Aug 8: Day in pics

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A Somali man sits in the midst of UNHCR's Ifo Extension camp set outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms from the Somali border. The camp, registering over 1,000 newcomers a day, has been set to provide better accomodation, sanitary conditions and securlty for Somali refugees.

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Team Oracle's Sean D Tucker performs in the Seafair Air Show in Seattle.

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In this photo taken during a government organized tour, streets are deserted in the central city of Hama, Syria. In the besieged city of Hama, the government has cut off electricity and communications, while a rights group said eight babies died because their incubators lost power.

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Yadin Nicol of Australia competes in the final of the US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach in southern California.

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A farmer stands next to "silleta" flower arrangements during the traditional "Silleteros" Parade of the Flower Fair in Medellin, Antioquia deparment, Colombia.

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A Malaysian trader walks past a digital share price board showing the Malaysian Index in Kuala Lumpur. Standard & Poor's said its US credit rating downgrade will have no immediate impact on Asia-Pacific sovereign ratings, but could have negative consequences longer-term.

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A jeweler shows a gun butt made of gold, diamonds, emeralds and rubies to form the Mexican flag, in Culiacan, Sinaloa.

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A beached humpback calf waits while a hole is dug by rescuers from the Sea World and the Queensland Department of Parks and Wildlife on Surfers Paradise beach on the Gold Coast, Australia. The whale was later towed out to sea where it began to swim by itself.

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Music fans wait to watch for Damian Marley and Nas perform in the rain during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago.

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A boat follows US swimmer Diana Nyad as she begins her attempt to swim to Florida from Havana. The 61 year old plunged into the Straits of Florida to begin what she hopes will be a world record 168 km swim from Cuba to Florida. Nyad's claim to a world record will be that she is doing it without a shark cage in the strait's warm, shark infested waters. Nyad will be protected by a surrounding electrical field and by divers who will watch for sharks and drive them away if they get too close.

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Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland prepares to return a forehand to Vera Zvonareva of Russia during the final of the Mercury Insurance Open at the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California.

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Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic celebrates a point against Gael Monfils of France during the final of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.

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Aug 8: Day in pics

A Somali man sits in the midst of UNHCR's Ifo Extension camp set outside Dadaab, eastern Kenya, 100 kms from the Somali border. The camp, registering over 1,000 newcomers a day, has been set to provide better accomodation, sanitary conditions and securlty for Somali refugees.

Team Oracle's Sean D Tucker performs in the Seafair Air Show in Seattle.

In this photo taken during a government organized tour, streets are deserted in the central city of Hama, Syria. In the besieged city of Hama, the government has cut off electricity and communications, while a rights group said eight babies died because their incubators lost power.

Yadin Nicol of Australia competes in the final of the US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach in southern California.

A farmer stands next to "silleta" flower arrangements during the traditional "Silleteros" Parade of the Flower Fair in Medellin, Antioquia deparment, Colombia.

A Malaysian trader walks past a digital share price board showing the Malaysian Index in Kuala Lumpur. Standard & Poor's said its US credit rating downgrade will have no immediate impact on Asia-Pacific sovereign ratings, but could have negative consequences longer-term.

A jeweler shows a gun butt made of gold, diamonds, emeralds and rubies to form the Mexican flag, in Culiacan, Sinaloa.

A beached humpback calf waits while a hole is dug by rescuers from the Sea World and the Queensland Department of Parks and Wildlife on Surfers Paradise beach on the Gold Coast, Australia. The whale was later towed out to sea where it began to swim by itself.

Music fans wait to watch for Damian Marley and Nas perform in the rain during the Lollapalooza music festival at Grant Park in Chicago.

Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland prepares to return a forehand to Vera Zvonareva of Russia during the final of the Mercury Insurance Open at the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California.

Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic celebrates a point against Gael Monfils of France during the final of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.

Singer Will.I.Am performs at the Teen Choice Awards at the Gibson amphitheater in Universal City, California.

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