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LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 10: Public sector workers taking industrial action, dressed as zombies, protest along Regent Street on July 10, 2014 in London, England. Over one million public sector workers are expected to take strike action today across the UK over disputes with the Government concerning pay, pensions and cuts. Professions of those taking industrial action include: teachers, council staff, firefighters and civil servants. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
Public sector workers dressed as zombies protest in London. Getty
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A tactical rocket firing drill carried out by units of the Korean People's Army (KPA) Strategic Force is seen during a visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the western sector of the front in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on July 10, 2014. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
The Korean People’s Army Strategic Force holds a tactical rocket firing drill. Reuters
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An attendent cleans the carpet next to U.S. and Chinese national flags before a news conference for the 6th round of U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, July 10, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
An attendant cleans the carpet next to US and Chinese flags before a Beijing news conference. Reuters
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Pro-Russian separatist fighters from the so-called Battalion Vostok (East) wait behind sandbag walls at a checkpoint on the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, July 10, 2014. Ukrainian forces regained more ground but sustained further casualties on Thursday in clashes with separatists, while two Western allies urged Russia's Vladimir Putin to exert more pressure on the rebels to find a negotiated end to the conflict. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Pro-Russian fighters man a checkpoint in Donetsk, Ukraine. Reuters
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The pack of riders cycles on its way during the 194 km sixth stage of the Tour de France cycling race from Arras to Reims July 10, 2014. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen (FRANCE - Tags: SPORT CYCLING TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Cyclists pass a flowery field in the Tour de France. Reuters
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Lebanese and Palestinian protesters set fire to U.S. and Israeli flags during a demonstration to denounce Israeli air strikes on the Gaza strip, in Lebanon's southern port-city of Sidon July 10, 2014. At least 77 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in Israel's Gaza offensive, Palestinian officials said on Thursday, and militants kept up rocket attacks on Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other cities in warfare showing no signs of ending soon. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Pro-Palestinian protesters set fire to US and Israeli flags in Sidon, Lebanon. Reuters
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A woman walks in front of a creation by French artist Elsa Tomkowiak inside the Graslin Theater during the "A journey to Nantes" (Le Voyage a Nantes) art festival in Nantes, western France, July 10, 2014. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe (FRANCE - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A woman walks past a creation by artist Elsa Tomkowiak in the “A journey to Nantes” art festival in Nantes, France. Reuters
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Bosnian Muslim women cry near the coffin of their relative, which is one of the 175 coffins of newly identified victims from the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in Potocari Memorial Center, near Srebrenica, July 10, 2014. Family members, foreign dignitaries and guests are expected to attend a ceremony in Srebrenica on July 11, marking the 19th anniversary of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in which Bosnian Serb forces commanded by Ratko Mladic killed up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys. The remains of 175 identified victims will be buried at a memorial cemetery during the ceremony. Their bodies were found in some 60 mass graves around the town. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY CONFLICT OBITUARY)
Muslim women cry near the coffin of a relative in Potocari, Bosnia. Reuters
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U.S. President Barack Obama stops at Franklin Barbecue during a visit to Austin, Texas July 10, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
President Barack Obama stops at Franklin Barbecue in Austin, Texas. Reuters
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IGUALADA, SPAIN - JULY 10: Hot air balloons fly over Igualada during an early flight as part of the European Balloon Festival on July 10, 2014 in Igualada, Spain. The early morning flight of over 30 balloons was shorter than expected due to windy weather. This flight is organised as a curtain raiser for the four-day European Balloon Festival. Now is the 18th year of the most important hot air Balloon event in Spain and one of the biggest in Europe. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)
Hot air balloons fly over Igualada, Spain, in the European Balloon Festival. Getty
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BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 10: An industrial robot, an installation work called 'bios [torah]' by the artist group robotlab, begins writing a Torah on July 10, 2014 in the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Germany. At the speed of a human, the robot writes a total of 304,805 Hebrew letters on an 80-meter roll of paper. The finished scroll, to be complete in January 2015, will not be considered halakhic, or meeting the requirements for use for religious purposes. The installation is part of the exhibition 'The Creation of the World' ('Die Erschaffung der Welt' in German), predominantly a collection of Hebrew manuscripts. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)
An industrial robot writes the Torah in Berlin. Getty
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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, leaves a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
John Boehner leaves a news conference in Washington. AP
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Nanette Ambelas, third from right, holds the hands of her children, Gabriella, 7, second from right, and Giovanna, 5, while the coffin of her husband, Lt. Gordon Ambelas, is lifted onto a fire truck during his funeral in the borough of Staten Island, Thursday, July 10, 2014, in New York. Ambelas died Saturday night, July 5, searching for victims in a burning, cluttered Brooklyn high-rise apartment building. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Firefighter Lt. Gordon Ambelas’ family mourns at his funeral in Staten Island. AP
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Palestinian relatives of eight members of the Al Haj family, who were killed in an Israeli missile strike early morning, grieve in the family house during their funeral in Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, July 10, 2014. Israel dramatically escalated its aerial assault in Gaza Thursday hitting hundreds of Hamas targets, as Palestinians reported more than a dozen of people killed in strikes that hit a home and a beachside cafe and Israel's missile defense system once again intercepted rockets fired by militants at the country's heartland. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Relatives of the Al Haj family, who were killed by Israeli missiles, grieve at a Gaza refugee camp. AP
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A model wears the wedding gown for Ralph & Russo's fall-winter 2014-2015 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, France, Thursday, July 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
A model catwalks in a wedding gown for Ralph & Russo in Paris. AP
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., left, talks with Charla Nash during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 10, 2014. Nash was mauled by a pet chimp and had to undergo a face transplant. She is now advocating for a bill to be passed that would ban the interstate trade of primates as pets. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) talks with chimp-attack victim Charla Nash. AP
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks to a group from the 33rd Fighter Wing on Thursday July 10, 2014 in a hangar at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., about the future of the F-35 and the military. U.S. military officials grounded the entire F-35 fleet last Thursday while investigators try to determine why the aircraft caught fire on the runway June 23 as it was about to take off for a training flight. The grounding has jeopardized plans to display the Marine Corps version of the aircraft at two airshows in England. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily News, Nick Tomecek)
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, about the F-35. AP
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A goat released by Richard Gibbs quickly moves deep into the Williams Creek Urban Forest to chow down on invasive weeds and grasses in Knoxville, Tenn., Thursday, July 10, 2014. The goats were leased from Whistlepig Farms in Thornhill by the Tennessee Clean Water Network to clear the underbrush. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Michael Patrick)
A goat eats weeds and grass in a Knoxville, Tennessee, forest. AP
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President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One before his departure from Austin, Texas Thursday, July 10, 2014. Austin was the final leg in his three city trip before returning to Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
President Barack Obama boards Air Force One before departing Austin, Texas. AP