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  • Wildfire rages in California

    2013-08-23 08:22

    A Marin County firefighter works to put out a spot fire that jumped a fire line on the Rim Fire near Groveland, California, August 22, 2013.

  • Sydney's quirky night out:pub crab race

    2013-08-22 16:59

    Crab Racing is held every night at several pubs across Sydney to attract overseas tourists.

  • Festival of cows celebrated in Nepal

    2013-08-22 14:37

    Boys dressed as holy cows participate in a parade to mark the Gaijatra Festival, also known as the festival of cows, in Kathmandu August 22, 2013.

  • Sparkling firework contest in Monaco

    2013-08-22 11:25

    Fireworks explode over the port of Monaco as China competes in the International Pyromelodic Firework contest in Monaco August 21, 2013.

  • 50th anniversary of the march and speech in US

    2013-08-22 10:22

    In the coming week, Washington will play host to an array of events marking the 50th anniversary of the march and speech.

  • Australia's Northern Territory

    2013-08-22 08:00

    A river can be seen flowing among sand dunes in the Tanami Desert, located in Australia's Northern Territory in this July 15, 2013 file photograph.

  • London Zoo conducts annual weigh-in for animals

    2013-08-22 07:55

    A waxy monkey tree frog is weighed in a measuring device during a photocall to publicize the annual measuring of all the animals at the London Zoo.

  • Steve Jobs school uses iPad for entire education

    2013-08-21 21:41

    Dutch Steve Jobs school provide the children with iPads to help them learn with a more interactive experience.

  • Apartment mural in Germany is record-worthy

    2013-08-21 15:49

    Artists from French-based Citecreation painted on the three buildings with imagery inspired by an adjacent zoo. Citecreation applied to the Guinness Book of World Records to have its mural be named the largest mural on a residential building in the world.

  • Sanaa Summer Festival

    2013-08-21 09:12

    The Sanaa Summer Festival is aimed at stimulating domestic tourism and to reassure local and international tourists about Yemen's stability.

  • Annual sheep race in Scotland

    2013-08-20 13:13

    Spectators turned out in droves to enjoy a day out at the races and cheer on their favorite sheep and their knitted jockeys as they race down Main Street in the small town of Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Aug 18, 2013.

  • 610 kg Saudi man forklifted to hospital

    2013-08-20 10:08

    Saudi Civil Defence members use a forklift to move Khaled Mohsen Shaeri, 20, from his house in the Saudi city of Jizan, and to be airlifted to the capital Riyadh for medical treatment.

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  • Group a building block for Africa

    An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.
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