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Pictures of the day
(01 of25)
An Indian one-horned rhinoceros and its calf wade through flood waters at a submerged area of the Pobitora wildlife sanctuary in India's northeastern Assam state on August 27, 2014. About 80 percent of the sanctuary is currently under flood waters caused by the overflowing Brahmaputra river. Forest authorities have strengthened security as poachers take advantage of the floods to hunt animals, particularly one-horned rhinos which, during the floods stray outside the park perimeter. Nearly 1.2 million people are currently affected by the floods. AFP PHOTO/BIJU BORO (Photo credit should read BIJU BORO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:BIJU BORO via Getty Images)
(02 of25)
Beachgoers watch large waves crash on the shore at Seal Beach, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. Residents in Southern California coastal areas filled sandbags and built sand berms Tuesday to ward against possible flooding from big and potentially damaging surf spawned by Hurricane Marie off Mexico's Pacific coast. A large southerly swell was expected to produce large waves, rip currents and strong longshore currents in Los Angeles and Ventura counties through Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(03 of25)
Crowds of people throw tomatoes at each other, during the annual "tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol, 50 kilometers outside Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. The streets of an eastern Spanish town are awash with red pulp as thousands of people pelt each other with tomatoes in the annual "Tomatina" battle that has become a major tourist attraction. At the annual fiesta in Bunol on Wednesday, trucks dumped 125 tons of ripe tomatoes for some 22,000 participants, many from abroad to throw during the hour-long morning festivities. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(04 of25)
People lay in a puddle squashed tomatoes, during the annual "tomatina" tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol, 50 kilometers outside Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. The streets of an eastern Spanish town are awash with red pulp as thousands of people pelt each other with tomatoes in the annual "Tomatina" battle that has become a major tourist attraction. At the annual fiesta in Bunol on Wednesday, trucks dumped 125 tons of ripe tomatoes for some 22,000 participants, many from abroad to throw during the hour-long morning festivities. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(05 of25)
Airbus employees throw flower petals to welcome Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, center, during his visit to their facility in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. Clegg is on a three-day visit to India to strengthen bilateral and economic ties. (credit:PA)
(06 of25)
This image provided by NASA shows Hurricane Marie taken fom the International Space Station Tuesday Aug. 26, 2014. The National Weather Service said beaches stretching 100 miles up the Southern California coast would see large waves and rip currents due to Marie. (AP Photo/NASA, Reid Wiseman) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(07 of25)
GAZA, PALESTINE - 2014/08/26: Thousands of Palestinians are coming out to celebrate the signing of the cease-fire agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip under Egyptian auspices. (Photo by Ibrahim Khader/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (credit:Pacific Press via Getty Images)
(08 of25)
GAZA CITY, GAZA - AUGUST 26 : Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire between Palestinian resistance factions and Israel in Gaza City, Gaza on August 26, 2014. An Egyptian-brokered ceasefire went into effect on August 26, 2014, bringing to a halt 51 days of attacks. (Photo by Mohammad Asad/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
(09 of25)
GAZA, PALESTINE - 2014/08/26: Thousands of Palestinians are coming out to celebrate the signing of the cease-fire agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip under Egyptian auspices. (Photo by Ibrahim Khader/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (credit:Pacific Press via Getty Images)
(10 of25)
Palestinian children sit inside the trunk of their family car while chanting slogans as they celebrate the cease-fire between Palestinians and Israelis at the main rood in Gaza, in the northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. Israel and Hamas agreed Tuesday to an open-ended cease-fire, halting a seven-week war that killed more than 2,200 people, the vast majority Palestinians, left tens of thousands in Gaza homeless and devastated entire neighborhoods in the blockaded territory. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(11 of25)
Angel di Maria of Manchester United poses with a Chevrolet car after signing for the club at Aon Training Complex on August 26, 2014 in Manchester, England. (Photo by John Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images) (credit:John Peters via Getty Images)
(12 of25)
Angel di Maria of Manchester United poses with manager Louis van Gaal after signing for the club at Aon Training Complex on August 26, 2014 in Manchester, England. (Photo by John Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images) (credit:John Peters via Getty Images)
Tripoli airport after the clashes in Libya(13 of25)
TRIPOLI, LIBYA - AUGUST 26: A burnt plane is seen at the Tripoli international airport in Tripoli, Libya after fighters from the Fajr Libya (Libyan Dawn) coalition captured the airport from Zintan force, allies of rogue general Khalifa Haftar on August 26, 2014. (Photo by Hazem Turkia/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
(14 of25)
Tennis great and Djokovic coach Boris Becker watches Diego Schwartzman of Argentina play Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their US Open 2014 men's singles match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Center August 25, 2014 in New York. AFP PHOTO/Don Emmert (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:DON EMMERT via Getty Images)
(15 of25)
Ana Ivanovic, of Serbia, returns a shot against Alison Riske, of the United States, during the opening round of the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(16 of25)
Katie Ledbetter, of Pensacola, Fla., sits in a hammock at the Mi Casa, Your Casa art installation at the High Museum, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, in Atlanta. The installation is comprised of more than 35 three-dimensional open house frames serving as a blank canvas which features hammocks, easels, bins of chalk, and buckets of bubble water to encourage visitors to engage with these environments. (AP Photo/David Goldman) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(17 of25)
Juan Malizia Gatti and Manuela Rossi, from Argentina, compete during the 2014 Tango World Championship Stage category final, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. Gatti and Rossi won the championship. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(18 of25)
Kate Bush performs live at The Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, London for the first time in 35 years.
(19 of25)
Palestinians celebrate late on August 26, 2014 what they said was a victory by Palestinians in Gaza over Israel following a ceasefire, in the West Bank city of Ramallah . A ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinians aimed at ending their seven-week conflict in Gaza went into effect on August 26 and Palestinians streamed into the streets of the battered enclave to celebrate. The skies over the Gaza Strip were calm on August 27 as a long-term ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians took hold after 50 days of the deadliest violence in a decade. AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ABBAS MOMANI via Getty Images)
(20 of25)
Lord Mayor of Dublin Christy Burke takes part in the ice bucket challenge in aid of Light it up Gold for Childhood Cancer Awarenes and Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association, with the help of the Childhood Cancer Foundation, at the Mansion House, Dublin. (credit:Brian Lawless/PA Wire)
(21 of25)
A smoke rises after shelling in the town of Novoazovsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. Towering columns of smoke rose Tuesday from outside a city in Ukraine's far southeast after what residents said was a heavy artillery barrage. It was the second straight day that attacks were reported in the vicinity of Novoazovsk, which is in eastern Ukraine's separatist Donetsk region but previously had seen little fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(22 of25)
A double Fordson tractor at the Great Dorset Steam Fair, where hundreds of period steam traction engines and heavy mechanical equipment are being set up for the annual Dorset gathering of steam enthusiasts. (credit:PA)
(23 of25)
President Barack Obama greets well-wishers as he arrives at North Carolina Air National Guard Base in Charlotte (credit:PA)
(24 of25)
A stray dog stands on a mound of garbage at a landfill site on the outskirts of Bangalore, India, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. (credit:PA)
(25 of25)
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in talks in Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. The presidents of Russia and Ukraine sat down for talks Tuesday, meeting face-to-face for the first time since June on the fighting that has engulfed Ukraine's separatist east. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)