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Pallas's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus) is a migratory bird that breeds in mountain forests from southern Siberia east to northern Mongolia and northeastern China. It is named for German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas, who first described it. It winters mainly in and near southern China, although in recent decades increasing numbers have been found in Europe in autumn. One of the smallest Eurasian leaf warblers, it has a relatively large head and short tail. It has greenish upperparts and white underparts, a lemon-yellow rump, and yellow double wingbars and supercilia. The female builds a cup nest in a tree or bush, and incubates four to six eggs that hatch after 12 or 13 days. The chicks are fed mainly by the female and fledge when they are 12–14 days old. Pallas's leaf warbler feeds on small insects and spiders. It forages in bushes and trees, picking items from leaves or catching prey in short flights or while hovering. The species has a large range, its numbers are believed to be stable, and it is not endangered. (Full article...)

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In boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr. achieves his 50th professional win against Conor McGregor.
The Women's Rugby World Cup concludes with New Zealand defeating England in the final.
Hurricane Harvey (satellite image shown) makes landfall in Texas, causing severe flooding and at least 30 fatalities.
At least 36 people are killed in riots in Northern India after guru Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is convicted of rape.
Typhoon Hato strikes South China and Vietnam, killing at least 26 people.

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August 30: Constitution Day in Kazakhstan (1995)

Amalasuntha

526 – Upon the death of her father, Theoderic the Great, Amalasuntha (pictured) of the Ostrogoths became the regent for her 10-year-old son Athalaric.
1862 – American Civil War: In separate actions, Confederate forces were victorious in both the Battle of Richmond in Kentucky and the Second Battle of Bull Run in Prince William County, Virginia.
1896 – Philippine Revolution: In the Battle of San Juan del Monte, the first real battle of the war, a Katipunan force temporarily captured a powder magazine before being beaten back by a Spanish garrison.
1942 – Second World War: Erwin Rommel launched the last major Axis offensive of the Western Desert Campaign, attacking the British Eighth Army's position near El Alamein, Egypt.
1992 – German driver Michael Schumacher, the most successful Formula One driver in history, won his first race at the Belgian Grand Prix.

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Live leaf cells of the moss Bryum capillare, showing abundant chloroplasts (green spherical bodies) and their accumulated starch granules (elongated bodies within chloroplasts). This image was created through focus stacking with images each one micron apart.

Photograph: Des Callaghan

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