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A woman is attacked by water cannon during protests in Kizilay square in central Ankara, June 16, 2013. The unrest, in which police fired teargas and water cannon at stone-throwing protesters night after night in cities including Istanbul and Ankara, left four people dead and about 5,000 injured, according to the Turkish Medical Association. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Miss USA 2013

Photos from the 2013 Miss USA Competition in Las Vegas.

Taylor Swift through the years

Country pop singer Taylor Swift released her fourth studio album, “Red,” last fall. Here’s a look at her career so far.

Use of photo databases blurs boundaries

Photo databases set up to prevent driver’s-license fraud increasingly are used by police to identify criminal suspects.

Tumult in Turkey

Police use water cannons and tear gas in an effort to clear protesters as the prime minister aims to shore up support.

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'My wish is to transfer the waves' energy to those who are looking at them.' Part of a series called 'Aquaviva' by photographer Pierre Carreau. ONE TIME USE ONLY (Pierre Carreau/Pierre Carreau)

Pierre Carreau’s ‘Aquaviva’

The photographer’s images show waves that appear to have been frozen into icy shelves mid-drip.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 15: HR, member of the band Bad Brains, gets up close and personal with the camera during a concert at Hard Art Gallery in Washington, DC on September 15, 1979. (Photo by Lucian Perkins) **MANDATORY CREDIT, NO TRADE, ONLY TO BE USED IN CONJUCTION WITH HARD ART DC, ONE TIME USAGE ONLY**

The early days of D.C. punk

A new book by Lucian Perkins shows the capital’s fabled punk scene.

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Johnathon Carrington, valedictorian at Dunbar High School, plans to attend Georgetown University.

Johnathon’s journey

Johnathon Carrington is valedictorian of Dunbar High and is headed to Georgetown. But, he worries, is he ready?

(Kostas Tsironis / FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)

Little refuge in Greece

Economic meltdown has left little food, medicine or other aid for Syrian refugees arriving on the Aegean shores.

(Amanda Voisard / FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)

Father’s Day picnic in NE

“It’s off-the-chain fun” at this decades-old celebration in Northeast D.C., which draws hundreds.

(Felipe Dana / AP)

Brazil’s other soccer fields

With the Confederations Cup opening this week, here’s glimpse at some of Brazil’s overlooked soccer fields — in its cities’ slums.

(Bill O'Leary / WASHINGTON POST)

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