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Fires burn early Sunday on the suburban hills behind the ancient Parthenon at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. A massive wildfire tore through outlying suburbs north of Athens early Sunday, destroying homes and forcing thousands to flee in dramatic overni Dimitri Doudoumis, Associated Press
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A man carries a mattress as houses burn in the Capao Redondo slum in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Monday. Residents set cars and houses on fire when police evicted about 800 families from grounds that had been illegally occupied by squatters two years ago. Andre Penner, Associated Press
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President Barack Obama looks out from his golf cart Monday while playing on the second hole at the Farm Neck Golf Club in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Steven Senne, Associated Press
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A firefighter sprays water at a burning forest near Nea Makri, north of Athens, Greece, on Monday. Wind-driven fires raged for a fourth day outside the capital, prompting several European countries to send planes and other assistance. Nikolas Giakoumidis, Associated Press
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A Palestinian child reacts during a struggle to get a ration of donated food Monday from the Islamic Waqf during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Hebron. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating the holy fasting month Bernat Armangue, Associated Press
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Cadets of the Ukrainian Naval Academy march down Kiev's main street during a military parade Monday on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of Ukraine's Independence. Efrem Lukatsky, Associated Press
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A woman stands next to a giant replica of the Quran made out of chocolates at a hotel in Surabaya, Indonesia, on Monday. The replica was made using 250 kilograms of white and dark chocolates and measures more than 2 square meters. The replica was made to Mochammad Risyal Hidayat, AFP/Getty Images
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Top photos from around the world for August 24, 2009.

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