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August 29, 2014

Photos August 29: Top images from around the world

North Korean children grimace as they challenge pro wrestlers in a tug of war game Friday, Aug. 29, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. Former NFL player Bob "The Beast" Sapp and a group of brawny pro wrestlers led by a Japanese politician took their oddball attempt at sports diplomacy to the streets of Pyongyang on Friday, staging a tug-war and arm wrestling competition with local children before a large and somewhat bewildered crowd of spectators. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) North Korean children grimace as they challenge pro wrestlers in a tug of war game Friday, Aug. 29, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. Former NFL player Bob "The Beast" Sapp and a group of brawny pro wrestlers led by a Japanese politician took their oddball attempt at sports diplomacy to the streets of Pyongyang on Friday, staging a tug-war and arm wrestling competition with local children before a large and somewhat bewildered crowd of spectators. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
A North Korean boy arm wrestles with former NFL player Bob "The Beast" Sapp Friday, Aug. 29, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. Former NFL player Sapp and a group of brawny pro wrestlers led by a Japanese politician took their oddball attempt at sports diplomacy to the streets of Pyongyang on Friday, staging a tug-war and arm wrestling competition with local children before a large and somewhat bewildered crowd of spectators. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

A North Korean boy arm wrestles with former NFL player Bob “The Beast” Sapp Friday, Aug. 29, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. Former NFL player Sapp and a group of brawny pro wrestlers led by a Japanese politician took their oddball attempt at sports diplomacy to the streets of Pyongyang on Friday, staging a tug-war and arm wrestling competition with local children before a large and somewhat bewildered crowd of spectators. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Indians cover themselves with gunny bags to shelter themselves from the rain, as they sit on the back of an open truck in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. The annual monsoon rains which usually hit India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Indians cover themselves with gunny bags to shelter themselves from the rain, as they sit on the back of an open truck in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. The annual monsoon rains which usually hit India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Livestock laze around as Indian girl Praveen, 6, finishes her homework while sitting on the boundary wall of her house in Hirmathala village in Mewat district of Haryana state, on the outskirts of New Delhi, on August 29, 2014. Girls are often viewed as a burden in traditional Indian families as they require hefty dowries to be married off. In the past few decades, successive governments have launched an array of schemes to alter the social bias against girls, including offering cash incentives to expectant parents, but they have had little impact. (PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images)

Livestock laze around as Indian girl Praveen, 6, finishes her homework while sitting on the boundary wall of her house in Hirmathala village in Mewat district of Haryana state, on the outskirts of New Delhi, on August 29, 2014. Girls are often viewed as a burden in traditional Indian families as they require hefty dowries to be married off. In the past few decades, successive governments have launched an array of schemes to alter the social bias against girls, including offering cash incentives to expectant parents, but they have had little impact. (PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images)

A Chinese construction worker paints the exterior of a new apartment complex on August 29, 2014 in Beijing, China. Rapid construction and widespread over-investment in Chinese property created a bubble that continues to deflate. Prices are down, the economy has cooled and newly-constructed projects in many parts of the country remain unoccupied. The housing market accounts for more than 15% of China's annual economic output and so the softening of the market is having a broader economic impact. Analysts believe that a property collapse is unlikely though as local governments are shoring up the sector.   (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

A Chinese construction worker paints the exterior of a new apartment complex on August 29, 2014 in Beijing, China. Rapid construction and widespread over-investment in Chinese property created a bubble that continues to deflate. Prices are down, the economy has cooled and newly-constructed projects in many parts of the country remain unoccupied. The housing market accounts for more than 15% of China’s annual economic output and so the softening of the market is having a broader economic impact. Analysts believe that a property collapse is unlikely though as local governments are shoring up the sector. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

A Haitian youth cleans himself after helping his cousin to make bread at a small bakery in the Jalousie neighborhood of the Petion Ville commune in Port-au-Prince,  August 28, 2014.   (HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images)

A Haitian youth cleans himself after helping his cousin to make bread at a small bakery in the Jalousie neighborhood of the Petion Ville commune in Port-au-Prince, August 28, 2014. (HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images)

