1. day in pictures
Pictures from Denver Post

2. Dried sunflowers are seen in a field near the Bulgarian capital
Sofia

3. A Syrian girl, who fled her home with her family due to fighting

4. Temperatures in the Bavarian capital reached up to 30 degrees Celsius.

5. In this Aug. 22, 2012 photograph, ever a showman, an 86-year-
old B.B. King thrills a crowd of several hundred people

6. A four-day-old baby hippopotamus

7. A paraglider flies over cornfields at the edge of the black forest in Fuerstenberg,
southern Germany,

8. Israelis protest in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on August 23, 2012, against a possible
Israeli attack on Iran.

9. A Syrian man shows marks of torture on his back

10. People gather in Marikana on August 23, 2012 after attending a memorial service for the
44 individuals killed in a wildcat strike

11. Cycling fan Dory Holte chases as the peloton as Liquigas-Cannondale rides at the front
on the climb

12. The installation is part of a larger exhibit at the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden called
"Natural Discourse" that runs through January 2013. (Photo by Justin Sullivan

13. Actress Ashley Greene arrives to the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "The
Apparition" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre

14. A man carries an umbrella to shield himself from rain, as he walks past the slum of
Susan's Bay in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown

15. A tanker truck leaking isobutane vapor
burns during a controlled vent and burn in
order to stop the leak late

16. Japanese toilet maker TOTO employee Akiko Matsuyama laughs as she shows a "Toilet
Bike Neo" at its showroom in Fujisawa,

17. The shadow of a woman is cast on the wall of a monastery as she looks on toward the
Swayambhunath Stupa in Kathmandu

18. Free Syrian Army fighters take cover as they exchange fire with regime forces in the
Salaheddin neighbourhood of Syria's northern city of Aleppo

19. Children play on flood affected street in the Kyune Kone township delta area, Irrawaddy
Division

20. People swim at the start of the annual Lake Zurich crossing swimming event in Zurich

21. Manuel Sanchez Gordillo, the mayor of the village of Marinaleda and a member of the
regional parliament for the United Left party in the Andalucian regional parliament, and
activists continue their protest

22. river runs through a valley near Moose Pond, Northwest Territories August 22, 2012.

23. Argentine tango dance couple Guido Palacios and Florencia Castilla compete in the
stage category at the Tango Dance World Cup 2012 in Buenos Aires

24. A firefighter (R) extinguishes a fire that engulfed a slum area in
Manila

25. Handout image courtesy of NASA shows tracks left by the Curiosity rover on Mars
August 22, 2012

26. Giraffes prepare to be weighed and measured during the ZSL
London Zoo's

27. A fisherman walks with his catch on the banks of the Yangtze River

28. The peloton rides through a canyon during stage two of the USA
Pro Challenge from Montrose to Crested Butte on August 21,
2012

29. Tracer bullets ricochet off their targets as the Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force

30. A woman holds her baby as Palestinians enjoy a day at a beach during Eid al-Fitr, which
marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan

31. A man waves a Romanian flag during a protest against President Traian Basescu in
Bucharest

32. An aerial picture shows a derailed S-Bahn commuter train near Tegel station in Berlin

33. Indian Muslims take part in Eid al-Fitr prayers at Jama Masjid in New Delhi,

34. A humpback whales lunges out of the water to feed near a gathering of spectators just
off a beach at San Luis Obispo, Calif.
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