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    Owl competes in 100 cm sprint at London Zoo

    The Olympic spirit is up and running at London Zoo on Thursday, as Bob the owl, takes on a 100 cm - yes - 100 cm sprint. Bob was participating in the zoo's daily Animal Athletes in Action and showing off his unique running technique. The six inch tall owl works daily to beat his personal best time his keeper comments.

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  • Thousands turn out for funeral of Bollywood heartthrob Rajesh Khanna

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    Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, center and his son Abhishek Bachchan, center right, walk through a sea of fans and mourners to attend the funeral of Rajesh Khanna in Mumbai, India, on July 19, 2012.

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    Huge crowds shield themselves with umbrellas in heavy rain during the funeral procession of Rajesh Khanna in Mumbai on July 19, 2012.

    Thousands of mourners thronged the streets of Mumbai under heavy monsoon rain to bid farewell and catch a final glimpse of Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna, who died on Wednesday at the age of 69.

    Known for his shy smile and flamboyant looks, Khanna was often referred to as Bollywood's first real superstar, someone who had a fanatical fan base among women, thanks to the many romantic hits in which he starred during the 1970s.

    -- Agence France Presse and Reuters contributed to this post

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    Fans react during the funeral of Rajesh Khanna in Mumbai on July 19, 2012.

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    Actress Dimple Kapadia, left, wife of the late Rajesh Khanna, along with her daughter Rinke Khanna, second from left and son-in-law Akshay Kumar, background left, pay their respects during Khanna's funeral in Mumbai on July 19, 2012.

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    Fans hold a photograph of Rajesh Khanna during his funeral in Mumbai on July 19, 2012.

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    A police officer tries to control the crowd with a stick during the funeral of Rajesh Khanna in Mumbai on July 19, 2012.

     

  • Teens who lost loved ones to terror unite at Mass. camp

    Charles Krupa / AP

    Habiba Abubakar of Nigeria, right, talks with psychologist and faculty member Yaron Prywes while attending the "Common Bond" summer camp in Newbury, Mass., on July 18, 2012. Teens from across the world who lost loved ones due to terrorism gathered for the 10 day camp to share their feelings, insights and a chance to be the world's next generation of international peacemakers. Abubakar lost her father during the Jos religious riots in 2010.

    Teens from across the world who lost loved ones due to terrorism have gathered at a Massachusetts boarding school for a 10 day summer camp to share their feelings and reach out to peers who have suffered similar losses, The Associated Press reports.

    Project Common Bond, which is now in its fifth year, is part of the New York-based nonprofit Tuesday's Children, which helps families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

    Children on 9/11, Marines 10 years later

    The nonprofit's executive director, Terry Sears, said Wednesday that the camp is a way for the children of Sept. 11 victims to reach out to children around the world who've suffered similar losses. She and other organizers said it's a chance for participants to heal and to work on becoming the world's next generation of peacemakers. Read the full story.

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    Astrid Malamud, who lost her father to a terrorist bombing in Argentina in 1994, smiles as she talks with new friends while attending the "Common Bond" summer camp.

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    Matt Wisniewski, of Lawrenceville, N.J., smiles while joking with John Candela at the summer camp. Both young men lost their fathers in the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

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    Rosemary Shav, a chaperone from Nigeria, right, puts her arm on the back of Nafeesa Rahman Qazi, of Northern Pakistan. Qazi, who is a community activist and works in a children's clinic in her homelnad, lost two cousins to the Taliban.

     

  • Roadside dentist carves dentures to order in India

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    EPA photographer Raminder Pal Singh writes:

    At right, a patient gets a denture fixed in his mouth from self-styled roadside dentist Gurdeep Singh at his shop in Amritsar, India on Wednesday. 

    Most of these roadside dentists do not have any degree or authorized qualification but gained some sort of dental expertise either by working as a technician with a dentist or as a helper. Singh says he learned his skills from his late father and he has been doing this job for the last 40 years.

    Many people who cannot afford the fee of a qualified dentist, go to roadside dentists to cure problems related to their teeth. According to Singh, he earns about $1.80 or more per day from his work, depending upon the number of patients.  

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    Self-styled roadside dentist Gurdeep Singh (in pink turban) works on making a denture at his shop in Amritsar, India.

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    Gurdeep Singh shows various types of artificial teeth which he uses for his patients at his shop in Amritsar.

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    Roadside dentist Gurdeep Singh waits for patients near a busy street in Amritsar.

