Bizarre Fashion Shoot Highlights Territorial Dispute Between South Korea and Japan

South Korean models in traditional outfits pose during a fashion show on Ulleung island on August 10. The show aimed to promote the country’s sovereignty over the nearby islets of Dokdo, which are claimed by both South Korea and Japan. (Kim Mi-Ock / AFP – Getty Images)
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Fake IKEA Store Discovered in China

A Chinese store named “11 Furniture” is one giant 10,000 square meter copycat. It has taken the brand design of the Swedish furniture giant IKEA from the color scheme down to its small free pencils.
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London in the Circle of Rage

A masked rioter is seen in front of a burning car in Hackney, North London, Britain, August 8, during the third day of violence in London in which police have clashed with rioters in Hackney and vehicles have been set on fire in Peckham and Lewisham. This follows two nights of violence over the weekend after the police shooting of a man in Tottenham. More than 200 people have been arrested and 35 police officers injured. Violence erupted in reaction to a fatal shooting incident in Tottenham, in which a policeman was injured on August 4 and a local 29-year-old man named as Mark Duggan killed by armed officers. (Kerim Okten / EPA)
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Remembering the Viking invasions of Spain

Men dressed up as Vikings take part in the annual Viking festival of Catoira in north-western Spain August 7, 2011. The festival re-enacts past Viking raids in the area and is celebrated annually on the first Sunday of August. (Reuters)
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Rubber Women Challenge 2011

“Rubber woman is more than a vehicle.” With this slogan the 6th annual swimming challenge on rubber women was held on Losevsky thresholds at Vuoksi river, 90 kilometers (55 miles) away from Saint-Petersburg, Russia. More than 800 people attracted by this challenge.
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Taste of the Danforth, North America’s Premier Greek Festival

Even a dancing Garlic was on hand to bring a smile to people’s faces at Taste of the Danforth on Sunday. (RICK EGLINTON/TORONTO STAR)
Toronto’s favourite street festival has a whole new way to celebrate the fun flavours of Greece and summer in the city. Every year in August, the city of Toronto flocks to GreekTown on the Danforth. Celebrating its 18th year, the Pilaros Taste of the Danforth is Canada’s largest street festival, welcoming over 1.3 million visitors.
This year’s festival begins on Friday, August 5th at 6:00pm and runs through to Sunday, August 7th at 8:00pm.
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Red Bull Flugtag Moscow 2011: Crazy Contraptions Plunge into River

Competitors plunge into the water during the Red Bull Flugtag event in Moscow. (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images)
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Pottery Man

A worker carries a toilet bowl inside Romania’s new National Stadium, the Lia Manoliu Arena, which is under construction in Bucharest August 5, 2011. The new 55,000-seater stadium will be the biggest in Romania and will host the 2012 Europa League final. (REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel)
Two Men Try to Recover After Drinking Too Much in India

Two intoxicated men rest as it rains in Kolkata, India, Aug. 6. (Bikas Das / AP)
The 15th Woodstock Festival in Poland

A reveller poses for a picture in front of a giant Woodstock sign during the 15th Woodstock Festival in Kostrzyn-upon-Odra River, close to the Polish and German border, August 01, 2009. (Dalje / javno100)
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