World News in Pictures

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Meaghan Francella of the USA hits her 2nd shot on the 17th hole during the second round of the 2011 Ricoh Women's British Open at Carnoustie on July 29 in Carnoustie, Scotland.

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A soldier wears a helmet with a infrared cam on top during a military parade marking Peru's Independence Day in Lima, Peru, Friday July 29.



Female Iranian climber, Mahsa Hosseinabadi, right, and an unidentified female climber ascend Pars rock, at the Band-e-Yakhchal mountains, northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 29.

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Chad Cox, of Morgantown, Ky., a lineman with Warren RECC, rescues a 175 pound dummy during the 'hurt man' competition July 28, at the 2011 Kentucky Lineman's Rodeo in Bowling Green, Ky. After a spring and summer in which storms have taken down their fair share of power lines and poles, electric lineman from around the state gathered Thursday for a more competitive approach at the Kentucky Lineman's Rodeo.

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A man walks past electronic monitors displaying the current electricity usage status in Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO)'s supply area, at a passageway of the Tokyo railway station where lights have been dimmed to conserve electricity July 20. Japan asked all users served by western Japan's Kansai Electric Power Co to cut peak summer power use by at least 10 percent, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Tetsuro Fukuyama said on Wednesday, as concerns grow that tight power supplies will hurt manufacturers.

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Singer Arnel Pineda performs with the band Journey on NBC's Today Show in New York on Friday, July 29.

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People hold up red roses during a memorial service for the victims of the bomb and shooting massacre, organized by the Norwegian Labour party and its youth organization, AUF, in Oslo, on Friday July 29. Speaking at the service, Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said, "Today it is one week since Norway was hit by evil,". "We have to live with July 22, but together we will make it."



A close friend of Bano Rashid, 18, one of the victims of the massacre on the youth camp of the Norwegian Labour Party walks ahead of her coffin carrying her portrait as they make their way to her gravesite at Nesodden Kirke south of the Norwegian capital Oslo on Friday, July 29.



Survivors from the shooting at the island of Utoya hug each others during a memorial service for the victims of the bomb and shooting massacre, organized by the Norwegian Labour party and its youth organization, AUF, in Oslo, on Friday.

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Samera Kamal, 10, participates in a class with other young victims of Iraq violence at a program operated by Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) on July 28, in Amman, Jordan. Samera, who is from the Iraqi city of Fallujah, was severaly burned following a car bomb when she was walking to the market. MSF has been running a reconstructive-surgery program for war-wounded Iraqis since August 2006. The program, which helps Iraqis irrespective of age or ethnic/religious background, has thus far attended to roughly 1,500 cases. MSF was forced to pull out of Iraq in 2004 due to the escalating violence in the country. Following the years of violence in the country, the state of medical care in Iraq is poor. There is a chronic shortage of doctors and nurses and much of the country's hospitals are using outdated and damaged equipment.



Makki Ali, 58, participates in physical therapy at a program for victims of Iraq violence, on July 28. Ali was injured in Baghdad in a truck bombing near an American base



Khaled Hashem, 35, participates in physical therapy at the Red Crescent Hospital for victims of Iraq violence, on July 28, in Amman, Jordan. Hashem was shot in the thigh after American soldiers fired randomly in a street during an attack in 2007.



Falah Hindi participates in physical therapy at a program for victims of Iraq violence, where Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) operates a reconstructive-surgery clinic, on July 28. Hindi injured his leg in a car bombing in Baghdad.



The hands of Khitam Hamad, 12, bear scars as she participates in a class with other young victims of Iraq violence on July 28. Khitam, who is from the Iraqi city of Fallujah, was severally burned following a car bomb when she was walking with her sister.



Sonor Darweesh, 7, of Kirkuk, Iraq smiles while participating in a class with other young victims of Iraq violence, on July 28. Darweesh was injured in an explosion which killed her sister.

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The Smurfs rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, but there was little humor to be found after the government reported that the economy was in worse shape than many had expected.

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Construction gets under way for September 11 memorial

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The south pool waterfall is tested



Workers are seen inside the national September 11 museum as construction continues

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Norway in mourning

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Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is embraced by a young Muslim girl after a Muslim memorial service for the victims of last Friday's attacks at the central Jamaat Ahle Sunnat mosque in Oslo, July 29, 2011.

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Old-Fashioned Air Conditioning
Six-year-old panda Weiwei steps onto an ice cube to cool himself down at a zoo in Wuhan, China.



Up From the Ashes
Firemen try to extinguish a resurgent forest fire that had been thought to be extinguished in Nelas, central Portugal.

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Collateral Damage in Somalia
People help a woman wounded during heavy fighting between Islamist militants and Somalian government soldiers south of the capital city of Mogadishu.



Ukrainian Mine Explosion Kills 16, Several Missing
An explosion at a Ukrainian coal mine killed at least 16 miners on Friday and nine are still missing, according to authorities. Here: A miner smokes a cigarette outside the Sukhodilska-Eastern mine in Ukraine.

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Warrior's Farewell
Thousands of Libyan rebel fighters and relatives attend the funeral of Libyan rebel army chief Abdel Fatah Younis in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, on Friday, a day after his murder.



Cosmo-Nautical
Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka listens to a specialist before plunging into a swimming pool as part of a training session at the Star City space center outside Moscow.

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House Struggles to Salvage Boehner Debt-Ceiling Bill
"The National Debt Clock" keeps the count in New York. Days before a threatened U.S. default, House Republican leaders are trying to pass Speaker John Boehner's bill despite opposition from his own party.



Egyptians Take to the Streets Once More
Tens of thousands of Egyptian demonstrators rally in downtown Cairo's Tahrir square in an attempt to show the country remains unified during the transition from ousted president Hosni Mubarak's regime.

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Meet the New Boss
Juergen Klinsmann, a German soccer legend who won a World Cup as a player, is the new coach of the American men's national soccer team, replacing Bob Bradley. Pictured: Klinsmann in 1994.



Remembering the Demon's Defeat
People light straw to burn an effigy of Ghanta Karna during celebrations of a festival in Bhaktapur. The Nepalese festival honors the triumph over the mythical demon.

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A Yemini boy wears a hat with the word 'Leave' during a protest against their leader.



Helen Large attends the Vintage Festival in London, celebrating 7 decades of British music, fashion, food, art and design from the 20's through to the 80's

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2 People attend the annual Comics Festival in Hong Kong, where players perform roles from Japanese culture

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Russian sailors celebrate Navy Day on the Neva River in St. Petersburg

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Couples celebrate on the first day gay couples were permitted to marry in New York state