of garbage daily, according to local media.
DUMPING GROUND: People collected trash for recycling at the Duquesa landfill in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Monday. The landfill receives up to 5,000 tons of garbage daily, according to local media.
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