A photo taken on August 29, 2014, shows Mount Tavurvur erupting in eastern Papua New Guinea, spewing rocks and ash into the air, forcing the evacuation of local communities and international flights to be re-routed. Mount Tavurvur, which destroyed the town of Rabaul when it erupted simultaneously with nearby Mount Vulcan in 1994, rumbled to life early in the morning on the tip of the remote island of New Britain.  (OLIVER BLUETT/AFP/Getty Images)

A photo taken on August 29, 2014, shows Mount Tavurvur erupting in eastern Papua New Guinea, spewing rocks and ash into the air, forcing the evacuation of local communities and international flights to be re-routed. Mount Tavurvur, which destroyed the town of Rabaul when it erupted simultaneously with nearby Mount Vulcan in 1994, rumbled to life early in the morning on the tip of the remote island of New Britain. (OLIVER BLUETT/AFP/Getty Images)

A jogger runs along the Sanibel Island, Fla.  beach at daybreak in the waning days of summer Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

A jogger runs along the Sanibel Island, Fla. beach at daybreak in the waning days of summer Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Riot policemen take part in a crowd and riot control exercise near the town of Ferizaj on August 29, 2014. Despite the deteriorating situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, NATO does not plan to reduce the number of its peacekeeping troops in Kosovo. (ARMEND NIMANI/AFP/Getty Images)

Riot policemen take part in a crowd and riot control exercise near the town of Ferizaj on August 29, 2014. Despite the deteriorating situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, NATO does not plan to reduce the number of its peacekeeping troops in Kosovo. (ARMEND NIMANI/AFP/Getty Images)

Sheep graze by solar panels on August 28, in  a photo released on August 29, 2014 in Hildesheim, Germany.  (JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE/AFP/Getty Images)

Sheep graze by solar panels on August 28, in a photo released on August 29, 2014 in Hildesheim, Germany. (JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE/AFP/Getty Images)

In this photo taken on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 and released on August 29, 2014, Matt Holowicki, of Plymouth, eyes his next coney in the final minutes while competing  in the fourth annual American Coney Island Coney Dog Eating Challenge at the American Coney Island in downtown Detroit. Holowicki ate 17 full Coney Dogs in 10 minutes to be crowned the 2014 champion. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Ryan Garza)

In this photo taken on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 and released on August 29, 2014, Matt Holowicki, of Plymouth, eyes his next coney in the final minutes while competing in the fourth annual American Coney Island Coney Dog Eating Challenge at the American Coney Island in downtown Detroit. Holowicki ate 17 full Coney Dogs in 10 minutes to be crowned the 2014 champion. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Ryan Garza)

Iguanas for sale are seen inside a basket at the Oriental Market in Managua, on August 27, 2014, in a photo released on August 29, 2014. The Nicaraguan Government recommended earlier this month the breeding of iguanas to face food shortages caused by a drought affecting the region, instead of hunting them in the forests. (Inti Ocon/AFP/Getty Images)

Iguanas for sale are seen inside a basket at the Oriental Market in Managua, on August 27, 2014, in a photo released on August 29, 2014. The Nicaraguan Government recommended earlier this month the breeding of iguanas to face food shortages caused by a drought affecting the region, instead of hunting them in the forests. (Inti Ocon/AFP/Getty Images)

A zookeeper holds three baby caimans at the Planet of Crocodiles in Civaux near Poitiers, western France, on August 28, 2014  in a photo released on August 29, 2014. Around 200 crocodiles from various species live in the zoo, whose pools use a system that recovers the heat produced by the water from the neighbouring nuclear power plant. (GUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP/Getty Images)

A zookeeper holds three baby caimans at the Planet of Crocodiles in Civaux near Poitiers, western France, on August 28, 2014 in a photo released on August 29, 2014. Around 200 crocodiles from various species live in the zoo, whose pools use a system that recovers the heat produced by the water from the neighbouring nuclear power plant. (GUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP/Getty Images)

