24 GUSHT 2013

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Workers move waste containing radiated soil, leaves and debris from the decontamination operation at a storage site in Naraha town, which is inside the formerly no-go zone of a 20 km (12 mile) radius around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and currently a designated evacuation zone, in Fukushima prefecture, Japan.

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In this photo taken on a government organized media tour, a Syrian army soldier walks on a street in the Jobar neighborhood of Damascus.

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Competitors start the swimming course during the ITU World Triathlon elite race for women in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Participants run as they carry their sheep during a "Running with Sheep" race, which is a part of a harvest celebration activity, in Yiwu county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.