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Skinny legs and all: Dad Tufani and mom Jamala dote on th... John Burgess / AP

Skinny legs and all: Dad Tufani and mom Jamala dote on their healthy baby, born 30 minutes earlier at Safari West animal preserve in Santa Rosa. The Masai giraffe infant stands 6 feet tall and weighs 130 pounds.

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Fast time in Kabul: Afghan Muslims offer Friday prayers at the Pul-e-Khashty mosque during the holy month of Ramadan, which bars eating during daylight hours.
I see your gas mask and raise you one keffiyeh: Riot police block a bridge into downtown St. Paul to keep protesters from reaching the Republican National Convention.
Skinny legs and all: Dad Tufani and mom Jamala dote on their healthy baby, born 30 minutes earlier at Safari West animal preserve in Santa Rosa. The Masai giraffe infant stands 6 feet tall and weighs 130 pounds.
Girls, girls. Play nice: A Mane seal pup named Molly gives her little sister, Ina, an earful at the Munich Zoo.
False alarm: Hearing a woman's cries of "Help me! Help me!" coming from a home in Trenton, N.J., neighbors called the cops, who kicked in the door to save the day. But instead of a lady needing rescuing, officers found Luna, a cockatoo with a big mouth. Evelyn DeLeon says her bird learned distress calls by watching too much TV.
After 300,000 bottles of wine, inspiration: A mosaic called the "Guitarist" by painter Saimir Strati in Tirana, Albania, consists of 300,000 corks, a Guinness world record for cork creations.

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