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Mammatus clouds move over the Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair after a round of thunderstorms passed through the area on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. Mammatus are most often associated with severe thunderstorms.Peter Cihelka/The Associated Press

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Rides light-up in the infield at dusk during the Cattaraugus County Fair in Little Valley, New York July 30, 2013. The 171st Cattaraugus County Fair runs through August 4.BRENDAN MCDERMID/Reuters

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Members of Ultras, hardcore supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, shout slogans and wave flags around Cairo University and Nahdet Misr Square where they are camping in Giza, south of Cairo August 2, 2013. The United States said on Friday it would work with other nations to resolve Egypt's crisis peacefully, injecting new energy into a push to end a bloody standoff since the overthrow of Mursi.AMR ABDALLAH DALSH/Reuters

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A newborn Asian elephant calf plays with its mother La Belle and grandmother La petite a few hours after it was born at the Ramat Gan safari near Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. Sagit Horowitz, the safari spokeswoman said the unnamed yet baby elephant is most likely a female.Ariel Schalit/The Associated Press

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Over 400 hot-air balloons take off in Chambley-Bussieres, eastern France, on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 in an attempt to set a world record for collective taking-off during the event "Lorraine Mondial air ballons", an international hot-air balloon meeting.Alexandre Marchi/The Associated Press

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Bangladeshi Muslims pray at Baitul Mukaram mosque on Jumat-ul-wida, the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. Muslims across the world refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk during Ramadan.A.M. Ahad/The Associated Press

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Kitesurfers enjoy the sport at Lake Reschensee, in front of the snow-covered Ortler Mountain, on a hot summer day in the Nothern Italian village of Graun August 2, 2013.DOMINIC EBENBICHLER/Reuters

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Relatives mourn in front of the coffin containing the remains of soccer star Christian Benitez during a funeral service in the Ruminahui Coliseum in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. The body of Benitez was flown home to Ecuador after he died in Qatar, arriving early Friday. Officials from Benitez's Qatari club, El Jaish, said he died Monday of heart failure, a day after playing his first match for the club.Dolores Ochoa/The Associated Press

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A man on a boat looks at a competitor jumping into the water during a cliff diving competition near the central Bohemian village of Hrimezdice August 2, 2013.DAVID W CERNY/Reuters

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Acrobats bounce off trampolines as singer David Goudreault performs during the opening ceremonies of the Canada Games Friday, August 2, 2013 in Sherbrooke, Quebec.Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press

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A firefighting airplane drops water over a forest fire at Markopoulo region a few miles southwest of Athens August 2, 2013.YORGOS KARAHALIS/Reuters

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Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne answers reporters questions Aug 2, 2013 the day after provincial by-elections.Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail

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Pakistani Shi'ite Muslim boys carry plastic guns and wrap their feet with U.S. flags as they take part in a rally to mark Al Quds or Jerusalem Day in Karachi August 2, 2013. Depicted in the posters is Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini.ATHAR HUSSAIN/Reuters

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A man looks at a section of the a 360 degree panoramic picture of the historic Battle of the Nations in Leipzig, August 2, 2013. The monumental picture created by Yadegar Asisi on a 1:1 scale shows scenes from the 1813 battle between Napoleon's retreating army and troops from Austria, Prussia, Russia and Sweden in the centre of the German city of Leipzig the organisers said in a press release.THOMAS PETER/Reuters

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People crawl through a mud pit at the Woodstock Festival in Kostrzyn-upon-Odra River, close to the Polish-German border, August 2, 2013.THOMAS PETER/Reuters

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Ruling and opposition lawmakers fight on the legislature floor in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. Taiwanese lawmakers exchanged punches and thrown water at each other ahead of an expected vote authorizing a referendum on whether to go ahead with the construction of a fourth power plant.Wally Santana/The Associated Press

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Cyprus's Alexandre Bakhtiarov starts a Men's 100m butterfly heat at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Aug. 2, 2013.David J. Phillip/The Associated Press

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