CNN Site Map for Section World (Galleries) for August - 2015
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- 2015-08-31A newborn baby panda is held at a breeding center in Ya'an, China, on Friday, August 21. Ten panda cubs born at the center were shown to the public for the first time. See more remarkable images from "The week in 38 photos."
- 2015-08-30An armed Israeli soldier attempts to to arrest an 11-year-old Palestinian boy with his arm in a cast on Friday, August 28, during a protest against settlement construction in the village of Nabi Saleh in the West Bank.
- 2015-08-28Investigators in Burgenland, Austria, inspect an abandoned truck Thursday, August 27, that contained the bodies of refugees who died of suffocation. The 71 victims -- most likely fleeing war-ravaged Syria -- were 60 men, eight women and three children.
- 2015-08-26Agatha Christie -- then Agatha Miller -- was born in Torquay, on the southwest coast of England, in 1890. She is seen here with her dolls, Phoebe and Rosalind, in about 1898.
- 2015-08-26Top: Melilla, Barrio Chino, Spain, 2009. Bottom: Tijuana, Paseo Costero, Mexico, 2008.
- 2015-08-26A Yakovlev Yak-130 Mitten performs at the MAKS-2015 International Air Show in Moscow on Tuesday, August 25.
- 2015-08-26A homeless man descends into the inhabited network of heating tunnels underneath the streets in Bucharest, Romania.
- 2015-08-24Spencer Stone, one of the passengers who overpowered the gunman who had an assault rifle on a high-speed train, gestures as he leaves the hospital of Lesquin, northern France, on Saturday, August 22. On August 21, a gunman opened fire on the train traveli
- 2015-08-24A Chinese investor watches stock prices at a brokerage house in Nanjing, China, on Monday, August 24. Chinese stocks plunged Monday, continuing to fuel a global sell-off.
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- 2015-08-24Blood is smeared on the bed of a parked vehicle in Ajdabiya, Libya, in April 2011. Photographer Michael Christopher Brown's upcoming book, "Libyan Sugar," contains Brown's photos from the Libyan revolution that toppled Moammar Gadhafi.
- 2015-08-22Amid scenes of misery, thousands of migrants -- most of them fleeing Syria's bitter conflict -- remained stranded Saturday, August 22, in a no-man's land on the border between northern Greece and Macedonia. Pictured here on the Macedonian side,
- 2015-08-21A Syrian refugee, holding his son and daughter, cries tears of joy after their boat arrived on the Greek island of Kos on Saturday, August 15. The island in the Aegean Sea has been overwhelmed by Syrian refugees. See more amazing images from "The wee
- 2015-08-21A newborn panda cub is seen on Friday, August 21, in Ya'an, China. Ten cubs born at a panda breeding center were shown to the public for the first time. Some were less than a week old.
- 2015-08-17Pop culture and politics collided on December 21, 1970, when the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis Presley, visited President Richard Nixon in the White House Oval Office. The '70s may have been many things, but boring sure wasn't one of th
- 2015-08-15A flag-raising ceremony takes place in honor of Pakistan's Independence Day near the country's border with India at Wagah on August 14, 2015.
- 2015-08-14Fire and smoke rise into the night sky after multiple explosions at a warehouse in Tianjin, China, early Thursday, August 13. The blasts in the northern Chinese port city killed at least 50 people, state media reported.
- 2015-08-14A Herdwick sheep from the Lamb National team jumps a fence during the launch of the International Agility Festival on Thursday, August 13, at Rockingham Castle near Market Harborough, England. See more amazing images from "The week in 35 photos."
- 2015-08-14India celebrates its Independence Day on August 15 -- and every year Lal Kuan, a bustling market inside Old Delhi undergoes its annual transformation into a kite mecca. Every shop is lined with hundreds of kites of all shapes and sizes. Flying kites is an
- 2015-08-13Migrants on a dinghy arrive at the island of Kos, Greece, after crossing from Turkey, on Thursday, August 13. Greece has become the main gateway to Europe for tens of thousands of refugees and economic migrants, mainly Syrians fleeing war, as fighting in
- 2015-08-13A meteor streaks across the sky above Halle, Germany, early Thursday, August 13. The Perseid meteor shower occurs every August when the Earth passes through the debris and dust of the Comet Swift-Tuttle.
- 2015-08-09A man wades through a flooded street in Ningde, China, on Sunday, August 9. Soudelor made landfall Saturday night in the city of Putian, in China's southern Fujian province. More than 185,000 people moved to higher ground, Xinhua reported. The typhoo
- 2015-08-09Catholics hold bamboo torches during a peace march from the Urakami Cathedral toward the Peace Memorial park in Nagasaki, Japan, on Sunday, August 9, 2015. Seventy years ago, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- 2015-08-07Rough Trade record store in New York covers 15,000 square feet, making it the largest in the city. The store opened in 2013 at a time when many traditional record stores were closing.
- 2015-08-07Real estate tycoon Donald Trump, left, and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush interact during a commercial break of the prime-time Republican presidential debate. The debate was one of two in Cleveland on Thursday, August 6, hosted by Fox News.
- 2015-08-07A Syrian family crosses the Tigris river to seek refuge in northern Iraq. "Their sense of uncertainty was really palpable," photographer Ivor Prickett said.
- 2015-08-07Untitled hunter with trophy elephant, Zimbabwe.
- 2015-08-07The "dark side of the moon" -- the side of the moon not visible from Earth -- can be seen in this image that was taken by a NASA camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite. See more amazing images from "The week in 37 photos.&qu
- 2015-08-06The new species of Ceratioid anglerfish lives in dark ocean depths nicknamed the "midnight zone." Researchers described the new anglerfish species in a study published in the journal Copeia, dedicated to research on fish, amphibians and reptiles
- 2015-08-05Seventy years after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, this toddler's tricycle stands as a bitter reminder of the horrors of nuclear warfare. The story behind it was published as a children's book by Hiroshima survivor
- 2015-08-05The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum has collected thousands of drawings made by survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. The drawings document survivors' memories surrounding that horrible day. In this rendering, Hideo Kimura shows burned
- 2015-08-04Alaska has a booming export economy, but doing business in its often harsh environment presents certain challenges -- like truckers driving in convoy for safety on this frozen highway.
- 2015-08-03Floodwaters inundate a neighborhood in Kalay, in upper Myanmar's Sagaing region, on Sunday, August 2. Heavy rains in Myanmar have devastated several townships and have forced more than 18,000 people into shelters, officials said Saturday.
- 2015-08-02Photographer Tim Durkan captured the bright blue moon in Seattle on Friday, July 31, 2015. "It was spectacular to watch," he said. Click through to see more photos from around the world.
- 2015-08-01Jia Jia, the oldest giant panda living in captivity, eats beside a birthday cake of ice and vegetables as she celebrates her 37th birthday Tuesday, July 28, at Ocean Park Hong Kong. See that and more in CNN's roundup of this week in photos.