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July 18, 2012
A man reacts during a wildfire near the Greek city of Patras. Greece's new public order minister told reporters on July 12 that one of his main concerns was effectively fighting the forest fires that plague the Mediterranean country during the summer.
Giota Korbaki
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AFP/Getty Images
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July 18, 2012
Onlookers watch a fire near Funchal, on the Portuguese island of Madeira. More than 1,000 firefighters are trying to extinguish forest fires in Portugal after temperatures rose to 104 degrees in several areas in the country.
Duarte Sa
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Reuters
The building where archeologists found a burial chamber at the archeological site of Atzompa, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, is seen in this undated photo released Wednesday by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). A funerary complex, consisting of three burial chambers, was discovered at the site. The discovery of the complex, which is more than 1,100 years old, is important because it was located inside a building designed exclusively to house a series of tombs, which are placed vertically, one above another; unlike the ones found so far, they are not underground, according to INAH.
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INAH via Reuters
Archaeologists work at the entrance to a burial chamber at the archaeological site of Atzompa, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, in this undated handout photo released Wednesday by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). The discovery of the funerary complex, which is more than 1,100 years old, is important because it was located inside a building designed exclusively to house a series of tombs, which are placed vertically, one above another; unlike the ones found so far, they are not underground, according to INAH.
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INAH via Reuters
A view of a burial chamber at the archeological site of Atzompa, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, is seen in this undated handout photo released Wednesday by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). The discovery of the funerary complex, which is more than 1,100 years old, is important because it was located inside a building designed exclusively to house a series of tombs, which are placed vertically, one above another; unlike the ones found so far, they are not underground, according to INAH.
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INAH via Reuters
July 18, 2012
Sex workers wait for customers in a gang-infested neighborhood in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Honduras now has the highest per capita murder rate in the world and its capital city, Tegucigalpa, is plagued by violence, poverty, homelessness and sexual assaults. With an estimated 80 percent of the cocaine entering the United States now being shipped through Honduras, the violence on the streets is spilling over from the rise in narco-trafficking. The non-governmental organization Doctors Without Borders has set up a program in the capital that looks to provide medical and psychological care to the homeless population. Each day a team goes into the streets to meet with vulnerable groups of homeless to assess their needs.
Spencer Platt
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Getty Images
July 18, 2012
A young child walks home in an area known for heavy drug dealing in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Honduras now has the highest per capita murder rate in the world and its capital city, Tegucigalpa, is plagued by violence, poverty, homelessness and sexual assaults.
Spencer Platt
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Getty Images
July 18, 2012
Police demonstrate how seized equipment, used to make counterfeit money, works, during a news conference in Lima, Peru. Police seized $2 million in counterfeit U.S. dollars and $1.5 million in counterfeit euros, as well as printing machines and other counterfeiting equipment, during a raid on Wednesday, according to local media reports.
Mariana Bazo
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Reuters
July 18, 2012
Police display counterfeit U.S. currency during a news conference in Lima, Peru.
Mariana Bazo
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Reuters
July 18, 2012
Costa Rican sculptor Victor Quiros, 28, puts the finishing touches on a small clown sculpture made of newspaper and tape at his house in Paraiso de Cartago. Quiros said most of his works are inspired by clowns and that he has dedicated 12 years to his sculptures.
Juan Carlos Ulate
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Reuters
July 18, 2012
A clown greets children through the fence of a garden as he takes part in an annual pilgrimage at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City. Hundreds of clowns took part in the annual event to thank the Virgin of Guadalupe for helping them find work through the year, according to local media.
Henry Romero
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Reuters
July 18, 2012
Britain's Queen Elizabeth views an indoor exhibition featuring a beach scene while visiting Corporation Quay in Sunderland, northern England.
Arthur Edwards
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Reuters
July 19, 2012
Sailboats parade on the Crozon Bay in western France during the 2012 "Tonnerres de Brest" maritime festival, which features thousands of traditional sailboats from July 13 to 19.
Fred Tanneau
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AFP/Getty Images
July 18, 2012
A Christian tourist splashes water at her friend as they enter the Jordan River outside the Qasr el-Yahud baptismal site, near the West Bank city of Jericho. Temperatures at noon reached above 100 degrees at the Jordan River on Wednesday.
