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U.S. President Back Obama peers out from Section B, prison cell No. 5, on Robben Island, South Africa, Sunday. This was Former South African president Nelson Mandela's cell, where he spent 18-years of his 27-year prison term on the island locked up by the former apartheid government.Carolyn Kaster/The Associated Press

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Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi protest outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt.Nariman El-Mofty/The Associated Press

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An Egyptian protester waves a national flag as Egyptians gather in Tahrir Square during a demonstration against President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo.Amr Nabil/The Associated Press

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A suicide attacker lies on the ground after his vest was defused in Jalalabad province, Afghanistan. Afghan security forces captured a would-be suicide attacker before he blew himself up in Jalalabad on Sunday.Parwiz/Reuters

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Radioshack-Leopard team rider Jan Bakelants of Belgium celebrates as he wins the the 156 km second stage of the centenary Tour de France cycling race from Bastia to Ajaccio, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica.Eric Gaillard/Reuters

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Revellers take part in a tomato fight at the Glastonbury music festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, England.Olivia Harris/Reuters

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Belarusian women take part in the Rusalle festival (the holiday of mermaids) in the village of Sosny, Belarus. The festival is an ancient tradition originating from pagan times, in which women sing and dance around a campfire, throw their wreaths into a river and choose a leader of the mermaids, in a belief that the leader will protect the harvest.Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

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A man stands on a beach in Colombo, Sri Lanka, before it rains. It is monsoon season.Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters

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A Xhosa boy covered with a blanket and smeared with chalky mud sits in a field as he and others undergo a traditional Xhosa male circumcision ceremony to take them into manhood, near the home of former South African president Nelson Mandela in Qunu, South Africa.Schalk van Zuydam/The Associated Press

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Canadian recording artist Sarah McLachlan gestures after receiving the Kiwanis International World Service Medal and performing two songs during the organization's 98th annual convention in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday. McLachlan, who founded a free music program in Vancouver for youth who wouldn't otherwise have access to a music education, received the award for her dedication to music education.Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

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William H. Hincks, right, portrays his great, great, grandfather ,Medal of Honor recipient William Bliss Hincks taking a Confederate flag from a colour bearer portrayed by Skip Koontz, center, of Sharpsburg Md., at a re-enactment of Pickett's Charge during ongoing activities commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Sunday, at Bushey Farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Union forces turned away a Confederate advance in the pivotal battle of the Civil War fought July 1-3, 1863, which was also the war’s bloodiest conflict with more than 51,000 casualties.Matt Rourke/The Associated Press

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Young fisherman Chris Neil shows off his catch of the day in Hunters Bay on Mississippi Lake in Lanark County, Ontario, during the Canada Day long weekend on Sunday.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

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The faithful bow to Vishva Sant Brahmrishi Guruvanand Swamji as he arrives to deliver an inspiring discourse “Awaken Your Soul” at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga.J.P. MOCZULSKI/The Globe and Mail

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Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, centre, Wynne's partner Jane Rounthwaite (left) and Liberal Party of Canada leader Justin Trudeau march during the Gay Pride parade in Toronto.Mark Blinch/Reuters

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Scott Harman gets a face full of water as he wake skates during the Covert Water Ski and Wakeboard Jam in Bedwell Bay in North Vancouver, B.C. Sunday.Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press

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