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  • Preview of Space Shuttle Enterprise exhibit in New York City

     

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    Members of the media photograph the Space Shuttle Enterprise on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum's Space Shuttle Pavilion during a press preview July 18, 2012 in New York.

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    The nose and front landing gear of the Space Shuttle Enterprise on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum's Space Shuttle Pavilion during a press preview.

    AP reports that Enterprise was NASA's first shuttle, built in 1976:

    Of the six shuttles that NASA built, only four remain: Enterprise plus Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour. The other two experienced disasters during their missions, killing their crews: Challenger exploded in 1986 and Columbia disintegrated in 2003.

    President Richard Nixon first announced NASA's intention to build the shuttle fleet in 1972 amid heightened tensions during the Cold War. With U.S. officials fearing the Soviet Union would dominate the novel realm of space travel, the shuttle was designed to be a reusable spacecraft that could also land safely — allowing NASA to conduct launches more frequently and with greater efficiency.

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    The side of the Space Shuttle Enterprise at a press preview.

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    The Space Shuttle Enterprise is seen at a press preview of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum's new Space Shuttle Pavilion on Wednesday in New York City. The Enterprise was NASA's first space shuttle and a prototype which performed tests in 1977 within the Earth's atmosphere. NASA awarded the Enterprise to the museum after the 2011 retirement of the shuttle program. The pavilion will open to the public July 19.

  • Multiple forest fires hit Portugal

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    A helicopter fights fire that started close to Bairro da Milharada near Odivelas, Portugal on July 18 2012.

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    A fireman fights fire that started at Moleanos near the city of Alcobaca, Portugal, on July 18, 2012.

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    Flames move towards houses in Funchal, on the Portuguese island of Madeira on July 18. More than 1000 firefighters are trying to extinguish forest fires after temperatures rose up to 104 degrees Fahrenheit in several areas of the country.

    NBCNews.com's Alex Witt reports.

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  • Ferry capsizes off Zanzibar killing dozens

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    Passengers wait to be rescued on the overturned capsized MV Skagit/Kalama off the coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania, on July 18. MV Skagit/Kalama carrying 250 adults and 31 children onboard capsized off the east African coast of the Zanzibar in Tanzania, killing at least 15 people. One foreign woman was among the dead, the reports say. The boat was heading to Zanzibar from Tanzania's capital Dar es Salaam.

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    Wrapped in blankets, survivors of the MV Karama Star Gate, ferry accident are brought into Malindi port in Zanzibar Wednesday July 18.

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    Rescuers assist a survivor from a ferry tragedy, at the port of Zanzibar on July 18. Rescue boats and divers were searching for any remaining survivors on the mostly submerged vessel.

     From Reuters: STONE TOWN, Zanzibar  - A ferry with more than 250 people on board, including some foreigners, capsized and sank between the east African coast and the Zanzibar archipelago on Wednesday, killing at least 31 people, police said.

    The ferry, MV Skagit/Kalama, set sail from mainland Tanzania at around midday for Zanzibar, Tanzania's semi-autonomous archipelago and a popular tourist destination. Click here to continue reading this developing story from Zanzibar.

    At least 31 people are dead, with dozens more reported missing, when a ferry capsizes and sinks off the eastern coast of Africa. NBCNews.com's Alex Witt reports.

     

  • Colombian army retakes strategic hill

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    Colombian army members throw tear gas canisters toward a group of indigenous at the Alto de Berlin hill in Toribio on July 18.

    By Associated Press

    TORIBIO, Colombia — Colombian authorities say they’ve retaken a strategic hill in the country’s turbulent southwest from Nasa Indians who had forcibly dislodged soldiers.

    The action early Wednesday by a squad of riot police came a day after Indians armed with clubs and rocks dragged six soldiers off the hilltop. Read more here

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    Indigenous stand clear of tear gas thrown by Colombian army forces from the Alto de Berlin hill in Toribio, Colombia, on July 18.

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    Colombian army members examine indigenous on the Alto de Berlin hill in Toribio, on July 18.

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  • Storm darkens sky over New York City

    Inga Sarda-Sorensen

    The storm rips through New York City Wednesday afternoon.

    Photographer Inga Sarda-Sorensen took this stunning photograph as the storm descended on New York City Wednesday afternoon. Reports of hail and heavy rain along the Jersey Coast come before a predicted break in the hot weather over the next couple of days.

