Sept 8: Day in pics
Updated On Sep 09, 2013 12:46 PM IST
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Russian actress and member of the Orizzonti jury, Ksenia Rappoport arrives for the award ceremony of the 70th Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido. AFP photo
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1980 Nobel Peace Prize Adolfo Perez Esquivel shares bread during an ecumenical ceremony in which representatives of several religions join him to call for peace in Syria at Mayo square in Buenos Aires. AFP photo
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Belgian director Frederic Fonteyne, French director Catherine Corsini, US director and president of the jury Paul Schrader, Egyptian actor Amr Waked and Italian director Leonardo Di Costanzo for the award ceremony of the 70th Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido. AFP photo
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Riot police fire tear gas at demonstrators during an anti-government protest on Independence Day in Sao Paulo. AP photo
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French soprano Elizabeth Vidal performs on stage in Nice, southeastern France, for the opening of the VIIth Francophonie Games. AFP photo
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A Bulgarian Nestinari dancer rakes burning embers as part of an ancient ritual of fire dancing in the village of Varvara. AP photo
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Yui Kamiji of Japan stretches to play a forehand in front of her partner Sabine Ellerbrock of Germany during their wheelchair women's doubles final match against Jiske Griffioen and Aniek Van Koot of the Netherlands at US Open. AFP photo
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Rafael Nadal returns a shot to Richard Gasquet during the semifinals of the 2013 US Open tennis tournament in New York. AP photo
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Japan's PM Shinzo Abe shakes hands with president of the IOC Jacques Rogge as Tokyo 2020 Olympic Bid Committee president Tsunekazu Takeda stands by after signing the Host City Contract for the 2020 Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. AP photo
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A girl holds a sign reading 'Syria I love you, may God protect you' during an ecumenical ceremony in which representatives of several religions join 1980 Nobel Peace Prize Adolfo Perez Esquivel to call for peace in Syria in Buenos Aires. AFP photo
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Pope Francis leads a mass in Saint Peter square at the Vatican for peace in Syria and against any armed intervention. AFP photo
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