World News in Pictures

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Jennifer Pitts Adair kneels in the spot where she survived a direct hit from the April 27th EF5 tornado, June 20, 2011. Her Camden Ct. home in Limestone County near Athens, Ala., was destroyed to the foundation yet the twister left her lying in floor of what was once her closet injuring only her shoulder. Adair credits her survival to lessons learned from the 1974 tornado that claimed three relatives years before she was even born.


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The Pitts family has endured great loss in the Tanner community having lost family members and homes in the April 3, 1974 tornado and homes in the April 27th, 2011 tornado. Jennifer Pitts Adair sits with her dad Wayne Pitts and mom Jo Ann Pitts in their apartment in Athens, Ala., June 24. Jennifer's home was destroyed in Camden Court near Athens and the Pitts' home was destroyed on Ingram Rd. in Tanner during the April 27th EF 5 tornado.


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Jo Ann Pitts stands with a box of treasured photos that survived the destruction of her home April 27 when a storm bearing an EF 5 tornado struck Ingram Rd. south of Athens, Alabama. The Pitts family lost three family members killed in the April 3, 1974 F5 tornado which also claimed two homes of family members on Ingram Rd. The Pitts family was struck again April 27, 2011 suffering the loss of a home on Ingram Rd. and another belonging to their daughter, Jennifer Pitts Adair, on Camden Court east of Athens when an EF 5 traveling the same path as the 1974 storm hit both areas.


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The Pitts family has endured great loss in the Tanner community having lost family members and homes in the April 3, 1974 tornado and homes in the April 27, 2011 tornado. Jennifer Pitts Adair's hand written journal shows an entry from April 29th, 2011. She has been journaling and keeping some of it on Facebook since the tornado struck destroying her home in Camden Court near Athens, Ala., and her parents home on Ingram Rd. in the Tanner community.

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Serena Williams of the U.S. reacts during her match against Marion Bartoli of France at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London on Monday, June 27.



Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia celebrates match point after winning her fourth round match against Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark on Day Seven of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Monday.




Andy Murray of Britain celebrates defeating Richard Gasquet of France at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London on Monday



Russia's Maria Sharapova serves to China's Peng Shuai during their match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon on Monday.



Kate wearing a nice little tennis number.



Venus Williams of the US succumbs to the very, very lovely Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria

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An earthen levee sits on top of 3rd Street N.W. in Minot, N.D., giving some protection to one house, left, and damming the Souris River on the other side near Minot State University on Monday, June 27

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Thousands of Libyans celebrate in rebel-held Misrata's Freedom Square after receiving the news of an arrest warrant issued against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi by the International Criminal Court on June 27.

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As summer begins, tourists are flocking to Yellowstone. Last year alone, the nation's first national park recorded over 3.6 million people



Tourists walk around the Grand Prismatic Spring, the largest in the United States and third largest in the world









Clepsydra Geyser erupts, nearly constantly, in the Fountain Paint Pot area

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A rabbit jumps over a hurdle near Jena, Germany, on June15. This rabbit belongs to the First Thuringia Rabbit Sport Jena Society, whose members devote themselves to 'Kaninhop.' It consists in rabbits running a course and jumping over obstacles while being timed.

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Chiomonte, Italy: police in riot gear clash with demonstrators during a protest against plans to build the Turin-Lyon high-speed train line through the Val di Susa



Bhubaneswar, India: an unhappy myna bird fledgling walks in the road after its nest fell from a tree during stormy weather

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Maloyaroslavets, Russia: people take part in the traditional pagan Ivana Kupala festival



Athens, Greece: protesters gesture in front of parliament during the fourth week of their protest against austerity measures

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Lahore, Pakistan: a roadside cook prepares breakfast for customers



Buenos Aires, Argentina: a River Plate fan evades police water cannon during clashes after the football club were relegated for the first time in their history

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Kawasaki, Japan: a worker checks solar panels



Burgos, Spain: girls throw rose petals on babies during the festival of El Colacho. During the bizarre festival, men dressed as the devil jump over babies in the street

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Ahmedabad, India: a Hindu priest sits in a tub of water as he performs a prayer for rain



Kabul, Afghanistan: a policeman stands guard during a meeting for candidates who stood in the September 2010 general election and lost

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Guatemala City, Guatemala: a transgender person takes part in the annual Gay Pride parade

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Fighting the Flames in Florida
On Monday, firefighters battle a massive blaze that destroyed the 430-room Vacation Lodge, which is located about a mile from Disney World.



