World News in Pictures

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People raise scarves and candles as they sing the 'Pobre de Mi' song, marking the end of the San Fermin festival on July 14 in Pamplona, Spain. Pamplona's famous Fiesta de San Fermin involves fighting bulls running through the historic heart of Pamplona.

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Nicky Hayden of USA and Ducati Marlboro Team drives the hovercraft on track during the pre-event " Riders from the 3 categories will drive hovercrafts" during the MotoGP of Germany at Sachsenring Circuit on July 14, 2011 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany.

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Nick Valenza helps to put some finishing touches on ''Forever Marilyn'', a sculpture by Seward Johnson, on July 14, in Chicago. The stainless steel and aluminum sculpture which stands 26 feet tall and weighs 34,000 pounds will be unveiled tomorrow and remain on display in Chicago through the spring of 2012. The sculpture was inspired by Marilyn Monroe's iconic scene in the 1955 movie Seven Year Itch.

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NASA spacewalker Mike Fossum's helmet visor mirrors a panoramic scene of the docked International Space Station with the space shuttle Atlantis and the blue and white Earth below in this photo provided by NASA and taken July 12, 2011.

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Mount Lokon erupts as seen from Tomohon, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, July 15. Indonesian authorities raised the alert at the volcano on Sulawesi island to the highest level and urged the evacuation of the danger zone. More than 30,000 people live near the volcano, according to the local government.

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A soldier walks through the biggest marijuana plantation found in Mexico, in San Quintin, about 350 km (220 miles) away from Tijuana, July 13. Mexican soldiers discovered the plantation in a remote desert surrounded by cactuses, a top army officer said on Thursday.)



Mexican soldiers discovered the plantation while on patrol, said General Alfonso Duarte.
He said the crop, which was found in the state of Baja California, about 200 miles/320 km south of San Diego, California, would have yielded about 120 tonnes and was worth about $160 million. "This is the biggest marijuana plantation we have found in the country," Duarte said. He added that the plants would be destroyed.

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A U.S. soldier with Task Force Red Horse jumps off from the top of their packed laggages out side of customs office at the U.S. base in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, July 14, 2011. U.S. The first groups of the U.S. soldiers left Afghanistan as President Barack Obama announced last month that he would pull 10,000 of the extra troops out in 2011 and the remaining 23,000 by the summer of 2012.

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Men work on a clay statue at Taman Budaya Yogyakarta in Yogyakarta Thursday, July 14.



Indonesian artist Eddi Prabandono and his 15 workers made a 4-meter-by-4-meter statue modelled after the head of Prabandono's daughter Luz, now 5 years old, as part of a series of art works called the "Luz Series". The statue will be displayed at Jog Art, an annual art exhibition held in Yogyakarta that is attended by more than 150 artists.

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Libyan mourners gather around the coffins of eight rebels killed during clashes with loyalist troops the day before in the flashpoint hilltop town of Qawalish during a funeral in Zintan on July 14, 2011.

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Tanks are aligned on the Champs Elysee before the traditional Bastille Day parade in Paris, July 14, 2011.







The oldest and largest regular military parade in Europe is held on the morning of July 14, on the Champs-Élysées. The date marks a turning point in the French Revolution in 1789 when the citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille prison and released seven prisoners inside.

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The final pics on day 12 of the Tour de France - as promised



Spain's three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador seems to be hurting



He can't keep pace with the leaders, who include Samuel Sanchez and Jelle Vanendert, in the final climb of the stage



Sanchez, riding for Euskaltel-Euskadi, breaks away from his nearest rival with 100m to go and there's absolutely no challenge. He's the only man with the stamina for a sprint finish and duly wins the stage. Voeckler, meanwhile, unexpectedly stays in touch with the big climbers and thereby retains his yellow jersey

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Drought crisis in Somalia

As thousands flee, and thousands more die, the refugee camps across the region are filling up

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Thousands have trekked for days from Somalia to the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. The drought is the worst in East Africa for 60 years



Built to house 90,000 people, the camp is now home to more than four times that number as people keep arriving

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The process of feeding malnourished children can be a long and difficult one

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An aerial view of the drought-stricken land of Puntland, in Somalia

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Cyprus explosion disaster




The mother and father of twin brothers, who were killed in a massive munitions blast in Cyprus, mourn during their funeral in Limassol July 14, 2011. Twelve people were killed in the blast, triggered from confiscated Iranian explosives Cyprus had stored at the Evangelos Florakis military base on July 11. The blast destroyed Cyprus's largest power station.

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Demonstrators protest over a massive blast in a munitions dump which killed 12 people and destroyed Cyprus's largest power station, in Nicosia July 12, 2011.

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A view of the Vassilikos power station which was extensively damaged by a massive blast on Monday at a neighbouring military base in Cyprus July 12, 2011. The head of the Cypriot navy, a navy base commander and six firefighters were among 12 people killed early by a blast at a munitions dump which knocked out the island's biggest power station, police said.

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Students vs. the state - Santiago, Chile




A student raises his arms in the midst of tear gas during a rally in Santiago, July 14, 2011.



A protester hits a police vehicle with a stick during a rally in Santiago, July 14, 2011.















Students protest in front of the Education Ministry during a rally in Santiago city












Students kneel on the ground as they dress as mourners in protest against the goverment in Valparaiso city, northwest of Santiago, July 8, 2011. The placard reads:"How can we have a dialogue if the government shuts us up?".

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Horror in Brooklyn



Murder suspect Levi Aron is escorted out of a New York Police Department precinct in Brooklyn, New York, July 14, 2011






The casket of Leibby Kletzky is carried into a synagogue for his funeral service in New York, July 13, 2011



NYPD crime scene investigators inspect the car of the suspected killer of Leiby Kletzky, outside his home in the Orthodox Jewish section of Borough Park in Brooklyn, July 13, 2011.

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People stand near the home of the suspected killer of Leiby Kletzky, in the Orthodox Jewish section of Borough Park in Brooklyn, July 13, 2011.






The home (2nd L) of the suspected killer of Leiby Kletzky is seen in the Orthodox Jewish section of Borough Park in Brooklyn, July 13, 2011

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Amateur Golfer Tied for Lead at British Open
Golfer Tom Lewis celebrates after making his birdie putt at the British Open in England on Thursday. The 20-year-old shot a record 5-under 65 -- the lowest round ever by an amateur in the contest -- to tie Thomas Bjorn for the lead.

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Job Well Done!
An undated picture released by the official North Korean agency KCNA on Thursday shows leader Kim Jong Il applauding members of the Korea's People's Army in Pyongyang.