Heavy rain falls over Bangkok at sunset during monsoon season on Sept. 18.
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A shooting range on the second night of Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, on Sept. 18.
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Palestinians gather in the West Bank city of Ramallah to watch live footage of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas presenting the Palestinian bid for statehood at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 23.
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A Pakistani child walks in front of a tent on a patch of dry land amid floodwaters in Usman Rajar village in the Mirpur Khas district on Sept. 22. Two million Pakistanis have fallen ill from diseases since monsoon rains left the southern region under several feet of water, the country's disaster authority said.
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An elephant is sedated in preparation to be relocated from outside the town of Narok in Kenya to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve on Sept. 22.
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Fighters loyal to Libya's National Transitional Council fire heavy artillery during clashes with pro-Qaddafi forces in the city of Bani Walid, southeast of Tripoli, on Sept. 16.
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Former active duty Marine Corps Corporal and recent Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer waves from a U.S. military Humvee while leading the Cow Days Festival parade down Main Street in his hometown of Greensburg, KY, on Sept. 17. Meyer is the first living Marine to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War.
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Pakistani women and children wait for food distribution at a makeshift camp for flood victims in Sanghar on Sept. 23.
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A man walks past a London shop on Sept. 22 as stock prices fell sharply worldwide.
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An improvised camp ground in Cuilapa, Guatemala, on Sept. 19. A 5.8 magnitude quake and two smaller aftershocks struck near the capital, killing at least three people, and driving many others to seek temporary shelter.
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Medvedev's Girls, members of an Internet community supporting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, practice yoga in Moscow's Red Square, on Sept. 22.
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Nepalese residents walk past pools of rainwater in Durbar Square in Bhaktapur on Sept. 21.
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Law enforcement officers secure the entrance to Jackson State Prison, as protesters gathered ahead of the planned execution of inmate Troy Davis on Sept. 21. Davis was not granted a stay by the Supreme Court and was executed at 11:08 pm.
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Mark Webber races past Red Bull Racing teammate Sebastian Vettel during a practice run for the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix on Sept. 23.
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Indian children gather for food distributed by the Indian Army on the outskirts of Gangtok on Sept. 20. A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit the region two days before, killing 67 people in India, Nepal, and Tibet.
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Mexican president Felipe Calderon, center, reviews troops during the military parade for the 201st anniversary of the country's independence at Constitution Square in Mexico City on Sept. 16.
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Cotton pickers harvest a crop at a field in Hami, in China's far west Xinjiang region on Sept. 20.
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Afghan policemen secure the alley leading to the house of the head of Afghanistan's High Peace Council and former President Burhanuddin Rabbani following the suicide attack that killed him on Sept. 20 in Kabul.
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