Today in Pictures: Wildfires, Ox-racing and the Republican Convention

Participant Martin Breiter, dressed in traditional Bavarian lederhosen, competes in the 5th ox-racing championship, Aug. 26, 2012 in Muensing, Germany. The competition, which takes place once every four years, is a race of jockeys riding bareback on oxen across a fields. (Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

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