September 3, 2008: Today in Pictures

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September 3, 2008: Today in Pictures

Today's best photos: around the world in pictures is a daily look at photos from Atlanta, national and world news, entertainment, sports and celebrities through the eyes of photographers from ajc.com and other sources.

The Parkview High MCJROTC unit casts a shadow during morning drill practice in Lilburn on Wednesday. The unit was recently designated as a Naval Honors School in the school's Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers (MCJROTC) program.

A honey bee approaches a sunflower on a field near Stuttgart, Germany, on Wednesday.

Cindy McCain, wife of Senator John McCain takes a photo on day two of the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., on Tuesday.

On Wednesday in Beslan, Russia, women grieve at a destroyed school where their relatives were killed in the school siege after a school hostage-taking turned into a tragic massacre on Sept. 3, 2004.

Diamond Martin, 1, takes shelter with the Red Cross in Lawrenceville on Tuesday. She came with grandmother Monique Martin of New Orleans on Saturday morning to escape Hurricane Gustav as it bore down on Louisiana.

On Wednesday in Beijing, paralympic athletes test their chairs through a tunnel at the Olympic National Stadium preparing for the Paralympic Games that are scheduled from Sept. 6 to 17.

A Kashmiri Muslim woman holds an iron chain as she prays at the entrance of the shrine of Naqashband Sahib in Srinagar, India, on Wednesday. Muslims all over the world are observing the holy month of Ramadan, abstaining from consuming food and drinks from dawn to dusk.

Chinese police officers demonstrate their motorcycle skills near the Olympics venues in Beijing on Wednesday. They will patrol road traffic during the upcoming Paralympic Games.

Jamaican runner and Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt celebrates after winning the men's 200 meter race at the Athletissima athletics meeting in the Stade Olympique in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Tuesday.

This image provided by NOAA early Wednesday shows the center of Tropical Storm Hanna about 115 miles southwest of Grand Turk Island. Hanna could regain hurricane intensity by Thursday. Tropical Storm Ike can be seen further to the east in the mid-Atlantic while the remains of Gustav swirl over the Mississippi River region.

On Wednesday a model displays creations by Japanese designer Naomi Yamamoto at the tiny dinosaur 2009 Spring/Summer Tokyo collection during fashion week.

Actor Robert Downey Jr. bows during a press conference for his new film "Iron Man" in Tokyo on Wednesday.

On Tuesday in Long Beach, Miss., boats washed on a dock by Hurricane Gustav are damaged as another powerful storm, Hanna, heads toward the US.

A man makes his way through flooding from Tropical Storm Hanna as he walks to Gonaives, Haiti, on Tuesday. The storm spawned flooding here that left 10 people dead and could threaten the eastern US mainland later this week.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain greets his running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol and her boyfriend Levi Johnston (left) as he arrives at the airport in Minneapolis, Minn., on Wednesday.

Swaziland troops fire tear gas at a small group of trade union and anti-government protesters, during a rally in Manzini, Swaziland, on Wednesday. Africa's last absolute monarch, King Mswati III will celebrate his birthday and independence from British rule on Saturday.

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The Parkview High MCJROTC unit casts a shadow during morning drill practice in Lilburn on Wednesday. The unit was recently designated as a Naval Honors School in the school's Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers (MCJROTC) program.

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