user: News article: Photos of the Day: Aug. 12

IN THE ZONE: Latvia's Laura Ikauniece competed in the women's heptathlon shot put event at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow on Monday.

IN THE ZONE: Latvia's Laura Ikauniece competed in the women's heptathlon shot put event at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow on Monday.

TEDIOUS WORK: A worker counted ballots at a polling station on Monday in Bamako, Mali, the day after the country's presidential election second round.

TEDIOUS WORK: A worker counted ballots at a polling station on Monday in Bamako, Mali, the day after the country's presidential election second round.

STREET SLEEPER: Two people slept on a mattress at the entrance to a former Bankia-Caja Madrid bank branch in Madrid on Monday. The sign reads 'retail space available'.

STREET SLEEPER: Two people slept on a mattress at the entrance to a former Bankia-Caja Madrid bank branch in Madrid on Monday. The sign reads 'retail space available'.

WEEE! A child glided on a zip line past high-rise buildings in Tokyo on Monday.

WEEE! A child glided on a zip line past high-rise buildings in Tokyo on Monday.

SWALLOWED UP: A sinkhole caused a section of a resort villa to partially collapse early Monday in Clermont, Fla., while another section of the villa was sinking, authorities said. The sinkhole, which is in the middle of the villa, is about 40 to 50 feet in diameter.

SWALLOWED UP: A sinkhole caused a section of a resort villa to partially collapse early Monday in Clermont, Fla., while another section of the villa was sinking, authorities said. The sinkhole, which is in the middle of the villa, is about 40 to 50 feet in diameter.

CLEARING THE MESS: People cleaned up the screen of the City Camp Lagoon Tunnel in Baguio City, Philippines, as powerful typhoon Utor battered the northern Philippines on Monday, toppling power lines and dumping heavy rain across mountains, cities and food-growing plains.

CLEARING THE MESS: People cleaned up the screen of the City Camp Lagoon Tunnel in Baguio City, Philippines, as powerful typhoon Utor battered the northern Philippines on Monday, toppling power lines and dumping heavy rain across mountains, cities and food-growing plains.

MAKE A WISH: A meteor streaked across the sky over the Mojave Desert in Landers, Calif., Monday. The Perseid meteor shower occurs every year in August when the Earth passes through debris and dust of the Swift-Tuttle comet.

MAKE A WISH: A meteor streaked across the sky over the Mojave Desert in Landers, Calif., Monday. The Perseid meteor shower occurs every year in August when the Earth passes through debris and dust of the Swift-Tuttle comet.

PEEKING AT GREATNESS: Fans watched tennis great Roger Federer of Switzerland practice at the Carl Lindner family tennis center on Sunday as he got set for play in the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.

PEEKING AT GREATNESS: Fans watched tennis great Roger Federer of Switzerland practice at the Carl Lindner family tennis center on Sunday as he got set for play in the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.

ROOFTOP SCENERY: According to local media, the privately built villa seen here has been under construction on the rooftop of a residential building in downtown Beijing for the past six years.

ROOFTOP SCENERY: According to local media, the privately built villa seen here has been under construction on the rooftop of a residential building in downtown Beijing for the past six years.

LOYALTY: Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi prayed near his poster in Cairo on Monday.

LOYALTY: Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi prayed near his poster in Cairo on Monday.

SKYWARD: Reporters gathered around a truck that was involved in a traffic accident in Buenos Aires on Monday. The truck driver lost control of his vehicle after crashing with a car and ended up suspended above the Río de la Plata river bank. No injuries where reported.

SKYWARD: Reporters gathered around a truck that was involved in a traffic accident in Buenos Aires on Monday. The truck driver lost control of his vehicle after crashing with a car and ended up suspended above the Río de la Plata river bank. No injuries where reported.

GIANT BLAZE: Firefighters tried to extinguish a fire at an oil refinery in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, Sunday. Lightning set fire to a storage tank, the president said, and residents were moved out of the immediate area.

GIANT BLAZE: Firefighters tried to extinguish a fire at an oil refinery in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, Sunday. Lightning set fire to a storage tank, the president said, and residents were moved out of the immediate area.
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assistant: In today's pictures, a woman competes in a shot put event in Moscow, a child glides on a zip line in Tokyo, a fire rages at an oil refinery in Venezuela, and more.