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A keeper feeds Ayeyar Sein, a four-month-old baby elephant who lost her parents to poachers, after her daily wound cleaning in Wingabaw Elephant Camp, Bago, Myanmar. Reuters -
A visitor examines an optical illusion which is part of the interactive experience exhibition 'Tricked!'' at Augustusburg castle in Germany. AP -
An Afghan child sits on a water tank at Nadir Khan hill in Kabul. AFP -
Sheep stand in a field as the Norwegian Encore cruise ship makes its way over the river Ems near Emden, northern Germany. AFP -
Heavy clouds are seen above the sea, in Sao Roque do Pico, on the Pico Island, as Hurricane Lorenzo passes over the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. AFP
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