World News in Pictures

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At left, 13-year-old Chris Bray scans the crowd witnessing the first space shuttle launch on April 12, 1981, while his 39-year-old father, Kenneth, looks through binoculars. At right, Chris and Kenneth strike a similar pose at the last shuttle launch on July 8, 2011.

They’re just a father and his son, out taking pictures at a shuttle launch. But these pictures reflect 30 years of history. On the left, Chris Bray and his father, Kenneth, stand out in the crowd that gathered to watch the first space shuttle lift off on April 12, 1981. Thirty years later, Chris and Kenneth commemorated the last shuttle launch by striking the same pose. The then-and-now photos have become an Internet sensation.

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The crew of the USS Enterprise lines the flight deck during the carrier's homecoming at the Norfolk Naval Station, July 15, 2011, in Norfolk, Va. In its 184 days away from Norfolk, the USS Enterprise cruised nearly 60,000 miles while supporting operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Australia's Casey Stoner of the Repsol Honda team leans into a corner during the second free practice session of the Moto Grand Prix at the Sachsenring Circuit on July 15, 2011 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, eastern Germany.



In this July 14 photo, a reflection of Becky Petrehen's hot air balloon, named "Peaceful World," flies over a small body of water in Chillicothe, Ill.

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The Open 2011: Day two



The sun is out on day two of the Open



giving John Daly an excuse to don a particularly garish pair of trousers. Even by Daly's standards they're a mess. Surfboards and flowers? You're at Sandwich, John, not Honolulu



The joint overnight leader, Tom Lewis, chips from the rough onto the 6th green. He's in the hole for four - that's his second bogey of the day

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Rory McIlroy doesn't look best pleased with himself after a decent start to the day goes awry. The Northern Irishman slams his club after playing a poor pitch on to the 10th green where he makes his second bogey in three holes



Lee Westwood, who carded one over yesterday, starts well with a birdie on the 1st. But he follows it up with bogeys at the 2nd and here at the 6th

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Clarke soaks up the applause after his birdie at the 18th hands him a share of the lead at four under. Meanwhile, four successive bogeys have left Donald in danger of missing the cut. Other Brits in trouble include Westwood, Harrington and McDowell. McIlroy's round of 69 leaves him on level par

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Battleground Libya

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A rebel mine-clearer looks at mines left by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi that the rebels have removed, in al-Qawalish July 14, 2011.

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A hooded villager armed with a pistol walks at the entrance of the village El Aguacate, on the outskirts of Guatemala City July 11, 2011. Citizens of El Aguacate are blaming a local poultry farmer for a fly plague caused by unsanitary conditions of the farm. The villagers have formed a militia to defend themselves as they claim to have received death threats from the poultry farmer, according to one of the protesters.



A man looks at the graves prepared for a mass burial at the Memorial Center in Potocari, near Srebrenica July 10, 2011. The bodies of the recently identified victims of the Srebrenica massacre will be buried on July 11, the anniversary of the massacre when Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic slaughtered 8,000 Muslim men and boys and buried them in mass graves, in Europe's worst massacre since World War Two.

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The body of Sardar Mohammad, the killer of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's younger half-brother, Ahmad Wali Karzai, hangs on Charso square in Kandahar city July 12, 2011. Mohammad was shot dead by Karzai's bodyguards moments after opening fire and then hung in the square for 10-15 minutes, witnesses and officials said.

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A boy holding on to his father's hand runs away from toy bulls during San Fermin festival's bull run for children in Pamplona July 13, 2011. Six toy bulls driven by runners take part in the children bull run, which imitates the morning running of the bulls for adults, but for a much shorter distance. A pack of six fighting bulls and steers runs through the centre of the town to the bullring every morning during the week long festival made popular by U.S. writer Ernest Hemingway.



Brides and grooms pose during a mass wedding ceremony in Amman July 15, 2011. A Jordanian Islamic charity organized a mass wedding for 72 couples unable to afford expensive ceremonies.



Revellers kiss during the Pohoda music festival at Trencin airport, 130 km (81 miles) north of Bratislava, July 8, 2011. Pohoda, the largest Slovak open-air annual music festival, is attended by the capacity limit of 30,000 of visitors.

