Today in photos
A member of 'Some Like It Hot' team performs a Hindu ritual at Sangam in Allahabad, India. Honduras army members walk at the house next to the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. And crowds of people watch a bus collided with a motorcycle on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. View a slideshow of these images and more.
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Member of 'Some Like It Hot' team, Katie Ball, from London performs a Hindu ritual at Sangam in Allahabad, India, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. Sixty-seven teams from 12 countries are participating in 'The Rickshaw Run' that started from the western Indian city Goa on Sept. 12 and scheduled to conclude at Pokhra in Nepal on Sept. 25. Each of the teams raise funds for charity.
Rajesh Singh Associated Press
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U.S. Army Lt. Rick Chersicla, 23, from Washingtonville, N.Y., of 4th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment from Fort Drum, N.Y. peers through a hole in a barrier after a rocket attack on a combat outpost in the Jalrez Valley in Afghanistan's Wardak Province on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. No one was injured in the attack.
Maya Alleruzzo Associated Press
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A three-day-old baby boy, weighing 8.7-kilograms (19.2-pounds) left, lays next to a standard size newborn baby at a hospital in Kisaran, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. An Indonesian woman gave birth to the 62-centimeter (24.4 inches) long unnamed baby boy by caesarean section on Sept. 21. He is the heaviest newborn ever recorded in the country, a doctor said.
Andi Anshari Associated Press
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Passersby are reflected on an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index rose 177.88 points, or 1.72 percent, from Friday to 10,548.42 at the close of the morning session.
Shizuo Kambayashi Associated Press
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Crowds of people watch a bus collided with a motorcycle on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. The traffic accident on Thursday killed the motorcycle driver. Some passengers among 50 people were slightly injured, said local police officers.
Heng Sinith Associated Press
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Visitors enjoy the nice weather on a carousel of the 176th Oktoberfest in Munich, southern Germany, on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. The worlds largest beer-festival lasts until Oct. 4, 2009.
Christof Stache Associated Press
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Honduras army members walk at the house next to the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. Deposed President Manuel Zelaya and his die-hard loyalists took shelter Monday at the Brazilian Embassy in the Honduran capital.
Esteban Felix Associated Press
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A makeshift worship venue of Hindu goddess Durga is seen illuminated in Calcutta, India, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. The five-day long festival that begins today commemorates the story of the lion-riding, 10-armed goddess Durga's slaying of a demon king, celebrating the triumph of good over evil. Ornately decorated worship tents are an attraction during the festival.
Bikas Das Associated Press
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An Afghan woman poses for a portrait while picnicking with her family in an orchard in the Jalrez Valley in Afghanistan's Wardak Province on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.
Maya Alleruzzo Associated Press