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Children watch as a young model takes to the catwalk during the 'Fashion Kids for Children in Crisis Onlus' show in Milan, Italy, Sept. 25. All proceeds from the fashion show, will benefit projects for the education of disadvantaged children around the world. The charity event ended the Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2013, which took place from 19 to 25 September.
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New York police officers look at men dressed as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a protest against the two leaders, outside the Warwick Hotel in New York City on Sept. 25. Ahmadinejad is staying at the hotel during his visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly.
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Somali pirate Hassan stands near a Taiwanese fishing vessel that washed up on shore after pirates were paid a ransom and released the crew, in the once-bustling pirate den of Hobyo, Somalia. "There's nothing to do here these days. The hopes for a revitalized market are not high," said Hassan, a high school graduate who taught English in private school before turning to piracy in 2009.
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A Somali government soldier walks next to some of the overturned pirate skiffs that litter the dunes on the shoreline near the once-bustling pirate den of Hobyo, Somalia.
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Prostitute Faduma Ali, who longs for the days when her pirate customers had money, chews the stimulant khat and smokes a cigarette at a house in the once-bustling pirate town of Galkayo, Somalia. "Those days are over. Can you pay me $1,000?" she asked, the price she once commanded for a night's work. "If not, goodbye and leave me alone."
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A child displaced from another region of Somalia stands in his family's makeshift shop in the once-bustling pirate town of Galkayo, Somalia.
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A Somali metalsmith sells knives at his street stall in the once-bustling pirate town of Galkayo, Somalia.
International efforts to stop piracy off the Somalia coast are proving successful as numbers of ceased vessels in 2012 dramatically decline, but some experts think it's too early to declare victory.
AP reports: Somali pirates hijacked 46 ships in 2009 and 47 in 2010, the European Union Naval Force says. In 2011, pirates launched a record number of attacks — 176 — but commandeered only 25 ships, an indication that new on-board defenses were working. This year, pirates have hijacked just five ships, the last on May 10 when the MV Smyrna and its crew of 26 were taken. They are still being held. Continue reading the story.
The empty whisky bottles and overturned, sand-filled skiffs that litter this once-bustling shoreline are signs that the heyday of Somali piracy may be over. Most of the prostitutes are gone, the luxury cars repossessed. Pirates talk more about catching lobsters than seizing cargo ships.
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Miners stand on the side of a highway blanketed with stones to block traffic on the outskirts of f El Alto, Bolivia, Sept. 25.
Hundreds of independent miners placed large stones on three principal highways blocking traffic that leads into Bolivia's capital city. Independent and state miners have been staging rival protests for months for control of the Colquiri tin mine, which is 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of La Paz.
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Penguins walk to the ocean with Table Mountain, as backdrop right, during their release by workers from the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds, SANCCOB, on the outskirts of the city of Cape Town, South Africa, Sept 25.
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Penguins swim in the ocean after their release by workers from the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds, SANCCOB, on the outskirts of the city of Cape Town, South Africa, Sept 25.
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African penguins gather to keep warm as others are fed sardines by staff at the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds on Sept. 20.
Some two hundred penguins found covered in oil on Robben Island following a spillage by a stricken bulk carrier were washed, fed and restored to health. Thirty of the birds were released today.
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Police officers and members of the public walk to the scene where PC Nicola Hughes and PC Fiona Bone were murdered one week ago, in Mottram on Sept. 25, 2012 in Manchester, England.
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A female police officer takes part in a minute of silence, during a memorial vigil at the scene where PC Nicola Hughes and PC Fiona Bone were murdered one week ago, in pouring rain on Sept. 25 in Manchester, England.
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A police officer carries a lit candle and flowers during a memorial vigil at the scene where PC Nicola Hughes and PC Fiona Bone were murdered one week ago, in Mottram on Sept. 25, 2012 in Manchester, England.
Nearly 400 people including approximately 40 police officers walked in heavy rain from Hyde police station to the scene of the killings, for a vigil Tuesday morning in memory of two Manchester police officers murdered last week. Dale Cregan, 29, appeared before Manchester Magistrates last week accused of four murders, including those of officers Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone, killed on Sept. 18. Cregan is also being charged with the murders of two others. Full story on the BBC News.
