World News in Pictures

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Lenny, a rabbit belonging to Luisa Riedel, jumps during the Kaninhop (rabbit-jumping) competition in Weissenbrunn vorm Wald, Germany. Competitors take part in three different categories, with an obstacle height ranging between 10 and 15 inches



A competitor at the summer meeting of the Craufurdland Muddy Run, which attracted over 500 runners from across Scotland who ran through the forest trails, over waterways and through muddy pools to complete the 6 mile race

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Brett King (R), father of 5-year-old British boy Ashya King (not pictured), shakes hands with a member of the security at the entrance of Materno Infantil hospital, after his son was transported into an ambulance in Malaga to get to a hospital in Prague, where he will undergo proton therapy,

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Laurent Renaud and Dominique Haution captured the action as three lions ambushed a lone buffalo in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya



The buffalo fought back and managed to launch one of the lionesses into the air during the scuffle

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Soldiers on horseback perform an attack through a burning obstacle during the Cavalry Day show in Warsaw, Poland



Models prepare backstage during the Mochachino: Los Angeles| New York runway show at The Midtown Loft in New York City



People release paper lanterns ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Yichun, China. People celebrate the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival, on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, which falls on September 8 this year

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Fireworks explode over St. Basil Cathedral as International military bands members perform during the closing ceremony of 'Spasskaya Tower' International Military Orchestra Music Festival at Red Square in Moscow, Russia



People with red hair from all over the world gather on 'Roodharigendag' (Redhead Day) in Breda, The Netherlands

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A mysterious late-night blast in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua that left a crater 40 feet wide was most likely caused by a meteorite, government scientists said on Sunday.

The loud explosion occurred around 11 p.m. on Saturday on the outskirts of Managua near the airport, said Wilfried Strauch from the Nicaraguan Institute of Earth Studies (Ineter) in an interview on a government TV channel. No one was injured.


Strauch said that Nicaragua is asking the United States for expert help to investigate the event, which was picked up by seismic sensors.

"All the evidence that we've confirmed on-site corresponds exactly with a meteorite and not with any other type of event," said Jose Millan, also from Ineter.

Strauch said they had not been able to determine the composition of the supposed meteorite as they were not sure whether it had disintegrated on hitting ground or if it remained buried.

Nicaragua has more than 20 volcanoes and is regularly shaken by earthquakes, so many locals initially thought a quake caused the loud bang

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Family members of passengers onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, cry as they gather to pray Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing September 8, 2014, on the six-month anniversary of the disappearance of the plane.



Palestinians hurl stones during clashes with Israeli police in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi Joz September 7, 2014

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Soldiers from the Ukrainian self-defense battalion "Azov" check vehicles at a checkpoint in the southern coastal town of Mariupol September 8, 2014.



Marine Le Pen, France's National Front political party leader, gestures as she attends the Front National party's weekend summer university youth meeting with her father Jean Marie Le Pen and Frejus Mayor David Rachline in Frejus September 7, 2014.



Serena Williams embraces her trophy after defeating Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in their women's singles finals match at the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, September 7, 2014

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People stand on a bridge damaged by floods on the river Tawi in Jammu in Indian-administered Kashmir. The floods, resulting from the late-monsoon rains, have left more than 270 people dead in India and Pakistan



An exhibition at Tate Britain in London is the first to concentrate on JMW Turner's work from the age of 60 until his death. It includes many major works brought together for the first time, including A Disaster at Sea

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Mayor of London Boris Johnson salutes for photographers during a visit to the Tenacious. The training ship is moored at Woolwich as part of Totally Thames, a month-long arts and cultural festival featuring more than a 100 river-related events

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A green-eyed bug peeks out from behind pink flower petals in Negresti Oas, Romania



Visitors dress in costumes of Tokyo Disneyland dancers at the theme park in Urayasu. The Disney theme park in Japan runs Halloween events until October 31, with visitors invited to dress up in Disney related costumes at the park

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A fisherman may have tipped the scales after catching what may be the world's biggest Opah fish - tipping the scales at more than 12 stone. After a gruelling 30 minute battle with the mighty fish, fisherman, Joe Ludlow, 47, managed to haul the whopper on board. Weighing in at 181 pounds, the mammoth catch managed to outweigh the current record by 18 pounds. But in bizarre twist, two other anglers alongside Joe also managed an unprecedented feat by each catching an Opah on the same day. (L-R Armando Castillo, Joe Ludlow and Travis Savala

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Better Together: Alistair Darling meets a badge-wearing supporter while campaigning in Edinburgh for a no vote in the Scottish referendum.




Ashya King, a five-year-old British boy with a brain tumour, lies on a stretcher as he arrives with his parents at Motol hospital in in Prague.

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He ain’t heavy: a competitor and its owner concentrate on the waves during the 9th annual Surf Dog Surf-A-Thon in Del Mar, California.



Lantern carnival: a man with his daughter stands next to a lit-up structure at the Mid-Autumn Festival in Victoria Park in Hong Kong.

