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New Orleans, Then and Now
On Aug. 31, 2005, two men paddled past a bridge in New Orleanss Lower Ninth Ward. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) Earlier this month, the same bridge was open for business. (Chris Graythen/Getty Images for The Wall Street Journal) On Oct. 12, 2005, Reggie Singleton dumped a load of sheet rock in the str …
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Caster Semenya; California Wildfires
Jake Farrell, of Warner Robins, Ga., (in red) scored on a wild pitch by Chula Vista, Calif., pitcher Isaiah Armenta during the Little League World Series semifinal baseball game in South Williamsport, Pa., Thursday. Isaiah injured his knee on the play and left the game. The California team won 11-10 …
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This Town Is Red All Over
Tens of thousands of revelers pelted each other with tons of ripe and over-ripe tomatoes at the annual “Tomatina” festival in Bunol, Spain, Wednesday. (Alberto Saiz/Associated Press) The world’s biggest tomato fight attracted more than 40,000 people this year, town officials estimated. Revelers, so …
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Rapper Flo Rida; Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez; Worthing Birdman Competition
A dancer waited to perform during festivities marking the start of the annual harvest festival of “Onam” in Kochi, India, Sunday. The festival symbolizes the return of mythical King Mahabali to meet his beloved subjects. (Sivaram V./Reuters) People watched as water breached a rock wall in Nova Scot …
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Miss Universe 2009 Parade; Holographic Mona Lisa; Colombian Bullfighter Gored
A man cast his ballot at a polling station in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday. Afghans headed to the polls to elect a president for the second time in the country’s history. (Dima Gavrysh/Associated Press) A dancer from the “Diablada” group performed during a protest against Miss Peru in La Paz, Boli …
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Cat’s Eye Nebula; Manny Ramirez; Red Bull Air Race World Championship
People’s Liberation Army soldiers rehearsed a musical drama titled “The Road of Revival” at a gymnasium in Beijing Wednesday. The musical drama is part of celebrations for October’s 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. (Kevin Zhao/Reuters) A woman held her identity c …
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Members of the White Brotherhood; Tanker Ship on Fire; Sunken Ferry Princess Ashika
A firefighter extinguished flames after a bombing at the Foreign Ministry in Baghdad Wednesday. Four blasts killed at least 95 people and wounded hundreds Wednesday. (Khalid Mohammed/Associated Press) A man guided a donkey carrying election supplies to a rural polling station in Sighawar, Afghanist …
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Bullfighter Cayetano Rivera; Temple of Egyptian Pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut
Driver Federico Villagra hit a wild horse, sending it flying into the air, with a Mitsubishi during the Argentina Rally in South America Sunday. (DyN-Prensa Rally Argentina/Reuters) Cuba’s Yargeris Savigne competed in the final of the women’s triple jump during the World Athletics Championships in …
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Hot Summer in Europe
People cooled off in the Trocadero fountains in Paris Wednesday. (Benoit Tessier/Reuters) A man jumped into a swimming pool in the northern German city of Bremen Thursday. Temperatures were set to reach 95 degrees Fahrenheit in Germany, making it the hottest day this year. (David Hecker/AFP/Getty I …
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Afghans Vote in Presidential Election
Streets in Afghanistan were mostly quiet and tense Thursday as Afghans went to the polls for an anxiously awaited presidential election that Taliban fighters had vowed to disrupt. People lined up to vote on the outskirts of Herat Thursday. (Saurabh Das/AP) A policeman stood guard outside a polling …
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Cheek Piercing; Tattoo Expo Artist; Yellow Dump Trucks
A man got his cheek pierced during an annual Hindu religious procession called “Shitla Mata” in Chandigarh, India, Sunday. People demonstrate their faith and penance to the Goddess Shitla through painful rituals. (Ajay Verma/Reuters) Malaysia’s Lee Chan Siow competed in a powerlifting event at the …
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Ford Monster Truck, Instigator; Mariinsky Ballet; Steven Luevano
Lionel Easler and his five-ton Ford monster truck called “Instigator” crushed six cars taken in under the federal “cash for clunkers” program at Sawgrass Ford dealership in Sunrise, Fla., Thursday. (Chuck Fadely/Miami Herald via Associated Press) Police detained a woman protesting for Mapuche Indi …
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Burqa-clad Women; Gymnast Michelle Przybylo; Plane Crash in Tree; John Daly
Burqa-clad women attended a campaign event for presidential candidate and former finance minister Ashraf Ghani in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday. On Thursday, President Hamid Karzai’s main rival, Abdullah Abdullah, drew a huge crowd. The Taliban has vowed to disrupt the Aug. 20 presidential election. …
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A Perseid Meteor; Taiwan Typhoon; Mona Lisa
Red Cross student nurses walked with lighted candles to remember Florence Nightingale during a medal presentation to nurse Tokiko Saita in Tokyo Wednesday. (Junji Kurokawa/Associated Press) A handicapped man waited for aid on a Kabul, Afghanistan, street Wednesday. (Adrees Latif/Reuters) Store o …
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Viktor Bout; Typhoon Morakot; A/H1N1 flu masks; Josef Scheungrabe
A French fireman doused flames from a burning car after clashes between police and youths in Bagnolet, France, Monday. Youths torched vehicles in a second night of unrest after an 18-year-old pizza deliverer died in a motorcycle crash while fleeing police Sunday. An internal probe was ordered. (Oli …
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LadyBoys of Bangkok in Edinburgh for Fringe; Chris Isaak
A U.S. soldier from Gator Company, 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade lighted a cigarette at Michigan Base in the Pesh Valley, Kunar Province, Afghanistan, Wednesday. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters) An egg smashed into a cardboard cutout face of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. A man stood in for the real prime …
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Tent City Revival
After years of enforcing anti-camping laws to break up homeless clusters, some cities are less inclined to crack down on the homeless because of the recession. (See related article.) David Widmer stood at the edge of the Cumberland River with downtown Nashville in the distance at Tent City Wednesda …
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Slump Strains Church Finances
The slowing economy is squeezing the 4,000 members of Bent Tree Bible Fellowship evangelical church just outside of Dallas, prompting more families to ask for spiritual and financial help even as fewer can afford to give. (See related article.) Across the country, congregations of all sizes and den …
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Lady Boys of Bangkok in Edinburgh for Festival Fringe
A U.S. soldier from Gator Company, 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade lighted a cigarette at Michigan Base in the Pesh Valley, Kunar Province, Afghanistan, Wednesday. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters) An egg smashed into a cardboard cutout face of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. A man stood in for the real prime …
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Bill Clinton with Laura Ling & Euna Lee; Jarvis Moss; Corazon Aquino
Former President Bill Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore talked with journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee in Burbank, Calif., Wednesday. North Korea pardoned the reporters from Current TV, which was co-founded by Mr. Gore, following Mr. Clinton’s trip there Tuesday. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty I …
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