Jillian and Carlee Soto, sisters of Newtown, Conn., shooting victim Victoria Soto, hold hands at a Capitol Hill news conference in Washington. The gun control debate has fizzled as proponents mark six months since the massacre.
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A Sri Lankan municipal worker fumigates the area around a government building in Colombo in an attempt to curb mosquito breeding and, hopefully, dengue fever.
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An Indian buffalo herder watches over his charges as clouds hover above Bhubaneswar, India. After another worrisome dry spell, the crucial monsoon-season rains have arrived.
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A South Korean special forces soldier shatters a stack of stones during anti-terror exercises in Incheon. The North this week accused its neighbor of torpedoing reconciliation talks.
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Stunt rider Chris Pfeiffer plants one on a volunteer during a performance at a road show in Jerusalem.
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Angry protesters gather outside the US consulate in Hong Kong in support of whistleblower Edward Snowden, an NSA contractor who’s admitted leaking info on the US government’s PRISM monitoring program. Snowden fled to Hong Kong.
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Injured passengers wait to be evacuated to a hospital after a train crash on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina. A two-level train slammed into another that had stopped between stations during the morning commute.
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Smoke from the wildfire that’s burned more than 90 homes in the Black Forest community near Colorado Springs, Colo., streaks across the landscape.
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A group of fishermen pull in their nets on Silver Beach in Beihai, China.
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New York-based artist Nathan Sawaya’s work with LEGO bricks is on display at the Art of the Brick exhibition at Discovery Times Square in New York.
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Schoolboys run past a mural of beloved former South African President Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg. Mandela remained hospitalized for the sixth day with a lung infection.
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Crews work to hose down a chemical plant in Geismer, La., after a massive fire.
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