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(140815) -- PANAMA CITY, Aug. 15, 2014 (Xinhua) -- A ship passes through the locks during the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal, at the Miraflores Locks, in Panama City, capital of Panama, on Aug. 15, 2014. Panama celebrated the 100th anniversary of its canal with a ceremony and gala on Friday. The canal, an engineering masterwork that transformed global commerce, opened on Aug. 15, 1914, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. (Xinhua/Str) (ce)

(140816) -- BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 16, 2014 (Xinhua) -- A couple dances tango during the Tango Festival of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Aug. 15, 2014. (Xinhua/Martin Zabala) (da) (sp)

(140816) -- TORONTO, Aug. 16, 2014 (Xinhua) -- A robot shakes hands with a woman during the 2014 Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, Canada, Aug. 15, 2014. Kicked off on Friday, the 18-day event is expected to attract more than one million visitors from around the world. (Xinhua/Zou Zheng)

(140816) -- BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 16, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Residents and tourists take part in an induction to "Tango Escenario" class, during the Tango Festival of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Aug. 15, 2014. (Xinhua/Martin Zabala) (da) (sp)

(140815) -- BRUSSELS, Aug. 15, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Photo provided by the Council of the European Union (EU) shows German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaking to journalists when he attends an emergency meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Aug. 15, 2014. The EU on Friday gave green light for individual EU countries to send weapons to Iraqi Kurds battling Islamic militants in the north of Iraq. (Xinhua) *NO COMMERCIAL USE*

(140816) -- JASENOVAC, Aug. 16, 2014 (Xinhua) -- A handout photo from Jasenovac Memorial Museum taken in Stara Gradiska Concentration camp in 1942 shows ill children in an attic room. Children were from the Kozara region in Bosnia-Herzegovina and detained in Stara Gradiska Concentration camp. The Jasenovac Memorial Site Memorial Museum was opened in 1968 close to the original site of former Ustasha-run concentration camp. Innumerable Jews, Gypsies, Serbs, Croats, and others have lost their lives in the notorious death camp from 1941 until 1945. (Xinhua/Jasenovac Memorial Museum Archive)

(140815) -- GAZA, Aug. 15, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian men pray on the rubble during Friday prayers at Al-Sousi mosque that was destroyed by Israeli military forces during the latest fighting between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City on Aug. 15, 2014. (Xinhua/Wissam Nassar)

(140815) -- BETHLEHEM, August 15, 2014 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian protester throws a gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes following a demonstration against the Israeli offensive in Gaza, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Friday, August 15, 2014. (Xinhua/Luay Sababa)

(140815) -- BETHLEHEM, August 15, 2014 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian protester throws stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes following a demonstration against the Israeli offensive in Gaza, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Friday, August 15, 2014. (Xinhua/Luay Sababa)

(140815) -- JAKARTA, Aug. 15, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (5th L, front) poses for group photos after delivering the state speech for Indonesia's Independence Day that falls on Aug. 17 and the 2015 state budget in Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 15, 2014. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri)

(140815) -- VIENNA, Aug. 15, 2014 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Vienna International Centre in Vienna, Austria, Aug. 15, 2014. The Vienna International Center (VIC) offered the public free guided tours on Friday. The United Nations Office at Vienna was established as the third United Nations Headquarters after New York and Geneva (and before Nairobi). The VIC was officially opened on Aug. 23, 1979. (Xinhua/Qian Yi) (lmz)

(140809) -- VANCOUVER, Aug. 9, 2014 (Xinhua) -- A model shows his make-up during the 2014 International Make-Up Artist Trade Show (IMATS) in Vancouver, Canada, Aug. 9, 2014. (Xinhua/Sergei Bachlakov)

(140815) -- QUETTA, Aug. 15, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani security officials display ammunition that was recovered from militants following an attack on military airbases in southwest Pakistan's Quetta on Aug. 15, 2014. At least six terrorists were killed and 11 security personnel injured on Thursday night in a terrorist attack at an airbase of Pakistan Air Force near the country's southwestern provincial capital of Quetta, officials said. (Xinhua/Asad) ****Authorized by ytfs****

(140815) -- SEOUL, Aug. 15, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Local residents take part in an activity marking the 69th anniversary of the Korean peninsula's liberation from Japan's 35-year colonial rule in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 15, 2014. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

(140809) -- VANCOUVER, Aug. 9, 2014 (Xinhua) -- A model takes a selfie of her make-up during the 2014 International Make-Up Artist Trade Show (IMATS) in Vancouver, Canada, Aug. 9, 2014. (Xinhua/Sergei Bachlakov)

(140809) -- VANCOUVER, Aug. 9, 2014 (Xinhua) -- A model shows her make-up during the 2014 International Make-Up Artist Trade Show (IMATS) in Vancouver, Canada, Aug. 9, 2014. (Xinhua/Sergei Bachlakov)

(140815) -- PANAMA CITY, Aug. 15, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Workers of the Panama Canal Authority wave Panamanian national flags during the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal, at the Miraflores Locks, in Panama City, capital of Panama, on Aug. 15, 2014. Panama celebrated the 100th anniversary of its canal with a ceremony and gala on Friday. The canal, an engineering masterwork that transformed global commerce, opened on Aug. 15, 1914, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. (Xinhua/Str) (ce)