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Aug. 17, 2013. An Indonesian man looks up at the prizes hung from greased bamboo poles prepared for a game called "panjat pinang" in which people try to climb a greased bamboo pole to get prizes hung from the top such as bicycles and kitchen appliances in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Aug. 16, 2013. A young couple sits on a rock admiring the starry sky over the Feldberg mountain near Frankfurt, Germany.
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Aug. 17, 2013. Yi Zeng Tian of Hong Kong in action during the Men's 3m Springboard finals during day one of the 2nd Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China.
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Aug. 17, 2013. Yannick Granieri of France competes during the Crankworx Red Bull Joyride in Whistler, British Columbia.
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Aug. 17, 2013. Indonesian soldiers preparing canon gun to commemorate 68th Indonesian Independence Day at Unitomo University in Surabaya, Indonesia.
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Aug. 17, 2013. Adan Sheikh Abdi Sheikh, who has been sentenced to death for the murder of journalist Hassan Yusuf Absuge, stands tied to a pole before he is executed by shooting at close range at the Iskola Bulisiya square in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
Nate Chute—Reuters
Aug. 17, 2013. A participant falls into muddy water after getting over a muddy mound during the Warrior Dash obstacle race in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
Ruben Sprich—Reuters
Aug. 17, 2013. Alphorn players blow their instruments in an attempt to break the world record for the largest ensemble of people playing the alphorn, on the Gornergrat in front of the Matterhorn mountain near Zermatt, Switzerland, 10,135 feet above sea level.
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Aug. 18, 2013. People dressed as devils run amidst the pyrotechnics during an old Catalan tradition, part of the celebrations for the Sant Roc Festival in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona.
Jon Nazca—Reuters
Aug. 18, 2013. A cloud partially covers the tip of the Rock of the British territory of Gibraltar at sunrise from La Atunara port before Spanish fishermen sail in their fishing boats with their relatives to take part in a protest at an area of the sea where an artificial reef was built by Gibraltar using concrete blocks, in Algeciras bay, La Linea de la Concepcion in southern Spain. |