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A woman covered in mineral-rich black mud sunbathes on the bank of the Tus lake in Russia's Khakassia region, about 370 km (230 miles) southwest of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, July 15, 2011. Russians from different regions annually arrive at the Tus lake rich with curative black and blue mud to live in a camp, bathe in the bitter-salty water and smear themselves with mud, which is a healing remedy, in their opinion

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Honoring the Dead
In Ahmedabad on Friday, an Indian political activist holds up a candle in homage to the Mumbai blast victims. Two days before, three explosions ripped through India's commercial capital, killing 17 and injuring dozens more.



A Visual Treat
People wear 3-D glasses as they watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 at a theater in London on Friday. The newly released Potter movie is the last in the hugely popular film series.

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Protest Turns Violent in Jordan
Jordanian police beat a protester during a demonstration calling for reforms and the resignation of the prime minister in the capital of Amman on Friday.



Murdoch Apologizes to Slain Girl's Family
Embattled media titan Rupert Murdoch met with and apologized to the family of murdered U.K. schoolgirl Milly Dowler, whose cell phone one of his newspapers hacked into. Murdoch faces questioning in Parliament on Tuesday.

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Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony Ending Their Marriage
The couple said Friday that they are calling it quits after seven years as man and wife. They have 3-year-old twin, a boy and a girl, and "have come to an amicable conclusion on all matters," they said in a statement to



Dressed for Success
Spectators with colorful trousers follow rambunctious American golfer John Daly (famous for his garish pants) on day two of the Open Championship in Kent, England.



Birthday Worthy of a Sultan
Bruneians wave national flags as they wait for the arrival of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah during his 65th birthday celebrations in Bandar Seri Begawan on Friday.

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United in Yemen
Yemeni anti-government protesters shout slogans demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sana'a on Friday.



Chasing Skirts
Kids ham it up under the Marilyn Monroe statue in Pioneer Court on North Michigan Avenue on Friday in Chicago

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Army personnel burn marijuana plants at a plantation discovered near San Quintin, Baja California state, Mexico, Friday, July 15. Soldiers have found the largest marijuana plantation ever detected in Mexico, a huge field covering almost 300 acres (120 hectares), covered by shaded netting, the Defense Department said Thursday. The plantation is four times larger than the previous record discovery by authorities at a ranch in northern Chihuahua state in 1984.

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Schooners pass the Rockland Breakwater Light during the Parade of Sail, Friday, July 15, in Rockland, Maine. The parade is part of the festivities celebrating the 75th anniversary of the windjamming industry. The tall ships, which now carry paying customers, originally carried fish, granite and lumber prior to the advent of steamships and trains.

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Warning over violent man after Edinburgh prison release



Police are trying to trace a man who has gone missing from Edinburgh following his release from prison.

They have warned that Ivy Brown, 31, poses a "potential high risk of violence to members of the public".

He was released on licence and a warrant has been issued for his immediate recall to custody.

A police spokesman said Brown was known to have travelled to Kings Cross Station in London and it is thought he may be in the Luton area.

He is thought to have lived in that area and has local contacts.

Brown was meant to report to social workers but failed to do so.

Lothian and Borders Police said there were concerns for his well-being as he was not taking prescribed daily medication.

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Coventry University student's body found in Brazil



The body of a Coventry University student who went missing in the Amazon jungle has been recovered in Brazil, the Foreign Office has confirmed.

Olakunle Teniola, aged 20, disappeared after jumping into a lake with a friend in Manaus on Tuesday.

His friend emerged from the water but Mr Teniola did not. His body was recovered on Friday.

A Foreign Office spokeswoman said it was providing consular assistance to the family.

A university spokeswoman said Mr Teniola had been in his second year of a BA degree in youth work and had been in Brazil doing missionary work unrelated to his course.

"He comes from a very religious family, I understand he was a very committed Christian," she said.

His tutor, Brian Goredema-Braid, said Mr Teniola had been a popular student.

"He was very committed to his subject," he said.