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A Filipino woman carries a girl along a flooded street in Obando town, Bulacan province, north of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday July 31, 2012. Typhoon Saola dumped torrents of rain as it swept past the Philippines, killing at least seven people and displacing more than 20,000 others by Tuesday. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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London Olympics ... The Olympic cauldron is lit during the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 28, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Hoopurbia Festiv... Hoopers perform with their illuminated hula hoops during a flashmob at Potsdam Square (Potsdamer Platz) in Berlin, Germany, Friday, July 27, 2012. The flashmob is part of the three day festival "Hoopurbia", offering workshops, dance parties and perfomance showcases with hula hoops. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
Germany Holi Fes... People throw colored powder into the air during the Holi Festival in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, July 29, 2012. The original Holi, also known as the festival of colors, is a festival celebrated in India and other Hindu countries. Some thousands of people celebrated this event with Indian Djs, acrobatics and dance in the German capital. (AP Photo/dapd/Oliver Lang)
India Cattle Rac... A contestant guides a pair of bulls during a bull race at a paddy field at Canning, outskirts of Kolkata, India, Sunday, July 29, 2012. Winners will the race are rewarded with prizes of day to day use such as bicycles, brass pitchers, radio sets, etc. Farmers also participate with the belief that taking part in the race before ploughing their fields will bring good rain and prosperity to their families. (AP Photo)
India Hindu Fest... An Indian girl carries an idol of Hindu goddess Dashama as she looks for reusable material amid idols left by devotees on the banks of the River Sabarmati at the end of Dashama festival in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, July 29, 2012. The 10-day festival celebrated in the Shravan month of the Hindu calendar culminates with the immersion of the idols of Hindu goddess Dashama. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Ukraine Russia N... In this photo taken late Sunday, July 29, 2012, fireworks seen over Russian Rocket cruiser "Moskva" (Moscow) in the Sevastopol Bay during the celebration of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, Ukraine This year, the day of Russian Black Sea Fleet and Naval Forces of Ukraine is celebrated on the same day. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)
Wild Blueberries... In this photo made Friday, July 27, 2012, workers harvest wild blueberries at the Ridgeberry Farm in Appleton, Maine. Maine is the country’s top wild blueberry state. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Cheetah Cubs One of two, three-month-old cheetah cubs, walks through their enclosure on public view at the National Zoo, in Washington, on Saturday, July 28, 2012. The cubs are trying out their first week on limited view to the public. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Bosnia Mostar Ju... A diver takes a plunge with torches from the 25 meters (82 feet)-high Old Mostar Bridge into the Neretva River during the annual night high diving in Mostar, 140 kilometers (87 miles) south of Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, Sunday, July 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)
India Power Outa... An Indian commuter sleeps inside the compartment of a stationary train following the power outage that struck in the early hours of Monday, July 30, 2012, at a train station in New Delhi, India. The electricity grid across northern India failed Monday, leaving hundreds of millions of people without electricity in one of the worst power failures of the past decade, officials said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Tribal Canoe Jou... Tribal members welcome canoes that are part of the "Paddle to Squaxin" tribal canoe journey, on Sunday, July 29, 2012, in Olympia, Wash. About 100 canoes arrived at the Port of Olympia after being paddled throughout Puget Sound on several different routes toward the Squaxin Island Tribe. The first tribe left the northern British Columbian coast in late June and the journey ultimately involved more than 50 tribes. The annual journey began in 1989 and tracks a new route every year. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)
Russia Hot Weath... A young girl cools down at a fountain in the last ray of the setting sun near the Kremlin Wall in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Moscow has been bathed in fine weather this week. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Illinois Drought... A much needed storm system rolls over starved corn fields in Elburn, Ill., early Tuesday, July 31, 2012. The U.S. drought now covers two-thirds of the nation and for many farmers the rain is too late. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
Germany Zoo A ten week old female Great Gray owlet (Strix nebulosa), right, sits behind her mother in its enclosure at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
India Power Outa... An Indian barber holding a candle, has a haircut for a customer at his shop in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. India's energy crisis cascaded over half the country Tuesday when three of its regional grids collapsed, leaving 620 million people without government-supplied electricity for several hours in, by far, the world's biggest blackout. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Germany European... A sunflower placed by Occupy protesters stands in a pot in front of the headquarter of the European Central Bank as a bee flies by in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Haiti Carnival o... People parade during carnival of flowers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday July 30, 2012. The carnival, a three-day festival, marks new beginnings and the revitalization of Haiti with a Sunday parade, concerts and street dancing. Some critics have questioned the wisdom of spending about $1.6 million on the event. The government countered saying the celebration boosts morale and provides jobs. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
