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  • Fighter jet rises from the bottom of the sea

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    A Greek Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jet lays on the bottom of the Aegean sea near the Greek island of Samos after it crashed on June 9, 2011. Both pilots ejected before the crash and were rescued unhurt by a military vessel.

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    Divers salvage a Greek Air Force Mirage 2000 jet fighter from the bottom of the Aegean sea near the Greek island of Samos after it crashed on June 9.

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    Divers salvage a Greek Air Force Mirage 2000 jet fighter from the bottom of the Aegean sea near the Greek island of Samos after it crashed on June 9.

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    A Greek Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jet is lifted from the Aegean sea near the Greek island of Samos.

    By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com

    I'm guessing this jet stands about as good of a chance of coming back to life as my iPhone 4 after it fell in the lake.

    This jet crashed a couple weeks ago during an exercise between the Greek islands of Samos and Fourni. The cause of the crash still remains unknown.

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  • Lion cubs play at the zoo in Germany

    Angelika Warmuth / AFP - Getty Images

    Two lion cubs look peer out from under a tree trunk at the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg on Thursday, June 23.

    Angelika Warmuth / AFP - Getty Images

    A lion cub plays with its mother's tail at the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, Germany on Thursday, June 23.

    Angelika Warmuth / AFP - Getty Images

    Lion cubs play at the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg on June 23. The cubs were born on March 31, 2011 at the zoo.

    By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com

    Here's my latest nominee for the cutest thing ever. I still think my original post of the baby emperor penguin takes the crown.

    Need another reason to start your day with a smile? Check out our weekly roundup of amazing animal images. Or take a look at past nominees for the cutest thing ever.

  • Vladimir Pirogov / Reuters

    Kyrgyz women in traditional costumes and U.S. military personnel wait before a ceremony to officially open the large aircraft ramp at the Manas airport near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on June 23. The ramp will provide a 52 percent increase in maximum parking capacity at the airport, according to U.S. military officials.

    The strange ceremonies of military diplomacy

    By David R Arnott, NBC News

    The military hardware, the foreign soldiers, the flags, the natives in their traditional garb - strange ceremonies like this one have been going on across the globe for centuries.

    Kyrgyzstan is the only country in the world to host both a US and a Russian airbase, a situation that has led to a lot of diplomatic wrangling over recent years. In 2009, the Kyrgyz government ordered that the US base be closed before reversing its decision thanks to a deal that raised the annual rent to $60 million. The base is a crucial part of the supply chain supporting American troops in Afghanistan.

  • US troops in Afghanistan watch president's address

    David Goldman / AP

    U.S. soldiers watch a rebroadcast of President Barack Obama's speech on proposed troop withdrawal at Kandahar airfield in Afghanistan on June 23.

    Musadeq Sadeq / AP

    U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on a television broadcast as a cashier of a local restaurant takes a nap in Kabul, Afghanistan on June 23.

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  • Rolex Dela Pena / EPA

    Elementary students use benches to avoid floodwaters on their way to an upper floor classroom at a public school in Valenzuela City, north of Manila, Philippines on June 23. Thousands fled their homes and seven fishermen went missing as rains brought by tropical storm Meari (local name 'Falcon') triggered flooding in the eastern Philippines provinces, officials said.

    Flooded school in the Philippines

    By David R Arnott, NBC News

    If I was one of these kids, I would be pretty disappointed that school had not been cancelled.

  • Photos of fugitive mobster James 'Whitey' Bulger

    msnbc.com news services report:

    James "Whitey" Bulger, a notorious Boston gangster on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list for his alleged role in 19 murders, has been captured near Los Angeles after living on the run for 16 years, authorities said Wednesday.

    During his years on the run, the FBI received reported sightings of Bulger and his girlfriend Catherine Greig from all over the United States and parts of Europe. In many of those sightings, investigators could not confirm whether it was actually Bulger who was spotted or simply a lookalike. Read the full story.

    FBI via AP, file

    Four FBI handout photos, originally released in 1995, showing Boston mob boss James J. "Whitey" Bulger, who was a fugitive from the law since January 1995. Bulger, a notorious gangster on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list for his alleged role in 19 murders, has been captured near Los Angeles after living on the run for 16 years, authorities said on June 22, 2011. The photos top left and top right were taken in 1983, bottom right in 1986 and bottom left in 1994.

