Children fly kites during an international kite festival in Cartagena, Colombia, Aug. 14, 2010. Jairo Castilla/Reuters
Participants in the 19th Street Parade kiss as they make their way through the streets of Zurich, Switzerland, during the annual dance music parade. Christian Hartmann/Reuters
A girl plays in the mud during an event to raise awareness for an ecological park in Tel Aviv, Israel. Ariel Schalit/AP
Liz Lahman of West Palm Beach, Fla., took a dip in the pool at the 15th Annual South Florida Tattoo Expo earlier this month. Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel/AP
A woman touches the hand of a giant statue of Buddha at a temple in Thailand’s Ang Thong Province, 60 miles north of Bangkok. Sukree Sukplang/Reuters
Kites were on display in downtown Moscow (the Kremlin is at right). A shift in the wind has pushed away smoke from dozens of forest fires in the region. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP
A jockey in Montone Parish rides his horse during a training session of the Palio race in Siena, Italy Aug. 15, 2010. Stefano Rellandini/Reuters
A businessman crossing a street in Tokyo is seen through a window spangled with yellow dots. Yuriko Nakao/Reuters
A Kashmiri man paddles his boat on Babdemb Lake in Srinagar, a city in northern India famous for its lakes and houseboats Mukhtar Khan/AP
A Moroccan woman sells empty bottles in Melilla, Spain, the border area which separates Spain and its Maghreb neighbor, Aug. 16, 2010. Jon Nazca/Reuters
A member of the "Schuetzenkompanie" makes his way to the annual Samson Parade in Mariapfarr, Austria, some 100 km (62 miles) south of Salzburg, on Assumption Day, Aug. 15, 2010. Lisi Niesner/Reuters
People fish at the beach in Chipiona, southern Spain, on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010. Manu Fernandez/AP
Fair patrons look on as family and friends enjoy a ride at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Darron Cummings/AP
Just days after calling off talks with South Korea, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un put forward a rare proposal on Sunday, calling for 'senior-level' talks with the US to ease tensions and formally end the Korean War. There has been no immediate response from Washington.
North Korea's top governing body on Sunday proposed high-level nuclear and security talks with the United States in an appeal sent just days after calling off talks with rival South Korea.
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