Israeli couple Noga and Moshiko Siho leave an army staging area after having their wedding photos taken near the Yad Mordechai kibbutz in Israel on Wednesday, August 27.
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Michael Brown Sr. yells as his son's casket is lowered into the ground during his funeral in St. Louis on Monday, August 25. Michael Brown, 18, was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson on August 9. His death sparked protests in Ferguson, Missouri, and a national debate about race and police actions.
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A bodyboarder rides a wave at the wedge in Newport Beach, California, on Wednesday, August 27. Southern California beachgoers experienced higher than normal surf, brought on by Hurricane Marie off the coast of Mexico.
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A man lies in a puddle of squashed tomatoes during a tomato fight in the village of Bunol, Spain, on Wednesday, August 27. The annual Tomatina festival has become a major tourist attraction.
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From left, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko react while posing for a picture during their meeting in Minsk, Belarus, on Tuesday, August 26. Ukraine's President called for "resolute actions that will bring peace" to his country.
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A man comforts a woman after they were both wounded by what locals say was recent shelling by Ukrainian forces in Donetsk on Saturday, August 23. Ongoing clashes between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian rebels have left more than 2,000 people dead since mid-April, according to estimates from U.N. officials.
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Police officers and zoo employees watch a young moose after it wandered into an office building in Dresden, Germany, on Monday, August 25. The animal was rescued after several hours, police said.
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Broken bottles lie on the ground at the Cult Following Wine Bar in Napa, California, after a magnitude-6.0 earthquake on Sunday, August 24. It was the strongest quake to hit the San Francisco Bay Area in 25 years.
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Zoo owner Manny Tangco kisses a Japanese Koi carp while children watch on Friday, August 22, in Malabon, a city north of Manila in the Philippines.
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Hamas militants grab a Palestinian man suspected of collaborating with Israel before executing him in a central Gaza square on Friday, August 22. Seven suspected informants were shot dead by masked gunmen in front of a crowd outside a mosque, witnesses said. Eleven others were reportedly killed at an abandoned police station.
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Palestinians run away from debris after a bomb from an Israeli airstrike hit a house in Gaza on Saturday, August 23. Israel launched a ground operation in Gaza last month after a 10-day campaign of airstrikes failed to halt relentless rocket fire from Hamas, the Islamic militant group and political party that controls Gaza.
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Brad Pitt's wedding ring is visible as he arrives to promote his latest film, "Fury," at the Bovington Tank Museum in Dorset, England, on Thursday, August 28. He married Angelina Jolie over the weekend in France, a representative for Jolie confirmed.
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Ron Mcgee, bottom, and Shawn Williams sunbathe in a shallow tidal pool in Tybee Island, Georgia, on Saturday, August 23.
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People relax at a public beach in Alexandria, Egypt, on Saturday, August 23.
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David Barajas gets a kiss from his wife, Cindy, after a jury acquitted him of murder in Angleton, Texas, on Wednesday, August 27. Barajas was accused of fatally shooting Jose Banda in December 2012, minutes after Banda hit a truck Barajas and his two sons were pushing after it ran out of gas. Twelve-year-old David Jr. and 11-year-old Caleb were both killed. Barajas could have been sentenced to up to life in prison if he had been convicted.
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A man slips off a pole covered in grease on Sunday, August 24, during weeklong celebrations for the religious feast of St. Julian, patron of the town of St. Julian's in Manila. In the traditional "gostra," a game stretching back to the Middle Ages, young men, women and children have to make their way to the top of a pole and try to free one of the flags to win prizes.
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Widow Esaw Garner cries on stage during a rally for her husband in Staten Island, New York, on Saturday, August 23. Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, died after a white police officer put him in a chokehold on July 17, sparking national outrage.
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A car sits atop an embankment after its driver lost control and skidded up the concrete retaining wall in Los Angeles on Sunday, August 24. The driver and his passenger escaped injury.
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Hurricane Marie is seen from the International Space Station on Tuesday August 26. The National Weather Service issued warnings from more than 100 miles north of Los Angeles down to the border of Mexico.
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Jay-Z presents the Video Vanguard Award to Beyonce as he holds their daughter, Blue Ivy, during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards in Inglewood, California, on Sunday, August 24.
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Security forces storm the roof of a jail where prisoners were gathering in Cascavel, Brazil, on Monday, August 25. Inmates rioting for better living conditions killed four fellow prisoners, decapitating two of them, and held numerous inmates and two guards hostage, officials said.
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Eric Singer, Paul Stanley and Tommy Thayer of the band KISS participate in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on stage in Noblesville, Indiana, on Friday, August 22.
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Japanese soldiers search for survivors on Friday, August 22, after rain triggered massive landslides Wednesday that swallowed up dozens of homes in Hiroshima, Japan.
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Young divers stretch while training at a sports school in Hefei, China, on Saturday, August 23.
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A cloth-covered idol of the Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, is pictured at a roadside workshop in New Delhi on Monday, August 25. The idols are made months ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi religious festival.
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A coffin containing the body of a migrant is carried off a navy ship at the Sicilian harbor of Augusta in Italy on Tuesday, August 26. At least 24 migrants trying to reach Europe from Africa died after their boat sank in the Mediterranean, the Italian navy said.
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Dozens of people practice yoga on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on Wednesday, August 27.
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Sharon Lamb wipes tears from her 10-year-old son Kasai Hayden's face during the funeral for Michelle Cusseaux in Phoenix, Arizona, on Saturday, August 23. Cusseaux, 50, was shot earlier this month after she threatened officers with a claw hammer, authorities said. They were at her apartment to carry out an emergency court order to take her to a mental health facility.
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A Nepalese man has rice and a leaf placed on his head as a blessing from a priest during Father's Day celebrations at the Gokarneswor Shrine, near Kathmandu, Nepal, on Monday, August 25.
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Bryan Cranston kisses Julia Louis-Dreyfus as she accepts the award for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series for her work on "Veep" at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Monday, August 25. "It was pretty good," Louis-Dreyfus later said backstage. "He went for it. He goes for it in everything he does."
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Smoke rises after Israeli aircraft hit a house in the Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza on Sunday, August 24.
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A street dancer performs during the Red Bull Beat It competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Saturday, August 23.
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Sailors man the rails of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier as it departs its home port in San Diego on Friday, August 22. The ship was deployed to the Western Pacific and Middle East.
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Members of the Twister aerobatics team perform during a test flight ahead of the Shenyang Faku International Flight Convention in Shenyang, China, on Tuesday, August 26.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is seen through the viewfinder of a video camera during a news conference in Moscow on Monday, August 25. Lavrov said Russia is willing to use any form of diplomacy to end the conflict in Ukraine.