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Flooding in Thailand
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A man sits on his truck on a flooded street in Ayutthaya province, October 13, 2011
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Buddhist monks pause from helping local residents build a barrier to fight floods in Pathum Thani province, October 12, 2011.
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Dogs are evacuated from the flooded area of Thailand's Ayutthaya province
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Two paddle boarders walk their bikes at Venice Beach, California on October 13 as a mini-heat wave hit southern California. Temperatures soared 20 degrees Fahrenheit over normal highs reaching into the nineties and hundreds in the region tying record temperatures
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SEAL BEACH, Calif. — The suspected gunman in the shooting at a Southern California hair salon was involved in a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife, an employee at the salon, court records show.
Six women and two men died in the attack at Salon Meritage on Wednesday. A gunman burst through the door and began shooting, sending terrified customers diving for cover. The shooter then stepped outside, shot a man sitting in a truck in the parking lot and sped off.
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Adam Lee, balloon twisting artist, stands beneath his giant balloon sculpture hanging in the Great Wolf Lodge Lobby in Grand Mound, Wash. On Oct. 13. Lee broke the Guinness World Record for "Largest Balloon Sculpture" with nearly 3,000 balloons measuring 45 feet 2 inches wide by 22 feet 2 inches long.
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Adam Lee, balloon twisting artist, stands inside his giant spider balloon sculpture at Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound, Wash.
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Balloon twisting artist Adam Lee completes spider balloon sculpture following 60 hours of construction at Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound, Wash.
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Demonstrators are hit by a jet of water released from a riot police vehicle during a rally against the public state education system in Santiago, Oct. 13, 2011.
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Demonstrators are hit by a jet of water released from a riot police vehicle during a rally against the public state education system in Santiago, Oct. 13, 2011. Chilean students are demanding for free and better state education, as well as for an end to profit-making in the public state education system
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An aerial view of a green stain on the sea's surface off the coast of the El Hierro, one of the Spanish Canary Islands, a day after two underwater volcanic eruptions were recorded.
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A green stain on the surface of the sea off the coast of the Spanish Canary Islands
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Ben Fodor, a self-styled superhero who goes by the name "Phoenix Jones," talks to reporters as he stands next to one of his attorneys, Matt Hartman, right, after Fodor appeared in court, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, in Seattle. Prosecutors have not yet filed charges against Fodor after he was arrested Sunday after police say he pepper sprayed a group of people downtown as they left a nightclub.
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Against a foggy backdrop, Joe Alonso, left, head stone mason, and Andy Uhl, stone carver, oversee the removal of the damaged upper portions of the southeast grand pinnacle, weighing two tons, from the central tower of Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Oct. 13. The Cathedral's central tower pinnacles were damaged by the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that struck the East Coast on August 23. The damaged portions of pinnacles are being removed to make the pinnacles and central tower stable until the stonework can be repaired and put back in place
Can you imagine coming across this scene on your walk along the beach? As the ship gets pounded by waves the containers are starting to topple off, and at least one of those contained hazardous waste and hasn't been found
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A New Zealand Air Force helicopter winches a salvage expert onto the stricken container ship Rena, off the coast of Tauranga, on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island Oct. 13, more than a week after hitting the Astrolabe Reef. Oil tanks on the stranded ship are threatening to break in half salvage experts said on Thursday as the ship's owners apologized for the large clumps of oil washed up on beaches.
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Waves wash the Papamoa Beach dirtied with fuel oil from the Liberian-flagged container ship Rena which has been stuck aground on a reef off the coast of Tauranga, New Zealand, Oct. 13.
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Filopino fashion designer Herbert Chavez dresses like the "Man of Steel" as he stands among his huge collection of Superman mannequins, dolls and other paraphernalia at his home in Calamba, south of Manila, Oct. 13. The 35-year-old fan underwent extensive cosmetic surgery in an attempt to transform himself into his comic book hero.
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Emergency workers inspect the scene after an explosion that caused heavy damage to a restaurant in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday Oct. 13. Officials say they are investigating the cause of the explosion that killed at least three people and injured at least 13 others.
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An explosion likely caused by a gas leak ripped through a restaurant in downtown Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, killing at least three people and injuring 13, officials said.
The explosion around 7:30 a.m. caused heavy damage to the restaurant, which wasn't open, and to the apartments above it, said Ronaldo Alcantara, the second in command of Rio's fire department, who was at the site of the explosion.
"The three fatal victims were flung outside the building," Alcantara said.
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A picture from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy cluster MACS 1206, which is 4.5 billion light-years from Earth. The cluster's gravity is powerful enough to visibly bend the path of light, somewhat like a magnifying glass
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A metal wedge designed by U.S. architect Daniel Libeskind protrudes from the Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden, Germany, Oct. 13. After seven years of renovations according to his plans, the new exhibition with 10,500 exhibits from 700 years of military history opens tomorrow, Oct. 14.
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Architect Daniel Libeskind stands in front of the Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden, Oct. 13.
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Protesters hold placards with slogans in front of the office of the American Chamber of Commerce in the financial district of Makati, in Manila, the Philippines, on October 14.
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Dozens of left-wing activists marched in Manila's business district Friday, joining the global Occupy Wall Street movement and opposing moves to fully liberalize utilities and industries
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Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi faces a confidence vote in parliament Friday that is seen as the most serious threat to his political survival since the billionaire media baron was swept into power nearly two decades ago.
With an electorate weary of the scandals engulfing the premier and worried about Italy's economy, Berlusconi is facing repeated calls for his resignation from his political rivals, labor unions and parts of the business community that once considered him their savior
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Occupy Wall Street protesters clean Zuccotti Park near Wall Street in New York on October 13. Protesters from the movement spent the night cleaning Zuccotti Park following Mayor Bloomberg's demand that the demonstrartors leave the park for city officials to clean it.
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Protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement launched a cleanup effort in Zuccotti Park on Thursday afternoon, with protesters urging each other to "pick up a broom, pick up trash
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Mourners cry during a vigil in the parking lot in front of Salon Meritage in Seal Beach, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011.
About 300 people gathered for a prayer service to honor the memory of eight Seal Beach residents gunned down in a shooting rampage earlier in the week. The Thursday night service preceded a candlelight vigil in the parking lot in front of Salon Meritage, where police say 41-year-old Scott Dekraai opened fire Wednesday, killing 6 women and two men. One woman remained in critical condition, but was improving.
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A tropical depression storm pounding Central America has triggered floods and landslides that have left at least 18 people dead in Guatemala
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Demonstraters sit on the ground in central Rome to protest against the Bank of Italy
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Japan's Emperor Akihito and relatives greet guests at the imperial autumn party in Tokyo
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Pakistani firefighters extinguish burning oil tankers following an attack by gunmen in Shikarpur
Pylons of the future?
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Uk pylon design have largely remained unchanged since the 1920's
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The competition attracted more than 250 designs from around the world