August 22, 2014
![A visitor passes an image of the Virgin Mary, as thousands of Egyptian Copts celebrate the Feast of Assumption at the Virgin Mary Church in Mostorod, east of Cairo. The Feast of Assumption marks the Virgin Mary's ascension into heaven.](https://gdb.voanews.com/30dbcc3f-9662-4b0d-a7ef-994fedfecf08_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A visitor passes an image of the Virgin Mary, as thousands of Egyptian Copts celebrate the Feast of Assumption at the Virgin Mary Church in Mostorod, east of Cairo. The Feast of Assumption marks the Virgin Mary's ascension into heaven.
![A man with tattoo on his head sits inside a booth at the International Hong Kong China Tattoo Convention. The territory held its second international tattoo convention, hoping to change the perception of tattoos in a city where inked skin is still strongly associated with triads and criminals.](https://gdb.voanews.com/261dda42-45bc-4002-9905-2ff05b1bb3b6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man with tattoo on his head sits inside a booth at the International Hong Kong China Tattoo Convention. The territory held its second international tattoo convention, hoping to change the perception of tattoos in a city where inked skin is still strongly associated with triads and criminals.
![A pro-independence demonstrator passes by a Coca-Cola poster as he helps to carry a big Ikurrina (Basque flag) to protest in favor of the Basque flag and against the Spanish flag during local festivities in the northern Spanish Basque city of Bilbao.](https://gdb.voanews.com/69346998-1836-41f7-baf7-8df24db3833a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A pro-independence demonstrator passes by a Coca-Cola poster as he helps to carry a big Ikurrina (Basque flag) to protest in favor of the Basque flag and against the Spanish flag during local festivities in the northern Spanish Basque city of Bilbao.
![Rev. Mpho Tutu (C), CEO of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Foundation and daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, covers her face as she participates with foundation staff in the Ice Bucket Challenge in Cape Town, South Africa. The Ice Bucket Challenge is an initiative to raise awareness and funds for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) also known as Motor Neuron Disease (MND).](https://gdb.voanews.com/d3c2bd7a-cd31-4e8b-9259-2124c806c56d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Rev. Mpho Tutu (C), CEO of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Foundation and daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, covers her face as she participates with foundation staff in the Ice Bucket Challenge in Cape Town, South Africa. The Ice Bucket Challenge is an initiative to raise awareness and funds for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) also known as Motor Neuron Disease (MND).