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  • Jonathan D. Woods/msnbc.com

    Commuters pack tightly onto the 6 train at 59th street in New York on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. A stalled train on the express line between the Brooklyn Bridge and 14th St. caused delays and overcrowding during peak usage times Wednesday evening.

    Passengers packed like sardines into crowded New York City subway

    For as patient as I typically am with mass transit and the inherent delays that come with it, waiting over an hour for a train tonight was mildly frustrating. Thousands of customers were affected by the delay.

  • Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters

    An aerial view of the environmental damage caused by illegal mining at the Canaima National Park in southern Bolivar state June 17, 2010. Venezuela's army has evicted thousands from makeshift towns in one of the world's most pristine jungles, where wildcat miners tempted by high gold prices rip down trees and blast mercury into mud. An official said they have stopped one ton of gold from being produced monthly. Picture taken June 17.

    Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters

    A Venezuelan soldier stands guard in "El triunfo", an evacuated illegal mining camp controlled by the army, at Canaima National Park in southern Bolivar State June 17. Venezuela's army has evicted thousands from makeshift towns in the jungle.

    Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters

    An aerial view of an illegal mining camp evacuated and destroyed by the Venezuelan army.

    Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters

    An aerial view of the environmental damage caused by illegal mining at the Canaima National Park/

    Trading green for gold in Venezuela

    With gold prices soaring, illegal miners in Venezuela are creating a jungle-based gold rush. On the other side of the world, Mongolians whose herds are succumbing to environmental challenges are turning to illegal gold mining as a financial last resort. See their story here.

  • Chris Hondros / Getty Images

    Afghan schoolgirls seen through the window of a Humvee wave to a passing American convoy on June 26 in downtown Herat.

    Chris Hondros / Getty Images

    The guard tower and earthen walls of a military base are seen through the window of a M-ATV vehicle, the heavily-armored successor to the Humvee, June 15, 2010 in Kandahar.

    Afghanistan, seen through a Humvee window

    The top picture is shot from a Humvee, the bottom from a newer M-ATV. We've published fourteen similar pictures by Getty Images photojournalist Chris Hondros in this slideshow, along with his explanation of the project and description of what part the vehicles play in the military mission there. Take a look, and let us know what you think below.

  • Justin Lane / EPA

    A view of the house where two people accused of spying for Russia lived in Montclair, NJ.

    United States law enforcement broke up the alleged Russian spy ring after a decade-long probe, announcing the arrest of 10 "deep-cover" suspects accused of infiltrating policymaking and reporting back to Moscow.

    Living in the spyburbs

    As if living in the suburbs isn’t already weird enough, now we have to be on the lookout for soccer-mom spies. Thanks Russia.

  • Chris Hondros / Getty Images

    Sgt. John Barton of the 4th Brigade of the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division pets his platoon's pet dog Ray-Ray as he awakens from sleeping outside at combat outpost Impala June 29, 2010 in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan. Many US troops in Afghanistan sleep in the outdoors in the summer due to the stifling overnight heat. The 82nd Airborne along with NATO Italian troops have been working for nearly a year in this combative zone in the far northwest of the country near the Turkmenistan border, attempting to pacify and extend the Afghanistan central government rule to this rural and fiercely independent area rife with Taliban insurgents.

    A soldier and his dog

    I love this picture in part because it reminds me of Rory Stewart's book "The Places in Between," a gripping read about the author's walk through Afghanistan with a local dog he's picked up, named Babur. The dog is one of the best characters in the book.

    Chris Hondros has been filing a lot of strong pictures from Afghanistan. We'll be posting more today or tomorrow.

  • Rodrigo Abd / AP

    A woman carries flowers during a procession in San Pedro Sacatepequez, Guatemala, Tuesday, June 29.

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    Women participate in a procession in the town of San Pedro Sacatepequez, Tuesday, June 29.

    Rodrigo Abd / AP

    A girl waits for the merry-go-round to begin in the town of San Pedro Sacatepequez, Guatemala, Tuesday, June 29.

    Solemn Celebration

    Some great photos coming out of Guatemala today. These photos are from the town of San Pedro Sacatepequez, where locals organize a three day event to honor San Pedro, the patron saint of the town. Rodrigo Abd did a fantastic job documenting the event.

