World News in Pictures

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Two woman hug as community members pay respects to the six victims in the mass shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, at the Oak Creek High School on Aug. 10, in Oak Creek Wisconsin. Suspected gunman, 40-year-old Wade Michael Page, allegedly killed six people at the temple on August 5 and then killed himself at the scene. He was an army veteran and reportedly a former member of a white supremacist heavy metal band. Three others were critically wounded in the attack.



A woman weeps as mourners attend the funeral and memorial service for the six victims of the Sikh temple of Wisconsin mass shooting in Oak Creek, Wis., on Aug 10. The public service was held in the Oak Creek High School. Three other people were wounded in the shooting last Sunday at the temple. Wade Michael Page, 40, killed five men and one woman, and injured two other men. Authorities say Page then ambushed the first police officer who responded, shooting him nine times and leaving him in critical condition. A second officer then shot Page in the stomach, and Page took his own life with a shot to the head.

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A Free Syrian Army fighter walks through a house during clashes with Syrian Army in Aleppo, on Aug. 10.







Syrian forces have pushed rebels back from a strategic district of Aleppo, but skirmishes continued in the city and the United Nations said the conflict engulfing Syria would have no winner.

Syrian President Assad, engaged in an all-consuming fight with his mostly Sunni opponents, appointed a Sunni as his new prime minister on Thursday after his predecessor fled on Monday in the highest-level defection so far in the uprising that began 17 months ago.

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Spain competes in the Women's Teams Synchronized Swimming Free Routine final August 10.



Egypt competes in the Women's Teams Synchronised Swimming Free Routine final, August 10, 2012 in London.



Canada competes in the Women's Teams Synchronized Swimming Free Routine final, August 10.



Russia competes in the Women's Teams Synchronized Swimming Free Routine final on Day 14 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre on August 10.



China competes in the Women's Teams Synchronized Swimming Free Routine final on Day 14 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre on August 10.

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Senyue Deng of China performs on clubs in the Individual All-Around Qualification during the London 2012 Olympic Games Rhythmic Gymnastics competition, Aug. 10.



Germany's Jana Berezko-Marggrander performs during the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around qualifications at at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 9

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Local residents wade through floodwaters in a street in the township of Apalit on the outskirts of Manila on Aug. 10. The number of people killed in floods that submerged most of the Philippine capital Manila and parts of surrounding provinces this week has risen to 60, the government said on Aug. 10.



Thousands of flood victims queue for food relief at a municipal building in the township of Paombong on the outskirts of Manila on Aug. 10. Thousands more Philippine flood victims crammed into evacuation centres on August 10 as waist-high water covered vast farming regions and the death toll from a week of misery rose to 60.






Philippine disaster officials were shifting Friday from rescue work to a massive clean-up of the capital following nonstop rains that left tons of muck and debris from floods littering the city.

The torrential monsoon rains that began Sunday left at least 60 people dead in the worst flooding in Manila since 2009. More than half of the sprawling metropolis of 12 million was submerged at the peak of the floods, and schools and offices closed for days.
About 2.4 million peo
ple in Manila and nearby provinces have been affected, forcing more than 360,000 to seek shelter in government-run evacuation centers, the Office of Civil Defense reported Friday

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A stuntman and his cardboard piano are lifted by a hot air balloon over Vilnius on August 10, during the Piano.lt summer festival



A stuntman pretends to play the piano in the air as he and his cardboard instrument are lifted by a hot air balloon over Vilnius on August 10

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Thousands seek refuge as conflict in Congo escalates

Rebels have captured key towns in the area, in the worst conflict for nearly five years, forcing refugees to flee to Kibati on the outskirts of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. At a meeting of regional leaders this week in Kampala, defence ministers were mandated to look for urgent solutions



There has been a sharp increase in the number of people arriving in Kibati over the last week, and conditions in the camp mean there is a high risk of cholera. People walked for days to get to Kibati. In some cases, the little that they had with them when they fled was looted by armed groups on their journey to the camp



People have built shelters out of the materials they have managed to find






It took two days for Jeanne (not her real name), her husband and three children to reach the camp. 'We were working in the fields when we heard shooting and there were bullets around us. So we ran away with just the clothes on our backs – we have nothing,' she says. 'We do not dare go home'















The local authorities have now designated a space for an official campsite and are going to ask displaced people to leave schools and churches

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Beit Shemesh, Israel: Sorek stalactites cave illuminated with a new lighting system



Kathmandu, Nepal: Girls wearing traditional attire receive gifts as they attend a Kumari Puja mass worship to mark the anniversary of Lord Krishna's birth



New Delhi, India: A supporter of Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev brushes his teeth at dawn during an anti-corruption protest



Hyderabad, India: Police detain an activist during a student protest

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South Korea's President visits islands also claimed by Japan, in a move likely to raise diplomatic tensions



A performer in a sea of cloth during a national celebration to mark the 47th anniversary of Singapore's independance

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Ghana's farewell to President John Atta Mills




Tens of thousands of people attended President John Atta Mills funeral. He died on July 24th just 5 weeks ahead of a general election where he was expected to be re-elected.















