Today in photos (Aug. 5)
View a gallery of photos from around the world on Friday, Aug. 5, 2011.
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This combo photo show a Chinese woman who attempted to commit suicide, left, is pulled back by a rescuer, right, at a high-rise residential and office complex in Beijing Friday, Aug. 5, 2011.
Andy Wong Associated Press
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A new born Indian rhinoceros cub and its mother Betty take a bath in a mud hole at the Tierpark (Animal Park) Zoo in Berlin, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. The yet unnamed rhinoceros cub was born on July 31 and presented to the public on Friday. (Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Markus Schreiber Associated Press
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Indian Muslims pray at the Ferozshah Kotla mosque on the first Friday of Ramadan in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. Muslims throughout the world are marking the holy month of Ramadan, where observants fast from dawn till dusk.
Gurinder Osan Associated Press
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An Indian Muslim prays after breaking the Ramadan fast at the Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. Muslims around the world are marking the holy fasting month of Ramadan, where the devout fast from dawn until dusk.
Kevin Frayer Associated Press
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Buddhist followers parade with lanterns in their hands in prayer for peace around the illuminated Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan on the eve of the 66th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing on the city, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011.
Koji Sasahara Associated Press
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A man takes pictures of the Atomic Bomb Dome at sunset in Hiroshima, western Japan, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011 on the eve of the 66th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing on the city.
Koji Sasahara Associated Press
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Demonstrators confront military police as they try to reach Tahrir Square to hold a protest in memory of protester Mohammed Mohsen, who died on Wednesday from wounds received during clashes in the Abbasiyah area of Cairo on July 23, in downtown Cairo, Egypt Friday, Aug. 5, 2011.
Khalil Hamra Associated Press
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A Libyan boy uses an umbrella to shelter from the midday sun before the Friday prayer in the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. (AP photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
Sergey Ponomarev Associated Press
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A Pakistani investor sits on the trading floor of Karachi Stock Exchange in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, Aug 5, 2011. Asian stock markets tumbled Friday amid fears the U.S. may be heading back into recession and Europe's debt crisis is worsening.
Fareed Khan Associated Press
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A displaced Somali woman takes her makeshift house apart as she prepares to move from Mogadishu's Badbado camp where a fire fight between Somali government forces and militiamen looting food aid left at least seven people dead Friday Aug. 5, 2011. Somali government troops opened fire Friday on hungry civilians, killing at least seven people, as both groups made a grab for food at a U.N. distribution site in the capital of this famine-stricken country, witnesses said.
Farah Warsameh Associated Press
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Riot police protect a prison car carrying former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko outside the Pecherskiy District Court in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Aug.5, 2011. Acting on a judge's orders, police arrested former Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko during her abuse-of-office trial on Friday for violations of court procedures. Her supporters in court, including national lawmakers, squabbled with riot police, trying to prevent them from driving her away in a prison car and shouting: "Shame! Shame!"
Efrem Lukatsky Associated Press
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Riot police block supporters of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko outside the Pecherskiy District Court in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. A court in the Ukrainian capital has arrested former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko for violations of procedure during her abuse-of-office trial. Tymoshenko, the country's top opposition leader, has criticized the trial as an attempt by President Viktor Yanukovych to bar her from elections. She has refused, as required, to stand up while addressing the judge, repeatedly insulted him and questioned his objectivity. Her supporters also have repeatedly disrupted hearings.
Sergey Svetlitsky Associated Press
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Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko speaks to the press at the Pecherskiy District Court in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. Acting on a judge's orders, police arrested former Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko during her abuse-of-office trial on Friday for violations of court procedures. Her supporters in court, including national lawmakers, squabbled with riot police, trying to prevent them from driving her away in a prison car and shouting: "Shame! Shame!"