Samir Kantar wipes his eye during a ceremony welcoming prisoners exchanged for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers, in Naqoura, southern Lebanon. (Darko Bandic / Associated Press)
A South Korean protester hurls an egg toward the Japanese Embassy in Seoul over a dispute as to whether Japan or South Korea control a group of islands in the Sea of Japan. The islands are called the Takeshima Islands in Japan, but are called the Dokdo Islands in South Korea. (Jeon Hyeong-Jin / AFP/Getty Images)
Geiko and geisha walk down Omotesando Street to mark the first anniversary of Niigata earthquake in Tokyo. The earthquake killed 10 people and shut down a nuclear power plant in Kashiwazaki. About 2,500 people are still living in temporary houses. (Junko Kimura / Getty Images)
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Philippine children play in a flooded street in Manila’s Tondo slum after Tropical Storm Helen crossed the northern regions of the country. (Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA)
Philippine students walk through flooded streets in northern Manila. (Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA)
A fire-fighting airplane drops water over a forest fire at Markopoulo village, in the suburbs of Athens, Greece. (Pantelis Saitas / EPA)
A shepherd holds on to his goat as bicyclists pass the village of La Ribereuille during the 11th stage of the Tour de France cycling race. (Christopher Ena / Associated Press)
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An Afghan woman walks with children past a billboard depicting Hollywood action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger in Kabul. Since the fall of the Taliban regime, commercial billboards are mushrooming in the Afghan capital. (Shah Marai / AFP/Getty Images)
An Iraqi mother tries to put her baby to sleep as children play on a street in Baghdad’s Fadhil neighborhood. (Hadi Mizban / Associated Press)
Fireworks explode above the Olympic National Stadium, known as the Bird’s Nest, during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. (Andy Wong / Associated Press)