Philippines Stor... A Filipino woman carries a girl along a flooded street in Obando town, Bulacan province, north of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday July 31, 2012. Typhoon Saola dumped torrents of rain as it swept past the Philippines, killing at least seven people and displacing more than 20,000 others by Tuesday. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Say Shiva Pilgri... A girl takes a dip in the Bagmati River as she takes part in the "Bol Bom" (or Say Shiva) pilgrimage in Kathmandu July 30, 2012. (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar)
Peru Independenc... Members of the civil defense patrol known as "Ronderos" march during a military parade marking Peru's Independence Day in Lima, Peru, Sunday, July 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)
Philippines Asia... A man holding a pole stay on the mound of garbage washed ashore by big waves as others look for recyclable materials Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 along Roxas Blvd. in Manila, Philippines. The slow-moving Typhoon Saola killed at least 12 people and displaced 154,000 in the Philippines. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)
Olympics Gymnast... U.S. gymnasts U.S. gymnast McKayla Maroney, Kyla Ross, Alexandra Raisman, Gabrielle Douglas and Jordyn Wieber bite their gold medals at the Artistic Gymnastics women's team final at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Raksha Bandhan F... An Indian girl displays her hand decorated with Mehandi ahead of the Raksha Bandhan festival in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. Mehandi is the traditional art of adorning the hands and feet with a paste made from the finely ground leaves of the henna plant. The Raksha Bandhan festival, which falls on Aug. 2 celebrates the relationship between brothers and sisters and is marked by the tying of a Rakhi, or holy thread by the sister on the wrist of her brother. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Hong Kong Food F... Two staff members display a giant Pu-erh tea cake from China's Yunnan province during a media preview of the Food, Tea and Chinese Medicine Fairs in Hong Kong, Wednesday Aug. 1, 2012. More than 1,400 exhibitors from all over the world are expected to participate in the fairs. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Traditional Annu... A diver drops from the Old Mostar Bridge, during 446th traditional annual high diving competition, in Mostar, 140 kms south of Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, Sunday, July 29, 2012. Total of 49 divers from Bosnia and neighboring countries competed, diving from the 25 meters-high Old Mostar Bridge into the Neretva river. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)
Germany Acrobati... Spanish acrobat David Pereira is silhouetted as he performs on the roof terrace of a hotel with the 368 meters high television tower in the background during a photo call in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. Pereira and other artists presented parts of the new show "Made in Berlin" of the Wintergarten Berlin Variety, which will premiere Aug. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
Mideast Iran Ram... Veiled Iranian woman recites verses of the Quran, Islam's holy book, during the Muslims holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the shrine of Saint Mohammad Helal Ibn Ali, in the city of Aran and Bidgol, some 140 miles (225 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. During Ramadan, Muslims abstain from food, drink, smoking and sex during the daylight hours, breaking their fast after sunset and although it is a time of deprivation, Muslims consider Ramadan to be a joyful season. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Greece Fire A bulldozer works to extinguish a fire near the town of Kassandria in Halkidiki peninsula, northern Greece, Sunday, July 29, 2012. According to the Fire Department, the fire broke out in the landfill area and 50 firefighters with 20 vehicles are trying to extinguish it. Forest and brush fires are common in the hot, dry summer months. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)
Biggest Shaving ... Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey world-famous Clown Alley demonstrate the proper "pieing" technique as hundreds of circus fans in Dallas break the Guinness World's Record record for the Biggest Shaving Cream Pie Fight On Earth, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (Photo by Brandon Wade/Invision for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey/AP Images)
Germany Weather A man takes pictures on an old coal mining waste damp in Herten, Germany, Monday, July 30, 2012. Weather in Germany changed after a sunny and warm period to rainy and windy.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Sacred Thread Fe... A Hindu devotee offers prayers on the occasion of Janai Purnima, or Sacred Thread festival, near Pashupati temple in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. On Janai Purnima Hindus take holy baths and perform their annual change of the Janai, a sacred cotton string worn around their chest or tied on the wrist, in the belief that it will protect and purify them. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Germany Woodstoc... After officially opening the music festival, German President Joachim Gauck, left, and Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, right, wave to the crowd from the main stage at the summer music festival "Przystanek Woodstock" (Polish for Woodstock Station) near the Polish-German border in Kostrzyn, Poland, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. Both presidents visited the festival and opened it officially. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
