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  Obama removes his jacket after arriving at Tampa International Airport, Florida, and Romney puts his on before departing from Newark airport in New Jersey. (Brendan Smialowski, AFP and Nicholas Kamm, AFP)
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  Obama speaks during a campaign event at Prime Osborn Convention Center in Florida, and Romney addresses the Family Research Council's Values Voter Summit in Washington. (Mandel Ngan, AFP and Nicholas Kamm, AFP)
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  Obama eats shaved ice during his three-day campaign bus tour through Iowa, and Romney does the same during a campaign stop in Ohio. (Jim Watson, AFP and Saul Loeb, AFP)
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  Obama chats with a child as he visits the Countryside barbecue restaurant in North Carolina and Mitt Romney talks with supporters during a campaign stop at Tom's Ice Cream Bowl in Ohio. (Jewel Samad, AFP and Saul Loeb, AFP)
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  Mitt Romney's wife Ann (L) speaks at the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Florida and US First Lady Michelle Obama (R) delivers a speech at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, on the first day of the Democratic National Convention. (Jewel Samad, AFP and Robyn BECK, AFP)
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  Romney speaks during the American Legion 94th National Convention Indiana, and Obama speaks during an event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, DC. (Justin Sullivan, AFP and Brendan Smialowski, AFP)
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  Obama speaks during a town hall style meeting in Decorah, Iowa  and Romney speaks at a Victory rally at the Long Family Orchard Farm and Cider Mill, Michigan. (Jim Watson, AFP and Bill Pugliano, AFP)
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  Obama boards Air Force One while Romney boards his campaign plane. (Saul Loeb, AFP and Justin Sullivan, AFP)
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  Obama arrives at a Convention Centre in Colombia to attend the opening of the VI Americas Summit, and Romney waves as he arrives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (Alfredo Estrella, AFP and Jewel Samad, AFP)
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  Veterans at the American Legion Post 176 pray before Romney speaks at "Veterans for Romney" campaign event in Virginia (L) and a man wears an Obama tie at the Democratic National Convention (R). (Jewel Samad, AFP and Robyn Beck, AFP)
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  Obama is interviewed on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on October 25, 2011, and Romney laughs with Leno on March 27, 2012. (Jewel Samad, AFP  and Paul Drinkwater, AFP)
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  Obama greets supporters after speaking at a campaign event in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Romney greets supporters during a campaign event at the Ross County Court House in Chillicothe, Ohio. (Brendan Smialowski, AFP and Saul Loeb, AFP)
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  Supporters cheer Obama after he accepts the Democratic National Convention's nomination to run for a second term as president (L), and Romney and vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan welcome their families onto the stage at the Republican convention (R). (Stan Honda, AFP)
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  Supporters waving banners as Obama states his acceptance to run for a second term as president (L), and delegates wave banners during Romney's acceptance speech at the Republican convention (R). (Brendan Smialowski, AFP and Mladen Antonov, AFP)
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  Obama greets First Lady Michelle Obama on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention, and Romney kisses his wife Ann after the first 2012 Republican presidential candidates' debate in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Alex Wong, AFP and Emmanuel Dunand, AFP)
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  Obama and his daughters, Malia (L) and Sasha watch TV in the Treaty Room of the White House Romney watches the Republican National Convention with his grandchildren. (Pete Souza, Official White House and Jewel Samad, AFP)
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  Obama makes a phone call to a supporter at a campaign field office in Florida, and Romney does the same in South Carolina. (Saul Loeb, AFP and Joe Raedle, AFP)
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  Obama speaks during a campaign event at the Apollo Theatre in New York and Romney smiles as he arrives to speak in Iowa. (Jewel Samad, AFP)
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  Romney hold a rally in Colorado, Obama speaks about job creation and the economy in Pennsylvania. (Emmanuel Dunand, AFP and Saul Loeb, AFP)
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  Barack and Michelle Obama chat as they walk to the White House and Mitt and Ann Romney leave the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in, New Hampshire. (Jewel Samad, AFP)

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