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Gallery: 8 moving photos of the week

A British vet, volunteering at the Asha Foundation Animal Shelter and Hospital, examines a rescued young Cattle Egret on arrival at the shelter at Hathijan village, some 20 kms from Ahmedabad on September 3, 2013. Getty Images

TORONTO – A 64-year-old endurance swimmer becomes the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, while the Duchess of Cambridge makes her first public appearance since the birth of her son.

Here’s a look at some of the most memorable news photos of the week:

Nabil Ahmed carries the dead body of his 2-year old son, Mohammed, who was killed in a car bomb, during the funeral in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. (Photo credit: Getty Images). AP Photo

A female 50-day-old giant panda makes her debut at Shaanxi Province Rare Wildlife Rescue and Breeding Research Center on September 5, 2013 in Xi An, China.  (Photo credit: Getty Images)

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A Syrian refugee caresses a child as she gathers with her family in the village of Salkin after crossing the Syrian-Turkish border, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. (Photo credit: (AP Photo)New York National Guard Staff Sgt. Edwin Caba, left, is reunited with one of eight dogs rescued from the battlefield in Afghanistan and flown to New York, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013 in Port Jefferson Station, NY, where they are to be adopted by some of the soldiers who found them in Afghanistan. (Photo credit: AP Photo). AP Photo
Elephants enjoy each others company before games at the King’s Cup Elephant Polo tournament on August 30, 2013 in Hua Hin, Thailand. (Photo credit: Getty Images). Getty Images
The Duchess of Cambridge makes her first public appearance since giving birth on Friday August 30, 2013. (Photo credit: AP Photo). AP Photo

Diana Nyad gets a hug from her trainer Bonnie Stoll as she steps onto land for the first time in nearly 53 hours after finishing her historic swim from Havana, Cuba, to Key West, Florida, Monday, September 2, 2013. (Photo credit: Getty Images)

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