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Texas Rangers' Leonys Martin walks to the dugout after striking out against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the second inning of their MLB interleague baseball game in Arlington, Texas September 9, 2013. This week's assignment is colour. Bright vibrant colour can be the main focus of your images. Find something where colour is the subject.Reuters

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People wait under their umbrellas in the rain for a bus in Yangon, July 4, 2013.Reuters

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A man walks through the 9-11 Empty Sky memorial across from New York's One World Trade Center at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, September 9, 2013. New York will mark the 12th anniversary of the 9-11 attack on the World Trade Center on Wednesday.Reuters

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Guarani Kaiowa Indians gather at the place where fellow Indian, 15-year-old Denilson Barbosa, was killed by farmer Orlandino Carneiro who was occupying the ancestral land they call Tekoha Pindo Roky, in Caarapo, Mato Grosso do Sul state, August 5, 2013.Reuters

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Mike Hillis of Port Williams, N.S. took this photo of freshly cut hay in a nearby farmer’s field for the reader assignment on perspective. Using a wide aperture to create a shallow depth of field, the backlit grass at the edge of a field creates a strong focal point and the softened rows of freshly cut hay add further depth.

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