Today in Pictures: Nicaraguan Independence Day, William and Kate in the Solomon Islands, Chinese Protests

By Deana Mitchell
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Protesters hold up a giant Chinese national flag during protests outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing, China, Sept. 15, 2012. Tensions between the two countries flared anew after the Japanese government bought the disputed islands from their private Japanese owners this week. (Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)

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