Festival of the ... In this Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 photo, a decorated elephant parades as Sri Lankan traditional dancers perform during the annual Buddhist festival of the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Hundreds of thousands of Buddhists throng the hill-capital every year to venerate Buddha's tooth relic which is taken on a parade on decorated elephants with traditional dancers and drummers performing. The event is considered as Sri Lanka's most prominent religious and cultural ceremony that dates back to centuries. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Santo Domingo Fe... A “promesante” or promiser, dressed as a devil with his body coated in a mix of grease and motor oil, stands on a cemetery wall to get a better view of a procession during Santo Domingo festivities in Managua, Nicaragua, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. Some of the faithful annually coat their bodies in a black lubricant as a promise for a prayer or miracle they believe was performed or answered by Managua’s patron saint, Santo Domingo de Guzman. The first 10 days of August are reserved for the carnival-like celebration to honor the patron saint with processions, bullfights, parties and church services. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Russia Paratroop... Former Russian paratroopers with Airborne Forces' flags celebrate Paratroopers Day at the Red square in Moscow, Thursday Aug 2, 2012. Russian Paratroopers' Forces celebrate the 82th anniversary of the establishment of Russia's airborne forces on Thursday. Kremlin Srassky Tower is at the background. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
Warsaw Uprising ... People visit graves at the military cemetery in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, as Poland commemorates the 68th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, a nationwide rebellion against the German occupation. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Arsarnha Puja Da... Buddhist Thais pray before walking in circle around the chapel to mark Arsarnha Puja Day, the day Lord Buddha made his first teaching after enlightenment 2,600 years ago, at Traimitvittayaram temple in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
Singapore Weddin... Senior conservator from the Victoria and Albert Museum of London, Frances Hartog, inspects an embroidered silk satin wedding dress during the installation of "200 Years of Wedding Fashion from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London" on Thursday Aug. 2, 2012 at the Singapore National Museum in Singapore. This wedding gown was designed by Norman Hartnell and commissioned by Margaret Whigham (later Duchess of Argyll) for her marriage to Charles Sweeny on Feb. 21, 1933. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Frankfurt Occupy... An activist of the Frankfurt occupy movement poses with makeshift money in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, during a meeting of the ECB governing council concerning the further strategies in the European financial crisis. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
South Africa Str... Protesters rally at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. Three unions declared Thursday a strike day over failed negotiations with the university's administration over salaries and other issues. Several hundred people joined the protest Thursday on campus. Officials at the university say they've made the best offer they can for staff. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
London Olympics ... Runners pass by the Olympics flame on the first day of the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)
India Sparrow A sparrow braves an Indian Air Force honor guard standing at attention for a review by visiting Myanmar Army commander at the Defense Ministry in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Maine Weather In this Aug. 2, 2012 photo, thick fog descends upon the windjammer Angelique during a cruise in Penobscot Bay, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
India Monsoon Buddhist monks walk in thick mist during a monsoonal rain in Dharmsala, India, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. The area receives heavy rainfall during the summer monsoon season though this year it has been lighter than usual. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
Spain Financial ... Rail workers protest against the government's privatization plans at Sants railway station in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. The strike, which started at midnight yesterday and coincides with the departure of many for the summer holidays, is organized by employees of Renfe and Adif, the two public railway companies. Banner reads: Railroad(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Seafair Air Show... U.S. Navy Blue Angels pilots Lt. C.J. Simonsen (5) and Lt. David Tickle (6) fly in formation with Team Oracle stunt pilot Sean D. Tucker, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, near downtown Seattle. Tucker and the Blue Angels are in town for the annual Seafair summer festival, which will feature an air show and other events this coming weekend. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Netherlands Gay ... A rainbow colored banner, a symbol of the Gay Movement, is draped from Westerkerk or Wester Church at the occasion of the Gay Pride festival in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Margriet Faber)
Holy Month of Ra... A Palestinian reads from the Quran during the dawn prayer on the fifteenth day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in the refugee camp of Jenin, West Bank, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year which lasts 30 days, and is devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and good deeds. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas).
India Lakme Fash... An Indian model displays creation by Next Generation during the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai, India, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Germany Zoo A two-month-old Barbary ape baby relaxes on its mother's back during warm temperatures in the Erfurt zoo, central Germany, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)