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  • Cathal McNaughton / Reuters

    Protestant youths put the finishing touches to a bonfire in the Loyalist Ballycraigy housing estate, in Antrim, Northern Ireland on Saturday, July 10. The bonfire will be set alight on July 11, ahead of the Twelfth of July celebrations held by members of the Orange Order.

    Twelfth of July celebrations in Northern Ireland

    That is going to be one nasty fire once all of those tires start burning.

  • Samsul Said / Reuters

    An employee works on a mannequin at a Top Mannequin factory in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, July 10. The company, comprising of more than 100 workers, supplies 3,000 to 5,000 mannequins a year to the domestic market and for export to Brunei, Indonesia and Singapore.

    Body shop

    I wonder how many options are available if one was to buy a mannequin and how often models are updated. To me, mannequins are one of those things that most people see and don't think much about, but someone is putting a lot of thought into them somewhere.

  • Carl De Souza / AFP - Getty Images

    Skateboarders perform in a skatepark decorated by grafitti in Durban, South Africa on July 9, 2010.

    Matt Dunham / AP

    A boy's shoes are seen during a football game in Soweto, Johannesburg, Friday, July 9, 2010. The Netherlands and Spain face each other on July 11 in the final of the first Soccer World Cup ever to take place on the African continent.

    Two pictures, two pairs of shoes in South Africa

    The AP has a story today, headlined "South Africa economic woes unfixed by Cup," that has a fair bit of nuance behind that headline:

    Marius Roodt, a researcher at the South African Institute of Race Relations, recently wrote an economic analysis of this World Cup, concluding that from a purely financial standpoint it was a dubious enterprise.

    However, he said that by meeting construction deadlines and providing a warm welcome to throngs of foreign visitors, the tournament provided a unique opportunity for the once-ostracized nation to "rebrand itself."

    "South Africa and its taxpayers will be paying for this World Cup for decades," he wrote. "But the value of the change in perceptions of this country and the continent will have been priceless."

    Read the full story here.

  • Markus Schreiber / AP

    Models wait during preparations for the Spring/Summer 2011 fashion show of German designer Patrick Mohr at the Berlin Fashion Week on Friday, July 9, 2010.

    Fashion models, or aliens?

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  • Adnan Abidi / Reuters

    A girl looks out from the window of her house as a man wades through a flooded street in Ambala in the northern Indian state of Haryana July 9, 2010. Monsoon rains in key grain-producing states in northern India have brightened the outlook for rice and cotton although heavy showers have flooded some pockets, officials said on Wednesday.

    Floodwaters in India

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  • Pichi Chuang / Reuters

    Children enjoy themselves at the Taipei Water Park on July 4. The temperature of 101.5 degrees Fahrenheit recorded in Taipei on Saturday afternoon was this year's highest.

    Outtake from The Week in Pictures

    As we edit The Week in Pictures each Thursday, we look for images that are great photographs as well as those that cause a visceral reaction. For me, this sweet image made me laugh each time I came across it, but photographically, it didn't hold up to the several other "summer fun" images we had to choose from, and it didn't make the final edit for July 1 - 8. See the final edit of the slideshow here.

    Would you have included this image? Which image do you like best this week, and why?

  • Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP-Getty Images

    A Bosnian woman tidies up a newly dug grave in the Potocari memorial cemetery near Srebrenica on July 8, 2010. This year's mass burial of the remains of the Srebrenica 1995 massacre victims, marking the 15th anniversary of the fall of Srebrenica, is organised for more than 780 bodies that were collected from mass grave sites in Eastern Bosnia. In all nearly 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed in the massacre, the only episode during the war sparked by the break-up of Yugoslavia that was ruled a genocide by two international courts.

    Echo of genocide

    Images are moving today of preparations for a mass burial in Srebrenica. There is also a march to commemorate the massacre.

  • Spencer Platt / Getty Images

    Britain's Mark Cavendish of team HTC-Columbia sprints to the finish of the 187km course in stage 5 of the Tour de France on July 8, in Montargis, France. The iconic bicycle race will include a total of 20 stages and will cover 3,642km before concluding in Paris on July 25.

