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August 21: Day in pics
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A supporter of Anna Hazare waves the national flag as he acknowledges the crowd during Hazare's anti-corruption hunger strike at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi.
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Pope Benedict XVI arrives to celebrate a mass on a vast dusty esplanade outside Madrid during the World Youth Day (WYD) festivities.
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Portugal's Under-20 soccer team poses for a team photograph before the start of the FIFA U-20 World Cup final soccer match against Brazil in Bogota.
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Brazil's coach Franco Ney celebrates with the trophy at the end of the FIFA 2011 Under-20 World Cup final match against Portugal in Bogota. Brazil won 3-2 in overtime.
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World record holder Usain Bolt of Jamaica poses with his new running spikes and promoters wearing traditional Hanbok in Daegu, southeast of Seoul.
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Artists perform during a fire show competition near the village of Ostroshitsky Gorodok, some 15 km (9 miles) north of the capital Minsk.
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Members of the Libyan community in Tunisia gather outside the Libyan Embassy in Tunis to show support for the rebel fighters who had advanced into Tripoli against Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi.
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Updated on Aug 22, 2011 11:26 pm IST
A man looks out at the skyline of New York's Lower Manhattan from a promenade in Jersey City, New Jersey. New York will mark the 10th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center with ceremonies on September 11.
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Pilgrims pray at the Grand Mosque during the Muslim month of Ramadan in the holy city of Mecca.
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Los Angeles Galaxy's Robbie Keane of Ireland cartwheels after scoring against the San Jose Earthquakes during their MLS soccer match in Carson, California.
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US Vice President Joe Biden speaks to students at Sichuan University in Chengdu. Biden is in the southwest manufacturing hub after talks in Beijing during which leaders of the world's second largest economy expressed confidence in the ability of the US to overcome its present fiscal difficulties.
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Updated on Aug 22, 2011 11:26 pm IST
Maria Sharapova of Russia returns a shot to Vera Zvonareva of Russia during the Western Southern Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio.
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Updated on Aug 22, 2011 11:26 pm IST
Praxedis Martinez aka "Bombon", part of a group of bullfighter dwarfs, poses after performing at the rodeo in Zacatlan, Puebla state, Mexico.
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Fans of Santos and Morelia react during the Mexican league championship soccer match after gunshots were heard in the vicinity of the Santos Laguna stadium in Torreon. The soccer match in Mexico's first division was abandoned on Saturday after a shoot-out just outside the stadium shocked players and fans alike in the northern city of Torreon.
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A same sex couple react during a mass "wedding" party event in Taipei. About 80 lesbian couples tied the knot in Taiwan's biggest same-sex wedding party in the hope that the island will soon follow New York to legalise gay marriage, organisers said. Same sex marriages are currently not legally recognised in Taiwan.
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Updated on Aug 22, 2011 11:26 pm IST
Model Will Claybaugh poses with US artist Alexa Meade after she painted him during a performance at the Irvine Contemporary gallery in Washington. Meade, 24, paints over people so that they look like paintings, then photographs them either in a natural setting or with a painted background.
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In this image released by the Association of Surfing Professionals, Mick Fanning, of Australia, rides a wave during a round 1 heat at the Billabong Pro surfing competition in Teahupo'o, Tahiti.
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Jordyn Wieber competes on the floor during the Senior Women's competition on day four of the Visa Gymnastics Championships at Xcel Energy Center in St Paul, Minnesota.
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