People use spades and metal detectors as they search a beach in Folkestone, southeast England, on August 29, 2014 for gold bullion buried there by German artist Michael Sailstorfer as part of the Folkestone Triennial. Thirty gold bars have been buried on a beach in Britain by a German artist, prompting a flood of bounty hunters with metal detectors to seek their fortune on August 29. The gold bars, worth a total of 10,000 GBP (13,000 euros, 17,000 USD), were buried in Folkestone, by Berlin-based Michael Sailstorfer as part of an arts festival. The bars, worth around 300GBP each, are a few centimetres long. Members of the public will be allowed to keep any of the 24-carat bullion which they find. (JACK TAYLOR/AFP/Getty Images)

People use spades and metal detectors as they search a beach in Folkestone, southeast England, on August 29, 2014 for gold bullion buried there by German artist Michael Sailstorfer as part of the Folkestone Triennial. Thirty gold bars have been buried on a beach in Britain by a German artist, prompting a flood of bounty hunters with metal detectors to seek their fortune on August 29. The gold bars, worth a total of 10,000 GBP (13,000 euros, 17,000 USD), were buried in Folkestone, by Berlin-based Michael Sailstorfer as part of an arts festival. The bars, worth around 300GBP each, are a few centimetres long. Members of the public will be allowed to keep any of the 24-carat bullion which they find. (JACK TAYLOR/AFP/Getty Images)

In this Aug. 13, 2014, photo that was released on August 29, 2014, Homeless woman Jeanne Strickler, left, hugs her friends outside a laundromat before doing their laundry for free during a Laundry Love event on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, in Huntington Beach, Calif. Laundry Love is a growing faith-driven movement that helps people change their lives by letting them change into clean clothes. The organization partners with local laundromats and helps those who are homeless or struggling financially by doing their laundry for free. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

In this Aug. 13, 2014, photo that was released on August 29, 2014, Homeless woman Jeanne Strickler, left, hugs her friends outside a laundromat before doing their laundry for free during a Laundry Love event on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, in Huntington Beach, Calif. Laundry Love is a growing faith-driven movement that helps people change their lives by letting them change into clean clothes. The organization partners with local laundromats and helps those who are homeless or struggling financially by doing their laundry for free. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Members of the International space crew, US astronaut Barry Wilmore (L) and Russia's cosmonauts Alexandr Samokutyaev (C) and Elena Serova attend a training session at the Gagarin Cosmonauts' Training Centre in Star City, outside Moscow on August 29, 2014. The crew is to take off from Russian-leased Kazakh Baikonur cosmodrome to the ISS on September 26. (STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)

Members of the International space crew, US astronaut Barry Wilmore (L) and Russia’s cosmonauts Alexandr Samokutyaev (C) and Elena Serova attend a training session at the Gagarin Cosmonauts’ Training Centre in Star City, outside Moscow on August 29, 2014. The crew is to take off from Russian-leased Kazakh Baikonur cosmodrome to the ISS on September 26. (STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)

This handout picture taken on August 4, 2014 and released on August 29, 2014 by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), shows Aysha, 5, standing outside the unfinished, abandoned building in Istanbul that has been her home for half a year. She lives here with her mother and 10 siblings. The majority of Syrian refugees live in urban settings, often sharing overcrowded apartments or abandoned buildings.  (Shawn BALDWIN/AFP/Getty Images)

This handout picture taken on August 4, 2014 and released on August 29, 2014 by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), shows Aysha, 5, standing outside the unfinished, abandoned building in Istanbul that has been her home for half a year. She lives here with her mother and 10 siblings. The majority of Syrian refugees live in urban settings, often sharing overcrowded apartments or abandoned buildings. (Shawn BALDWIN/AFP/Getty Images)

This handout picture taken on June 27, 2014 in Lebanon and released on August 29, 2014 by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), shows Syrian refugee, Dayane, 24, holding her daughter Yemen, 5, who was severely burned in an accident with scalding water during a bombing raid in Yarbroud, Syria. The family fled to northern Lebanon six days after the accident but they could never afford treatment for Yemen. Six months on, the little girl is still in great physical pain, with some of her wounds unhealed, and she is still clearly traumatized. (Andrew McConnell/AFP/Getty Images)

