ROCK ON: Heavy metal fans enjoyed a concert at the Wacken Open Air Festival in Wacken, Germany, Thursday. About 75,000 heavy metal fans are expected to attend the festival, which organizers say is the largest heavy metal festival in the world.
ROCK ON: Heavy metal fans enjoyed a concert at the Wacken Open Air Festival in Wacken, Germany, Thursday. About 75,000 heavy metal fans are expected to attend the festival, which organizers say is the largest heavy metal festival in the world.
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FRYING: A boy demonstrated how he could cook an egg and shrimp on a manhole cover in the city of Jinan, in China's eastern Shandong province, Wednesday. The Chinese Meteorological Administration issued a Level Two national heat alert on Thursday; it was the most severe such alert…
FRYING: A boy demonstrated how he could cook an egg and shrimp on a manhole cover in the city of Jinan, in China's eastern Shandong province, Wednesday. The Chinese Meteorological Administration issued a Level Two national heat alert on Thursday; it was the most severe such alert ever issued.
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SHOWING DISCONTENT: A statue of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in Kurnool, in India's Andhra Pradesh state, was vandalized by protesters Thursday. India's ruling coalition this week endorsed the creation of a new state, Telangana; protesters are angry about the decision.
SHOWING DISCONTENT: A statue of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in Kurnool, in India's Andhra Pradesh state, was vandalized by protesters Thursday. India's ruling coalition this week endorsed the creation of a new state, Telangana; protesters are angry about the decision.
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BIG DAY: Margaret Miles and Cathey Ten Broeke become the first same-sex couple to be legally married in Minnesota when they tied the knot just after midnight Thursday morning in front of Minneapolis City Hall. Mayor R.T. Rybak and the couple's son Louie, 5 years old, helped them…
BIG DAY: Margaret Miles and Cathey Ten Broeke become the first same-sex couple to be legally married in Minnesota when they tied the knot just after midnight Thursday morning in front of Minneapolis City Hall. Mayor R.T. Rybak and the couple's son Louie, 5 years old, helped them celebrate.
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PREPARATIONS: A Hindu holy man smeared colored paste onto his face at the Pashupatinath Temple in Katmandu, Nepal, on Wednesday.
PREPARATIONS: A Hindu holy man smeared colored paste onto his face at the Pashupatinath Temple in Katmandu, Nepal, on Wednesday.
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HAT TRICK: A fan used his hat to net a foul ball during the sixth inning of Wednesday's game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the San Francisco Giants at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The Giants won the game, 9-2.
HAT TRICK: A fan used his hat to net a foul ball during the sixth inning of Wednesday's game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the San Francisco Giants at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The Giants won the game, 9-2.
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CENTER OF ATTENTION: Fatima, the second baby girl that Pakistani television talk show host Aamir Liaquat Hussain has given to a childless couple on his talk show, was held by her adoptive parents at a welfare office in Karachi Thursday. Mr. Hussain plans to give away a baby boy this…
CENTER OF ATTENTION: Fatima, the second baby girl that Pakistani television talk show host Aamir Liaquat Hussain has given to a childless couple on his talk show, was held by her adoptive parents at a welfare office in Karachi Thursday. Mr. Hussain plans to give away a baby boy this week.
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IMPORTANT MISSION: A man carried his television set to a safer place after heavy monsoon rains caused a rise in the water levels of the River Ganges, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad Thursday.
IMPORTANT MISSION: A man carried his television set to a safer place after heavy monsoon rains caused a rise in the water levels of the River Ganges, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad Thursday.
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BAILING OUT: Residents shoveled water out of flooded homes in Shanghai Thursday after sudden downpours flooded old urban areas of the city.
BAILING OUT: Residents shoveled water out of flooded homes in Shanghai Thursday after sudden downpours flooded old urban areas of the city.
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TIS THE SEASON: Muslim boys learned to read the Quran at the Gaabow Islamic school during the holy month of Ramadan in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday.
TIS THE SEASON: Muslim boys learned to read the Quran at the Gaabow Islamic school during the holy month of Ramadan in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday.
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WELL DONE: Departing FBI Director Robert Mueller got a pat on the back from a friend after his farewell ceremony at the Justice Department Thursday in Washington, D.C. Mr. Mueller had served as the director of the FBI since 2001.
WELL DONE: Departing FBI Director Robert Mueller got a pat on the back from a friend after his farewell ceremony at the Justice Department Thursday in Washington, D.C. Mr. Mueller had served as the director of the FBI since 2001.
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CLEANING UP: Workers with Nepal's Veterinary Epidemiology Center carried sacks full of culled chickens away from a farm in village of Naghkhel, on the outskirt of Katmandu, on Thursday. The Nepalese government has banned the sale of poultry in the capital, in hopes of curbing the…
CLEANING UP: Workers with Nepal's Veterinary Epidemiology Center carried sacks full of culled chickens away from a farm in village of Naghkhel, on the outskirt of Katmandu, on Thursday. The Nepalese government has banned the sale of poultry in the capital, in hopes of curbing the spread of bird flu.
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RIBBONS: A worker took a break from his work finishing the exterior of a newly built building in Beijing Thursday.
RIBBONS: A worker took a break from his work finishing the exterior of a newly built building in Beijing Thursday.
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MORE THAN LAUNDERING: A forensic scientist inspected damaged euro bank notes at the money-analyzing laboratory of the German Bundesbank, in Mainz, on Wednesday. The German central bank has a 13-member team working on notes damaged in this summer's flooding in the region.
MORE THAN LAUNDERING: A forensic scientist inspected damaged euro bank notes at the money-analyzing laboratory of the German Bundesbank, in Mainz, on Wednesday. The German central bank has a 13-member team working on notes damaged in this summer's flooding in the region.
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IN RUINS: Afghan policemen inspected a destroyed police checkpoint, targeted mistakenly by a NATO aircraft during a clash between Afghan special forces and Taliban fighters, at the Bati Kot district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on Thursday.
IN RUINS: Afghan policemen inspected a destroyed police checkpoint, targeted mistakenly by a NATO aircraft during a clash between Afghan special forces and Taliban fighters, at the Bati Kot district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on Thursday.
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