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Xiong Chaoyong of the local Asian elephant breeding center poses with a wild elephant in the Wild Elephant Valley in Jinghong city, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan province, 21 June 2014.Imaginechina/AP
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A giant inflatable toad is seen floating on a lake at the Yuyuantan Park in Beijing, July 19, 2014.Reuters
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A visitor poses in an upside-down house, in St.Petersburg, Russia, where the floor becomes the ceiling and furniture appears to defy gravity, July 25, 2014.Andrey Pronin—Zuma Press
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Volunteers watch flamingo chicks being released at the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kilometres from Malaga, Spain on July 19, 2014.Jorge Guerrero—AFP/Getty Images
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David Dinsmore of the U.S. competes during the men's 10 metre semi-final platform event at the 19th FINA Diving World Cup in Shanghai on July 20, 2014.Johannes Eisele—AFP/Getty Images
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Taiwan Marine Corps "Frog Men" display stretching routines during a tour at the naval base in Zuoying, southern Taiwan on July 21, 2014.Wally Santana—AP
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People dive into the Mediterranean Sea on a hot summer's day in Nice, southern France, July 21, 2014.Sebastien Nogier—EPA
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A visitor pets a horse during the Rural Society's annual exposition in Buenos Aires on July 21, 2014.Natacha Pisarenko—AP
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People swim at the Massenei open air public swimming pool in Grossroehrsdorf, Germany on July 19, 2014.Matthias Hiekel—AFP/Getty Images
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Fans wave and yell at NBA basketball player LeBron James (L) of the Cleveland Cavaliers during a promotional event in Hong Kong on July 23, 2014.Tyrone Siu—Reuters
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A young man jumps from a tower at a public bathing beach into the Lake Ammersee, in Utting, Bavaria state, Germany on July 23, 2014.Karl-Josef Hildenbrand—EPA
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A training session at the 'Tony Parker Camp', a teen summer basketball camp in Villeurbanne, France, on July 21, 2014.Pascal Fayolle—Sipa Press
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Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland looks at the trophy after winning the British Open Golf Championship at Hoylake, near Liverpool, Britain on July 20, 2014.Facundo Arrizabalga—EPA
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Tosta, a Staffordshire bull terrier cross, shakes off water after a swim in the sea during a hot summer day by Brighton pier in southern England on July 23, 2014.Luke MacGregor—Reuters
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