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Published July 3, 2014, 4:19 p.m. ET
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A new U.S. citizen holds an American flag at a naturalization ceremony at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site in Indianapolis, Thursday, July 3, 2014. Judge Sarah Evans Barker naturalized 101 new citizens at the ceremony. The ceremony was part of an annual celebration of Independence Day by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
A new US citizen holds a flag at a naturalization ceremony in Indianapolis. AP
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A girl wearing a faeces-shaped hat prepares to slide down into a five-metre (16.4-ft) toilet at an exhibition titled "Toilet !? Human Waste and Earth's Future" at the Miraikan National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo July 3, 2014. The exhibition, which opened at the museum on Wednesday, explores the world of toilets, with the main exhibit centring around a massive toilet into which visitors are allowed to slide to simulate the journey of human waste matter into the sewers. The exhibit also includes five zones that range from showing exactly what one's excrement is made of to how different types of toilets are used around the world, and even a possible space toilet that could be used to grow plants. The exhibit is open until October 5 and costs 1,200 yen ($11.80) to visit. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A girl prepares to slide down a giant toilet at a Tokyo science museum. Reuters
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Palestinians stand near a crater reportedly from an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. Reuters
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Hamas' armed wing spokesman speaks during a news conference in Gaza City July 3, 2014. The spokesman said Israel was breaking the 2012 ceasefire agreement and the group would act according to developments on the ground. He said Israel would pay a heavy price in any upcoming war. Israel said on Thursday it was beefing up its forces along its frontier with the Gaza Strip, in what it called a defensive deployment in response to persistent Palestinian cross-border rocket attacks. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Hamas spokesmen hold a press conference in Gaza City. Reuters
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Palestinians hurl stones during clashes with Israeli police in Shuafat, an Arab suburb of Jerusalem, July 3, 2014. Israel faced a second day of violent Palestinian protests in Jerusalem on Thursday after the discovery of the body of a 16-year-old Palestinian boy on Wednesday in a forest near the city. Police clashed with a few dozen stone-throwing Palestinians in Shuafat, but the violence was on a much smaller scale than on Wednesday. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Palestinians throw rocks at police in Shuafat, Israel. Reuters
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Molly Schuyler (L) of Bellevue, Nebraska, stretches to consume another burger at the sixth annual Independence Burger Eating Contest at Z-Burger in Washington July 3, 2014. The contest includes some of the top competitive eaters in the U.S. to see who can eat the most hamburgers in ten minutes. Schuyler won the contest, eating 26 hamburgers in the allotted time. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY)
Winner Molly Schuyler stretches at the Independence Burger Eating Contest in Washington. Reuters
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Representatives of Macy's ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange July 3, 2014. Macy's sponsors The 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular on New York's East River. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)
Macy’s representatives ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Reuters
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People cool off in the Trocadero fountains near the Eiffel Tower on a hot summer day in Paris July 3, 2014. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE - Tags: TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT)
Visitors cool off in the Trocadero fountains near the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Reuters
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TOKYO, JAPAN - JULY 03: Protesters chant slogans and hold signs in the rain outside the Presidents Official House on July 3, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. On July 1, 2014, Japanese cabinet approved the outline to reinterpret the post war pacifist constitution, which is one of the most major policy shifts in 60 years since Japan set up its post-war self defense forces. The change will broaden the country's security options by ending the restriction on exercising "collective self-defense," aiding allied countries under attack. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
Protesters chant outside Japanese President Shinzo Abe’s house in Tokyo. Getty
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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, addresses devotees as he visits the Tibetan children's village school near Leh, India, Thursday, July 3, 2014. Buddhist devotees from across the globe are expected to arrive in this Himalayan region of Ladakh to attend the ‘Kalachakra’ or Wheel of Time initiations by the Dalai Lama beginning Thursday. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
The Dalai Lama talks to devotees at a Tibetan children’s school near Leh, India. AP
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A street artist with a Grim Reaper costume stands in a street of Rome, Thursday, July 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
A street artist in a Grim Reaper costume creeps around Rome. AP
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Kevin Taylor of Savannah, Ga., heads out to surf the waves on the north beach of Tybee Island as Hurricane Arthur makes its way up the East Coast, Thursday, July 3, 2014. The storm has bypassed the Georgia coast as predicted, but forecasters are warning beach goers to beware of dangerous rip currents in its wake. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
A surfer takes advantage of the waves from Hurricane Arthur in Savannah, Georgia. AP
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A child plays football near soldiers from the "Donbass" battalion of Ukraine, outside the Parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, July 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
A boy plays soccer outside Parliament in Kiev, Ukraine. AP
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Puppeteers, from Quanzhou City in Fujian Province, a southeast coastal town of China, perform at the Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, Thursday, July 3, 2014. The puppets hard curved by the musicians, is the oldest tradition of puppeteer in China. The puppet shows people of different nationalities parade to celebrate the lantern festival, on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar. During the Song Dynasty 800 years ago, Quanzhou City was one of the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Puppeteers put on a show for the China Folklife Festival in Washington. AP
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Smoke wafts up as hamburgers are prepared on a grill outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 3, 2014, ahead of July 4th White House festivities. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Smoke wafts up as hamburgers are prepared on a grill outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 3, 2014, ahead of July 4th White House festivities. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) AP
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President Barack Obama arrives to speak at 1776, a hub for tech startups, Thursday, July 3, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
President Barack Obama arrives to speak at Washington tech hub 1776. AP
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A Shi'ite Muslim girl takes part in a candlelight protest against the ongoing conflict in Iraq, in New Delhi July 3, 2014. Nearly 50 Indian nurses from the southern state of Kerala have been taken against their will from a hospital in the militant-controlled city of Tikrit in Iraq, India's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee (INDIA - Tags: RELIGION CIVIL UNREST POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A Shiite girl takes part in a candlelight protest in New Delhi, India. Reuters
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Tourists use a umbrella to protect themselves from the sun walk near the Pyramid entrance of the Louvre Museum on a hot summer day in Paris July 3, 2014. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE - Tags: TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Tourists shield themselves from the sun outside the Louvre in Paris. Reuters
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Maryline Epping of Avon, North Carolina finishes the words on a sign out in front of her shop before Hurricane Arthur in Buxton, North Carolina July 3, 2014. The first hurricane of the Atlantic season gained strength on Thursday and is expected to attain Category 2 status as it reaches the North Carolina coast, where thousands of vacationers scrubbed their July Fourth holiday plans amid evacuation orders. REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)
An Avon, North Carolina, shop owner announces a sale ahead of Hurricane Arthur. Reuters
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 03: Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks up at a customer as she signs copies of her new book at Waterstones bookshop on July 3, 2014 in London, England. Mrs Clinton's book entitled 'Hard Choices' is reportedly only selling in small numbers. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 03: Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks up at a customer as she signs copies of her new book at Waterstones bookshop on July… Getty Images
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