Aug 7: World

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Updated On Nov 01, 2019 06:52 pm IST

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A boy squats next to a banner as human rights activists gather to protest against the ruling military junta during a rally marking the 23rd anniversary of the "8888" demonstration, outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok August 7, 2011. The "8888" pro-democracy demonstration took place at a stadium in Yangon on August 8, 1988.

Updated on Nov 01, 2019 06:52 pm IST

A boy squats next to a banner as human rights activists gather to protest against the ruling military junta during a rally marking the 23rd anniversary of the "8888" demonstration, outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok August 7, 2011. The "8888" pro-democracy demonstration took place at a stadium in Yangon on August 8, 1988.

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Police officers wearing riot gear stand in front of a burning building in Tottenham, north London. Crowds attacked riot police and set two squad cars alight in north London following a protest at the fatal shooting of a man by armed officers earlier in the week.

Updated on Nov 01, 2019 06:52 pm IST

Police officers wearing riot gear stand in front of a burning building in Tottenham, north London. Crowds attacked riot police and set two squad cars alight in north London following a protest at the fatal shooting of a man by armed officers earlier in the week.

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Swiss mountain sports specialist Mammut celebrated the company's 150th anniversary by launching the biggest summit project ever. Numerous VIPs teamed up with top international mountaineers to get the ambitious project off to a successful start by scaling the Jungfrau in Switzerland. Over the next year the project will complete 150 ascents all over the world.

Updated on Nov 01, 2019 06:52 pm IST

Swiss mountain sports specialist Mammut celebrated the company's 150th anniversary by launching the biggest summit project ever. Numerous VIPs teamed up with top international mountaineers to get the ambitious project off to a successful start by scaling the Jungfrau in Switzerland. Over the next year the project will complete 150 ascents all over the world.

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New Zealand All Blacks players perform the haka before their Tri-Nations rugby Test match against South Africa in Wellington. With a month to go until the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, stadium construction is complete, tills are ringing to the sale of All Blacks jerseys and fevered speculation abounds about team selections.

Updated on Nov 01, 2019 06:52 pm IST

New Zealand All Blacks players perform the haka before their Tri-Nations rugby Test match against South Africa in Wellington. With a month to go until the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, stadium construction is complete, tills are ringing to the sale of All Blacks jerseys and fevered speculation abounds about team selections.

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Two men intoxicated with alcohol rest by a pavement as it rains in Kolkata, India.

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Two men intoxicated with alcohol rest by a pavement as it rains in Kolkata, India.

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Japan's Eigo Sato performs during the Red Bull X-Fighters 2011 World Tour freestyle motorcross event in Poznan, western Poland.

Updated on Nov 01, 2019 06:52 pm IST

Japan's Eigo Sato performs during the Red Bull X-Fighters 2011 World Tour freestyle motorcross event in Poznan, western Poland.

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Camels in Almadenea, 110km south of Benghazi where majority of residents live in houses made of scrap materials like zinc sheets, lacking basic amenities.

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Camels in Almadenea, 110km south of Benghazi where majority of residents live in houses made of scrap materials like zinc sheets, lacking basic amenities.

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This combo photo show a Chinese woman who attempted to commit suicide, left, as she is pulled back by a rescuer, right, at a high-rise residential and office complex in Beijing.

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This combo photo show a Chinese woman who attempted to commit suicide, left, as she is pulled back by a rescuer, right, at a high-rise residential and office complex in Beijing.

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Thousands of Israelis march during a protest against the rising cost of living in Israel, in central Tel Aviv. Angry over the ever increasing cost of living, Israelis poured en masse into the streets of major cities in a big show of force by the protest movement that is sweeping the country and proving to be a real challenge to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.

Updated on Nov 01, 2019 06:52 pm IST

Thousands of Israelis march during a protest against the rising cost of living in Israel, in central Tel Aviv. Angry over the ever increasing cost of living, Israelis poured en masse into the streets of major cities in a big show of force by the protest movement that is sweeping the country and proving to be a real challenge to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.

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A Filipino boy feeds his pet rabbits in front of posters of religious images at a bus stop in Manila, Philippines.

Updated on Nov 01, 2019 06:52 pm IST

A Filipino boy feeds his pet rabbits in front of posters of religious images at a bus stop in Manila, Philippines.

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Saimaiti Aishan, a 27 year old Uighur acrobat who does tightrope walking, walks on a 15 metre long tightrope connected between two hot air balloons during an attempt for setting the 30 metre height record in Langshan, Hunan province. Aishan, the nephew of Adili Wuxor, who is known as "Prince of the Tightrope", is the first person to perform tightrope walking between two hot air balloons. He set a national tightrope walking record at 30 metres high.

Updated on Nov 01, 2019 06:52 pm IST

Saimaiti Aishan, a 27 year old Uighur acrobat who does tightrope walking, walks on a 15 metre long tightrope connected between two hot air balloons during an attempt for setting the 30 metre height record in Langshan, Hunan province. Aishan, the nephew of Adili Wuxor, who is known as "Prince of the Tightrope", is the first person to perform tightrope walking between two hot air balloons. He set a national tightrope walking record at 30 metres high.

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