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epa03853393 A picture made available 06 September 2013 shows a refugee woman bathing a child at Quru Gusik refugee camp, 20 kilometres east of Erbil, northern Iraq, 03 September 2013. According to the UN refugee agency, the number of Syrians who have fled their homes during the conflict has risen to 6.25 million, the largest refugee group of any country in the world. An estimated 168,000 have fled to Iraq. EPA/CEERWAN AZIZ

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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 23: A red-eared slider turtle at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington, DC on July 23, 2013. Hundreds of flowering lotus and water lillies are in full swing at the garden. It's perhaps the most optimum time of the year to see the gigantic wonders. The Park website recommends viewing these flowers early in the day as the flowers close when temperatures get above 89 or 90 degrees. (Photo by Linda Davidson / The Washington Post)

Waterlilies and lotus flowers at Kenilworth

Hundreds of flowering lotuses and waterlilies are on display at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in the District.

Tree, Boston Public Garden, Mass., 2009. Squirrels are everywhere in the Public Garden. They have tried to climb up my tripod and make it impossible to eat a sandwich on a park bench in the summer without harassment. But what you see here are only four or five squirrels over about an hour. But when you are sitting there with your sandwich, it feels like there are this many. Also note that all the figures, except the little girl, are blonde women. From a photo series by artist Pelle Cass, who takes hundreds of photos and combines them to create interesting super-composites. ONE TIME USE ONLY. (Pelle Cass)

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Photographer and artist Pelle Cass makes extreme composites of images taken from the same spot.

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Argentina Cruz makes lunch food for B. Lin Catering.

A day at Union Kitchen

Many of D.C.’s pop-up eateries, caterers and food-truck vendors share kitchen space in a NoMa warehouse.

(FRANZISKA KRAUFMANN)

Animal views

Pug and bulldog race, lion cubs, stingrays, a Galapagos tortoise, unusual monkeys and more.

(Ty Wright / For The Washington Post)

Inside the Wilson Football Factory

The factory in Ada, Ohio, makes about 4,000 footballs each day and supplies every NFL ball.

(Andrew Innerarity / REUTERS)

Diana Nyad completes Cuba-to-Florida swim

The 64-year-old covers roughly 110 miles over 50 hours in the open water, becoming the first to do it without a shark cage.

(Bill O'Leary / WASHINGTON POST)

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