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July 11, 2012
One of the twin baby giant pandas born recently at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda Protection Research Center at the Wolong National Nature Reserve in the Sichuan province of southwest China. There are about 1,600 giant pandas remaining in the wild in China, and about 300 others in captivity worldwide, including a pair at the National Zoo in Washington.
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AFP/Getty Images
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A hippo yawns at dusk on Lake Baringo, one of Kenya's Rift Valley lakes. The animals come ashore in the evening to graze after wallowing in the water all day to keep cool and prevent their skin from drying out.
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Reuters
July 11, 2012
Willa nudges the head of Paula Loudermilk, 9, at the Chagrin Valley Hunter Jumper Classic in Moreland Hills, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb. The annual horse show jumping competition runs through July 21.
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AP
July 11, 2012
Christian Ash poses with a Gollum figure from the “Lord of the Rings” at the 2012 Comic-Con International preview night held at the San Diego Convention Center. The annual gathering of comic-book and science-fiction enthusiasts continues through Sunday.
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Invision via AP
July 12, 2012
A resident tastes algae as he stands on an algae-filled coastline in Qingdao, in China’s Shandong province. The China Post reports on its Web site that algae has been growing feverishly off the Qingdao coast in recent years and that Chinese scientists have yet to determine the cause.
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China Daily via Reuters
July 11, 2012
Wes Dawson, of Malibu, Calif., flies with his water-powered jetpack on the Wiilamette River in Portland, Ore. Local media reported that Dawson was on the river to promote a new alcoholic beverage.
Rick Bowmer
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AP
July 11, 2012
A visitor crosses the Dnieper River on an aerial runway in Kiev, Ukraine. The ride, which officially opened Wednesday, enables individuals to cross the 1,969-foot distance in less than a minute.
Anatolii Stepanov
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Reuters
July 12, 2012
An entertainer balances his bicycle atop a lamp post with the Alps in the background prior to the 11th stage of the Tour de France cycling race. The 92-mile section started in Albertville and finished in La Toussuire.
Christophe Ena
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AP
July 11, 2012
A float plane departs as a thick haze from massive wildfires burning in eastern Russia covers downtown Vancouver, B.C. Hazy skies covering parts of western Canada are the result of smoke drifting across the northern Pacific from the wildfires burning in Siberia, according to the provincial environment ministry.
Andy Clark
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Reuters
July 11, 2012
People stand in the middle of 42nd Street in Manhattan as the sun sets through the middle of the buildings during a phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge. Manhattanhenge, sometimes referred to as the Manhattan Solstice, happens when the setting sun aligns with the east-to-west streets of the street grid. The term is an homage to Stonehenge, at which the sun aligns with the stones on the solstices in England.
Julio Cortez
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AP
July 11, 2012
A freight train carrying ethanol derailed in Columbus, Ohio, and caught fire early Wednesday, shooting flames skyward and prompting the evacuation of a mile-wide area as firefighters and hazardous-materials crews monitored the blaze.
Doral Chenoweth III
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Columbus Dispatch via AP
July 11, 2012
The 1928 Cadillac V-8 Town Sedan that belonged to notorious gangster Al Capone will be auctioned by RM Auctions July 28 in Plymouth, Mich. It's expected to fetch $300,000 to $500,000.
Theo Civitello
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RM Auctions via Reuters
July 11, 2012
Capone’s Cadillac is considered one of the first bulletproof cars. It was fitted new with heavy glass measuring nearly an inch thick and lined with 3,000 pounds of steel armor plating.
Theo Civitello
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RM Auctions via Reuters
July 11, 2012
Leo Fischer is editor-in-chief of the German magazine “Titanic,” which angered the Vatican by publishing a cover picture satirizing Pope Benedict XVI. At the Vatican's request, a German court on Tuesday banned the Frankfurt-based magazine from publishing the images of the pope on the Internet and from further publication of the printed edition, although thousands of copies are already in circulation.
Alex Domanski
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Reuters
July 11, 2012
Mitt Romney speaks at the NAACP annual convention in Houston. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee was booed by some in the crowd as he criticized President Obama and his policies.
Richard Carson
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Reuters
July 11, 2012
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), left, applauds as House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) reacts during an event in the Capitol awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to Constantino Brumidi (1805-1880) “in recognition of his many artistic contributions to the United States Capitol.” Brumidi painted many of the frescos that adorn the Capitol rotunda and other sections of the building.
Kevin Lamarque
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Reuters
July 11, 2012
A homeless man sleeps inside a cement tube in Hyderabad, India. Africa and Asia are the continents that will see the fastest urban population growth in the next 40 years, a United Nations report said earlier in the year, noting that India and China are leading the surge.
Noah Seelam
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AFP/Getty Images
July 11, 2012
Swiss pilot Carlo Schmid, 22, stands in front of his Cessna 210 at the airport in Duebendorf, Switzerland, north of Zurich. Schmid has taken off for an 80-day solo flight around the world, in an attempt to become the youngest pilot ever to accomplish the feat.
Arnd Wiegmann
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Reuters
July 11, 2012
Entrepreneur Richard Branson waves a model of a LauncherOne cargo spacecraft from a window of an full-size model of the SpaceShipTwo on display at the Farnborough Airshow 2012 in southern England. Branson’s space-tourism company, Virgin Galactic, has signed up more than 500 passengers willing to pay $200,000 to be flown into space.
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Reuters
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This file image from NASA's Hubble space telescope shows Pluto and three of its moons. A team of scientists using the telescope on Wednesday said they have discovered the tiniest moon yet around Pluto. That brings the number of known moons to five.
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NASA via AP
July 11, 2012
This image of the Sun provided by NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory shows gigantic sunspot AR 1520. One of the biggest sunspots in years, AR1520, is turning toward Earth and harbors energy for strong solar flares.
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NASA via AFP/Getty Images
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