August 26, 2013

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A woman walks by a pawn shop in central Athens, Greece.

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A member of the panda team at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo performs the first neonatal exam on a panda cub, Washington, D.C., Aug. 25, 2013. The cub, born Friday, appeared to be in excellent health.

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An Israeli man shows his children how to adjust a gas mask at a distribution center at a shopping mall in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem. Thousands of Israelis lined up for masks at centers or phoned in orders fearing a deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria may wind up ensnaring their own nation in conflict.

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A Palestinian boy rests among suitcases as he waits to cross into Egypt at Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. Egypt reopened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Saturday after four days of closure.