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    Photo by Dhani Jones over New York City Wednesday afternoon @DhaniJones: http://instagram.com/p/NOuYQYgpx4

    Photographer Dhani Jones (@Dhani jones on Twitter) took this photograph while flying around the storm and quickly posted it to his Instagram account, user name d0057.

    Thunderstorms rolled through New York City on Wednesday, relieving the city of sweltering temperatures but replacing them with pounding rain, strong winds – and hail.

    On Wednesday evening, storms affected air traffic along the East Coast and beyond. Inbound traffic to Newark International was delayed by more than 90 minutes, according to the FAA, while LaGuardia Airport was experiencing delays of more than two hours.

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    Commuters dodge high wind and heavy rain during a thunderstorm in midtown Manhattan, in New York July 18.

     Thousands of New Yorkers lost power, and at least one injury was blamed on the storms, NBCNewYork.com reported.

     Earlier in the day, temperatures hit 103 degrees in Newark, 100 in Central Park, 101 at LaGuardia and 96 at JFK International.

  • Joe Acaba / NASA

    NASA astronaut Joe Acaba captured this photo of the southern lights in a dazzling aurora display on July 14-15, 2012, during an uptick in solar activity.

    Auroras in the night sky dance over Earth

    From Space.com - Shimmering auroras in the night sky are amazing to behold, but nothing prepared one NASA astronaut for seeing the celestial lights dance over Earth from above.

    A new photo of the southern lights by astronaut Joe Acaba convey only a portion of the amazing view from his window on the International Space Station during a weekend photo session to catch the auroras over Earth. Acaba watched the auroras on Saturday and Sunday (July 14 and 15) from the station's observation deck, a seven-window cupola that offers astronauts a 360-degree of space and the Earth below. Click here to read more on this story.

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    Urban-golfing in Berlin's closed factories

    German urban golf player Sven hits the ball on the roof of a closed brewery in Berlin on July 16. Urbangolf also known as turbogolf or street-golf has found an obvious home in Berlin, where a lot of closed factories and devastated buildings attract players.

  • Sleepy Indian town aims to pack a punch at Olympics

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    An Indian boxer practices punching at the Bhiwani Boxing Club in Bhiwani, 76 miles west from New Delhi, India, on July 11.

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    An Indian amateur boxer prepares for a training session at the Bhiwani Boxing Club in Bhiwani, 76 miles west from New Delhi, India, on July 11.

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    An Indian amateur boxer gets ready for a training session in his room at the Sports Authority of India complex, in Bhiwani, 76 miles west from New Delhi, India, on July 12.

    The sleepy northern Indian town of Bhiwani is considered a mini Cuba, with dozens of boxers fighting it out hard in top national and international competitions. Vijender Singh, a bronze medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics is the most famous name from here, having inspired a whole generation to take to the sport. India has sent its biggest ever boxing squad for the London Olympics, which consists of seven men and one woman.

    For more, see the NBC London 2012 Olympic boxing page.

  • Wildfire rages in southern Greece

    Giannis Androutsopoulos / AP

    A house is surrounded by flames during an wild fire near Patras, Greece, on July 18. Regional authorities declared an emergency in southwestern Greece as wildfires threatened village homes outside the city of Patras. Nine planes and one helicopter were involved in the firefighting effort Wednesday at Argyra, some 9.3 miles east of Patras, amid high winds and temperatures above 104 Fahrenheit.

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    Horses from an equestrian club escape from a forest fire near the city of Patras, on July 18.

    Reuters -- A wildfire raged unabated near the Greek commercial hub of Patras on Wednesday, threatening homes and prompting the evacuation of a small village and a university, officials said.

    More than 120 firefighters with dozens of fire engines, eight aircraft and two helicopters battled the flames fanned by gale force winds in the southern Peloponnese region.

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    A man gestures next to firefighters as a forest fire burn near the city of Patras, on July 18

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    Residents are evacuated by firemen as a forest fire burn the area near the city of Patras, on July 18.

     

  • 'We love you father': South Africans celebrate Nelson Mandela's 94th birthday

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    School children sing happy birthday to former South African President Nelson Mandela as he turned 94 on July 18, 2012, at Batsogile Primary School in Soweto.

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    Lutho Makhalima, right, reads a book to Nobantu Mbhokodi as part of a 'Mandela Day' campaign asking people to volunteer their time for good causes, in Qunu on July 18, 2012.

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    Schoolchildren sing happy birthday to Mandela -- popularly known as Madiba -- at Batsogile Primary School in Soweto.

