Palestinian children look up at an Israeli plane in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on Aug. 4.       Mohammed AbedABED/AFP/Getty Images
Palestinian children look up at an Israeli plane in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on Aug. 4. Mohammed AbedABED/AFP/Getty Images

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Palestinian children look up at an Israeli plane in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on Aug. 4.       Mohammed AbedABED/AFP/Getty Images
Palestinian children look up at an Israeli plane in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on Aug. 4. Mohammed AbedABED/AFP/Getty Images

Palestinian children look up at an Israeli plane in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on Aug. 4.

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Maidan self-defense activists clash with fighters of Kiev-1 volunteer battalion on Independence Square in Kiev on Aug. 7.      Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images
Maidan self-defense activists clash with fighters of Kiev-1 volunteer battalion on Independence Square in Kiev on Aug. 7. Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images

Maidan self-defense activists clash with fighters of Kiev-1 volunteer battalion on Independence Square in Kiev on Aug. 7.

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A woman carries an injured girl after the earthquake in Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan province on Aug. 4.       STR/AFP/Getty Images
A woman carries an injured girl after the earthquake in Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan province on Aug. 4. STR/AFP/Getty Images

A woman carries an injured girl after the earthquake in Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan province on Aug. 4.

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An Orthodox priest throws a tire during clashes in Independence Square in Kiev on Aug. 7.       Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images
An Orthodox priest throws a tire during clashes in Independence Square in Kiev on Aug. 7. Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images

An Orthodox priest throws a tire during clashes in Independence Square in Kiev on Aug. 7.

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A young girl eats near a tent at a temporary shelter for earthquake victims in Longtoushan township of Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan province on August 6.       AFP/AFP/Getty Images
A young girl eats near a tent at a temporary shelter for earthquake victims in Longtoushan township of Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan province on August 6. AFP/AFP/Getty Images

A young girl eats near a tent at a temporary shelter for earthquake victims in Longtoushan township of Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan province on August 6.

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Men hold a cloth to protect the lit oil lamp from the wind, before offering Maa Ganga evening aarti on the river bank of Ganga in Allahabad. The aarti, is a devotional ritual that uses fire as an offering, it may be in form of a lit lamp, or a small diya with a candle and flowers that are floated down the river.      Ravi Prakash/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images
Men hold a cloth to protect the lit oil lamp from the wind, before offering Maa Ganga evening aarti on the river bank of Ganga in Allahabad. The aarti, is a devotional ritual that uses fire as an offering, it may be in form of a lit lamp, or a small diya with a candle and flowers that are floated down the river. Ravi Prakash/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

Men hold a cloth to protect the lit oil lamp from the wind, before offering Maa Ganga evening aarti on the river bank of Ganga in Allahabad. The aarti, is a devotional ritual that uses fire as an offering, it may be in form of a lit lamp, or a small diya with a candle and flowers that are floated down the river.

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Members of the public admire an art installation entitled "spectra" by Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda which lights up the night sky as part of "Lights Out," to commemorate the centenary of Britain's involvement in the First World War, on Aug. 4 in London.       Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images
Members of the public admire an art installation entitled "spectra" by Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda which lights up the night sky as part of "Lights Out," to commemorate the centenary of Britain's involvement in the First World War, on Aug. 4 in London. Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Members of the public admire an art installation entitled "spectra" by Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda which lights up the night sky as part of "Lights Out," to commemorate the centenary of Britain's involvement in the First World War, on Aug. 4 in London.

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Ultra Orthodox Jewish children play before the funeral of Avraham Walles on Aug. 4, in Jerusalem, Israel. Walles was killed in what police call an attack by a Palestinian construction worker who used his backhoe to flip a bus.      Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images
Ultra Orthodox Jewish children play before the funeral of Avraham Walles on Aug. 4, in Jerusalem, Israel. Walles was killed in what police call an attack by a Palestinian construction worker who used his backhoe to flip a bus. Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images

Ultra Orthodox Jewish children play before the funeral of Avraham Walles on Aug. 4, in Jerusalem, Israel. Walles was killed in what police call an attack by a Palestinian construction worker who used his backhoe to flip a bus.

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Members of the Great War Society living history group dressed as 4th Battalion the Middlesex Regiment wait to take part in a World War One centenary ceremony at the Tank Museum, Bovington on Aug. 4 in England.       Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
Members of the Great War Society living history group dressed as 4th Battalion the Middlesex Regiment wait to take part in a World War One centenary ceremony at the Tank Museum, Bovington on Aug. 4 in England. Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images


Members of the Great War Society living history group dressed as 4th Battalion the Middlesex Regiment wait to take part in a World War One centenary ceremony at the Tank Museum, Bovington on Aug. 4 in England.

