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A person wearing a costume to resemble the Star Wars character of Boba Fett crosses the street during the 2014 Comic-Con International Convention in San Diego, California July 25, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)

A Boba Fett fan strolls through San Diego.

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A woman rides her bicycle on a road that reads "Long live Fidel and Raul" in Artemisa province, near Havana July 25, 2014. On July 26, Cubans celebrate the 61th anniversary of the July 26, 1953 rebel assault which former Cuban leader Fidel Castro led on the Moncada army barracks. The attack, held during the annual carnival festivities was a military disaster, with many rebels killed, but started the revolution that led Castro to topple dictator Fulgencio Batista. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Pro-Castro messages decorate a Havana, Cuba, street.

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Festival goers visit the "Brodsky Rotunda" installation during the Archstoyanie Festival near the village of Nikola-Lenivets, south-west from Moscow, July 25, 2014. According to the organizers, the Archstoyanie Festival is an annual international art festival involving land design, sound installation as well as sculptures. The festival is being held from July 25 - 27 this year. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL)

Festival goers visit the "Brodsky Rotunda" installation during the Archstoyanie Festival in Nikola-Lenivets, Russia.

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ISRAELI GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL - JULY 22: Israeli soldiers are seen during a drill on July 22, 2014 by Israeli Gaza border, Israel. As operation 'Protective Edge' goes into it's third week, the death toll continues to mount, including 27 Israeli soldiers and over 500 people in Gaza, the vast majority of whom are civilians. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)

Israeli soldiers practice in a drill at the Gaza border.

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ASHKELON, ISRAEL - JULY 22: The grandmother of Israeli soldier private first class Jordan Bensimon, cries over his casket during his funeral on July 22, 2014 in Ashkelon, Israel. Bensimon was 22 and originally from France. Israel has lost 27 soldiers since the beginning of operation "Protective Edge." Gaza has had more than 500 people killed, 75% of whom are civilian, the UN has said. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

A grandmother mourns a slain Israeli soldier in Ashkelon, Israel.

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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - JULY 25: Men mourn over the body of Mohammed al-Araj at his funeral on July 25, 2014 near Ramallah, West Bank. al-Araj was killed by live ammunition during clashes with Israeli security forces near the Qalandia gate between Israel and the Palestinian territory; 150 others were injured. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Men mourn Mohammed al-Araj in Ramallah, West Bank.

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NEW YORK, NY - JULY 25: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) joins Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the campus of Lehman College for the Dream Big Day at the Bronx Children's Museum on July 25, 2014 in the Bronx borough of New York City. Children with the museum program, which is located on the Lehman campus, put on a performance for Clinton, Sotomayor and some members of the City Council. The Dream Big program is a six-week summer arts enrichment program which was first created in 2010. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Hillary Clinton bond at Dream Big Day at the Bronx Children's Museum.

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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 25: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Barack Obama (3rd L) speaks as President Otto Perez Molina (2nd L) of Guatemala, President Juan Orlando Hernandez (R) of Honduras, and President Salvador Sanchez Ceren (L) of El Salvador listen during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House July 25, 2014 in Washington, DC. The leaders met to discuss the current situation of migrant children traveling alone to the U.S. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama speaks with the presidents of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador in Washington about migrant children.

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A chimpanzee licks a lump of ice containing fruit in Barcelona Zoo, Spain, Friday July 25, 2014. Temperatures reached around 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) and the high temperatures are expected to last several days. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

A chimpanzee in a Barcelona zoo snacks on ice and fruit to keep cool.

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The wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship is towed by two tugboats along the Tyrrhenian sea, 30 miles off the coast of Viareggio, Italy, Friday, July 25, 2014. After more than two years since it slammed into a reef along the coastline of Isola del Giglio the wreck has been making its last journey, to the Italian port of Genoa, where it will be scrapped. Thirty-two people died when it hit the reef and started capsizing on Jan. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Fabio Muzzi)

The Costa Concordia continues its course off the coast of Viareggio, Italy.

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Cadets stand at city hall during a ceremony in which they were sworn in as Jersey City Fire Department firefighters, Friday, July 25, 2014, in Jersey City, N.J. Tara Walker was among the 26 members of the 61st class in the fire department's 143-year history, making her the first black woman to be named firefighter in the department's history. (AP Photo)

Cadets are sworn in as Jersey City, N.J., firefighters.

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Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at a press conference in Cairo, Egypt.

Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at a press conference in Cairo, Egypt.

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A time exposure shows the path of Marine One as it lands on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington with President Barack Obama aboard, Thursday, July 24, 2014. President Obama returned to Washington after a three day West Coast trip. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Marine One lands on the South Lawn of the White House.

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A bear bites a chunk of ice containing fruit at Barcelona Zoo, Spain, Friday July 25, 2014. Temperatures reached around 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) and the high temperatures are expected to last several days. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

A bear chomps on ice to beat the Barcelona heat.