US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, was amongst the dignitaries present

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Chilean police stand next to a bus burnt by student protesting against education plans by the government



Rescuers move residents from their homes in Manila

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Hunt for Tia Sharp



Police hunting ofr 12 year old Tia have found a body at her grandmother's house in New Addington, south London, where she was last seen 7 days ago



Police have arrested Stuart Hazell, 37, who is the partner of Tia's grandmother on suspicion of murder

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Rescue workers evacuate residents from a flooded home in Manila, Philippines, on Aug. 8, after torrential rains inundated most of the capital. More than 800,000 people in and around the city battled deadly floods as more rain fell with neck-deep waters trapping slum dwellers and the wealthy elite on rooftops



Fafa, a nearly 18-year-old lioness, undergoes a CT scan Aug. 7 at a veterinary clinic in Brasilia, Brazil. Fafa has lived in the Brasilia Zoo since birth and underwent surgery earlier this year to remove both her ovaries and uterus. Fafa was sedated and brought to the clinic after experiencing seizures and bleeding. Veterinarian John Nardott Ricardo said the lioness underwent a 3-hour-long session of CT scans to its chest, skull and abdomen. Nardott said Fafa might have liver damage from a cancerous tumor the lioness had in 2010.

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Hong Kong, China: China's first woman astronaut, Liu Yang, salutes at a press conference. A 40-plus-member delegation of the Tiangong-1/Shenzhou-9 mission, including three astronauts who had fulfilled China's first manned space docking mission this June, arrived at Hong Kong on Friday for a four-day visit



Aleppo, Syria: A rebel from the Free Syrian Army fires down a street towards government snipers in the Bab al-Nasr district



Michigan, USA: A hornworm sits upright, as if enjoying the view, on a tomato plant after some much needed rain in Whitmore lake



Edinburgh: UK: Phoebe Brown and Kuffasse Boane – playing two of the witches – make their way to Inchcolm Island by boat for a performance of Shakespeare's Macbeth



Accra, Ghana: Mourners watch the arrival of the coffin of the late president John Atta Mills during his funeral at Independence Square. Mills died suddenly after fighting a battle against throat cancer, an ailment which he refused to divulge to his supporters



Christchurch, New Zealand: An army bagpiper plays at the funeral service for Lance Corporals Durrer and Malone – two New Zealand soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan, at Burnam military camp

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Republican Romney names Paul Ryan as running mate



US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has named fiscal conservative Paul Ryan as his running mate in November's election.

Mr Ryan, 42, is a Wisconsin congressman and chairman of the House of Representatives budget committee.

BBC North America editor Mark Mardell says the decision is a bold and ideological choice.

The Obama campaign said Mr Ryan stood for "flawed" economic policies that would repeat "catastrophic" mistakes.

Mr Romney formally unveiled his running mate before hundreds of cheering supporters at the retired aircraft carrier USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, Virginia.

In a slip of the tongue, the former Massachusetts governor introduced Mr Ryan as "the next president of the United States", before correcting himself to say he meant vice-president.

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Ireland's most successful Olympics for almost 60 years



Team Ireland has had its most successful Olympics for almost 60 years.

The members already have four medals, including one gold and three bronze, and have another guaranteed at least at a silver.

It is the best result since the 1956 games held in Melbourne when Ireland won one gold, three bronze and three silver.

Katie Taylor won Ireland's first gold medal at London 2012 on Thursday.

The 26-year-old, from Bray, County Wicklow, who was Ireland's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony, beat Russia's Sofya Ochigava in the women's lightweight boxing final.

Her win was also significant as these were the first Olympic Games which allowed women to compete in the boxing ring.

The support for the boxer was evident when London 2012 officials declared the roar of the crowd at Taylor's first bout as louder than a jumbo jet taking off, with a 113.7 decibel reading.

After her Olympic victory, the former world champion boxer Barry McGuigan hugged Taylor as she came out of the ring and called her "a legend".

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L) talks with Syria's newly appointed Prime Minister Wael al-Halki after his sworn in ceremony in Damascus, Syria, Aug. 11, 2012. Syria's newly appointed Prime Minister Wael al-Halki was sworn in Saturday before the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the state-run SANA news agency said

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Deadly Iran quakes



Two earthquakes which struck north-west Iran within minutes of each other have killed at least 180 people and left more than 1,300 people injured

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A woman talks as she tends her injured loved one after an earthquake in Varzaqan, Iran, on Saturday, Aug. 11. A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit the towns of Ahar, Haris and Varzaqan in East Azerbaijan province in northwestern Iran on Saturday, state TV said. Iran is located on seismic fault lines and is prone to earthquakes. It experiences at least one earthquake every day on average, although the vast majority are so small they go unnoticed.

