Pictures Of The Day: 2 August
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an Indian police officer lays on the ground as he carefully examines evidence at the site of one of four small blasts in the city of Pune, India. India's home minister says four small explosions took place in the western Indian city and one person suffered minor injuries in the blasts. (Photo credit: AP Photo)
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Senior conservator from the Victoria and Albert Museum of London, Frances Hartog, inspects an embroidered silk satin wedding dress during the installation of "200 Years of Wedding Fashion from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London" on Thursday Aug. 2, 2012 at the Singapore National Museum in Singapore. This wedding gown was designed by Norman Hartnell and commissioned by Margaret Whigham (later Duchess of Argyll) for her marriage to Charles Sweeny on Feb. 21, 1933. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
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Denmark's Lotte Friis starts in a women's 800-meter freestyle swimming heat at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. (Photo credit: AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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A Hindu devotee offers prayers on the occasion of Janai Purnima, or Sacred Thread festival, near Pashupati temple in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. On Janai Purnima Hindus take holy baths and perform their annual change of the Janai, a sacred cotton string worn around their chest or tied on the wrist, in the belief that it will protect and purify them. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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Peter Robert Russel Wilson of Great Britain competes in the Men's Double Trap Shooting qualification on Day 6 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at The Royal Artillery Barracks on August 2, 2012 in London, England. (Photo credit: Lars Baron/Getty Images)
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South Africa's James Thompson, Matthew Brittain, John Smith and Sizwe Ndlovu celebrate after winning the gold medal in the men's lightweight four final A of the rowing event during the London 2012 Olympic Games, at Eton Dorney Rowing Centre in Eton, west of London, on August 2, 2012. (Photo credit: DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/GettyImages)
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Orange smoke seeps out of a can on the street as employees hold a counter-protest during a union-organised demonstration against the closing of the ILVA plant in the southern Italian city of Taranto, on August 2, 2012. A prosecutor ordered a partial shutdown of the plant, the largest steelworks factory in Europe, on July 26, 2012, and also placed on house arrest eight ILVA managers and ex-managers following an inquiry that found the plant's fumes and dust endangered the heath of thousands of employees and nearby residents. The counter-protesters accuse the unions of collusion with factory management and of defending plant activitiy over the health of workers and residents. (Photo credit: MARIO LAPORTA/AFP/GettyImages)
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France's Laure Manaudou (R) competes in the women's 200m backstroke heats swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 2, 2012 in London. (Photo credit: FRANCOIS XAVIER MARIT/AFP/GettyImages)
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France's Astrid Guyart is reflected in the foil of Poland's Malgorzata Wojtkowiak during a quarterfinals match at women's team foil fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in London. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, joins the crowd in doing the wave at a match between Andy Murray of Great Britain and Nicolas Almagro of Spain at the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon, in London, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Australia's Joe Ingles hangs on the rim on a slam dunk against China during a men's basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in London. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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A girl cools off in an artificial waterfall in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. A heat wave warning was issued in Seoul as temperature soared above 35 degrees Celsius (95 degree Fahrenheit). (Photo credit: AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Egypt's Eman Gaber reacts during a round of 16 match against Britain at women's team foil fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in London. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
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A young Indian boy takes bath in water from a roadside pipe in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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Spectators enjoy watching the games on big screens in Hyde Park, London. (Photo credit: Julia Sandler/AOL)
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US supporters show their patriotism at an Olympics basketball match (Photo credit: Paul Vale/HuffPost UK)