World Lens: Week of September 6
Muslims celebrate the end of Ramadan; S.A. runner Semenya comes out on top in Italy.
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Eid al-Fitr - Muslims in Kenya perform Eid al-Fitr prayers to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan in Nairobi on Friday. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)
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Back on Top - South African runner Caster Semenya celebrates after winning the women’s 800m event during the Notturna di Milano International Athletics meeting in Milan, Italy on Thursday. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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100 Nigerian Prisoners Freed After Attack - Boko Haram, a radical Muslim group in Nigeria, launched a raid at a prison Tuesday night, freeing more than 100 followers and killing five people. The prison, located in the northern part of the nation, was destroyed. Many fear this attack could lead to more violence, months before elections or that the radicals (who want to impose strict Muslim law in the nation) might try to take on the government.
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World Basketball Championship - Russell Westbook, of the USA’s basketball team, goes up to dunk the ball as two Angolan players try to defend during the round of 16 of the World Basketball Championship in Istanbul, Turkey on Monday. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Containing Cholera - Children in Nigeria look on as the nation’s health workers spray family compounds with a chlorine solution to kill cholera bacteria in Bauchi State. The government has struggled to contain a cholera epidemic that has killed nearly 800 people in two months, making it the worst epidemic in Nigeria in 19 years. The epidemic has also spread to nearby nations Cameroon, Chad and Niger where it has killed hundreds more.
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