Pictures of the Day 24 August 2012
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Police surround a sheet covered body on a Fifth Avenue sidewalk as they investigate a multiple shooting outside the Empire State Building in New York. At least four people were shot on Friday morning and the gunman was dead, New York City officials said. A witness said the gunman was firing indiscriminately. Police said as many as 10 people were injured, but it is unclear how many were hit by bullets. A law enforcement official said the shooting was related to a workplace dispute. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)
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Damaged vehicles lie upside-down near a collapsed section of the Yangmingtan Bridge in Harbin in northeast China's Heilongjiang province. Four trucks fell off from the highway bridge collapsed in the morning, which opened to traffic in November, according to local state media. (AP)
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Disabled marathon runner Claire Lomas lights the Olympic cauldron for the Paralympic Games in Trafalgar Square in London, England. The London 2012 Paralympic Games open on August 29, 2012 for 12 days. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
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The Paralympic Agitos symbol on Tower Bridge in London ahead of the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Photo credit: Lewis Whyld/PA
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Mayor of London Boris Johnson (left) with Prime Minister David Cameron during the lighting of the Paralympic Cauldron in Trafalgar Square, central London.Picture date: Friday August 24, 2012. See PA story PARALYMPICS Torch. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire
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Tian Tian the Panda in her enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo on her ninth birthday. Keepers at Edinburgh Zoo made a three-tiered panda cake with carrots instead of candles for Tian Tian, but the birthday girl did not seem too impressed with her gift and refused to eat it this morning. Photo credit: Andrew Milligan/PA
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Cricket fans enjoying a beer as the rain falls during the first One Day International match at the SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff. Photo credit: Nick Potts/PA
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Self confessed mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik raises his fist in a right wing salute on arrival court room 250 at Oslo central court to be sentenced for his twin attacks last year that left 77 people dead, bringing to a close one of the most spectacular trials in Norway's history. Breivik has admitted killing 77 people in the attacks that traumatised Norway and shocked the world, claiming eight victims in an Oslo blast and taking 69 more lives, mostly teenagers', in a shooting frenzy at an island summer camp. (Photo credit: HEIKO JUNGE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Great Britain's Zoe Newson during Powerlifting training at the Bath Sports Training Village, Bath. Photo credit: PA
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Members of the Great Britain Women's Wheelchair Basketball team perform during a photocall at St Paul's Cathedral in London, England. The team are due to play in the Wheelchair Basketball competition at the London 2012 Paralympic Games which starts on August 29, 2012 and will last for 12 days. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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An employee of 'Lightworks' makes some finishing touches to a large scale astronaut model before being installed on Blackpool Promenade. Lightworks are responsible for producing, storing and restoring the many thousands of items that make up the annual Blackpool Illuminations. Every year Blackpool attracts over 3 Million visitors, many of whom come to witness the famous illuminations, which started back in 1879 with a display of eight arc lamps. Around 100 miles of party lights, 200 miles of wiring, 5,000 floodlights and in excess of one million lamps make up the display, which when completed stretch approximately six miles along the Lancashire sea side town promenade. The display will run from August 31 - November 4, 2012. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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The Ilkeston, a restored narrow boat, is towed by Buddy a 13 year old Clydesdale horse on Regent's Canal in London, England. The 100 year old unpowered boat has travelled 200 miles to London after being restored by volunteers and trainees at the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port in Cheshire. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
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Sailors line the mast of the 'Cuauhtemoc' a Mexican Tall Ship, on the River Liffey in Dublin during the Tall Ship's Race 2012 Festival stopover in Dublin, Ireland. Photo credit: Julien Behal/PA
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Hengchun Township sits half submerged in floodwaters caused by heavy rains dumped by Typhoon Tembin in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan island. Tembin Typhoon Tembin swept across southern Taiwan, toppling trees and ripping off rooftops after thousands of people were evacuated to avoid a repeat of a deadly storm three years ago. (Photo credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Family members put on a new set of clothing on the preserved body of their relative during a traditional ritual called "Ma'nene" in Tana Toraja, Sulawesi island, Indonesia. The ritual is held once every few years when family members gather to clean the graves and change the clothes of their deceased relatives to honor their spirits. (AP Photo/Elang Herdian)
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A hippo is lifted from a swimming pool at the Monate Conservation Lodge, near Modimolle, South Africa, after being trapped there for three days. The young hippo had plunged into the deep pool on Tuesday after being chased off from his herd by male members seeking dominance, wandered into the lodge's camp and fell into the pool. The animal died just before the rescue operation got under way. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
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Bystanders watch as Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services rescue workers search for people trapped under the debris of a partially collapsed building in Ahmedabad. A two storey residential building collapsed in the Walled City of Ahmedabad killing one young girl and injuring seven. (Photo credit: SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)