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Pictures of the day
(01 of14)
An Orthodox priest holds a stone as Maidan self-defence activists clash with fighters of Kiev-1 volunteer battalion on Independence Square in Kiev on August 7, 2014. Kiev's municipal services protected with the servicemen tried to remove tents from the city's central Independence Square, also known as Maidan, and free Khreshchatyk Street for the traffic. Some few hundreds of Maidan activists still live in the tent camp set in the center of the Ukrainian capital that upsets the vast majority of the local residents. (credit:SERGEI SUPINSKY via Getty Images)
(02 of14)
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson prunes a tree during his visit to Sutton House in Hackney, north London. (credit:Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
(03 of14)
A Palestinian boy writes on a shrapnel riddled backboard at the heavily damaged Sobhi Abu Karsh school in Gaza City's al-Shejaea neighborhood as a 72-hour humanitarian truce went into effect in the Gaza Strip after a month of fighting between Hamas and Israeli forces. Hamas may have haemorrhaged rockets and fighters, but its latest war with Israel has boosted its popularity in the Gaza Strip even if long-term gains look remote, analysts say. (credit:MOHAMMED ABED via Getty Images)
(04 of14)
Oscar Pistorius makes notes in court at his murder trial in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, Aug. 7 2014. Final argument have begun in his murder trial of the once-celebrated athlete who fatally shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, through a toilet cubicle door in his home. (AP Photo/Mujahid Safodien, Pool) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(05 of14)
Fans line the fourth fairway to watch Tiger Woods during a practice round for the PGA Championship golf tournament at Valhalla Golf Club on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, in Louisville, Ky. The tournament is set to begin on Thursday. (AP Photo/John Locher) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(06 of14)
Iraqi civilians gather the morning after a string of car bombs tore through busy shopping streets in several neighborhoods in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. At least 50 people were killed as the army announced that one of its airstrikes had killed tens of militants in the northern city of Mosul. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(07 of14)
Cambodian former Khmer Rouge survivors, Soum Rithy, left, and Chum Mey, right, embrace each other after the verdicts were announced at the U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thurdday, Aug. 7, 2014. Three and a half decades after the genocidal rule of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge ended, the tribunal on Thursday sentenced two top leaders of the former regime to life in prison on war crimes charges for their role in the country's terror period in the 1970s. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(08 of14)
Katie Holmes attends the 'Life is Amazing' Lexus Short Films Series at SVA Theater in New York
(09 of14)
Celtic Virgil Van Dijk looks dejected as he walks off after the Champions League Qualifying at Murrayfield, Edinburgh.
(10 of14)
Robert Pattinson attending The Rover Photocall at the BFI Southbank in London. (credit:Suzan/Suzan)
(11 of14)
Hundreds gather at Belfast City Hall tonight for a multi-faith service to pray for peace in the middle East and an end to other Global conflicts. (credit:Niall Carson/PA Wire)
(12 of14)
A Nigerian port health official uses a thermometer on a passenger at the arrivals hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. A Nigerian nurse who treated a man with Ebola is now dead and five others are sick with one of the world's most virulent diseases, authorities said Wednesday as the death toll rose to at least 932 people in four West African countries. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(13 of14)
Nigerian port health officials uses a thermometer on a worker at the arrivals hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. A Nigerian nurse who treated a man with Ebola is now dead and five others are sick with one of the world's most virulent diseases, authorities said Wednesday as the death toll rose to at least 932 people in four West African countries. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(14 of14)
Several gay couples kiss after they were united in a commitment ceremony, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, on Fountain Square in Cincinnati. Three judges of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati are set to hear arguments Wednesday in six gay marriage fights from four states, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)