    FBI via AP, file

    Photos of 'Whitey Bulger' released by the FBI. Left: 1995. Right: Undated.

    Michael Dwyer / AP, file

    An FBI wanted poster featuring images of 'Whitey' Bulger and his girlfriend Catherine Greig that was placed in a dentists' journal in 2010.

    Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

    Police cars are seen outside the apartment building of accused Boston crime boss James 'Whitey' Bulger in Santa Monica, California, on June 22. On the run for over 16 years, Bulger and his longtime girlfriend were finally caught in California by the FBI on Wednesday.

     

  • Obama seen from multiple screens during live televised address

    Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    President Barack Obama is seen on live television screens in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 in Washington, DC.

    Photojournalist Chip Somodevilla found a creative way to tell the story about Obama’s speech tonight.
     
    Back in May, the White House decided to end the decades-old practice of re-enactments of presidential speeches for still photographers after a live televised address. Tonight’s speech marks the first since that announcement. Read Stokes Young’s post about the msnbc.com policy of using photographs from re-enactments.

    President Obama announces plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan during a national address from the White House.

  • Gleb Garanich / Reuters

    A veteran of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, who fought both Nazis and Soviet forces in World War II, watches a remembrance ceremony for those who perished in a massacre by Soviet interior troops in the western Ukranian city of Lviv on June 22. Several thousand people were killed in Lviv by retreating Soviet forces after Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941.

    Ukrainian veteran remembers massacre 70 years later

    By Chris A Wilson

    It's hard to imagine what Ukrainian forces must have been feeling that day, as they had to fight both German and Soviet armies, two of the strongest forces in the war.

  • Eric Keith / St. Joseph News-Press via AP

    Steve Johansen guides Everett Rhodes through the floodwaters east of Big Lake, Mo. on June 21. Flooding along the Missouri River is making it difficult to get around for many residents in the area where Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska come together. Interstate 29 is shut down in the region, and the St. Joseph News-Press reported Wednesday that every bridge across the river from St. Joseph to Omaha, Neb., is closed.

    Persevering through the Missouri River floodwaters

    By Chris A Wilson

    Amid the recent flooding in midwestern states, it looks like Everett Rhodes has found an alternative way to navigate through the high waters.

  • Fried Kool-Aid balls big sellers at San Diego County Fair

    By Rich Shulman

    Fried Kool-Aid, fried Twinkies, fried Girl Scout cookies, fried brownies? Uh, anyone wondering why there is surge in childhood obesity worldwide?

    Gregory Bull / AP

    People look at an overhead menu featuring fried Kool-Aid ball at the San Diego County Fair Tuesday, June 21, in Del Mar, Calif. The crispy balls with their red-hot insides are a big seller at the fair this year.

    Gregory Bull / AP

    Jackson Perry, of San Diego, takes a bite of a fried Kool-Aid ball at the San Diego County Fair Tuesday, June 21, in Del Mar, Calif. The crispy balls with their red-hot insides are a big seller at the fair this year.

    Gregory Bull / AP

    "Chicken Charlie" demonstrates how he makes his fried Kool-Aid in the deep-fryer.

  • Jim R. Bounds / AP

    Charles Holt wipe tears from his eyes during a Justice for Sterilization Victims Foundation task force compensation hearing in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, June 22. Victims of a state-sponsored sterilization program and their family members are urging a governor-appointed task force to recommend financial compensation for the suffering they endured under North Carolina's discontinued eugenics program.

    North Carolina grapples with legacy of sterilization programs

    Our advance story Sunday set the stage for today's hearing:

    Overt rationalization for the programs ranged from protecting the potential offspring of mentally disabled parents to improving the overall health and intellectual competence of the human race. Before the atrocities of World War II, it was seen by many — both blacks and whites — as a legitimate effort to improve society.

    "Sterilization was always a cost-cutting measure," said Paul Lombardo, a professor at Georgia State University's College of Law. "The argument was, anybody who generates social costs shouldn't be allowed to have children."

  • Ted Aljibe / AFP - Getty Images

    A US soldier from Viper Company (Bravo), 1-26 Infantry walks along with Afghan soldiers (front) during a patrol at Combat Outpost (COP) Sabari in Khost province in the east of Afghanistan on June 22. President Barack Obama will argue June 22 his Afghan war surge strategy has forged substantial progress and a "position of strength" which allows thousands of US troops to come home, officials said.

