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A helicopter drops water over a forest fire in Adsamu village, near Vouzela August 23, 2013. One firefighter died and six were injured yesterday, as they battled against a fire in Tondela region, according Portuguese authorities.RAFAEL MARCHANTE/Reuters

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Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi hold up a Koran while making "Rabaa" gestures, in reference to the police clearing of Rabaa Adawiya protest camp on August 14, during a protest in front of Al Tawheed mosque in Cairo August 23, 2013. Mass protests called by Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood mostly failed to materialise on Friday as the movement reeled from a bloody army crackdown on followers of Mursi.AMR ABDALLAH DALSH/Reuters

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Egyptian army soldiers in armored vehicles block Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, during mass protests Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. Egyptian security and military forces deployed Friday around Cairo, closing off traffic in some major thoroughfares and in the city center as hundreds of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi took to the streets demanding his return to office.Amr Nabil/The Associated Press

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Firefighter Dave Beck rakes embers away from a road on the rim fire near Buck Meadows, California, August 22, 2013.MAX WHITTAKER/Reuters

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A labourer unloads bags filled with cabbage from a supply truck at a vegetable wholesale market in the southern Indian city of Chennai August 23, 2013. India's troubled economy did not rebound in the quarter that ended in June but will begin to in the rest of the financial year, the finance minister said on Thursday, after the rupee, which he said was "undervalued," hit another record low.BABU/Reuters

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A woman and a child cast shadows as they ride their bicycles on a sunny day in Vienna August 23, 2013.HEINZ-PETER BADER/Reuters

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Men dressed as soldiers pose with models before the opening of the Gamescom 2013 fair in Cologne August 23, 2013. The Gamescom convention, Europe's largest video games trade fair, runs from August 22 to August 25.INA FASSBENDER/Reuters

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Residents gather around a crater caused by one of the two explosions outside one of two mosques in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, August 23, 2013. Twin explosions outside two mosques killed at least 27 people and wounded hundreds in apparently coordinated attacks in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Friday, a senior health official and witnesses said.MOHAMED AZAKIR/Reuters

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Artist Manny Ford performs with soap bubbles in New York City's Central Park, August 23, 2013.LUCAS JACKSON/Reuters

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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford (L) arm wrestles former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan to mark the beginning of the "Fan Expo" in Toronto, August 23, 2013.MARK BLINCH/Reuters

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Syrian protesters waves the Syrian revolutionary flag and victory signs , during a protest in front of the Syrian embassy to condemn the alleged poison gas attack on the suburbs of Damascus, during a protest in front of the Syrian embassy, in Amman, Jordan, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. Anti-government activists accused the Syrian regime of carrying out a toxic gas attack that is thought to have killed at least 100 people, including many children as they slept, during intense artillery and rocket barrages Wednesday on the eastern suburbs of Damascus that are part of a fierce government offensive in the area.Mohammad Hannon/The Associated Press

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Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi of Italy is reflected in a window during the first free practice at the Czech Grand Prix in Brno August 23, 2013.PETR JOSEK/Reuters

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Regan Smith, Kasey Kahne and others enter a corner during the NASCAR Nationwide Series auto race Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, in Bristol, Tenn.Wade Payne/The Associated Press

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In this Thursday Aug. 22, 2013 photo, spectators flee as waves created by a tidal bore crash over a barrier on the Qiantang river at Haining, in east China's Zhejiang province. About 30 people were injured when they were caught too close to the river while viewing the annual tidal bore, which occurs when sea water from an unusually high tide funnels into the river, creating high waves.The Associated Press

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