Ronen Zvulun
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Reuters
July 18, 2012
An unidentified injured Israeli tourist is carried in front of a hospital after an explosion at Bulgaria’s Burgas Airport. A bus carrying young Israeli tourists in a Bulgarian resort exploded Wednesday, killing three people and wounding at least 20, police said. Witnesses told Israeli media that the huge blast occurred soon after someone boarded the vehicle.
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AP
July 18, 2012
Laszlo Csatary, suspected of war crimes during World War II, leaves the prosecution building in Budapest. Nazi-hunters from the Simon Wiesenthal Center say they have provided Hungary with evidence that the 97-year-old Hungarian helped to organize the deportation of around 16,000 Jews to the Auschwitz concentration camp from the Nazi-occupied town of Kosice in 1944.
Laszlo Balogh
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Reuters
July 18, 2012
This photograph, taken by a citizen journalist, purports to show burning tires in Damascus, Syria, after a bomb ripped through a high-level security meeting in the city, killing three top regime officials — including President Bashar al-Assad's brother-in-law — in the harshest blow to Syria's ruling family dynasty, and the rebels' boldest attack, in the country's civil war. Syrian state-run television said the blast came during a meeting of Cabinet ministers and senior security officials in Damascus, which has experienced four straight days of clashes between rebels and government troops.
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AP
July 18, 2012
In this image provided by the opposition Shaam News Network, residents carry the coffins of people whom protesters say were killed by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, during their funeral in Yabroud, Syria.
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Shaam News Network via Reuters
July 18, 2012
Jennifer Tyrrell, center, gets emotional as she speaks to reporters with her sons Cruz Burns, 7, left, and Jude Burns, 5, outside the Boys Scouts of America national offices in Irving, Texas. The Ohio woman, who was ousted as a Den Mother because she is a lesbian, delivered a petition with 300,000 signatures to the Boy Scouts of America headquarters urging the organization to reinstate her and abandon its policy of excluding gays. The Boy Scouts reaffirmed its policy of excluding gays Tuesday, after a confidential two-year review.
LM Otero
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AP
July 15, 2012
The Expedition 32 crew, flying an altitude of approximately 240 miles on the International Space Station, recorded a series of images of Aurora Australis, also known as the Southern Lights. NASA astronaut Joe Acaba recorded the series of images from the Tranquility node. The Canadarm2 robot arm is in the foreground.
Joe Acaba
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NASA via AP
July 19, 2012
A member of the environmental organization Greenpeace, dressed like a polar bear, poses inside the Shell Oil Company headquarters during a protest in Colombes, France. The activists were aiming to inform others about Greenpeace’s new campaign against Shell’s experimental oil research drilling in the Arctic.
Jean-Philippe Ksiazek
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AFP/Getty Images
July 17, 2012
People walk past longnose gars and a catfish on a sand bar at the Platte River near the Louisville State Recreation Area in Nebraska. Low water flow due to lack of precipitation has exposed large areas of the river bed.
Nati Harnik
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AP
July 18, 2012
Tom Lubbehusen, owner of Lubbehusen Farm, cuts and grinds the drought-affected corn on his farm to make feed for his cattle in Dale, Ind. Oppressive heat and a worsening drought in the U.S. Midwest pushed grain prices near or past records on Wednesday as crops wilted, cities baked and concerns grew about food and fuel price inflation in the world's top food exporter.
John Sommers II
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Reuters
July 18, 2012
Workers harvest watermelon from an irrigated farm field in a drought-stricken region of Indiana. The state, part of the corn and soybean belt in the middle of the nation, is experiencing one of the worst droughts in more than five decades. Indiana is one of the nation's largest producers of watermelon.
Scott Olson
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July 18, 2012
Dusty Rhodes plays his saxophone in New York’s Washington Square Park during another heat wave in the city.
Mario Tama
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July 18, 2012
Commuters dodge high winds and heavy rain during a thunderstorm in midtown Manhattan.
Adrees Latif
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Reuters
July 18, 2012
A photographer takes pictures in front of the Space Shuttle Enterprise at a press preview of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum’s new Space Shuttle Pavilion in New York. The Enterprise, NASA’s first space shuttle, was awarded to the museum after the 2011 retirement of the shuttle program. The pavilion opened to the public Thursday.
Mario Tama
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