    Obama set to reveal Afghan drawdown timeline

    By Rich Shulman

    This photo symbolizes to me the seemingly endless slog of the Afghanistan war.

    President Obama will speak to the nation tonight about his plans to end the war, while Republicans are split between defense hawks and deficit hawks.

  • Activists: 2 Saudi women take drive in capital

    By Rich Shulman

    This challenge to the Saudi driving ban reminds me of the civil rights movement in the United States in the 1960s. Each day the women become bolder in their effort to defy the driving ban. Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised the women for their bravery.

    Fahad Shadeed / Reuters

    Female driver Azza Al Shmasani alights from her car after driving in defiance of the ban in Riyadh June 22. Saudi Arabia has no formal ban on women driving. But as citizens must use only Saudi-issued licences in the country, and as these are issued only to men, women drivers are anathema. An outcry at the segregation, which contributes to the general cloistering of Saudi women, has been fueled by social media interest in two would-be female motorists arrested in May.

    Fayez Nureldine / AFP - Getty Images

    A note is placed next to the shattered side-view mirror of a car belonging to Saudi Iman al-Nafjan's family which the family says was put as a warning after she drove in Riyadh on June 22 amid calls for nationwide action to break what amounts to a traditional driving ban, unique to the ultra-conservative kingdom.

  • Lytro camera lets you focus after the shot

    By Rich Shulman

    A startup company named Lytro is about to introduce a radically new consumer camera that uses light field technology to capture image data in new ways. As Lytro explains on its website:

    Light field cameras offer astonishing capabilities. They allow both the picture taker and the viewer to focus pictures after they’re snapped, shift their perspective of the scene, and even switch seamlessly between 2D and 3D views.

    Click on the samples below to change the plane of focus. Click the arrow in the lower right hand corner to view the image full screen.

    The New York Times has an excellent story on the founder of the company and the technology.

    Update: Gadgetbox post.

    As a photographer, I want to make the creative choices of composition and focus. But as a journalist, I realize that these immersive interactive technologies have great potential when used correctly. Just yesterday, PhotoBlog featured a 360 degree video technology; ultra high resolution images like Gigpan and Microsoft's Photosynth are other examples of this.

    But bringing something like this to a consumer point and shoot camera is definitely something new. Do you think this is a game changer, or just another gimmick?

     

  • Felipe Trueba/EPA

    Venus Williams of the US reacts as she plays Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan during their second round match for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, on Tuesday, June 22.

    Venus wins grueling 3-hour match at Wimbledon

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  • Police, protesters clash in northeast India

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    Indian women run for cover as a police vehicle was set ablaze by the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) protesters in Guwahati city, northeast India on June 22 2011. The demonstrators were protesting against the mass eviction of unauthorized occupants from government forest lands in and around Guwahati city. The demonstrators set ablaze several vehicles including city buses and pelted stones on number of passing vehicles. According to reports, one girl died in police firing and several others were injured.

    EPA

    A Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) protester is seen breaking a bus after set it on fire in Guwahati city, northeast India, on June 22. The demonstrators were protesting against the mass eviction of unauthorized occupants from government forest lands in and around Guwahati city. The demonstrators set ablaze several vehicles including city buses and pelted stones on number of passing vehicles.

    The AP reports:

    GAUHATI, India — A protest against squatter evictions turned deadly in a northeastern Indian city on Wednesday as riot police fired tear gas and live rounds into the air to disperse thousands of stone-throwing protesters.

    Two people were killed, including one who was hit by a police bullet, and at least 30 people including some officers were hospitalized with injuries from stones, police superintendent Dipak Choudhury said. Continue reading.

  • Plenty of mud, but no more free milk: Glastonbury festival opens

    Reuters reports:

    The Glastonbury festival opened its gates on Wednesday to 150,000 fans ignoring forecasts for rain and muddy fields to hear U2 and Beyonce alongside a bewildering choice of smaller acts from Spliff Richard to punk poet Attila the Stockbroker.

    Now in its fifth decade, the event has grown from a humble gathering of 1,500 people on Michael Eavis's Worthy dairy farm in 1970, each paying one pound ($1.60) and receiving free milk, to a giant five-day celebration of music costing 195 pounds for a basic ticket.