    South Africa's 12 million schoolchildren began their day with a special 94th birthday song for former president Nelson Mandela, ringing with the line: "We love you father".

    Special events are being held across the country in what has become known as "Mandela Day". The former leader's birthday is used for a campaign that aims to inspire individuals to take action to help change the world for the better by asking people to give 67 minutes of their time painting schools, planting trees, visiting orphanages and old age homes to honour Mandela's 67 years of political activism.

    The Sowetan newspaper reported that Mandela would be celebrating his birthday over lunch with his family, with the menu likely to include his favorite meal of samp and tripe.

    -- Agence France Presse and Reuters contributed to this post

    Mandela's rainbow nation determined to succeed

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    Nelson Mandela is pictured on his birthday in his home village of Qunu on July 18, 2012.

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    A woman carrying oranges on her head walks to a party in honor of Nelson Mandela in Mvezo, South Africa, on July 18, 2012.

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    Children put on clothes that were given to them during a celebration for Mandela's birthday in Mvezo on July 18, 2012. Across the country, and even abroad, people are doing good deeds to honor the country's most famous statesman on his 94th birthday.

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    Former U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Mandela at his home in Qunu on July 17, 2012, the day before Mandela's 94th birthday.

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  • Yin and yang: Chinese children's summer treatment aims at preventing winter ailments

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    Moxibustion boxes are fixed on children's heads as they receive a traditional Chinese medical treatment as part of a 'Winter Diseases Treated in Summer' event at a hospital in Qingdao, Shandong province on July 18, 2012.

    The European Pressphoto Agency reports — Moxibustion, a form of traditional Chinese medicine also called 'dong bing xia zhi', is a treatment that usually takes place during the 30 hottest days of summer. The idea is to build up hot energy (yang) at this time of year when it is at its peak in the human body; this is believed to prevent or reduce winter ailments such as tracheitis, asthma, rhinitis and rheumatoid arthritis which are said to be caused by the invasion of cold energy (yin) when yang is at a low level.

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    A woman blows on a moxibustion box fixed on her daughter's head in Qingdao on July 18, 2012.

     

  • Worst drought in 50 years hits the Midwest

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    Corn plants dry in a drought-stricken farm field on July 17, 2012 near Fritchton, Ind. The corn and soybean belt in the middle of the nation is experiencing one of the worst droughts in more than five decades.

    Drought-damaged corn grows in a field on July 17, 2012 near Princeton, Ind. The state was the nation's fourth largest corn producer in 2011.

    Reuters reports:

    Broiling heat blanketed much of the Midwest again on Tuesday, exacerbating the region's worst drought in more than 50 years and devastating corn, soy and other vital crops.

    Across the country's agricultural heartland, elected officials met with farmers and ranchers affected by the growing disaster promising government relief.

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    Corn plants dry in a drought-stricken farm field near Shawneetown, Ill. According to the Illinois Department of Agriculture 48 percent of the state's corn crop is currently in poor to very poor condition.

    Farmers will have to ration corn usage as the price of corn creeps skyward, affecting almost everything from crayons to car tires. NBC's Kevin Tibbles reports.

  • Nepalese celebrate Ghanta Karna in Katmandu

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    Nepalese people prepare to burn straw effigies of Ghanta Karna, symbolic of demons, during a festival celebrated after paddy planting in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal on July 17, 2012. The festival is believed to ward off evil spirits, and bring peace and prosperity.

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    Nepalese migrant Suraj Maharjan, 14, collects donations with his face painted during the Ghanta Karna, or Gathemangal, festival in Kathmandu, Nepal on July 17, 2012. Suraj, who migrated from Palung village to the capital of Katmandu, became a symbolic demon known as 'Bhoot' to celebrate the festival. The 'Bhoot' collects donations and receives food from the community. At the end of the festival, people drag him with straw effigies to a nearby river.

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    Children play with straw effigies of Ghanta Karna, symbolic of demons, on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal on July 17, 2012.

     

  • Ice sales soar as heat continues on East Coast

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    Ricky Perez unloads 300-pound blocks of ice from a brine tank to be sold at Arctic Glacier Premium Ice on July 17, 2012 in the Bronx borough of New York City.

    Very hot temperatures are expected to extend from eastern Montana to the central and southern Plains and eastward to the Mid-Atlantic Wednesday, The Weather Channel reports, with highs of 95 to 105 degrees Fahrenheit.  A few areas of Kansas could approach 110 degrees.  

    The ongoing heat wave means business is booming for companies selling ice, Getty Images reports.