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Flames and smoke rise from a burning storage building of a fertilizer plant in Krefeld, western Germany, on Sept. 25.
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A woman with a pram and a dog walks past dark smoke clouds rising from a burning storage building of a fertilizer plant in Krefeld, western Germany, on Sept. 25.
A large plume of black smoke caused by a fire burning at storage building at a fertilizer plant in Krefeld, Germany filled the skies on Tuesday. Fire officials are concerned about the cloud being toxic and have asked residents to keep their windows closed and stay indoors.
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Soldiers of the special warfare command parachute to the ground during a demonstration ahead of the Armed Forces Day anniversary at the Gyeryong military headquarters in Gyeryong, about 87 miles south of Seoul Sept. 25.
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South Korean special army soldiers demonstrate their martial arts skills, Sept. 25 during a rehearsal for upcoming anniversary of Armed Forces Day.
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South Korean Special Army soldiers perform martial arts during a rehearsal on Sept. 25 for Armed Forces Day.
Members of the South Korean military put on quite a show during a rehearsal ahead of the annual Armed Forces Day celebrations which takes place Oct. 1, the day that South-Korean forces broke through the 38th parallel during the Korean War. The two Koreas remain technically at war since the Korean conflict was concluded with a truce rather than a peace treaty, and the day is a reminder of those who lost their lives during the war and those who are currently serving.
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Officials try to sort out the final play of an NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks as players and coaches swarm the field on Monday night.
AP reports: The Seattle Seahawks completed an improbable — and controversial — Hail Mary pass on the last play of the game to top the Packers 14-12. Seattle's Golden Tate and Green Bay safety M.D. Jennings both appeared to have the ball thrown by Russell Wilson as they crashed to the turf. The officials called the 24-yard strike a touchdown, and the play stood after video review.
Confusion reigned at the end as both teams left the field after time expired on the play but then had to be called back out for the successful extra-point try. Read the full story.
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Wide receiver Golden Tate #81 of the Seattle Seahawks makes a catch in the end zone to defeat the Green Bay Packers on a controversial call by the officials at CenturyLink Field on Monday night.
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A Japan Coast Guard's patrol boat, left bottom, discharges water against Taiwanese fishing boats near disputed islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012.
About 40 Taiwan fishing boats and eight Taiwan Coast Guard vessels entered waters that Japan considers its territory on Tuesday, the Japanese Coast Guard said, adding an unpredictable twist to a bitter row between Tokyo and Beijing. China's Ministry of Agriculture for its part said close to 200 Chinese boats have been fishing in seas around a group of rocky islands disputed with Japan.
The brief Chinese statement did not specify whether the boats were all there at one time, nor did it say how close they were to the islands. Beijing, which regards self-ruled Taiwan as a renegade province, may have included Taiwan fishing vessels in its estimate. Read the full story.
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People sort plastic bottles for recycling at a reclamation depot in Qingdao, China, Sept. 24, 2012. The waste recycling industry provides a livelihood to low income people living in temporary houses on the outskirts of Chinese cities.
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More than 1,000 buffalo thunder across prairie land during the 47th annual Buffalo Roundup in western South Dakota's Custer State Park, Sept. 24, 2012. Event organizers estimate that more than 14,000 people attended the event.
Two-year-old Jameson Maxwell sat mesmerized Monday as nearly 1,000 bison rumbled across the prairie in western South Dakota, the massive creatures racing at speeds of up to 50 mph in the annual Buffalo Roundup at Custer State Park. Full story…
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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men from the Vizhnitz Hasidic dynasty pray next to a plastic pool containing fish as they perform the Tashlich ritual outside their synagogue in Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv on Sept. 24. Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, starts at sundown Tuesday. Tashlich is a ritual of casting away sins of the past year into the water.
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A youth looks on to the sea as Ultra-Orthodox Jews perform the Tashlich ritual on Sept. 24 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Tashlich, which means 'to cast away', is the practice by which Jews go to a flowing body of water and symbolically 'throw away' their sins during the days of repentance between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the upcoming Jewish Day of Atonement, which begins this Tuesday evening.
