July 27, 2014

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Devotees with their mouths pierced with tridents participate in a ritual to worship the Hindu goddess Durga during Aadi festival celebrations in the southern Indian city of Chennai.

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Dailin Duras Cabigayan, 27, smiles as she cradles her newly born baby girl, Chonalyn, as government health officials present her with a cake and clothing as the 100 millionth baby born into the Philippines' population during a short ceremony inside the Jose Fabella hospital in Manila.

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Tug boats tow the Costa Concordia ship as they arrive outside Genoa's port, in northern Italy, where the ship will be broken up for scrap.

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A civil defense member is stuck under debris at a site hit by what activists said were two barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo.