

Tasnina Chowdury, (C), originally from Bangladesh, joins other new citizens reciting the pledge allegiance aboard the USS Massachusetts in Fall River, Mass. More than 50 applicants from 20 countries became new United States citizens at the naturalization ceremony. Peter Pereira/The Standard Times/AP
Newly-named White African lion cubs Lemon, (L), and Fintan, (R), rest in the heat at the Toronto Zoo after their names were announced in Toronto. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press/AP
A boy swims during a training session at Hangzhou Chen Jinglun Sport school Natatorium, where Chinese Olympic swimmer Ye Shiwen also trained, in Hangzhou, China. Carlos Barria/Reuters
Supporters of India's anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare shout slogans during a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India. Hazare began his fifth hunger strike in 16 months to push for strong anti-graft legislation. Tsering Topgyal/AP
A baby rhesus macaque plays with a tiger cub at a zoo in Hefei, Anhui province, China. Reuters
Children in Roman togas attend the 'Night of King Arthur' in Igrane, Croatia. It is the second year in a row that the town is holding the event, celebrating the legend of King Arthur. Antonio Bronic/Reuters
Buddhist monks walk in thick mist during a monsoonal rain in Dharmsala, India. The area receives heavy rainfall during the summer monsoon season though this year it has been lighter than usual. Ashwini Bhatia/AP
Orthodox Jews in rain ponchos wait for the beginning of the 12th Siyum HaShas, a celebration marking the completion of the Daf Yomi, a seven-and-a-half-year cycle of studying texts from the Talmud, the canon of Jewish religious law, at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Eric Thayer/Reuters
People wait during the early morning for the launch of the Atlas 5 rocket at Vandenberg AFB, California. The Atlas 5 rocket was fueled up and ready for launch on the NROL-36 mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Gene Blevins/Reuters
The English National Ballet troupe waits to perform a pre-show for the artistic gymnastics women's individual all-around competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in London. Gregory Bull/AP
A girl plays along the flooded banks near the Huangpu River in Shanghai. China's meteorological agency issued typhoon warnings for the southern and eastern provinces of Fujian and Jiangsu as Typhoon Saola and Typhoon Damrey approach. Aly Song/Reuters
A woman cries as she completes the last steps of her pilgrimage to the Virgin of Los Angeles inside the Basilica of Los Angeles in Cartago. Thousands of devotees make pilgrimages across the country to pay their respects and seek blessings from Costa Rica's patron saint 'La Negrita'. Juan Carlos Ulate/Reuters
Laura Bechtolsheimer, of Great Britain, and her horse Mistral Hojris, finish their routine in the equestrian dressage competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in London. David Goldman/AP
A girl smiles as she waits for her father to take a holy bath on the bank of Bagmati River during the Janai Purnima, or Sacred Thread, Festival, near the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu. Hindus take holy baths and change their sacred threads, also known as janai, for protection and purification during the festival. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
Lindsey Godwin, of Frederick County, Va. entered her English bulldog, 'Zilla' in the Youth Pet Show at the Frederick County (Va.) Fair. Zilla won second place in the 'most unusual pet' category (a goat won first place) and a first place in the 'pet with the shortest tail' category. Jeff Taylor/The Winchester Star/AP
Giovanni Benitez, unravels a fish from a fish net on the banks of the Paraguay River in the early morning in Chaco'i town, Paraguay. Jorge Saenz/AP
Girls with costumes pose at the summer music festival 'Prznek Woodstock' (Polish for Woodstock Station) near the Polish-German border in Kostrzyn, Poland. Gero Breloer/AP
The Manhattan skyline is seen behind a Brooklyn Grange rooftop garden in the Brooklyn Navy Yards in the Brooklyn section of New York. Brooklyn Grange, a commercial farm, currently works two rooftop farms in city, both over an acre, and sell their produce to local restaurants, grocers and at farm stands. Seth Wenig/AP
Former Russian paratroopers celebrate Russian Paratroopers Day, an annual holiday, at the Central Park in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. The holiday for the Russian airborne troops has been celebrated since the Soviet era. Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
A man watches as a memorial beam, signed by US President Barack Obama and others, is hoisted to the 104th floor of One World Trade Center in New York. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters