Winnipeg Free Press > FP News Gallery > Day in Photos: Aug. 9, 2012

  • A 15-day-old night monkey sits in a veterinarian's palm. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
  • MANAGUA - A nurse tends to paper work in the emergency ward in Managua, Nicaragua.
  • General view of the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. The Egyptian military on Monday assumed joint responsibility with the police for security and protecting state institutions until the results of a Dec. 15 constitutional referendum are announced. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
  • Residents cross a river using suspended ropes at Andap, New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, a day after Typhoon Bopha made landfall. Typhoon Bopha, one of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year, barreled across the country's south on Tuesday, killing scores of people while triggering landslides, flooding and cutting off power in two entire provinces. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Images from around the world chosen by the photo desk at the Winnipeg Free Press.

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  • August 9, 2012

    Day in Photos: Aug. 9, 2012

  • Canada's Emily Zurrer, rear, and Chelsea Stewart, foreground, celebrate winning their women's bronze medal soccer match against France at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, in Coventry. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

    Canada's Emily Zurrer, rear, and Chelsea Stewart, foreground, celebrate winning their women's bronze medal soccer match against France at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, in Coventry. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Photo Store

  • Members of team Australia dive to start their routine during the women's team synchronized swimming technical routine at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

    Members of team Australia dive to start their routine during the women's team synchronized swimming technical routine at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) Photo Store

  • Cyprus' Chrystalleni Trikomiti performs during the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around qualifications at at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

    Cyprus' Chrystalleni Trikomiti performs during the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around qualifications at at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Photo Store

  • Canada's Damian Warner competes in the men's decathlon pole vault in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

    Canada's Damian Warner competes in the men's decathlon pole vault in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Photo Store

  • Canada's Damian Warner takes a throw in the discus throw for the decathlon in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

    Canada's Damian Warner takes a throw in the discus throw for the decathlon in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) Photo Store

  • Residents hang on to a rope as they pass strong currents along a flooded area in Marikina, Philippines. A fresh deluge forced more evacuations along fast-rising rivers in the Philippine capital Thursday, as the city and surrounding areas struggled to deal with widespread flooding triggered by nearly two weeks of relentless rains. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

    Residents hang on to a rope as they pass strong currents along a flooded area in Marikina, Philippines. A fresh deluge forced more evacuations along fast-rising rivers in the Philippine capital Thursday, as the city and surrounding areas struggled to deal with widespread flooding triggered by nearly two weeks of relentless rains. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Photo Store

  • Germany's Angela Maurer, front, and other athletes dive into the Serpentine at Hyde Park as they compete in the women's marathon swimming competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

    Germany's Angela Maurer, front, and other athletes dive into the Serpentine at Hyde Park as they compete in the women's marathon swimming competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Photo Store

  • Canada's Tonya Verbeek, right, goes head to head with India's Geeta Geeta in their 55kg freestyle wrestling match at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Vebeek won the match to advance to the quarterfinals where she could not prevent Saori Yoshida from winning her third straight Olympic wrestling title. Vebeek won the silver medal. (The Canadian Press / Ryan Remiorz)

    Canada's Tonya Verbeek, right, goes head to head with India's Geeta Geeta in their 55kg freestyle wrestling match at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Vebeek won the match to advance to the quarterfinals where she could not prevent Saori Yoshida from winning her third straight Olympic wrestling title. Vebeek won the silver medal. (The Canadian Press / Ryan Remiorz) Photo Store

  • Muslim protesters shout slogans during a rally outside the embassy of Myanmar in Jakarta, Indonesia. Dozens of people staged the rally calling for an end to the violence against ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State of Myanmar. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

    Muslim protesters shout slogans during a rally outside the embassy of Myanmar in Jakarta, Indonesia. Dozens of people staged the rally calling for an end to the violence against ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State of Myanmar. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) Photo Store

  • Covered in mock blood, Muslim protesters perform a die-in during a rally outside the embassy of Myanmar in Jakarta, Indonesia. Dozens of people staged the rally calling for an end to the violence against ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State of Myanmar. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

    Covered in mock blood, Muslim protesters perform a die-in during a rally outside the embassy of Myanmar in Jakarta, Indonesia. Dozens of people staged the rally calling for an end to the violence against ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State of Myanmar. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) Photo Store

  • In this multiple exposure photo, Canada's Damian Warner competes in the men's decathlon pole vault at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip )

    In this multiple exposure photo, Canada's Damian Warner competes in the men's decathlon pole vault at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip ) Photo Store

  • United States' Brigetta Barrett competes in a women's high jump qualification round at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

    United States' Brigetta Barrett competes in a women's high jump qualification round at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Photo Store

  • Germany's Peter Kretschmer and Kurt Kuschela celebrate after winning the gold in the medal men's kayak double 1000m in Eton Dorney, at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Armando Franca,Pool)

    Germany's Peter Kretschmer and Kurt Kuschela celebrate after winning the gold in the medal men's kayak double 1000m in Eton Dorney, at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Armando Franca,Pool) Photo Store

  • In this photo taken with a fisheye lens, Britain women's water polo players huddle before the seventh place water polo match at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

    In this photo taken with a fisheye lens, Britain women's water polo players huddle before the seventh place water polo match at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Photo Store

  • Banksy's 'Winnie the Pooh' canvas, showing the bear with his foot caught in a bear-trap and an up-turned money-pot, will go up for auction at Bonham's urban art sale in Los Angeles on Oct. 29. The estimated value of the artwork is $50-80K. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

    Banksy's 'Winnie the Pooh' canvas, showing the bear with his foot caught in a bear-trap and an up-turned money-pot, will go up for auction at Bonham's urban art sale in Los Angeles on Oct. 29. The estimated value of the artwork is $50-80K. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan) Photo Store

  • Meaghan Benfeito from Canada competes during the women's 10-meter platform diving semifinal during the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

    Meaghan Benfeito from Canada competes during the women's 10-meter platform diving semifinal during the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) Photo Store

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