CNN Site Map (Galleries) for August - 2012
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- 2012-08-31Firefighters try to extinguish wildfires in Ojen, near the town of Malaga, on August 31, 2012. More than 250 firefighters on the ground, backed by eight planes and nine helicopters in the air, battled the blaze after hot, dry winds sent it racing through
- 2012-08-31Bob Yelton, left, with fellow competitors Paul Ciancanelli (center) and his brother Don. The trio have taken part in all 29 editions of the World Amateur Handicap championship.
- 2012-08-29Disabled marathon runner Claire Lomas, center, lights the Olympic cauldron for the Paralympic Games in Trafalgar Square on August 24, 2012. The London 2012 Paralympic Games open on August 29 for 12 days.
- 2012-08-28Sloane Stephens has had a great year on the WTA Tour, reaching two semifinals and making the fourth round of the French Open. Her success is built around an aggressive game which has led to comparisons with Serena Williams.
- 2012-08-27Police officers direct a participant at the Notting Hill Carnival in London on Monday, August 27. The annual two-day festival is billed as the largest of its kind in Europe and is expected to attract around 1 million revelers. It has taken place every Au
- 2012-08-27Novak Djokovic will be defending his U.S. Open title in Flushing Meadows as he bids for his second grand slam of the 2012 season.
- 2012-08-24Tennis star Venus Williams has relaunched her clothing label EleVen ahead of the U.S. Open. The 32-year-old took time out of her playing career to graduate from fashion school.
- 2012-08-24A woman from the Roma community stands at the entrance of a shack on Thursday, August 23, in a camp in Evry, outside Paris. With criticism of their treatment of the Roma mounting, French ministers met for emergency talks on the handling of an estimated 15
- 2012-08-22Sheikh Abdullah Al Thani (right) purchased Spanish La Liga team Malaga in June 2010 and proceeded to spend millions bringing top players to the Costa del Sol.
- 2012-08-20From Inter Milan to Manchester City: The reigning English Premier League champions have snapped up right-back Maicon for an undisclosed fee to help boost their bid for domestic and European honors in 2013. The Brazilian international has been at the San S
- 2012-08-17New Jersey was originally scheduled to stage Formula One's inaugural Grand Prix of America in June 2013, and Red Bull took its RB7 car over to the state of New York one year early to test drive the streets.
- 2012-08-17Ian Brady in police custody prior to his court appearance for the murder of three children in 1965. Brady and his partner Myra Hindley became known as the "Moors Murderers" after burying their young victims on Saddleworth Moor, Greater Mancheste
- 2012-08-17CNN's Open Court show visited Rafael Nadal at his home island of Mallorca, where he was interviewed by Pedro Pinto.
- 2012-08-15Serena Williams displays her "super crazy" hairstyle before her Cincinnati opener against Elena Daniilidou.
- 2012-08-14The battle cruiser HMS Hood during a dockyard refit. She served in World War II before she was sunk by the Bismarck on May 24, 1941. The shipwreck was located in 2001 -- the 60th anniversary of the battle between the Hood and Bismarck.
- 2012-08-14Valentino Rossi, left, will rejoin Jorge Lorenzo at Yamaha next season, renewing one of MotoGP's biggest rivalries in recent years.
- 2012-08-12For Ian Thorpe, watching the reaction from Bert Le Clos after his son beat Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian ever, was "one of those moments that you can't help but love." Thorpe says: "This big, burly South African man -- wh
- 2012-08-10During the day, the Olympic Park in London is heaving with people going to and from events and seeing the sights. But at night, it's a different story. One day towards the end of the Olympics fortnight, CNN's Linnie Rawlinson stayed to see what
- 2012-08-10The 21st-century sharpness of London's Olympic venues stands in stark contrast to these photographs: 20th-century images of the East End neighborhoods that stand in the shadow of the Games. Here, two workers survey the reconstruction of Poplar in Ap
- 2012-08-10London's Olympic Park has transformed Stratford in east London. The area was once a post-industrial wasteland, blighted by pollution. Today it is a bright, colorful park.
- 2012-08-09Rory McIlroy kisses his prize after winning the 94th PGA Championship on the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina on Sunday, August 12. See how the action unfolded here.
- 2012-08-09Justin Gatlin, U.S. sprinter: "Communication with my son...To hear him talk to me and tell me he loves me before I go out and compete, that gives me the mojo to go out there and do the best I can do."
- 2012-08-08Two policemen at the Olympic Park celebrate Usain Bolt's victory in the 100 metres with his signature 'Bolt arms' salute.
- 2012-08-03East London is one of the best places to see street art in the world, and If there's one artist who sums up East London street art right now, it is Stik, according to Richard Howard-Griffin.
- 2012-08-02Leytonstone tube station in East London is decorated with mosaic murals featuring scenes from the life of director Alfred Hitchcock, who was born nearby, and his movies.
- 2012-08-02Fernando Gonzalez, left, poses with his silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games after being beaten by Rafael Nadal, center, in the final. Novak Djokovic, right, took the bronze.
- 2012-08-02The remains of more than six million people are buried in a vast network of tunnels below Paris, France. People who call themselves 'cataphiles' visit the catacombs illegally and occasionally hold underground parties.
- 2012-08-02Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi married in 2001 and still pair up in mixed doubles exhibition matches.
- 2012-08-01Director Alfred Hitchcock is one of East London's most famous exports -- the Hollywood legend was born and brought up in Leytonstone. Sadly, little evidence of his life there remains.