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A Space X falcon 9 rocket carrying the AsiaSat 8 Satellite liftoff early Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014 from the Cape Canaveral, Fla., Air Force Station. The rocket carried the Asiasat-8 spacecraft which will support direct broadcasting, private networks and broadband connectivity for customers in China, India, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. (credit:PA)
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The Duchess of Cambridge during a visit to Tower Of London's ceramic poppy field (credit:Rex)
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The Duchess of Cambridge during a visit to Tower Of London's ceramic poppy field (credit:Rex)
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A military fighter jet escorts a passenger jet as it comes in to land at Manchester airport, Manchester, England, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Police say they have arrested a man on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat after Qatar Airways Flight 23 landed with a military fighter escort at Britain's Manchester Airport. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, (L) her husband Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, (C) and Prince Harry (R) visit the Tower of London's 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' poppy installation, in central London, on August 5, 2014. The installation will eventually consist of 800,000 ceramic poppies planted in the dry moat over the summer to create a major art installation. In total, 888,246 ceramic poppies will be planted in the moat, one for each British and Colonial fatality during WWI. (credit:JOHN STILLWELL via Getty Images)
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A Chinese driver shocked netizens and local wintnesses after getting his car stuck in a gap between a residential building and a road on Monday (3 August 2014) in Wenzhou, east Chinas Zhejiang province. The accident happend at around 17:00 Monday when the driver whose name was not given was backing his Toyota Camry on Chezhan Road in Dongtou county of Wenzhou, according to witnesses. But he did not manage to brake it to stop timely, leading to the fall of his car off the edge of the road and getting stuck over a stairway connecting the road and a lower area. Later firefighters were sent to the site and used a ladder to help the driver who was not injured in the fall out of the car.
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A jet plane flies past a UFO-shaped cloud spotted over Xiamen city, Fujian province, China
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A firefighter with the Anderson, Calif, Fire Protection District douses hot spots left behind by the Eiler Fire along Highway 89 on Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, near Burney, Calif. Firefighters were focusing on two wildfires near each other in Northern California that have burned through more than 100 square miles of terrain. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
APTOPIX China Earthquake(09 of21)
A rescuer walks past paramilitary policemen searching for survivors at a destroyed house following a massive earthquake in the town of Longtoushan in Ludian County in southwest China's Yunnan Province Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Rescuers raced Tuesday to evacuate villages near rising lakes formed by landslides, complicating relief efforts following a strong earthquake in southern China that killed more than 300 people and has left thousands homeless. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The Prince Of Wales Attends A Service Of Commemoration For The Commonwealth(10 of21)
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 4: A wreath and message laid by Labour leader Ed Miliband,at the cenotaph in George Square to mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War One on August 4, 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. Monday 4th August marks the 100th anniversary of Great Britain declaring war on Germany. In 1914 British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith announced at 11pm that Britain was to enter the war after Germany had violated Belgium neutrality. The First World War or the Great War lasted until 11 November 1918 and is recognised as one of the deadliest historical conflicts with millions of causalities. A series of events commemorating the 100th anniversary are taking place throughout the day. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) (credit:Jeff J Mitchell via Getty Images)
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Oakland Athletics Derek Norris (R) gets doused with Gatorade by teammates Stephen Voght (L) and Nate Freiman (back, obscured) after hitting the game winning hit against the Tampa Bay Rays during in the tenth inning of their MLB game at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, California, USA, 04 August 2014. The Athletics defeated the Rays.
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Britain's Prince Harry, left, speaks with Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, right, as they arrive for a commemoration ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I at the St. Symphorien Cemetery in St. Symphorien, Belgium on Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. The cemetery was established by the German Army as a final resting place for British and German soldiers killed at the Battle of Mons. Among those buried is Pvt. John Parr of the Middlesex Regiment, the first British soldier to be killed in action on the Western Front. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Hainaut province governor Tommy Leclercq, Britain's Prince Harry , Mons acting Mayor Nicolas Martin, Britain's Catherine (Kate), Duchess of Cambridge, Britain's Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge and Outgoing Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo pictured during a reception at city hall as part of the 100th anniversary of the First World War n Mons, Belgium on August 4, 2014.
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COWES, ENGLAND - AUGUST 04: Race action in the Sunsail First 40 Match class during The Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week on August 04, 2014 in Cowes, England. (credit:Alan Crowhurst via Getty Images)
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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys climb a wall to watch the scene of an attack in Jerusalem, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. An Israeli-declared cease-fire and troop withdrawals slowed violence in the Gaza war Monday, though an attack on Israeli bus that killed one person in Jerusalem underscored the tensions still simmering in the region. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Nigeria health officials wait to screen passengers at the arrival hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Nigerian authorities on Monday confirmed a second case of Ebola in Africa's most populous country, an alarming setback as officials across the region battle to stop the spread of a disease that has killed more than 700 people. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Oakland Athletics Derek Norris (R) gets doused with Gatorade by teammates Stephen Voght (L) and Nate Freiman (back, obscured) after hitting the game winning hit against the Tampa Bay Rays during in the tenth inning of their MLB game at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, California, USA, 04 August 2014. The Athletics defeated the Rays.
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Oakland Athletics Derek Norris (R) gets doused with Gatorade by teammates Stephen Voght (L) and Nate Freiman (back, obscured) after hitting the game winning hit against the Tampa Bay Rays during in the tenth inning of their MLB game at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, California, USA, 04 August 2014. The Athletics defeated the Rays.
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Oakland Athletics Derek Norris (R) gets doused with Gatorade by teammates Stephen Voght (L) and Nate Freiman (back, obscured) after hitting the game winning hit against the Tampa Bay Rays during in the tenth inning of their MLB game at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, California, USA, 04 August 2014. The Athletics defeated the Rays.
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Oakland Athletics Derek Norris (R) gets doused with Gatorade by teammates Stephen Voght (L) and Nate Freiman (back, obscured) after hitting the game winning hit against the Tampa Bay Rays during in the tenth inning of their MLB game at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, California, USA, 04 August 2014. The Athletics defeated the Rays.
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Legislators from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party and the opposition Nationalist Action Party brawl at the parliament during a debate on whether parliament should open an inquiry into Islamic militants joining the fighting in Iraq and Syria, using Turkeyâs territory, in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. The fist-fight injured three legislators and forced the speaker to adjourn debate for the day. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)