Joe Paterno statue removed, Colorado shooting, China flooding and more in the day in photos

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July 22, 2012

Workers remove the statue of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno outside the university's stadium in State College, Pa. The university announced Sunday that it was taking down the monument in the wake of an investigative report that found that the late coach and three other top administrators concealed sex abuse claims against Jerry Sandusky, who was convicted last month of abusing 10 boys.

John Beale / AP

July 21, 2012

Residents push a stranded car on a flooded street amid heavy rainfalls in Beijing. The heaviest rainstorm in six decades to hit the Chinese capital killed at least 10 people and caused widespread chaos, flooding streets and stranding 80,000 people at the city's main airport, state media reported.

/ Reuters

July 22, 2012

Beijing residents try to get through a residential alley blocked by a taxi and debris, which were deposited there after a storm hit the city. At least 10 people were killed and more than 50,000 to were forced to evacuate, state media said.

/ AFP/Getty Images

July 22, 2012

Primary school students in Taiyuan, China, take part in a military formation training during a summer camp at which they emulate the lives of Red Army soldiers.

/ Reuters

July 23, 2012

Soldiers jump as they take part in a military-training session at a base in Jinan, China.

/ China Daily via Reuters

July 22, 2012

Police in riot gear standby as thousands of protesters march through downtown Montreal in a demonstration against tuition increases in Quebec.

Rogerio Barbosa / AFP/Getty Images

July 22, 2012

Venus Williams helps the Washington Kastles win 25-8 over the Kansas City Explorers for their 26th straight World Team Tennis victory.

Jabin Botsford / For The Washington Post

July 20, 2012

Tim Gordon of Wise, Va. — patient No. 1,117 of 1,500 for the day — catches a nap in the trunk of his car as he waits to get into the nonprofit Remote Area Medical clinic at the county fairgrounds in Wise. More than 3,000 patients were slated to be assessed at the multi-day event, the United States' largest free health clinic for dental, vision, wellness, women's health, lab testing and health education. Patients came from thousands of miles away and camped out in the muddy parking lot for free health care.

Paul J. Richards / AFP/Getty Images

July 22, 2012

A sculpture called "Sandworm," by Marco Casagrande, is on display during the Beaufort04 art exhibition in Wenduine, Belgium.

Mark Renders / Getty Images

July 22, 2012

Amelia Hempleman-Adams poses with the Olympic flame atop a London Eye pod on a torch relay leg through the city.

Lewis Whyld / London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games via AP

July 21, 2012

A massive dust storm moves into the Phoenix area.

Ross D. Franklin / AP

July 22, 2012

Smoke rises from the forest as flames burn trees close to a highway in La Jonquera, Spain, near the border with France. Regional officials said wildfires had burned more than 17 acres.

Josep Ribas / AP

July 23, 2012

Residents gather at the site of a bomb attack in Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad. Three car bombs killed 11 people and wounded 38 there, according to police in Iraq.

Mohammed Ameen / Reuters

July 22, 2012

Family members of the victims of Friday's shooting rampage in Aurora, Colo., comfort each other during a prayer vigil. Twelve people were killed and dozens were injured in shootings at a packed movie theater during a midnight screening of the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises."

Ted S. Warren / AP

July 22, 2012

Ronda Browning wipes away tears as thousands attend a community vigil at the Aurora Municipal Center in Colorado to honor those injured or killed in the deadly shootings early Friday during a showing of the new Batman movie at the Century Aurora 16 theater.