This handout picture taken on June 27, 2014 in Lebanon and released on August 29, 2014 by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), shows Syrian refugee, Dayane, 24, holding her daughter Yemen, 5, who was severely burned in an accident with scalding water during a bombing raid in Yarbroud, Syria. The family fled to northern Lebanon six days after the accident but they could never afford treatment for Yemen. Six months on, the little girl is still in great physical pain, with some of her wounds unhealed, and she is still clearly traumatized. (Andrew McConnell/AFP/Getty Images)

A Syrian woman sits next to her children sleeping on the street in Hamra Street in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on August 29, 2014. The number of refugees from the conflict in Syria now tops three million, the UN said, as US President Barack Obama admitted he has no strategy to tackle advancing jihadists.(ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images)

A Syrian woman sits next to her children sleeping on the street in Hamra Street in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on August 29, 2014. The number of refugees from the conflict in Syria now tops three million, the UN said, as US President Barack Obama admitted he has no strategy to tackle advancing jihadists.(ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images)

Turkish police holds protestors as they clash with leftist protestors on August 28, 2014  in a photo released on August 29, 2014, in Istanbul. Leftsist groups gathered to protest against new Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at Istiklal avenue in Istanbul. (OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images)

Turkish police holds protestors as they clash with leftist protestors on August 28, 2014 in a photo released on August 29, 2014, in Istanbul. Leftsist groups gathered to protest against new Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at Istiklal avenue in Istanbul. (OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images)

A soldier sets defence wire as Ukrainian troops organise their defence on the outskirts of the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on August 29, 2014. NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Russia on August 29 to halt its "illegal" military actions in Ukraine, accusing it of a "dangerous" attempt to destabilise its western neighbour. The conflict raging in eastern Ukraine has killed nearly 2,600 people, the United Nations said on August 29, voicing concern about atrocities committed by armed groups and the increasing involvement of foreign fighters. (ANATOLII BOIKO/AFP/Getty Images)

A soldier sets defence wire as Ukrainian troops organise their defence on the outskirts of the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on August 29, 2014. NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Russia on August 29 to halt its “illegal” military actions in Ukraine, accusing it of a “dangerous” attempt to destabilise its western neighbour. The conflict raging in eastern Ukraine has killed nearly 2,600 people, the United Nations said on August 29, voicing concern about atrocities committed by armed groups and the increasing involvement of foreign fighters. (ANATOLII BOIKO/AFP/Getty Images)

An Ukrainian soldier digs a trench on the outskirts of the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol  on August 29, 2014. NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Russia on August 29 to halt its "illegal" military actions in Ukraine, accusing it of a "dangerous" attempt to destabilise its western neighbour. The conflict raging in eastern Ukraine has killed nearly 2,600 people, the United Nations said on August 29, voicing concern about atrocities committed by armed groups and the increasing involvement of foreign fighters. (Alexander KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images)

An Ukrainian soldier digs a trench on the outskirts of the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on August 29, 2014. NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Russia on August 29 to halt its “illegal” military actions in Ukraine, accusing it of a “dangerous” attempt to destabilise its western neighbour. The conflict raging in eastern Ukraine has killed nearly 2,600 people, the United Nations said on August 29, voicing concern about atrocities committed by armed groups and the increasing involvement of foreign fighters. (Alexander KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images)

Musicians of Thessaloniki's State Symphony Orchestra perform during a concert at a metro station construction site in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

Musicians of Thessaloniki’s State Symphony Orchestra perform during a concert at a metro station construction site in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

Scuderia Toro Rosso's Dutch driver Max Verstappen, 16, drives an F1 car on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on August 29, 2014, to promote the upcoming Formula 1 VKV City Racing event that will be held in Rotterdam on August 31. (Sander KONING/AFP/Getty Images)

Scuderia Toro Rosso’s Dutch driver Max Verstappen, 16, drives an F1 car on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on August 29, 2014, to promote the upcoming Formula 1 VKV City Racing event that will be held in Rotterdam on August 31. (Sander KONING/AFP/Getty Images)

A new born little western black-and-white colobus cuddles with it's mother at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. The little ape from western Africa is one of only 30 rare animals in Europe. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

