Residents walk along Hwy 12, the main road that connects Cape Hatteras National Seashore to the mainland, after it was destroyed by Hurricane Irene in Rodanthe, N.C. Jose Luis Magana/Reuters
Refugees who have been living on the outskirts of proper camps in Hagadera carry their belongings as they gather to relocate to the newly-opened Kambioos settlement at Kenya's Dadaab Refugee Camp near the Somali border. The UN High Commission for Refugees continues to regularly log more than 1,000 new arrivals from Somalia each day as the region's famine crisis continues. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
A performer dances in the street parade at the annual Notting Hill Carnival in central London. The annual carnival is a celebration of Caribbean culture that usually draws about 1 million people for a colorful procession of musicians and performers. Olivia Harris/Reuters
US President Barack Obama walks out of the White House in Washington before he makes an announcement. Larry Downing/Reuters
Lazaro Borges of Cuba competes in the men's pole vault final at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
During a protest in Guadalajara, Mexico, a girl walks near graffiti and photographs of victims of drug violence and victims of a fire incident at a day-care center. Alejandro Acosta/Reuters
Japan's Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, (l.), who was chosen as the new leader of the ruling Democratic Party and Japan's next prime minister, prepares to shake hands with outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan, (c.), and Trade Minister Banri Kaieda at the party's leadership vote in Tokyo. Toru Hanai/Reuters
Tibetan Buddhists and tourists view a giant thangka, a religious silk embroidery or painting unique to Tibet, during the Shoton Festival at Drepung Monastery on the outskirts of Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Jacky Chen/Reuters
With the skyline of New York in the background, people fly a kite at the Erie-Lackawanna Park in Hoboken, N.J., along the Hudson river after Hurricane Irene passed by on Sunday. Hurricane Irene swept along the New Jersey shore early on Sunday, knocking down trees, leaving thousands of people without electrical power and causing flooding. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
Students perform during the Paladong festival in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur in southern Philippines. The festival honors the arts, culture and tradition of the Manobos, Mansaka, Subanons and Mandayas who were the indigenous inhabitants of Hinatuan before the Spanish colonization of the country. The festival is celebrated through street dancing, where these different ethnic tribes compete and showcase their cultures. Melchizedek Maquiso/Reuters
Boys run their horse through the streets during the Ould Lammas Fair in Ballycastle in the Glens of Antrim, Northern Ireland. The event is one of the oldest fairs in Ireland and has been held without interruption for more than three centuries. Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
Children sing a new national anthem during the raising of the Kingdom of Libya flag at their school in Tripoli. Zohra Bensemra/Reuters
From left, Portugal's Jorge Paula, South Africa's L.J. van Zyl, USA's Kerron Clement, Dominican Republic's Felix Sanchez, Jamaica's Isa Phillips, Kenya's Vincent Kiplangat Kosgei and Puerto Rico's Jamele Mason compete in a heat for the Men's 400m Hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Kevin Frayer/AP
Rescuers and volunteers look for victims beneath tons of garbage after the retaining wall of a dumpsite collapsed, killing four people and damaging several houses at the height of Typhoon Nanmadol in Baguio City, north of Manila. Reuters
A worker is seen in an unfinished miniature submarine at the workshop of Zhang Wuyi, a local farmer who is interested in scientific inventions, in Qingling village, Hubei province, China. Zhang has successfully tested his self-made miniature submarine 'Shuguang Hao.' Jason Lee/Reuters
A rebel pats a camel at a check point near the town of Abu Grein, about 100 miles west of Sirte, Muammar Qaddafi's last remaining stronghold, in Libya. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
A man wades into the waves of a storm surge created by the passing of Hurricane Irene at Lawrencetown beach, Nova Scotia, Canada. Paul Darrow /Reuters
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Russian prosecutors say that the Levada Center must register as a 'foreign agent' – a term synonymous with 'spy' in Russian – because 3 percent of its budget comes from abroad.
Russia's only independent polling agency, the Levada Center, may face closure after Russian prosecutors ordered it to register as a "foreign agent" – a term that's synonymous with "spy" in Russian – under a new law designed to clamp down on nongovernmental organizations that receive any amount of funding from abroad and engage in any form of activity that authorities deem political.
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