August 8, 2014

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Pakistani workers make a huge national flag ahead of forthcoming celebrations of the country's Independence Day in Karachi. Pakistan will celebrate its Independence Day on August 14.

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Syrian refugees, fleeing the recent fighting in Arsal, wait by trucks in Majdel Anjar in the Bekaa Valley, near the Lebanese border with Syria. The refugees, who had sought shelter in Arsal, were attempting to head back to Syria; however, they say authorities at the border rejected them until their identities and statuses were verified.

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Samir Hineidi, of Fairfax, Virginia, left, and a demonstrator who chose not to be identified, participate in a Middle East demonstration outside the White House in Washington.

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Soldiers light candles in memory of the Georgian soldiers killed during Georgia's conflict with Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia in 2008, at the memorial cemetery in Tbilisi.