    Matt Cardy / Getty Images

    Hayley Davenport carries her guitar as she arrives in the mud at the Glastonbury Festival site at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 22 in Glastonbury, England. Heavy rain and mud greeted music fans as the gates to the five-day festival opened to the public Wednesday morning.

    Matt Cardy / Getty Images

    A man drags a wheelie bin as he arrives at the Glastonbury Festival site.

    Matt Cardy / Getty Images

    A festival goer laughs as he arrives at the Glastonbury Festival site.

    Matt Cardy / Getty Images

    Music fans arrive in the mud and the rain at the Glastonbury Festival site.

    The main talking point in the build-up to the festival, held most years on a sprawling site set in picturesque southwest England, is the weather, and the outlook this year looks more mixed than the sun-baked 2010 edition.

    Heavy rain means shin-deep mud, leaking tents and sodden crowds, but Britain's Met Office is predicting sunshine, clouds and light rain at the event which ends on Sunday night, and punters are advised to pack sun cream as well as raincoats.

    Read the full article at TODAY.com and take a look at our list of ten more great music festivals.

  • Dramatic photos of World War II reenactment in Belarus

    Tatyana Zenkovich / EPA

    Members of military historical clubs, perform a mock battle between the Soviet and Nazi troops during the ceremony at the Brest fortress, on the 70th anniversary the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union of 1941, in the town of Brest, Belarus, June 22, 2011.

    Tatyana Zenkovich / EPA

    Members of military historical clubs, dressed WWII style, perform a mock battle between the Soviet and Nazi troops during the ceremony at the Brest fortress, marking the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, in the town of Brest, Belarus, June 22, 2011. Soldiers of Brest fortress, surrounded by German troops in first days of the war and fought them for weeks, becoming a legendary symbol of Soviet soldiers' heroism.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

     More photos from commemorations in Moscow posted earlier on PhotoBlog.

  • Remembering the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union

    Sergey Ponomarev / AP

    Russian Orthodox Church clergymen stand under rain during a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Moscow's Kremlin wall, June 22, 2011, to mark the 70th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.

    Maxim Shipenkov / EPA

    A woman visits the Preobrazhenskoye cemetery, during commemorations on the 70th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, in Moscow, June 22, 2011. Germany started their the military offensive called 'Operation Barbarossa,' on this day in 1941.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    According to Wikipedia: On June 22, 1941, Germany, along with other European Axis members and Finland, invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa,  the largest military operation in human history in both manpower and casualties.

  • Cyrille Cosmao / CNES via AFP - Getty Images

    A small band of scientists, French parliamentarians and journalists experience a 22-second episode of pure, head-spinning zero-gravity aboard an Airbus A300, owned by French aeronautics firm Novespace and run by the France's National Centre for Space Studies on June 21, 2011.

    Floating in zero-gravity aboard an Airbus A300

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    France's National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) released a few photos from a flight that departed the Paris Air Show where the lucky passengers got to experience weightlessness. The general public may get their chance soon too, though currently the flights run by Novespace are reserved for scientists.

    More photos from the Paris Air Show.

  • After so much rain, Wimbledon courts are starting to look like swimming pools

    Felipe Trueba / EPA

    Spectators brave the elements as rain delays the start of play for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, June 22.

    Ben Stansall / AFP - Getty Images

    Tennis fans sit under umbrellas as the game was suspended due to rain at court 18, during the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in southwest London on June 22.

    Kerim Okten / EPA

    Spectators wait for the action to start as rain delays matches at Wimbledon, June 22.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    At first glance, the top photo looks like swimming pools instead of tennis courts. On the third day of the tournament, rain halted play at Wimbledon. Thankfully, they now have a roof over the main court, which they closed so they could continue play - at least on one court.

    More coverage of Wimbledon.

    More on the roof.

  • NASA via AP

    A fire burning near Jasper and Lake Sam Rayburn in far east Texas, viewed from space on June 21. One of the Expedition 28 crew members aboard the International Space Station, flying at an altitude of approximately 235 statute miles, on Tuesday spotted and photographed this image of one of the major Texas wildfires currently burning up massive acreage.

    Texas wildfire photographed from the International Space Station

    Read more on the fires in Texas.

  • Marek Zakrzewski / EPA

    People launch Chinese lanterns on Kupala Night in Poznan, Poland, late on June 21. Kupala Night is a celebration of the shortest night of the year that is marked in Poland, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.

    Poles celebrate the shortest night of the year

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