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray as they perform the Tashlich ritual near shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the southern city of Ashdod on Sept. 24. Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, starts at sundown Tuesday.
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Flood affected villagers gather to collect distributed food grains in Burhabrhi village, 41 miles east of Gauhati, Assam state, India, Sept. 24, 2012.
Reuters reports — Floods and landslides caused by relentless rain in northeast India have killed at least 33 people and displaced more than a million over the past week, officials said on Monday.
At least 21 people were killed in landslides and another eight were missing in the mountainous state of Sikkim, said state government spokesman A.S. Tobgay. Full story…
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An island in the Brahmaputra river floods in Majuli, India, Sept. 24.
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A woman hangs clothes outside her partially submerged home during flooding in Pandu, India, Sept. 24.
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A flood-affected woman makes temporary shelter in Burhabrhi village, India, Sept. 24.
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Flood affected children arrive in a raft in Burhabrhi village, India Sept. 24.
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A woman sits with her son in a makeshift hut in Burhabrhi village, India, Sept. 24.
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A woman cycles past a part of the Berlin Wall with the Martin-Gropius-Bau gallery in the background in Berlin on Sept. 24.
A woman cycles past a part of the Berlin Wall with the Martin-Gropius-Bau gallery in the background in Berlin on Sept. 24.
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Female inmates wearing butterfly costumes attend an event that celebrates the first days of spring at a prison for women in Lima, Peru, on Sept. 24. The event is part of a program that aims to help prisoners reduce stress and build self confidence.
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Inmates watch their fellow female inmates perform at an event celebrating the first days of Spring at a prison for women in Lima, Peru, on Sept. 24.
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Inmates wear shoes they made from recycled materials during the fashion segment of an event celebrating the first days of spring at a prison for women in Lima, Peru, on Sept. 24.
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Inmates in costume dance as bodyguards stand by during an event celebrating the first days of spring at a prison for women in Lima, Peru, on Sept. 24.
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A wounded Syrian refugee shows his injuries after receiving medical treatment at the Reynhali State Hospital, on Sept. 20.
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A wounded Syrian refugee tries to walk after he received medical treatment at the Reynhali State Hospital, just a few miles from the border with Syria, on Sept. 20 in Reyinhali, Turkey.
Wounded Syrian refugees are cared for at Reynhali State Hospital, just a few miles from the Syrian border in Reynhali, Turkey. As the conflict in Syria intensifies, ambulances continue to carry sick and wounded people from the border every day, although the hospital capacity is only 200 beds. The problem is not only capacity but where the Syrian refugees should go after treatment. Most of them will wait for a solution to the Syrian crisis at refugee camps.
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A wounded Syrian refugee shows his injuries after receiving medical treatment at the Reynhali State Hospital on Sept. 20.
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A wounded Syrian refugee lies on a bed after receiving medical treatment at the Reynhali State Hospital on Sept. 20.
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A wounded Syrian refugee shows his injuries after receiving medical treatment at the Reynhali State Hospital, on Sept. 20.
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A wounded Syrian refugee shows his injuries after receiving medical treatment at the Reynhali State Hospital, on Sept. 20.
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A boy plays in front of graffiti depicting Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez as a rap singer in Petare, a suburb of Caracas, on Sept. 13.
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A member of the 'communication army' works on graffiti depicting Chavez on Sept. 7.
Reuters reports: In Venezuela's biggest slum, a graffiti artist stencils a painting of President Hugo Chavez dunking a basketball. Another has him rapping to hip-hop music, and another doing a wheelie on a motorcycle. It is a new look for the 58-year-old president, who is seeking another six-year term in a tight race despite undergoing cancer surgery three times since June 2011.
Partly, it is an effort to counter the appeal of his much-younger rival, Governor Henrique Capriles of Miranda state, but also something deeper: the marketing of the socialist leader for a new generation after 14 years of his self-styled revolution. Full Story
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A member of the 'communication army' works on graffiti depicting Chavez as a boxer in the suburbs of Caracas on Sept. 7.
