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Visitors cool off at a water theme park in Shanghai, China, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Hot weather has set in with temperatures rising up more 40 degrees Celsius in Shanghai.Eugene Hoshiko/The Associated Press

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A firefighter battles a wildfire on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, in Cabazon, Calif. A growing wildfire chewed through a rugged Southern California mountain range on Thursday, damaging buildings, threatening as many as 600 homes and forcing some 1,500 people to flee.Jae C. Hong/The Associated Press

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Passengers try to climb to the top of an overcrowded train at a railway station in Dhaka August 8, 2013. Millions of residents in Dhaka are travelling home from the capital city to celebrate the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.ANDREW BIRAJ/Reuters

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A smouldering mountainside is seen under the stars at the Silver Fire near Banning, California August 7, 2013.DAVID MCNEW/Reuters

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A man walks in the Santa Cruz neighborhood of the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain August 8, 2013.Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters

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Jan Vosahlik (R) of the Czech Republic's FK Jablonec holds onto the shorts of Jorgen Horn of Norway's Stromsgodset as Horn attempts to score a goal during their Europa League third qualifying round soccer match in Drammen August 8, 2013.NTB SCANPIX/Reuters

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Tiger Woods (L) and Davis Love III, both of the U.S., look at their putts on the 15th green during the first round of the 2013 PGA Championship golf tournament at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York August 8, 2013.JEFF HAYNES/Reuters

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Muslims burn incense after attending an Eid al-Fitr morning prayer session at the Niujie Mosque in Beijing, China Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Muslims in China celebrate the Eid al-Fitr that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.Andy Wong/The Associated Press

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A Palestinian woman prays in the Mediterranean sea during the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. The three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.Oded Balilty/The Associated Press

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Children cool off at a fountain in a park in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013.Vadim Ghirda/The Associated Press

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Wind-blown embers fly from an ancient oak tree that burned in the Silver Fire near Banning, California August 7, 2013. The fire broke out shortly after 2 p.m. near a back-country road south of Banning, about 145 km outside Los Angeles in Riverside County, and within hours had blackened more than 5,000 acres, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman Daniel Berlandt said.DAVID MCNEW/Reuters

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