IAAF World Athletics Championship in Osaka August

Britain's Mark Lewis-Francis warms up before the men's 4x100 meters relay heats at the 11th IAAF World Athletics Championship in Osaka August 31, 2007.

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Athletes compete in the men's 110 meters hurdles heats at the 11th IAAF World Athletics Championship in Osaka August 29, 2007.

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Russia's Tatyana Lebedeva competes in the women's triple jump final at the 11th IAAF World Athletics Championship in Osaka August 31, 2007.

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Russia's Olga Kaniskina competes in the rain during the women's 20 kilometers race walk final at the 11th IAAF World Athletics Championship in Osaka August 31, 2007.

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Germany's Andre Niklaus competes in the high jump event of the men's decathlon at the 11th IAAF World Athletics Championship in Osaka August 31, 2007.

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Czech Republic's Roman Sebrle competes in the long jump event of the men's decathlon at the 11th IAAF World Athletics Championship in Osaka August 31, 2007.

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Iranian worshippers walk along an avenue as they arrive for Friday prayers in Tehran August 31, 2007. (IRAN)

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Navy cadets march during their graduation ceremony at the Turkish Naval Academy in Istanbul August 31, 2007. (TURKEY)
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Philippine soldiers stand in formation during a troop inspection at Marines headquarters in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Metro Manila August 31, 2007. (PHILIPPINES)

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A villager walks over dry land in Maros regency, in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province, August 31, 2007. A prolonged period of dry weather has forced some people to walk two miles (3.2 km) to fetch drinking water, a villager said. (INDONESIA)

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Pupils learn traffic guidance gestures during a safety awareness campaign at a primary school in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong province August 31, 2007. (CHINA)

A Palestinian boy attends a prayer before a protest against the construction of Israel's controversial barrier in the West Bank village of el-Walajeh, near Bethlehem, August 31, 2007. (WEST BANK) REUTERS/Eliana Aponte

Two women make their way along the 1.2 km-long passageway known as the Siq in the ancient city of Petra August 29, 2007. The Siq is a single block of sandstone rock that was torn apart by tectonic forces.

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A view of the Garden Temple Complex in the ancient city of Petra August 30, 2007. The Temple includes a small shrine and a large plastered cistern, enabling water to reach the city center from the temple through a distribution system of channels and ceramic pipes.

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