  • Israel Leal / AP

    Blue crabs head toward the city along the main seaside avenue of Cancun, Mexico, Tuesday June 29, 2010. According to the city's environmental agency, more than 200 crabs were rescued and another estimated 1,000 disoriented crabs are yet to be caught after the crabs came out when ongoing public works along the avenue disrupted their nests.

    Cancun crabs disoriented by public works

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  • Reuters

    Lei Zhiqian rides a modified bicycle across the Hanjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Wuhan, Hubei province June 16, 2010. The bicycle, equipped with eight empty water containers at the bottom, was modified by Lei's instructor Li Weiguo, who hopes to put his invention into the market. Picture taken June 16, 2010.

    Bike paddling

    Would you ride one of these?

  • Edgard Garrido / Reuters

    Migrant workers in El Progreso, Honduras, injured during their journey on "the train of death" to the U.S are shown in this combination photo June 24. They are (top row from left): Norman Varela, Carlos Galindo, Juan Castro, (bottom row from left): Marco Cruz, Alexis Martinez and Sergio Rosales.

    Luis Acosta / AFP - Getty Images

    Salvadorean migrants run to jump on a train to the border with the United States, in Lecheria, 30 km north of Mexico City, on June 1, 2010. The dangerous practice results in deaths and maimings each year.

    Edgard Garrido / Reuters

    Train accident victim Jose Hernandez, 24, holds his prosthetic leg in El Progreso, Honduras, June 24. A migrant worker on his way to the U.S., Hernandez was run over by a train in Mexico in 2004 and lost his arm and right leg, as well as three fingers on his left hand.

    Migrants risk life and limb to work in U.S.

    According to a local migrants organization, thousands of Central Americans - predominantly from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala - cross Mexico's southern border into the U.S. every year on a train popularly known as "the train of death," during which many die or get seriously injured falling off from crowded trains.

    Related video: The flip side of immigration: Experience what it's like to be deported, from the plane and bus rides to thoughts of leaving loved ones behind and heading to a birth country that may not feel like home.

  • Joe Raedle / Getty Images

    A man walks on the beach where oil washes ashore from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on June 26, 2010 in Orange Beach, Ala. Millions of gallons of oil have spilled into the Gulf since the April 20 explosion on the drilling platform.

    Oil washes ashore

    Click to see more pictures from the oil spill.

  • Andrew Chittock / Caters News / ZUMApress.com

    A RAF navigator gave plane-spotters a chuckle as he held up a sign reading 'I'm with stupid' with an arrow pointing to the pilot on June 24. The pair were on a training mission in a £13million Tornado GR4 aircraft, capable of reaching 1,400mph, when the navigator pulled the prank as they jetted through a valley in Wales. Based at RAF Lossiemouth in the Scottish Highlands, the men were flying through Snowdonia, in northern Wales, at the time of the stunt.

    Top Gun moment

    Maverick and Goose would be proud.

  • Astrid Riecken / EPA

    A Mexican performer of the Teenek ethnic group from San Luis Potosi State climbs to the top of a 'Fliers Pole' in a ritual to the Lord of Corn with the Washington Monument in the background, on The Mall, in Washington, D.C, on Saturday, June 26. The ritual, performed on special feast days to bring blessings to the fields, is part of the Smithsonian Institution's 44th Annual Folk Life Festival.

    Monumental climb

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  • Balazs Gardi / Red Bull via AP

    In this image released by Red Bull, Russian rider Alex Kolesnikov performs in front of St. Basil's Basilica on Red Square in Moscow on Saturday, June 26, during the Red Bull X-Fighters event.

    Flying high

    We frequently receive images from corporations and groups that have an interest in having an image published. What kind of transparency do you expect as a reader regarding the source of the image? Or should they not be run at all, even if the source is made perfectly clear in the caption and the photo credit?

  • Franck Fife / AFP - Getty Images

    A USA supporter cheers prior to the start of the 2010 World Cup round of 16 football match USA vs. Ghana on June 26, 2010 at Royal Bafokeng stadium in Rustenburg.

    USA v. Ghana

    The USA v. Ghana match is was a hairy game for the United States that ended in a victory for Ghana. For more fan images, click here. For game coverage, check out the story, and to check out action images, see the slideshow containing highlights of all World Cup play.

