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　　BELGIUM 　　People prepare giant flower carpet at the Grand Place in Brussels, capital of Belgium, on August 14. The biennial flower carpet, made up with about 600,000 begonia and dahlia flowers, debuted on that day
　　
　　PAKISTAN
　　Navy cadets march at the mausoleum of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, during a ceremony to mark the country’s 65th Independence Day in Karachi on August 14
　　
　　MOROCCO
　　Two gazelles square off in the Rabat Zoo on August 8
　　
　　IRAN
　　Survivors mourn over the covered bodies of earthquake victims in East Azerbaijan Province on August 12. By August 15, the death toll had risen to more than 300 people with thousands more injured following twin earthquakes that struck northwest Iran on August 11
　　
　　CZECH REPUBLIC
　　A re-enactment group dressed as French army soldiers ride horses in Slakov, Czech Republic, on August 11 during the traditional Napoleonic Days, marking the 243rd anniversary of the birth of Napoleon Bonaparte and the 200th anniversary of the French-Russian War in 1812
　　
　　INDIA
　　College students wearing traditional Punjabi clothing dance during Teej festival celebrations at Khalsa College for Women in Amritsar on August 11. The Teej festival marks the start of the rainy season