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Indian students remove their school uniforms and books from a metal pot after swimming across the Hiran river in the absence of a bridge to reach their school situated in Sajjanpura village of Chottaudepur district on Aug. 4.      Sam Panthakya/AFP/Getty Images
Indian students remove their school uniforms and books from a metal pot after swimming across the Hiran river in the absence of a bridge to reach their school situated in Sajjanpura village of Chottaudepur district on Aug. 4. Sam Panthakya/AFP/Getty Images


Indian students remove their school uniforms and books from a metal pot after swimming across the Hiran river in the absence of a bridge to reach their school situated in Sajjanpura village of Chottaudepur district on Aug. 4.

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A women pushes a cart with scraps she has collected in Hong Kong on Aug. 5.      Alex Ogle/AFP/Getty Images
A women pushes a cart with scraps she has collected in Hong Kong on Aug. 5. Alex Ogle/AFP/Getty Images

A women pushes a cart with scraps she has collected in Hong Kong on Aug. 5.

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A boy stands with other children in a hallway in a refugee hostel run by pro-Russian rebels in the center of Donetsk, on Aug. 4.      Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images
A boy stands with other children in a hallway in a refugee hostel run by pro-Russian rebels in the center of Donetsk, on Aug. 4. Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images


A boy stands with other children in a hallway in a refugee hostel run by pro-Russian rebels in the center of Donetsk, on Aug. 4.

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Macaque monkeys in a country park in Hong Kong, where monkey nuisance complaints are at a five-year high, on August 4.      Alex Ogle/AFP/Getty Images
Macaque monkeys in a country park in Hong Kong, where monkey nuisance complaints are at a five-year high, on August 4. Alex Ogle/AFP/Getty Images

Macaque monkeys in a country park in Hong Kong, where monkey nuisance complaints are at a five-year high, on August 4.

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A man collecting rubbish walks past a campaign poster of Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the leading opposition candidate for Turkish presidential elections, on Aug. 8.      Bulent Kilic AFP/Getty Images
A man collecting rubbish walks past a campaign poster of Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the leading opposition candidate for Turkish presidential elections, on Aug. 8. Bulent Kilic AFP/Getty Images

A man collecting rubbish walks past a campaign poster of Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the leading opposition candidate for Turkish presidential elections, on Aug. 8.

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Ivorian Republican guards take part in a parade at the Presidential Palace in Abidjan during celebrations marking the 54th anniversary of Ivory Coast's independence on Aug. 7.       Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images
Ivorian Republican guards take part in a parade at the Presidential Palace in Abidjan during celebrations marking the 54th anniversary of Ivory Coast's independence on Aug. 7. Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images

Ivorian Republican guards take part in a parade at the Presidential Palace in Abidjan during celebrations marking the 54th anniversary of Ivory Coast's independence on Aug. 7.

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Rescuers carry an injured earthquake victim in Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan province on Aug. 4.      STR/AFP/Getty Images
Rescuers carry an injured earthquake victim in Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan province on Aug. 4. STR/AFP/Getty Images


Rescuers carry an injured earthquake victim in Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan province on Aug. 4.

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Nepalese residents look on during the funeral rites for a relative who was killed in a landslide at Lamo Sanghu villge on the Sukoshi river, some 80 kms northeast of Kathmandu on Aug. 5.      Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images
Nepalese residents look on during the funeral rites for a relative who was killed in a landslide at Lamo Sanghu villge on the Sukoshi river, some 80 kms northeast of Kathmandu on Aug. 5. Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images

Nepalese residents look on during the funeral rites for a relative who was killed in a landslide at Lamo Sanghu villge on the Sukoshi river, some 80 kms northeast of Kathmandu on Aug. 5.

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Grooms tend to a horse during a media preview of the acrobatic spectacular, Cavalia: A Magical Encounter Between Human and Horse on Aug. 4 in Singapore.       Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images
Grooms tend to a horse during a media preview of the acrobatic spectacular, Cavalia: A Magical Encounter Between Human and Horse on Aug. 4 in Singapore. Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images

Grooms tend to a horse during a media preview of the acrobatic spectacular, Cavalia: A Magical Encounter Between Human and Horse on Aug. 4 in Singapore.

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A climber walks over a slackline at the cliffs of Stoja on Aug. 5 near Pula, Croatia.      Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images 
A climber walks over a slackline at the cliffs of Stoja on Aug. 5 near Pula, Croatia. Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images 

A climber walks over a slackline at the cliffs of Stoja on Aug. 5 near Pula, Croatia.

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