An Afghan Muslim devotee, who lives and prays in isolation in a mosque during Itikaf, the last ten days of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, reads from the Quran in the city of Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. The last ten days of Ramadan, known as Itikaf, are very important according to many Muslims due to the belief that Prophet Muhammad used to exert himself even more in worship, hoping to draw himself closer to God. Itikaf involves total dedication to worship, reading Quran, and supplication.
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Afghan children look out of the window of a bus in Jalalabad east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012.
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A soldier of the 2nd Kandak 1st brigade 203 corp of the Afghan National Army (ANA) rests outside the barracks at their base in Narizah in the Khost Province on August 14, 2012. Some 130,000 NATO troops in Afghanistan are preparing to withdraw in 2014 and are training and working alongside Afghan soldiers as they take increasing responsibility for the anti-insurgency campaign.
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A disabled Sri Lankan Army soldier (R) takes part in the long jump event during an athletic event for disabled soldiers in Colombo on August 14, 2012. Nearly 30,000 government troops were injured and 6,200 killed during the last three years of Sri Lanka's 37-year war with the separatist Tamil Tigers that ended May 2009. Photo: Ishara S.kodikara, AFP/Getty Images

Lebanese Muslim children pray as they read from the Koran, Islam's holy book, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, on Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Destiny, when Muslims believe the first verses of the Koran were revealed to the Prophet Mohammed, on August 14, 2012.
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A member of the 2nd Kandak 1st brigade 203 corp of the Afghan National Army (ANA) rest outside the barracks at their base in Narizah in the Khost Province on August 14, 2012. Some 130,000 NATO troops in Afghanistan are preparing to withdraw in 2014 and are training and working alongside Afghan soldiers as they take increasing responsibility for the anti-insurgency campaign. Photo: Jose Cabezas, AFP/Getty Images

A girl is applied a makeup before a training at Peking Opera summer camp organized by the Peking Opera House in Beijing, China Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. The summer training course was held to attract the public to Chinese traditional performance.
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Flood affected residents gather under the rain as they queue for relief goods in suburban Marikina, east of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. Tropical Storm Kai-Tak will continue to move northwestward on Wednesday toward southeastern China and is expected to dump more rain in the flood-battered northern Philippines a week after half of the sprawling capital city got submerged.
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Chris Kasaija, a senior Ugandan Airforce pilot, is rescued on August 14, 2012 in Nanyuki from the wreckage of his helicopter. The wreckage of two Ugandan army helicopters was found Tuesday, two days after they crashed in a remote mountainous region of Kenya while flying to war-torn Somalia, army officials said.
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