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The Day in Photos
August 26, 2015
August 26, 2015
A look at the best news photos from around the world.
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An image distributed by Islamic State militants on social media on Aug. 25, 2015 purports to show the destruction of a Roman-era temple in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. Syria's antiquities chief Maamoun Abdulkarim told Reuters the images did appear to show the destruction of the ancient Baal Shamin temple and correlated with descriptions given by residents about an explosion on Aug. 23.
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Syrian refugees cross into Hungary underneath the border fence on the Hungarian - Serbian border near Roszke, Hungary. More than 140,000 migrants have reached Hungary through routes across the Balkans so far.
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Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou of Greece reacts during the final of the women's pole vault athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium in Beijing, China.
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Paratroopers take part in an exercise of the U.S. Army Global Response Force in Hohenfels, Germany.
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