A Statue of Liberty model is seen adorned with 9-11 mementos on the opening day of the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site near the World Trade Center August 26, 2009 in New York City. The site provides the public with an opportunity to learn about the September 11 terrorist attacks and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum which is scheduled to open September 11, 2011. By Mario Tama/Getty.
American Bernard Lagat celebrates after the men's 5000m race of the 2009 IAAF Athletics World Championships on August 23, 2009 in Berlin. By Franck Fife/AFP/Getty.
A woman rests while in line at a processing center for new arrivals in Dadaab, the world's biggest refugee camp August 20, 2009 in Dadaab, Kenya. The Dadaab refugee complex in northeastern Kenya consists of three separate camps and has been in operation for 18 years and is currently home to some 289,500 inhabitants. Most of the residents of the camps are Somalis who are fleeing escalating violence in that country. Dadaab currently holds three times as many people as it was designed for with 43,000 refugees arriving from Somalia this year alone. Concerned over the deteriorating situation in Dadaab, the Kenyan government has recently begun moving some refugees to another camp which is a three day bus ride away. By Spencer Platt/Getty.
A stray kitten is posed for a photograph at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home on August 18, 2009 in London, England. Battersea Dogs and Cats Home is seeing a sharp rise in the number of cats requiring a home with 143 of the 145 shelter's pens full. By Dan Kitwood/Getty.
by Patrick Appel
The Unorthodox Chef posts on butter sculptures:
The Minnesota State Fair showcases butter sculpture in the Princess Kay of the Milky Way contest. A 90 lb block of butter is taken and carved with their likenesses. It’s so bizarre really. I had the opportunity to see this several years ago with my sister. It’s funny that pageant finalists spend their whole lives avoiding fat, and at the fair their faces are full of it.
(Hat tip: Buzzfeed)
A Police officer escorting Afghan presidential candidate Dr Ashraf Ghani campaigns looks out of the window of a helicopter on August 15, 2009 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Afghanistan's presidential elections are to be held on August 20. Dr Ghani is considered is one of the top 5 presidential contenders but not likely to win. By Daniel Berehulak/Getty.
A reveler looks on as the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock music festival approaches August 14, 2009 in Bethel, New York. On August 15-17 in 1969 an estimated 400,000 music fans gathered on Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, N.Y. for the most celebrated music festival ever. The 40th anniversary concert will take place in Bethel tonight. By Mario Tama/Getty.
Dino Carrillo and Dawn Schillinger, both without health or dental insurance, wait outside the Forum arena to enter a free health clinic on August 11, 2009 in Inglewood, California. The couple had been waiting outside all night to enter the clinic the next morning. From August 11-18 the non-profit Remote Area Medical (RAM), is holding the nation's largest free healthcare clinic. Hundreds of doctors, dentists, optometrists and nurses volunteered to serve uninsured and underinsured people. With a limit of 1,500 patients per day, the organizers expect to see some 10,000 people during the 8-day clinic. By John Moore/Getty.
Helen Morton of the Three Bugs Fringe Theatre company performs Ophelia drowning during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at the Apex Hotel swimming pool on August 11, 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The play is inspired by Sir John Everett Millais' 1852 painting entitled 'Ophelia', depicting the character from Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet'. By Jeff J Mitchell/Getty.
Two baby seals play in the water of the North Sea after they have been turned to the wild by employees of the seal-breeding station of Norddeich, at the North Sea island Juist on August 6, 2009. By Nigel Treblin/AFP/Getty Images.
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