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Photos of the Day, Oct. 20, 2011

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[...] Behold previous gallery Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesEngineer Thomas Dwyer stands with the new Bionic Exoskeleton as members of the custom walk by during its launch at the Excel centre on October 21, 2011 in London, England. The bionic hallmark developed by Ekso Bionics is a wearable, battery-powered, robotic exoskeleton, designed to aid wheelchair users and those who have suffered from spinal chord injuries to withstand and walk. Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty ImagesGraffiti on a breastwork mocks disposed leader Muammar Gaddafi on October 18, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. Former Libyan ruler Col Muammar Gaddafi was killed after an assault on his home town of Sirte, Libya on October 20. SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty ImagesDucati rider Valentino Rossi of Italy powers his gadget during the second practice session of the Malaysian Grand Prix MotoGP motorcycling dog-races at Sepang on October 21, 2011. WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty ImagesAustralian Wallabies flanker David Pocock (bottom) is tackled by Wales' scrum-half Michael Phillips (top) during the 2011 Rugby Domain Cup bronze final match Wales vs Australia at the Eden Parkland in Auckland on October 21, 2011. MOHD RASFAN/AFP/Getty ImagesDucati rider Nicky Hayden of the US takes a corner during the stand-in practice session of the Malaysian Grand Prix MotoGP motorcylcing hop to it at Sepang on October 21, 2011. GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty ImagesWales' Alun Wyn Jones (R) grabs the ball in a make-out next to Australian Wallabies lock James Horwill during the 2011 Rugby Epoch Cup bronze final match Wales vs Australia at the Eden Reserve in Auckland on October 21, 2011. Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty ImagesResidents split from renewed fighting between Somalia government forces and Islamist militants in the Daynile region of southern Mogadishu on October 21, 2011. African peacekeepers and Somali guidance forces flushed Islamist rebels out of one of the few pockets of the capital Mogadishu. BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty ImagesUS sergeant Sara Nichols from 159th Brigade Upbraid Force Thunder checks the tail rotor blades of a Glowering Hawk medevac helicopter at Kandahar Air Field (KAF) on October 21, 2011. A decade into the war, US troops on the clay complain that Afghan forces are still over-reliant on them and fail to take initiative. AXEL SCHUTT/AFP/Getty ImagesJesper Lambertsen (2nd L), head at SegWorld, takes a ride on a segway along with Mille Teichert, during the inauguration of SegWorld, the exceptional's first indoor off-road Segway-park, on October 21, 2011, in Aarhus. The abort of the 6000-square-foot SegWorld Park, Paul Teichert, already operates The Fun Great in Esbjerg and a bowling center in Soenderborg. "We have 6,000 precise meters (64,583 square feet) and have built a copy of Yellowstone State Park, with mountains and waterfalls and tracks ranging from granite to sea-shells — all sorts of things. You get the sensation you're actually driving in the park," Paul Teichert told AFP. BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty ImagesTurkish military members handle the funeral in Istanbul on October 21, 2011 of two Turkish soldiers, Eyup Colakoglu and Bilal Ozcan, killed in an undertake in southeastern Turkey. Mourning Turkey paid its last respects to 24 soldiers killed by Kurdish rebels on the Iraq bind as the Turkish air force pounded rebel camps in northern Iraq. NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty ImagesA restricted resident carries food through floodwaters in Pathum Thani, in the outskirts of Bangkok, on October 21, 2011. Millions of difficult Bangkok residents were warned to move their belongings to safety as the kingdom's worst floods in decades began pouring into the outskirts of the sprawling burgh. REUTERS/Phil Noble A baby giant anteater hides underneath its mother's tail in their enclosure at Chester Zoo, northern England October 21, 2011. The 11 week old mollycoddle is the first of the species to be reared at the zoo. REUTERS/Nikhil MonteiroSri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara (L) and Prasanna Jayawardena intimate runs during the fourth day of their first test cricket match against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi October 21, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-FetoriA scrutiny of a street in the devastated area where Muammar Gaddafi was hiding out in Sirte 0ctober 21, 2011. The entombment of Muammar Gaddafi has been delayed for a few days until Libya's new rulers make up one's mind where to bury him, the oil minister said on Friday, but another transition government legal said there was disagreement over what to do with his body. Gaddafi was captured alive in his hometown of Sirte on Thursday but then died later while in the hands of fighters in circumstances that are still not discernible. REUTERS/Anthony PhelpsWales' Shane Williams scores a try during their Rugby Domain Cup third place play-off match against Australia Wallabies at Eden Reservation in Auckland October 21, 2011. REUTERS/Mike HutchingsAustralia Wallabies' David Pocock (C) is tackled by Wales' players during their Rugby Globe Cup third place play-off match at Eden Park in Auckland October 21, 2011. REUTERS/Sukree SukplangA man rests at a petrol train station at a flooded area in Pathum Thani province, a suburb of Bangkok, October 21, 2011. Thailand reported make one's way in diverting floodwater round its capital into the sea on Friday but the prime parson instructed troops to protect key buildings as her government struggled to keep under control the worst flooding in 50 years. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj People obsolete the time next to a motorbike hanging from the beams of a bus stop above a flooded procedure in Pathum Thani province, in the outskirts of Bangkok October 21, 2011. Thailand reported maturation in diverting floodwater round its capital into the sea on Friday but the prime reverend instructed troops to protect key buildings as her government struggled to have in it the worst flooding in 50 years. REUTERS/Damir SagoljA man sleeps on a stave at the isolated and flooded village of Kajee Nush in Pathum Thani business, on the outskirts of Bangkok October 21, 2011. Thailand reported taking place in diverting floodwater round its capital into the sea on Friday but the prime father instructed troops to protect key buildings as her government struggled to bridle the worst flooding in 50 years. [...

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