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A woman sits with her child in a boat during heavy rains at a flooded village in Kurigram July 3, 2012. At least 100 people have died and hundreds of thousands of people are marooned as floods triggered by heavy rains spread across Bangladesh.ANDREW BIRAJ/Reuters

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Belarussian servicemen take part in a military parade during celebrations marking Independence Day in Minsk July 3, 2012.VASILY FEDOSENKO/Reuters

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A house is seen in a burnt-out hillside after a wildfire in Macastre near Valencia, July 3, 2012. At least 2,000 people have been evacuated from Spain's popular tourist region of Valencia as the worst forest fires in more than a decade raged out of control, causing a huge cloud of ash to pour into the country's third-largest city. According to local media, the regional government's budget for the prevention of wildfires had also decreased by 70 percent from the period of 2008 to 2012.HEINO KALIS/Reuters

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Rovio Entertainment Senior Vice-President Henri Holm wears an Angry Birds jacket during a news conference in Hong Kong July 3, 2012. The popular mobile app, which has over one billion downloads, has offered its licence to TCC, the global leader in retail marketing programs, to promote related products in the territory, according to their press release on Tuesday.BOBBY YIP/Reuters

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In a Sunday, July 1, 2012 photo, Spud Byrd, of Bowling Green, Ky., paints a star on a 300-foot by 600-foot American flag in the front yard of Robert and Doris Burr's home in Bowling Green, Ky. Burr, with Ken Cardwell, has been pairing the huge flag for 10 years. Cardwell said this year is the last one for the familiar July Fourth sight.Joe Imel

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A man walks across the tops of fuel tankers, which were used to carry fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, parked at a compound in Karachi July 3, 2012. The United States and Pakistan are expected to agree soon on the reopening of land routes crucial to supplying NATO troops in Afghanistan, a Pakistani official said on Monday, a move that could ease a seven-month crisis in the two countries' ties.ATHAR HUSSAIN/Reuters

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A girl swings on the ragged net of a soccer goal post as she plays with her friends in Kathmandu July 3, 2012.NAVESH CHITRAKAR/Reuters

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A boy floats on an inner tube on the Batten Kill under the Eagleville Covered Bridge in Jackson, N.Y., on Monday, July 2, 2012.Mike Groll/The Associated Press

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A new view of the Flame Nebula on the eastern hip of Orion the Hunter, a constellation most easily visible in the northern hemisphere during winter evenings, is shown in this handout photo, July 2, 2012. This view of the Flame nebula is taken by WISE, NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, which shows an expanded view over an enormous space cloud where three familiar nebulae are visible in the central region: the Flame nebula, the Horsehead nebula, and NGC 2023.Supplied

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In this photo released by the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard celebrate after launching a missile during their maneuver in an undisclosed location in Iran, Tuesday, July 3, 2012. Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards test fired several ballistic missiles on Tuesday, including a long-range variety capable of hitting U.S. bases in the region as well as Israel, Iranian media reported.Mostafa Qotbi/The Associated Press

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