A Big Haul
In Medellin on Monday, Colombian police officers arrange packages of cocaine at a police station after seizing 970 pounds of the drug.

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An Honorary Member
President Obama holds up a jersey given to him by Colorado Rapids Managing Director Jeff Plush while welcoming the Major League Soccer champions at the White House on Monday.



He's Officially a Wanted Man
On Monday, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi, seen here in Tripoli in April, and two family members.

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Stone's Throw From Chaos
Egyptians throw stones at a police convoy carrying ex-interior minister Habib Adli outside a court in Cairo on Sunday as hundreds of Egyptians angry with the delays in his trial clash with anti-riot police.



Bachmann Makes 2012 Bid Official
Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann formally announced her candidacy for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination Monday in Waterloo, Iowa -- her childhood hometown.

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Los Angeles Dodgers File for Bankruptcy
As owner Frank McCourt blamed the league for scuttling a TV deal that he hoped would keep the team afloat, the storied franchise filed for protection in a Delaware court Monday.



Drenched From Above
A water bomber drops water over a forest fire in Barro, northwestern Spain.

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Just a Drop Will Do Ya
A child receives an oral polio vaccine in the Abobo suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, during a second national day of polio vaccinations organized by the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and others.



An 'Awkward' Moment at the BET Awards
Singer Chris Brown, above, was at the center of a confusing moment at the BET Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday when the Viewer's Choice prize was given to ex-girlfriend Rihanna instead of Brown -- the actual winner.

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Fences Don't Always Make Good Neighbors
An excavator lifts parts of the Israeli barrier near the West Bank village of Bili'in. The Ministry of Defense has begun dismantling parts of the barrier, four years after the High Court ruled the barrier's route must be redrawn.



Smoke in Their Eyes
Kurdish protesters run through tear gas during clashes between Kurdish and Turkish leftist groups and riot policemen in Istanbul Sunday.

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Footballers vs. a Phalanx
Supporters of River Plate fight with the police between C. A. River Plate and C. A. Belgrano de Cordoba at Monumental Vespucio Liberti Stadium on Sunday in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Carissa Pittman consoles her daughter, Emily, 15, while her husband, Pete, in the car and son, Allen, 21, prepare to leave Los Alamos, N.M., because of the wildfire on June 27. Thousands of residents calmly fled Monday from the mesa-top town that's home to the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory, ahead of an approaching wildfire.







Firefighters struggled early Tuesday to hold back a fierce blaze roaring out of control at the edge of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, a sprawling nuclear weapons complex that includes a plutonium facility.
Flames licked all day at the boundary of the laboratory site, home to the nation's largest supply of nuclear weapons, as fire crews scurried to douse spot fires carried onto the grounds by winds from the leading edge of the blaze.

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Sydney Wildlife World's new baby joey koala "Boonda" clings to its mother "Elle" on June 28. Koalas are under threat due to a shortage of suitable habitats due to mass land clearances, with Sydney Wildlife World launching KOALA HQ in July to help raise much needed awareness regarding the importance of conserving one of Australia's most iconic and adored marsupials

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Rebel fighters take up position on the front line, 18 km (11 miles) west of Ajdabiyah, Libya, on June 27.

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Greek workers begin two-day general strike



Trade unionists march towards the Greek parliament. Unions are angry that the proposed austerity package would raise taxes on minimum wage earners

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Protesters sit in front of a closed branch of Eurobank in Athens






Tourists from Australia and New Zealand stuck in the port of Piraeus

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A protester puts up a leaflet at the entrance of a closed branch of the Hellenic Postbank in Athens






Passengers queue to change their tickets at Olympic Air's cashiers' desk during a four-hour work stoppage by air traffic controllers at Athens international airport