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Rider of the Contrada of Wave Giovanni Tittia wins the Palio horse race in Siena. The Palio medieval race is held twice a year in Siena with jockeys riding bareback around a makeshift race course set up in the city's central square
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Mo Farah's daughter Rhianna checks the metal content of her father's gold medal after he won the Men's 5000 metres at the 14th IAAF World Athletics Championships
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Dame Vivienne Westwood joins the anti-fracking activists on a walk to the Cuadrilla exploratory drilling site in Balcombe, West Sussex, as capaigners set up a six day Reclaim the Power action camp outside the village
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President Barack Obama and his daughter Malia Obama ride a bike during a vacation on Martha's Vineyard in West Tisbury, Massachusetts. Obama and his family are on a weeklong vacation
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People take part in a running of the bulls during the festivities of San Roque in the village of Penafiel. A lot of Spanish villages celebrate the festivities in summer, and Running of the bulls is one of the most popular parts of the celebrations
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Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi carry a wounded man during clashes with Egyptian security forces in Ramses Square, Cairo. Gunfire rang out over a main Cairo overpass and police fired tear gas as clashes broke out after tens of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters took to the streets across Egypt
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A woman shelters on Cairo's October bridge while gunfire was heard and police fired tear gas at Pro Morsi protesters. Tens of thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters took to the streets across Egypt in defiance of a military-imposed state of emergency following the country's bloodshed earlier this week, in Cairo
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Free Syrian Army fighters and civilians help a wounded boy rescued from under rubble after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's Bustan al-Qasr district.
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A wider shot of the rubble of collapsed buildings after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's Bustan al-Qasr district
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Italian coastguard and beach goers help in the rescue of about 160 migrants whose boat arrived near the beach at Morghella, near Pachino, south-east Sicily. According to the Italian Council for Refugees (CIR), more than 18,000 migrants have died in the Mediterranean over the last 15 years
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Dutch Princess Mabel Wisse-Smit (2nd L) walks with her daughters Luana and Zaria, Princess Beatrix, the royal family and guests to the Stulp Church in Lage Vuursche in Baarn, The Netherlands where the funeral service of Prince Friso will be held. The prince, who spent the last 18 months in a coma after being caught in an avalanche, died aged 44, royal officials announced 12 August
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Anti-fracking demonstrators display small placards outside the drill site operated by Cuadrilla Resources Ltd in Balcombe in southern England. More climate demonstrators arrived in the southern English village of Balcombe to establish a new anti-fracking and anti-fossil fuel protest camp organised by "No Dash For Gas" campaigners aimed at Cuadrilla who are conducting test drilling for oil and gas in the area. h began at the site on August 2.
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Supporters of Mohamed Morsi gather at the Al-Fateh Mosque in Ramses Square for midday prayers in Cairo. The Egyptian Military has closed off Tahrir Square today in response to calls for mass protests. See more in the gallery as Egypt braces for more violence
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Day three of protest and violence in Egypt
At least 60 are dead and many more injured after the Egyptian army continued its crackdown on supporters of Mohammed Morsi
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Miners chant slogans during the one-year anniversary commemorations to mark the killings of 34 striking platinum miners shot dead by police outside the Lonmin Marikana platinum mine in Rustenburg, 100 km (62 miles) northwest of Johannesburg, August 16, 2013.
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Allyson Felix of the U.S. (top) falls to the track with a leg injury as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica (3rd L) runs to victory in the women's 200 metres final during the IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow August 16, 2013.
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Men help evacuate civilians at a site hit by what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's Bustan al-Qasr district, August 16, 2013.
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A policeman holds the microphone cable of a television media crew as he tries to stop them from running towards the court where the appeal verdict of Liu Hui is announced, in the Huairou district of Beijing August 16, 2013.
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People who are not visually impaired wear blindfolds as they attend a Tango dance class for the blind during the World Tango Festival in Buenos Aires August 16, 2013.
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Free Syrian Army fighters and civilians help a wounded boy rescued from under rubble after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's Bustan al-Qasr district, August 16, 2013
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Designer Vivienne Westwood poses for photographers outside a site run by Cuadrilla Resources, near Balcombe in southern England August 16, 2013
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Rescuers search for survivors and bodies near a damaged cargo vessel, which collided with a ferry on Friday, in Talisay, Cebu August 17, 2013.
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Michelle Wie of Team USA hits driver off the par-4 seventh during the Friday afternoon four-ball matches at the 2013 Solheim Cup at Colorado Golf Club in Parker, Colorado August 16, 2013.
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Sweden's Artemis Racing passes the Golden Gate Bridge while sailing against Italy's Luna Rossa in Race 4 of their Louis Vuitton Cup semi-finals, part of the America's Cup Challenger Series, in San Francisco Bay, California August 10, 2013. Losing by just over two minutes, Artemis Racing ended its America's Cup campaign with no wins
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Sweden's Artemis Racing (L) and Italy's Luna Rossa race during the Louis Vuitton Cup semi-finals in San Francisco, California August 9, 2013. Luna Rossa coasted to another victory over Artemis Racing on Friday to open a commanding 3-0 lead in the semi-finals of their series to eventually decide the America's Cup challenger.
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Oracle Team USA trains for the America's Cup regatta in San Francisco, California August 9, 2013. Oracle announced Thursday that it will forfeit victories in four America's Cup World Series regattas after determining its AC45 catamarans were modified in violation of race rules.
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The Desert Lotus Hotel in Xiangshawan Desert, also called Resonant Sand Gorge in Ordos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. Xiangshawan is in the Kubuqi Desert, a small section of the Gobi Desert about 350 miles (563 km) west of Beijing. Visitors sliding down 110-meter-high, 45-degree sand hills, cause the "singing sands" to produce a roaring or booming sound, a natural phenomenon still not fully understood. The hotel is part of a larger tourist resort built in the desert in recent years
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The Desert Lotus Hotel, among the dunes of the Xiangshawan Desert, seen via Google Earth. The looped lines at left are train tracks for a small tourist ride
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A model in Mongolian-themed costume prepares backstage after a Mongolian ritual ceremony at the Xiangshawan Resort
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Dancers perform yoga on the dunes of the Xiangshawan Desert,
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Lonmin Mine workers gather at the hill nearby the Marikana Platinum Mine in Rustenburg, South Africa, on Aug. 16, 2013.
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A mine worker prays during a ceremony on Aug. 16, to mark the first anniversary when 34 miners were killed by police.
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A car collector’s dream, the multitude of models are courtesy of small town car dealer Ray Lambrecht. After 50 years in the dealership business, he’s retiring and auctioning off vehicles he kept stored for decades
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The auction, which takes place Sept. 28 - 29, has 500 cars on the block and includes popular Chevy models from the 1950s and 1960s