A new born little western black-and-white colobus cuddles with it’s mother at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. The little ape from western Africa is one of only 30 rare animals in Europe. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Indian and Japanese students play at Global Indian International School in Tokyo Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. Japan and India both have much to gain from a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and more than a dozen Indian steel, energy and IT tycoons that begins Saturday in the ancient capital of Kyoto. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Indian and Japanese students play at Global Indian International School in Tokyo Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. Japan and India both have much to gain from a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and more than a dozen Indian steel, energy and IT tycoons that begins Saturday in the ancient capital of Kyoto. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

A Georgian Orthodox priest and a young mother pray on August 28, 2014  in a photo released on August 29, 2014, during a religious service marking the Day of the Virgin Mary at the Cathedral in Tbilisi. On August 28, Orthodox believers celebrate the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven. A(VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/Getty Images)

A Georgian Orthodox priest and a young mother pray on August 28, 2014 in a photo released on August 29, 2014, during a religious service marking the Day of the Virgin Mary at the Cathedral in Tbilisi. On August 28, Orthodox believers celebrate the assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven. A(VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Immigration officials remove Central American migrants from a northbound freight train during a raid by federal police in San Ramon, Mexico, just after midnight on the morning of Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. The largest crackdown by Mexican authorities on illegal migration in decades has decreased the flow of Central American migrants trying to reach the United States, and has dramatically cut the number of child migrants and families, according to officials and eyewitness accounts along the perilous route.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Immigration officials remove Central American migrants from a northbound freight train during a raid by federal police in San Ramon, Mexico, just after midnight on the morning of Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. The largest crackdown by Mexican authorities on illegal migration in decades has decreased the flow of Central American migrants trying to reach the United States, and has dramatically cut the number of child migrants and families, according to officials and eyewitness accounts along the perilous route.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Metal boards in the shape of gunmen sit on an old bunker at an observation point on Mt. Bental in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, overlooking the border with Syria near the Quneitra province, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. An armed group detained more than 40 U.N. peacekeepers during fighting in Syria early Thursday and over 80 peacekeepers are trapped, the United Nations said. The peacekeepers were detained on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights during a "period of increased fighting between armed elements and the Syrian Arab Armed Forces," the office of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement. ( AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Metal boards in the shape of gunmen sit on an old bunker at an observation point on Mt. Bental in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, overlooking the border with Syria near the Quneitra province, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. An armed group detained more than 40 U.N. peacekeepers during fighting in Syria early Thursday and over 80 peacekeepers are trapped, the United Nations said. The peacekeepers were detained on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights during a “period of increased fighting between armed elements and the Syrian Arab Armed Forces,” the office of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement. ( AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

U.N. peacekeepers from the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, also known as UNDOF, observe Syria's Quneitra province at an observation point on Mt. Bental in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, overlooking the border with Syria, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. An armed group detained more than 40 U.N. peacekeepers during fighting in Syria early Thursday and over 80 peacekeepers are trapped, the United Nations said. The peacekeepers were detained on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights during a "period of increased fighting between armed elements and the Syrian Arab Armed Forces," the office of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement. ( AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

U.N. peacekeepers from the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, also known as UNDOF, observe Syria’s Quneitra province at an observation point on Mt. Bental in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, overlooking the border with Syria, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. An armed group detained more than 40 U.N. peacekeepers during fighting in Syria early Thursday and over 80 peacekeepers are trapped, the United Nations said. The peacekeepers were detained on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights during a “period of increased fighting between armed elements and the Syrian Arab Armed Forces,” the office of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement. ( AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

A picture taken from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights shows armed men, reportedly rebel fighters, standing in the Syrian side of the Golan, at the Quneitra border crossing, on August 29, 2014. Israel closed off the area around Quneitra on the occupied Golan Heights after an officer was wounded by stray fire as Syrian rebels seized control of the crossing. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

A picture taken from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights shows armed men, reportedly rebel fighters, standing in the Syrian side of the Golan, at the Quneitra border crossing, on August 29, 2014. Israel closed off the area around Quneitra on the occupied Golan Heights after an officer was wounded by stray fire as Syrian rebels seized control of the crossing. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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