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Thursday, August 14, 2008

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Hannah Wood, left, and Isabel Wilson react after receiving their A-level exam results in Manchester, England, on Thursday. Forecasts of a record pass rate proved accurate, making for tough competition for university places. Darren Staples/Reuters Tropical fish from the southern Japanese island of Okinawa swim in a temporary aquarium in Tokyo, Japan. Canadian singer Alanis Morissette performs on stage during Budapest's Sziget Music Festival on an island in the Danube River. A child runs through an art installation by Jim Lambie at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art in Melbourne. A person dressed as an Olympic mascot tries to help another who fell at the badminton matches of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on Thursday. Phil Noble/Reuters Kobe Bryant is surrounded by media before basketball practice at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Russian troops take up positions on farmland during a search operation outside of the Black Sea port of Poti, Georgia, on Thursday. Bela Szandelszky/The Associated Press Members of the public gather along a fence to watch the repatriation ceremony for fallen Canadian soldiers Master Corporal Joshua Brian Roberts and Master Corporal Erin Doyle at the Canadian Forces Base Trenton. Residents of Renews-Cappahayden, N.L. wait for the arrival of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. A supporter of the opposition Hindu right-wing party the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shouts slogans during a demonstration in Kolkata, India. A member of the British Library staff demonstrates a self-pouring teapot (ca. 1886) at the opening of the 'Weird and Wonderful Inventions and Gadgets' exhibition in London on Thursday. Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images Katie Balkan of Manchester Conn. watches a flock of water fowl fly in front of her at Bolton Lake in Bolton, Conn. Deborah Phelps kisses her son Michael Phelps after the men's 4x200m freestyle relay swimming final at the National Aquatics Center during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Multiple-exposure photo shows China's Lei Sheng (L) competing against Poland's Slawomir Mocek during the men's individual Foil match at the Fencing Hall of National Convention center, as part of the 2008 Beijing Olympic games. Musician Joan Jett performs with her band The Blackhearts at the Nissan Live Sets in Los Angeles.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

A plane flies in front of the crescent moon near Nice, France, during a rare alignment with the planets Venus and Jupiter. Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images

Monday, December 1, 2008

Andrea Quispe, left, an Aymara indigenous woman, plays an approach shot as her colleague Marta Mamani holds the flag during their work break at the La Paz Golf Club. Joao Padua/AFP/Getty Images

Friday, November 28, 2008

An Iraqi man attends noon prayers Friday at the Imam Hussein shrine in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, about 120 kilometressouth of Baghdad. Mohammed Sawaf/AFP/Getty Images

Thursday, November 27, 2008

The Buzz Lightyear balloon makes its way through Times Square during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York on Thursday. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Actress Penelope Cruz attends the opening of the Unbreakable Kiss mistletoe installation in association with World AIDS Day, at Madison Square Park in New York. Evan Agostini/AP

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Actress Karina Smirnoff arrives for the world premiere of Four Christmases in Hollywood. Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

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