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May 28, 2012
Winnie Pajcic, 9, holds on to a railing as she leans back in the wind during a visit to Stockton Park in Ortega, Fla., in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Beryl. Beryl came ashore early Monday near Jacksonville Beach with near-hurricane-strength winds of 70 mph.
Kelly Jordan
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Joel Izaguirre, left, and Dorian Hernandez of Dunn ride some heavy surf at Carolina Beach, N.C.
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May 28, 2012
A cellphone tower lies crumpled on the east side of Lawton, Okla., after high winds from a storm. The violent storm knocked out power to 8,500 PSO customers in Comanche County.
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May 28, 2012
Wes Akers inspects damage on a home in Avondale, Fla., caused by a downed tree in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Beryl.
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May 28, 2012
Connor Sidman, 12, right, and his friend Sean Frechette, 12, skim-board around Memorial Park in Riverside, Fla., in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Beryl.
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May 28, 2012
A skateboarder gets air at the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles. Thousands turned out to the beach on Memorial day in Southern California, marking the official start of the summer season.
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May 28, 2012
Participants operate a homemade flying machine during the annual Red Bull Flugtag event in Mainz, Germany.
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Reuters
May 28, 2012
A participant operates a homemade flying machine during the annual Red Bull Flugtag event in Mainz, Germany.
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Reuters
May 27, 2012
Dressed a Civil War widow and soldier, Kim Waldron and husband Brad Waldron wave at Rolling Thunder motorcyclists on the Memorial Bridge in Washington. Riders from across the nation come together every year to ride from the Pentagon over to the Mall as a remembrance of POWs and MIAs in the Vietnam War.
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May 27, 2012
Father and son Paul Fein, 56 and Jason Fein, 34m relax together prior to the Memorial Day Rolling Thunder event in the Pentagon parking lot.
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The Washington Post
May 28, 2012
Martin DeForest bows his head as "Taps" is played during a Memorial Day ceremony in Cottage Grove, Ore. DeForest rode his motorcycle with the Patriot Guard Riders.
Paul Carter
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AP
May 28, 2012
The Arlington West Memorial built on the beach next to Santa Monica Pier is seen in Santa Monica, Calif. Arlington West — in a manner similar to "real" cemeteries — is intended by the project organizers to be a place to mourn, reflect, contemplate, grieve, and meditate, to honor and acknowledge those who have lost their lives, and to reflect upon the costs of war.
Joe Klamar
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May 27, 2012
Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team first baseman Josh Wege smiles in the dugout before their game against the Cooperstown, New York Fire & Police Department team in Cooperstown, N.Y.
Gary Cameron
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Reuters
May 28, 2012
A man walking on stilts down Washington Avenue in Alton, Ill., was one of the many attractions at the 145th annual Alton Memorial Day Parade. The parade is believed to be the longest consecutive Memorial Day parade in the country and attracts thousands of spectators every year.
John Badman
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AP
May 28, 2012
Members of American Legion post 340 stand in formation after a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony at Riverview Cemetery in Waynesboro, Va.
Pat Jarrett
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AP
May 28, 2012
President Obama and other dignitaries attend a commemoration ceremony on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial’s 30th anniversary.
Bill O'Leary
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The Washington Post
May 28, 2012
Mitt Romney, left, U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor, applauds a World War II veteran during a Memorial Day ceremony held at the Veterans Museum & Memorial Center in San Diego.
Denis Poroy
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Reuters
May 28, 2012
Women dressed in traditional "Gailtaler" costumes participate in village celebrations in Feistritz an der Gail, in the Austrian province of Carinthia.
Lisi Niesner
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Reuters
May 28, 2012
A teacher is caught and carried by his students after falling backward from a higher ground during a pressure releasing exercise ahead of the National College Entrance Exams at a high school in Chongqing municipality, China.
Shi Tou
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Reuters
May 28, 2012
Sand sculpture artist Nicola Wood completes a sand sculpture she has created of Queen Elizabeth II at the annual Weston-super-Mare Sand Sculpture Festival in Weston-super-Mare, England. Now in its seventh year, the festival, which opens to the public on Friday, features sand sculptures from award-winning artists from across the globe.
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May 28, 2012
An inmate gestures from her cell inside the national female prision in San Salvador. F
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May 29, 2012
A laborer rests inside the wagon of a coal train as he takes a break from shoveling coal at a coal yard on the outskirts of Jammu, India.
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Reuters
May 28, 2012
A priest prays to the Virgin of El Rocio during a procession around the shrine of El Rocio in Almonte, southwest Spain. Every spring, devotees converge at the shrine to pay homage to the Virgin during the annual pilgrimage, which combines religious fervor and festive color.
Javier Diaz
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Reuters
May 26, 2012
This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network purports to show shrouded dead bodies following a Syrian government assault on Houla, Syria. The Syrian government denied Sunday its troops were behind an attack on a string of villages that left more than 100 people dead, blaming the killings on "hundreds of heavily armed gunmen" who also attacked soldiers in the area.
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May 25, 2012
This frame grab made from an amateur video provided by Syrian activists purports to show the massacre in Houla that killed more than 100 people, many of them children. The amateur footage shows people running along a street, purportedly just after the attack on Houla started.
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May 28, 2012
Egyptian presidential candidate Khaled Ali joins a protest on in the center of Cairo against the results of the first round of the presidential elections. Egypt's landmark presidential election on May 28 narrowed to a contest pitting a Muslim Brotherhood candidate against a Mubarak-era prime minister, the country's electoral commission said.
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May 29, 2012
Hamakawa Elementary School children look at a one-third scale model of a Lunar exploration vehicle and the Spring Tire during a special "space" class given by a tire maker in Tokyo.
Koji Sasahara
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AP
May 28, 2012
Israel's Boris Gelfand, left, plays against India's Vishwanathan Anand during a FIDE World chess championship match in State Tretyakovsky Gallery in Moscow.
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May 28, 2012
The bald eagle Challenger flies toward its handler Al Cecere during the singing of the "Star Spangled Banner" before a baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the San Diego Padres.
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May 28, 2012
A buffalo cools off in a pond during a hot summer day on the outskirts of Jammu, India.
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May 28, 2012
Donna, a 2-year-old elephant, sprays water in her mouth after playing a game of football with her keepers at Whipsnade Zoo near Dunstable, central England.
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May 28, 2012
Spanish national football team player Alvaro Dominguez stretches after a public training session in Schruns, Austria.
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