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Gold medalists Mohamed Farah of Great Britain, left, and Usain Bolt of Jamaica pose on the podium on Day 15 of the London 2012 Olympic Games, Saturday, Aug. 11. Farah won the 5000m race while Bolt won the 4x100m relay and set a new world record on Saturday.



Members of Britain's under-23 rowing team pull a wakeboarder during a display before the canoe sprint events at Eton Dorney during the London 2012 Olympic Games, Aug. 11.

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Kashmiri Muslims stand on the remains of a collapsed bridge as volunteers and rescue workers search for missing people in water in Dal Lake in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Aug. 11. Dozens of people were injured, when the wooden bridge collapsed during a protest in demand for proper roads, in downtown Srinagar Saturday, according to local reports.

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After qualifying as the fourth best diver from the semi-finals, Tom Daley is hoping he can go one step better and finish in the top three in the final. But that is one hell of an ask given the standard of competition he's facing



In the final, Daley's first dive - a back two-and-a-half somersault two-and-half-twists with pike - plops into the pool. It's gets a predictably low score of 75.60, but the Brit complains that flash photos were taken during his effort and is granted a re-dive. His second effort is much better, carding 91.20, placing him second at the end of round one



His subsequent dives are pretty damn good too! Not least his forward four-and-a-half somersault, which scores him a whopping 98.05. He's third with two dives remaining … outstanding stuff



With the Chinese favourites faltering and USA's David Boudia looking good for gold, Daley must maintain his high standards … and he does with another peach of a dive - a back three-and-a-half somersault - which scores 97.20 and leaves him first overall … he's now one dive away from an Olympic medal ... he opts for a lower tariff and nails it to win bronze!



Daley is catapulted into the pool by the delirious British diving team



Ecstasy for Daley just a week after the disappointment of finishing fourth in the 10m synchronised event with Peter Waterfield



After receiving his medal, Daley told the media: "It's been the toughest year of my life. Olympic bronze medal - I can't believe it!"

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Britain's Mo Farah (L) reacts as he wins the men's 5000m final ahead of Ethiopia's Dejen Gebremeskel at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 11, 2012.



Bulgaria's Silviya Miteva competes using the ball in the individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics final at Wembley Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 11, 2012.



Gabon's Anthony Obame (R) kicks Italy's Carlo Molfetta (L) in the face as they compete in their men's 80kg gold medal taekwondo final at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 11, 2012.



Australia's Jared Tallent falls to his knees as he celebrates after crossing the finish line to win silver in the men's 50km race walk during the London 2012 Olympic Games at The Mall August 11, 2012. Russia's Sergey Kirdyapkin won the gold ahead of Tallent who won silver and China's Si Tianfeng who took bronze.



Russia's Mariya Savinova wins the women's 800m final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 11, 2012.



Japan's Koichiro Morioka is helped by officials after staggering across the finish line in the men's 50km race walk during the London 2012 Olympic Games at The Mall August 11, 2012. Russia's Sergey Kirdyapkin won the gold ahead of Australia's Jared Tallent who won silver and China's Si Tianfeng who took bronze.

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Jamaica's Usain Bolt (R) crosses the finish line on the anchor leg to set a new world record of 36.84 seconds in the men's 4x100m relay final ahead of Ryan Bailey of the U.S. during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 11, 2012.



Russia's Evgeniya Kanaeva competes using the clubs in the individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics final at Wembley Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 11, 2012.



Britain's Anthony Joshua departs the ring after he was declared the winner over Kazakhstan's Ivan Dychko following their Men's Super Heavy ( 91kg) semi-final boxing match at the London Olympic Games August 10, 2012.



Japan's Erika Araki, Maiko Kano and Ai Otomo (L-R) celebrate winning their women's bronze medal volleyball match against South Korea at Earls Court during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 11, 2012.

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Great Britain's Jonathan Clarke reacts after his team being defeated by Australia during their men's bronze medal hockey match at the Riverbank Arena at the London 2012 Olympic Games August 11, 2012.



Thailand's Kaeo Pongprayoon prays after China's Zou Shiming was declared the winner in their Men's Light Fly (49kg) gold medal boxing match at the London Olympics August 11, 2012.



Coleman Scott of U. S. (in blue) reacts afer beating Japan's Kenichi Yumoto on the repechage of the Men's 60Kg Freestyle wrestling at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 11, 2012.