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People hang a poster depicting Chavez as a rap singer during a boxing tournament in Los Teques in the suburbs of Caracas on Sept. 1.
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A girl stands next to graffiti depicting Chavez on a motorcycle in Caracas on Sept. 7.
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A team cleans a spill of fuel from an airplane from the Atomium, in Brussels, Belgium, on Sept. 24. The Atomium, built to celebrate the 1958 World's Fair in the Belgian capital, was recently restored to its shiny splendor, with the faded aluminum sheets on the nine balls fully replaced with hardy stainless steel. The structure represents a large-scale metal molecule and has nine balls with a 59-foot diameter.
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Policemen hold residents after a demolition operation turned violent in Manila, Philippines, Sept. 24.
Squatters clashed Monday with police during a demolition operation in Makati City, Manila's financial district, to clear the way for a local government project. More than 400 residents in the lot owned by the Makati City government have refused to leave the area despite promises of relocation. Local authorities plan to build a multi-purpose hall and a sports complex in the area.
More than two million people in Metro Manila -- or roughly one fifth of the sprawling city's population -- live in shanty towns as so-called informal settlers.
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Residents throw stones and beer bottles during a demoliton operation to clear a settlers area in Makati City on Sept. 24.
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Residents arm themselves with bottles and other objects to be thrown at police during a demolition operation in Makati City on Sept. 24.
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Demolition crews dismantle shanties in the Makati financial district of Manila on Sept. 24.
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An illegal settler cries with her husband as they are detained by a member of the SWAT police team.
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Residents battle with police during the demolition of their shanties.
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A villager rides a donkey on a dusty road in the Zadyan district of Afghanistan's Balkh province on Sept. 23.
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A fisherman raises a Taiwanese national flag as several dozen fishing boats set out from the Suao harbor, northeastern Taiwan, to the disputed islands in the East China Sea, Monday, Sept. 24. The islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, are controlled by Japan but also claimed by China and Taiwan, and have been a key part of simmering regional tensions over rival territorial claims.
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Several dozen fishing boats flying Taiwan national flags set out from the Suao harbor, northeastern Taiwan, to the disputed islands in the East China Sea, Monday, Sept. 24.
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Several dozen fishing boats set off to the disputed islands, called Senkaku in Japan, Diaoyutai in China and Tiaoyutai in Taiwan, from Suao port in Ilan County, northeastern Taiwan, Sept. 24.
A group of fishermen aboard as many as 100 boats escorted by 10 Taiwan Coast Guard vessels headed for the disputed islands in the East China Sea. Hoisting Taiwanese flags and armed with crates of eggs, they are concerned about losing valuable fishing grounds as the dispute over the contested islands continues. More from the Financial Times.
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Linebacker Stewart Bradley of the Arizona Cardinals prepares to take the field before the NFL game against the Philadelphia Eagles at the University of Phoenix Stadium on September 23, 2012 in Glendale, Arizona. The Carindals defeated the Eagles 27-6.
PFT’s Michael David Smith reports:
The Arizona Cardinals made a strong statement that they’re a real contender on Sunday, welcoming the Eagles to town and then sending them packing with a one-sided beatdown in which Michael Vick got hit so hard and so often it was surprising he stayed in the game.
Cardinals quarterback Kevin Kolb — the man who was traded out of Philly to make room for Vick — had the biggest game of his NFL career in beating his former team, 27-6. Not necessarily the biggest statistically (though his numbers, 17-of-24 for 222 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions, were great), but the most significant demonstration to date that he really could be a good starter for a good NFL team.
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Actress Julie Bowen accepts Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series award for "Modern Family" onstage during the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Sept. 23, 2012.
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Sofia Vergara channels a mermaid and Heidi Klum rocks the red carpet at the 64th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Hindu devotees carry an idol of the elephant-headed god Ganesha into the water on the fifth day of the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, on Sept. 23, 2012. During the festival, millions of Hindus gather along the western city's coast to immerse the elephant-god idols in the Arabian sea.
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