September 8, 2014
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A shopowner displays a Yes sign above his shop in Eyemouth, Scotland. Polls predict a very close vote in the upcoming landmark referendum on Scottish independence from Britain on September 18.
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Fireworks explode above St. Basil's Cathedral during the final day of the International Military Music Festival "Spasskaya Tower" in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Sept. 7, 2014.
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A truck creates a wake as its driver tries to navigate a severely flooded street amid heavy rains in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Storms that flooded several Phoenix-area freeways and numerous local streets during the morning commute set an all-time record for rainfall in Phoenix in a single day.
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A great-grandmother, now in her nineties and having spent a lifetime rice farming, sits contentedly in her garden in northeastern Thailand without the need for internet, television or telephone, Sept. 4, 2014. (Photo taken by Matthew Richards/Thailand/VOA