• Medieval history enthusiasts fight in the ring during the Knights Of Jerusalem Historical Festival in the holy city. The festival features reenactments of historical medieval battles, with enthusiasts from around the world fighting with full armor and swords. Uriel Sinai / Getty Images
    Medieval history enthusiasts fight in the ring during the Knights Of Jerusalem Historical Festival in the holy city. The festival features reenactments of historical medieval battles, with enthusiasts from around the world fighting with full armor and swords. Uriel Sinai / Getty Images
  • An Indian Muslim pilgrim bids farewell to relatives at Haj House in Hyderabad ahead of departing for Saudi Arabia. Noah Seelam / AFP Photo
    An Indian Muslim pilgrim bids farewell to relatives at Haj House in Hyderabad ahead of departing for Saudi Arabia. Noah Seelam / AFP Photo
  • A photo taken from the ground in southern Seoul shows parachuters practicing for a show on Armed Forces Day. Yonhap / EPA
    A photo taken from the ground in southern Seoul shows parachuters practicing for a show on Armed Forces Day. Yonhap / EPA
  • Jeff Bolling, the chief executive of the National Elephant Center near Fellsmere, Florida., checks one of the four African elephants living on 200 acres in the heart of Florida's citrus grove region. J Pat Carter / AP Photo
    Jeff Bolling, the chief executive of the National Elephant Center near Fellsmere, Florida., checks one of the four African elephants living on 200 acres in the heart of Florida's citrus grove region. J Pat Carter / AP Photo
  • Pakistani residents arrive by boat to an island that appeared some two kilometres off the coastline at Gwadar after an earthquake. A small island of mud and rock created by the huge earthquake that hit southwest Pakistan has fascinated locals but experts -- who found methane gas rising from it -- say it is unlikely to last long. Behram Baloch / AFP Photo
    Pakistani residents arrive by boat to an island that appeared some two kilometres off the coastline at Gwadar after an earthquake. A small island of mud and rock created by the huge earthquake that hit southwest Pakistan has fascinated locals but experts -- who found methane gas rising from it -- say it is unlikely to last long. Behram Baloch / AFP Photo
  • An amateur golfer walks on the seventh green during the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Kingsbarns, Scotland. Warren Little / Getty Images
    An amateur golfer walks on the seventh green during the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Kingsbarns, Scotland. Warren Little / Getty Images
  • A farmer walks through a dry paddy field in Aceh Besar, Aceh region, Indonesia. Hotli Simanjuntak / EPA
    A farmer walks through a dry paddy field in Aceh Besar, Aceh region, Indonesia. Hotli Simanjuntak / EPA
  • Chinese couples dance at an open space of the Summer Palace in Beijing. Rolex Dela Pena / EPA
    Chinese couples dance at an open space of the Summer Palace in Beijing. Rolex Dela Pena / EPA

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