  • Matt Cardy / Getty Images

    People gather at the stone circle as the sun rises over the 2010 Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 26, 2010 in Glastonbury, England. The gates opened on Wednesday to what has become Europe's largest music festival and is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

    Glastonbury festival

    Before reading the caption, I imagined that this image was a sad scene from a refugee camp. Not so. Maybe I'm showing my age here, but this does not look like fun.

  • Jake Bacon / Arizona Daily Sun via ZUMA Press

    Homes in the Wupatki Estates subdivision are bathed in light from a wildfire consuming the slopes of the San Francisco Peaks in this 30-second time exposure image on June 22. The fire just north of Flagstaff, Ariz., has burned more than 14,000 acres.

    The Week in Pictures

    After a day of voting, this long exposure image of the wildfire in Arizona, taken on Tuesday, is leading the vote for The Week in Pictures June 17 - 24. See the full slideshow here.

    Which image do you like this week, and why?

  • Colin Rich and William Ahmanson / Barcroft Media

    This picture of the curvature of the earth was taken from an altitude of 23.67 miles by a cheap point-and-shoot digital camera connected to a balloon built by amateur photographers Colin Rich and William Ahmanson.

    Interview: $45 cameras capture stunning images of earth from above

    We interview amateur photographer Colin Rich in this video, which also shows how he and a friend built the balloon (think styrofoam and duct tape) and contains many more of the stunning images that resulted. It's well worth watching.

  • AP file

    In this 1972 photo, singer Michael Jackson at age 13, the youngest member of the singing group Jackson Five, sings in his home in Encino, Ca.

    Michael Jackson remembered

    It's hard to believe that the boy in this photo and the Michael Jackson I remember was the same person. Rest in peace Michael.

    See a slideshow of fans remembering Michael Jackson a year after his death: http://bit.ly/9cPVAB

  • Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

    U.S. Army Sgt. Grayson Colby holds the hand of a critically wounded U.S. Army soldier while aboard a MEDEVAC helicopter from Charlie Co. Sixth Battalion, 101st Airborne Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Shadow June 24, 2010 near Kandahar, Afghanistan. As combat operations begin to escalate near Kandahar, the 101st Airborne MEDEVAC unit transports casualties of war as well as sick and injured local residents.

    Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

    U.S. Army soldiers carry a critically wounded American soldier on a stretcher to an awaiting MEDEVAC helicopter.

    Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

    Blood and medical supplies litter the floor of a U.S. Army MEDEVAC helicopter.

    MEDEVAC crews busy in Kandahar

    Update 12:42 p.m. ET: Getty Images confirms to us that all three of these pictures tell the story of one badly wounded soldier. From the photographer: "All the same incident. He suffered life threatening wounds from a blast. Condition unknown but was awake when we dropped him off." Sullivan has been with a MEDEVAC unit for some time, and you can see much more of his work on Getty's site.

    Original post: The storm of news out of Washington around Gen. McChrystal's departure from command seems a long way from the pictures Justin Sullivan took today, which do still remind us of what is at stake for our troops in Afghanistan. For an in-depth look at medical operations in Afghanistan, see this picture story by freelance photojournalist Erin Trieb. Also worth a look is C.J. Chivers and Tyler Hicks' June 12 story from The New York Times, which describes in detail how busy chopper crews are in Marja.

  • Vivek Prakash / Reuters

    A view of the infinity pool of the Skypark that tops the Marina Bay Sands hotel towers in Singapore June 24, 2010. The Sands Skypark, which opened to the public on Thursday, features a 150-metre-long infinity pool overlooking Singapore's city skyline and Marina Bay, a public observation deck and a restaurant run by a celebrity chef.

    Swimming in the sky in Singapore

    I don't think I would like to be in water this far above the ground. You?

  • Bas Czerwinski / AP

    Julian Simon of Spain steers his motorcycle during the Moto2 free practice at the TT Circuit in Assen, northern Netherlands on June 24, 2010, ahead of Saturday's race.

    Motorcycle racing

    "Some people will tell you that slow is good-and it may be, on some days...but I'm here to tell you that fast is better. I've always believed this, in spite of the trouble it's caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles ..." ~ Hunter S. Thompson

  • Andrew Medichini / AP

    Italian soccer fans wave the national flags during the public viewing of the group F World Cup soccer match between Italy and Slovakia, in Rome, Thursday, June 24, 2010.

    Italian soccer faithful gather in Rome

    The fans were just disappointed by Italy's loss to Slovakia. Because of the loss, the defending world champions are now out of the World Cup.

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