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A truck creates a wake as its driver tries to navigate a severely flooded street as heavy rains pour down Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, in Phoenix. Storms that flooded several Phoenix-area freeways and numerous local streets during the Monday morning commute set an all-time record for rainfall in Phoenix in a single day



A man climbes a vertical wall at the 'Bleau' indoor climbing gym, in Ghent, western Belgium, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. With more than 3,500 square meters (37,673 square feet) of climbing surface, the new gym is one of the five largest climbing structures in the world

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A Somali soldier stands near the wreckage of civilian vehicle destroyed by a suicide car bomb attack near the Elasha Biyaha settlement, in the Lower Shabelle region south of the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. At least 12 civilians were killed Monday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car next to a convoy of African Union forces moving near two minibuses, followed by a second suicide attacker ramming his car into a convoy escorting the Mogadishu intelligence commander on his way to inspect the scene of the first blast, the first serious assault by suspected Islamic extremists after the killing of al-Shabab's top leader in a U.S. airstrike last week, according to a police and a regional official.



A Palestinian prepares to throw fire crackers during clashes with Israeli police in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Wadi al-Joz September 8, 2014. Scores of Palestinians rioted in East Jerusalem for a second day after hearing that a youth from their neighbourhood had died of wounds suffered in a clash with Israeli police last week

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Pakistani villagers wade through water to find safe shelters in Pindi Bhatian, 105 kilometers (65 miles) northeast of Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. Army and air force troops on Monday worked to rescue thousands of people stranded in Indian-controlled Kashmir and northern and eastern Pakistan, where flooding and landslides have caused hundreds of deaths.



A high school student gets her hair adjusted by friends outside the Lycee Marie Jeanne public school for girls before the start of their first day back to school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. The color on her neck is powdered perfume popular with kids.

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In this photo provided by Yosemite National Park, smoke from a fire rises above Little Yosemite Valley near Yosemite National Park, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. About 100 Yosemite National Park visitors were evacuated by helicopter Sunday when a wildfire that started weeks ago in the park's backcountry grew unexpectedly to at least 700 acres, officials said

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The Milky Way, our home galaxy, photographed over Cathedral Valley, a scenic backcountry area in Capitol Reef National Park in Utah, USA



A lionfish waits for the opportune moment to charge in and claim his meal as a giant school of sweeper fish frantically swim around together in a bid to avoid the predators

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Hundreds of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father. The dedicated dad takes a break from eating as he carries the eggs until they hatch, while the female continues her routine as normal. The nocturnal male cardinalfish appears to glow in the darkness as it proudly displays his brood. The scene was captured by 39-year-old photographer Marcello Di Francesco while on a trip around the Philippine Islands



Helen Smith and Lucy Jenner pose beside the new wax figure of Prince Harry being displayed at Madame Tussauds in central London in celebration of his upcoming 30th birthday

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A bored child did his best to upstage his parents at the White House by diving onto a couch in the Oval Office. The smartly dressed youngster was photographed acting up as his mother and father met with Barack Obama in June



Israeli police throw grenades during clashes with Palestinians in East Jerusalem after the funeral of Palestinian teenager Mohammed Sinokrot, 16, who was wounded by Israeli gunfire on August 31 and died from his injuries on September 8, 2014. News of his death sparked widespread clashes near his home and throughout the Israeli-annexed east of the city

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Marin Cilic of Croatia reacts after defeating Kei Nishikori of Japan to win the men's final match on the fifteenth day of the 2014 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York



Kayapo Indians compete in the tug-of-war event of the fourth edition of the Traditional Indian Games of Para, held on Maruda Beach in Marapanim. Native Brazilians from 15 different tribes are participating in the event that features traditional sports

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The newly completed Steart Marshes is the UK's largest coastal scheme to manage flooding and create hundreds of acres of natural habitat in a joint scheme between WWT and the Environment Agency. The scheme by the Environment Agency and the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) aims to replace around half the coastal habitat set to be lost by rising sea levels in the Severn Estuary, and reduce flood risk for local people.



Costumed characters who work taking photos and collecting tips from people in Times Square hold a protest during a press conference announcing new legislation being introduced by city and state officials for the licensing and regulation of costumed people in Times Square in New York City

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A snow-covered tractor and hay bales rest in a field during a late summer snow storm near Cremona in Canada. Snow fall warnings have been issued for much of the province over the next couple of days



Filmmaker and comedian Mel Brooks shows his hands after leaving handprints in cement in the forecourt of the TCL Chinese theatre in Hollywood



Greek Sofia Pintzou (R) (as Elektra) and Alexander Fend (as Orest) perform during a photo rehearsal of the opera 'Oresteia' on the roof of the Deutsche Oper Berlin car park in Berlin, Germany. The premiere of Iannis Xenakis' opera will take place on 19 September



A theft suspect poses for a messy mugshot in Florida. Arie Patterson was covered in a mystery substance when he was booked following an arrest in Hallandale on September 4. The 36-year-old was arrested on suspicion of a misdemeanor theft charge. Police have not revealed what was on the suspect's face



A rare £10 million survivor of a cash management system that helped keep the British Government’s finances afloat for decades but which also enabled a petty thief to carry out the United Kingdom’s biggest-ever robbery is to be auctioned by Dix Noonan Webb, the international banknotes, coins and medals specialists, in London on 29 September 2014

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A man watches floodwaters surge under an overpass on Sept. 8, 2014, in Scottsdale, Ariz. The remnants of Hurricane Norbert pushed into the desert Southwest and swamped Arizona on Monday, breaking the previous record for rainfall in a single day in Phoenix