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Photographer David Kingham created this composite image from 23 photos on August 12, 2012. He writes, “Last night I went out to Snowy Range in Wyoming in search of dark skies for the Perseid meteor shower.”. (Photo by David Kingham)

Starting on Monday, August 12, Perseid meteors will streak across the summer sky for a couple of nights, offering casual stargazers and serious nighttime photographers a chance to capture a glimpse of the annual meteor shower. Photo: Photographer David Kingham created this composite image from 23 photos on August 12, 2012. (Photo by David Kingham)
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08 Aug 2013 12:50:00
Workers collect fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok, Thailand January 13, 2015. Staff from Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) office were catching fish on Tuesday at the ground floor of the roofless New World department store that was closed down in 1997. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)

Workers collect fish inside an abandoned department store in Bangkok, Thailand January 13, 2015. Staff from Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) office were catching fish on Tuesday at the ground floor of the roofless New World department store that was closed down in 1997. Thousands of fish such as catfishes, fancy carps as well as black and red tilapias were released into the ground floor of the building, flooded with rainwater, as local vendors tried to control mosquitoes in the area, local media reported. BMA recently decided to remove the fish and release the water. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)
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14 Jan 2015 11:57:00
“Farmer reading his farm paper”. Coryell County, Texas, September 1931. (Photo by George W. Ackerman)

“Farmer reading his farm paper”. Coryell County, Texas, September 1931. (Photo by George W. Ackerman)

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13 Feb 2013 16:03:00
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg, right, of Germany steers his car in front of Mercedes driver Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain, center and Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany during the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix race at the Red Bull Ring  in Spielberg, southern Austria, Sunday, June 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg, right, of Germany steers his car in front of Mercedes driver Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain, center and Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany during the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix race at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, southern Austria, Sunday, June 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
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28 Jun 2015 16:26:00
Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman visits 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' at Rockefeller Center on April 8, 2011 in New York City.
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09 Apr 2011 09:33:00
Visitors to the Shocktober Fest dressed as zombies pose at Tulleys Farm  on October 6, 2012 in Turners Hill, England. People dressed as zombies from around the United Kingdom have converged on Tulleys Farm in an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the most zombies together in one place

Visitors to the Shocktober Fest dressed as zombies pose at Tulleys Farm on October 6, 2012 in Turners Hill, England. People dressed as zombies from around the United Kingdom have converged on Tulleys Farm in an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the most zombies together in one place. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid)
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08 Oct 2012 09:14:00


An American flag flutters on a young tree stripped of bark after a massive tornado passed through the town killing at least 116 people May 24, 2011 in Joplin, Missouri. The tornado that ripped through the town of about 50,000 people May 22, is being called the deadliest single tornado in the U.S. in 60 years. (Photo by Julie Denesha/Getty Images)
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25 May 2011 07:52:00


Tourist Police sit in the shade on a road leading to the Coptic Cairo area on May 27, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Protests in January and February brought an end to 30 years of autocratic rule by President Hosni Mubarak who will now face trial. Food prices have doubled and youth unemployment stands at 30%. Tourism is yet to return to pre-uprising levels. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
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29 May 2011 11:42:00