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A surfer gets some air as he bails out of a wave during a Labor Day outing next to the Huntington Beach Pier Monday, Sept. 3, 2012 in Huntington Beach, Calif.
Kevin Sullivan The Orange County Register
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A worker carries boxes at a market in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Sept. 3, 2012.
Alexander Yuan Associated Press
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A firefighter steps back while working to douse a fire in Alvaiazere, center Portugal, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. A Portuguese official says authorities have asked other European countries to send help as the country's firefighters struggle to contain forest blazes being fueled by high temperatures and strong winds. More than 1,700 firefighters, almost 500 vehicles and 13 aircraft fought blazes mostly in the north of the country.
Francisco Seco Associated Press
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People walk into an unemployment registry office in Madrid, Tuesday Sept. 4, 2012. Spain says the number of people registered unemployed and claiming benefits rose in August by 38,179 people compared to the previous month, the first increase in five months in a deepening recession. At the end of the second quarter Spain reached the European Union's highest unemployment rate at 24.6 percent, a new overall rate won't be released until October.
Paul White Associated Press
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An African penguin being washed by staff at the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds, SANCCOB, after it was found covered in oil on Robben Island near Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. Around fifty five penguins have been found covered in oil from a spillage by the Turkish stricken bulk carrier the Seli One. The birds are being cleaned and will be returned to the wild after recuperating.
Schalk Zuydam Associated Press
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A Greenpeace activist, dressed as a polar bear, sits inside a police car after being detained outside Gazprom's headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. Russian and international environmentalists are protesting against Gazprom's plans to pioneer oil drilling in the Arctic.
Misha Japaridze Associated Press
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Taylor Swift surfs the crowd at the MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Mark J. Terrill/Invision/AP) ORG XMIT: NYENT834
Mark Terrill Invision
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President Barack Obama, left, and Vice President Joe Biden wave to delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012.
Charlie Neibergall Associated Press
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Bob, lower left, and Mike Bryan celebrate after beating Leander Paes, top left, of India, and Radek Stepanek, of the Czech Republic, in the men's doubles final of the 2012 US Open tennis tournament, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, in New York.
Darron Cummings Associated Press
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Heidi Klum, left, and Tim Gunn walk the runway at the Project Runway finale fashion show during Fashion Week on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012 in New York.
Charles Sykes Invision