Kazbek Basayev / Reuters

Russian soldiers from 34th motorized infantry mountain brigade, 58th Army, prepare to evacuate a fellow soldier acting as an injured person during a drill at the Darial range outside Russia's city of Vladikavkaz, July 28, 2010.

Jim Hollander / EPA

Arienne Lippman, a Swiss-born Israeli artist, wrapped like a mummy, is carried by two Palestinians into the Dead Sea as Irit Ammar, an Mexican-Israeli artist, assists as they use the mineral-rich Dead Sea, the lowest point on Earth, as a backdrop for their performance art piece on 28 July 2010.

Lying for work

In our feeds, we see a lot of photos of military drills and artists' projects, but we don't often see them side by side. These two images, one from Russia and one from Israel, appeared six minutes apart on the wire.

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Darn, you editors have the coolest job I can imagine.

Ever since I got into photography I look at thousands of photos a week-not as many as you-and they are already edited. Sheesh, it's gotta be interesting to see the plethora of images that come over 'The Wire". How exciting to find something that really stands out, or is well layed out.

Of course, I'm not saying this lying down.

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