Pictures of the day: Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Posted July 31, 2012, at 9:19 p.m.
A 10-week-old female Great Gray owlet (right) sits behind her mother in its enclosure at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, Germany on Tuesday, July 31, 2012.
Gero Breloer | AP
A 10-week-old female Great Gray owlet (right) sits behind her mother in its enclosure at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, Germany on Tuesday, July 31, 2012.
Rower Julien Bahain, of France's men's double sculls team, is comforted by his girlfriend after his team finished fifth in a semifinal race and failed to advance to the final in Eton Dorney, near Windsor, England, at the 2012 Summer Olympics on Tuesday, July 31, 2012.
Chris Carlson | AP
Rower Julien Bahain, of France's men's double sculls team, is comforted by his girlfriend after his team finished fifth in a semifinal race and failed to advance to the final in Eton Dorney, near Windsor, England, at the 2012 Summer Olympics on Tuesday, July 31, 2012.
A stranded Indian train passenger rests inside a railway coach as he waits for the train service to resume following a power outage in Kolkata, India on Tuesday, July 31, 2012. India's energy crisis cascaded over half the country Tuesday when three of its regional grids collapsed, leaving 620 million people without government-supplied electricity for several hours in, by far, the world's biggest-ever blackout.
Bikas Das | AP
A stranded Indian train passenger rests inside a railway coach as he waits for the train service to resume following a power outage in Kolkata, India on Tuesday, July 31, 2012. India's energy crisis cascaded over half the country Tuesday when three of its regional grids collapsed, leaving 620 million people without government-supplied electricity for several hours in, by far, the world's biggest-ever blackout.
A newly wed couple poses for wedding photo shooting in Shanghai, China on Tuesday July 31, 2012.
Eugene Hoshiko | AP
A newly wed couple poses for wedding photo shooting in Shanghai, China on Tuesday July 31, 2012.
Miryam Julien, 17, parades during carnival of flowers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Monday July 30, 2012. The carnival, a three-day festival, marks new beginnings and the revitalization of Haiti with a Sunday parade, concerts and street dancing. Some critics have questioned the wisdom of spending about $1.6 million on the event. The government countered saying the celebration boosts morale and provides jobs.
Dieu Nalio Chery | AP
Miryam Julien, 17, parades during carnival of flowers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Monday July 30, 2012. The carnival, a three-day festival, marks new beginnings and the revitalization of Haiti with a Sunday parade, concerts and street dancing. Some critics have questioned the wisdom of spending about $1.6 million on the event. The government countered saying the celebration boosts morale and provides jobs.
A Filipino boy plays along a flooded street in Obando town, Bulacan province, north of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday July 31, 2012. Typhoon Saola dumped torrents of rain as it swept past the Philippines, killing at least seven people and displacing more than 20,000 others by Tuesday.
Aaron Favila | AP
A Filipino boy plays along a flooded street in Obando town, Bulacan province, north of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday July 31, 2012. Typhoon Saola dumped torrents of rain as it swept past the Philippines, killing at least seven people and displacing more than 20,000 others by Tuesday.
Japanese gymnast Asuka Teramoto performs on the floor during the Artistic Gymnastic women's team final at the 2012 Summer Olympics on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London.
Gregory Bull | AP
Japanese gymnast Asuka Teramoto performs on the floor during the Artistic Gymnastic women's team final at the 2012 Summer Olympics on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London.

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