    A fourth of the way through

    Mark Cavendish won the fifth stage of the twenty-stage Tour de France, but Fabian Cancellara keeps the yellow jersey. America's own Lance Armstrong is still in 30th place. Read the article here.

    Or take a look at the "Le Tour 2010" slideshow that will follow the tour from beginning to end.

  • Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

    A spotlight shines in the face of an Afghan boy as a U.S. Army convoy with Task Force Thor Route Clearance Patrol from 23rd Engineering Company, Airborne passes by during a day-long route clearance mission July 6, 2010 in Jeluwar, Afghanistan. The U.S. Army route clearance unit uses specialized equipment to seek out improvised explosive devices (IED) on roads throughout Afghanistan to prevent military patrols and civilians from being hit by the homemade roadside bombs that have injured and killed hundreds of NATO troops and locals.

    A tense scene in the Afghan night

    I'd probably be pretty scared in this situation--whether I was behind the flashlight or in front of it.

  • Lance Armstrong in a cloud of dust

    Fred Mons / Pool via AP

    Lance Armstrong of the US rides in a cloud of dust on a cobblestone section during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 213 kilometers (132.4 miles) with start in Wanze, Belgium and finish in Arenberg, France, Tuesday July 6, 2010.

    Armstrong lost ground in the controversial "cobblestone stage." Read about it here.

  • John Rooney / AP file

    In this Oct. 21, 1957 file photo, Queen Elizabeth II addresses the General Assembly, as her husband Prince Philip, sits at left. Seated behind the Queen are, left to right, Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold; General Assembly President Sir Leslie Munro and Assistant Secretary General Andrew Cordier. The 84-year-old monarch was 31 years old when she last addressed the United Nations in 1957, four years after she was crowned queen.

    The last time Queen Elizabeth addressed the U.N.: 1957

    We'll be streaming live video of the the Queen's 3 p.m. ET address to the United Nations General Assembly at this link.

    The live stream has been over for a while, here is a link to the on-demand video of her appearance.

  • Lone holdout in the French National Assembly

    Yoan Valat / EPA

    French former minister of culture Jack Lang sits in the auditorium after most of the leftist deputies left during a stormy session of the French National Assembly, in Paris, France, 06 July 2010. French President Nicolas Sarkozy rejected allegations that he and his party treasurer received illegal campaign donations, branding them political smears. An accountant, identified by the investigative website Mediapart as Claire T., said Eric Woerth, a Sarkozy ally and treasurer of his UMP party, received the donation from Liliane Bettencourt in March 2007, ahead of Sarkozy's election victory in May.

    And then there was one. . . read more on the political storm in France in this wire story.

  • Tom Dorsey / Salina Journal

    An American flag is seen through rain drops on a windshield Sunday, July 4, in Salina, Kan. Rain canceled or postponed many Fourth of July events in the area Sunday.

    Fabulous Fourth

    This technique is a bit trite, but the picture is appropriate for today and the photographer did a good job of telling the story. A safe and happy Fourth of July to all!

  • Denis Doyle / Getty Images

    An 'Aloitador' fighter tries to control a wild horse during the Rapa Das Bestas festival on Saturday, July 3 in Sabucedo, Spain. Wild horses are caught in the hills and taken down to the Corral of Sabucedo where they are sheared and tagged in the Rapa Das Bestas or 'Shearing of the Beasts'.

    Rapa Das Bestas

    I often wonder if the people who participate in these kinds of festivals have previous experience with the animals. It looks like a pretty good way for man and beast to get hurt, even if one is familiar with horses. See more photos from the Rapa Das Bestas here.

  • Greg Wood / AFP - Getty Images

    A Grey Nurse shark swims through an artificial beam of light at the Sydney Aquarium on Saturday, July 3. The Aquarium has been transformed for a limited time into Shark HQ, an interactive shark adventure where the public can track individual sharks up and down the coast and walk down tunnels displaying one of the world's largest collections of sharks.

    Creatures of the deep

    The movie "Jaws" did its part to make sharks completely terrifying and fascinating for me. In fact, I can barely swim in a lake without being creeped out, which is obviously ridiculous. Will the unseen creatures of the deep be crossing your mind as you take a dip this holiday weekend?

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