    "Right now we are selling these things like crazy," said Ricky Perez, an employee of Arctic Glacier Premium Ice in the Bronx. The blocks take three days to freeze in the tank and sell for $75.

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    Ice blocks slide out from a brine tank.

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    Ricky Perez prepares to unload 300-pound blocks of ice.

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    Ricky Perez displays 300-pound blocks of ice as they freeze in a brine tank.

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    Celebrating the warm summer months, as schools let out and the cooling off begins.

  • Mountaineers ascend Mont Blanc despite danger

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    Climbers make their way Aiguille du Midi at 12,605 feet, a part of the Mont Blanc mountain near Chamonix ski resort, France, on July 17.

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    A climber makes his way up a part of the Mont Blanc mountain near Chamonix ski resort, in France, on July 17. Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in Europe and was the location of last week's tragic avalanche.

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    A climber tackles a part of the Mont Blanc mountain near Chamonix ski resort in France on July 17, several days after an avalanche in the area claimed nine climbers.

    Climbers ascend Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the French Alps at 15,708 feet, despite the risks associated with the area. The mountain was the scene of a tragic avalanche that claimed nine lives last week.

    Nine died after an avalanche struck a group of 28 climbers in the French Alps near the ski resort of Chamonix. Those who had been climbing directly behind the injured party protected the survivors from the strong winds and carried them to the rescue helicopter. ITV's Lewis Vaughan Jones reports.

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  • Charlie Neibergall / AP

    Dan Morrissey leans on a tree near Meyers Lake where his daughter Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, and Elizabeth Collins, 8, disappeared last Friday on July 17, in Evansdale, Iowa. The girls' bikes were found Friday afternoon near a bike trail at the edge of the lake.

    Authorities search Meyers Lake for missing Iowa girls as family fears grow

    Officials started draining Meyers lake on Monday, as hundreds of volunteers searched the areas around Evansdale, Iowa for clues on the disappearance of two girls that have been missing since Friday.

    Elizabeth Collins, 8, and Lyric Cook, 10, left their grandmother's house in Evansdale, Iowa, for a bike ride last Friday afternoon around 12:15 p.m. Their bikes and one of their purses were found later Friday along a nature trail by Meyers Lake, on the outskirts of town, but the girls had vanished. Read more

    --NBC News sources contributed to this blog post.

  • Nasa Indians overpower soldiers in Colombia

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    Nasa Indians charge a soldier in Toribio, southern Colombia on July 17. Dozens of Indians attacked half a dozen soldiers guarding communication towers on the outskirts of the town.

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    Indigenous natives drag Colombian army sergeant Rodrigo Garcia out of his military post on Mount Berlin in Toribioon July 17, 2012.

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    Nasa Indians drag off a soldier in Toribio, southern Colombia on July 17.

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    A soldier tries to stop another from shooting in the air.

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    A soldier is attacked by indigenous trying to evict them from a military control base in El Alto del Berlin mountain in Toribio, Cauca, Colombia

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    Army sergeant Rodrigo Garcia leaves with tears in his eyes after he was forced out of his military post on Mount Berlin on July 17, 2012.

    Nasa Indians near Toribio in southern Colombia have demanded security forces and leftist rebels stay off their land. Local people decided to expel a group of soldiers from the area after clashes resulted in eight people being wounded and several houses damaged, Agence France Presse reports. 

    Previously on PhotoBlog: Colombians dismantle police post in protest at FARC clashes

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  • Beloved Vermont restaurant cut in two, moved by crane after last year's flood damage

    Matthew Cavanaugh / AP

    Half of Dot's Restaurant is moved off its foundation by crane in Wilmington, Vt. on Tuesday. Dot's, a southern Vermont landmark that was heavily damaged by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene last August, is being rebuilt. The building had to be cut into two pieces before the crane could lift it up. The side of the building hangs over the Deerfield River, which turned into a raging torrent during the storm, tearing through the family-style restaurant, nearly reaching the second story.

    Matthew Cavanaugh / AP

    Patty and John Reagan, co-owners of Dot's Restaurant, display a calendar from the kitchen of their restaurant with each day checked off up until the day Tropical Storm Irene came last August.

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    Onlookers watch and take photos as half of Dot's Restaurant is moved off it's foundation by crane in Wilmington.

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    Onlookers watch as half of Dot's Restaurant is moved off its foundation by crane in Wilmington.

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  • Mountain gorillas threatened by rebellion in war-torn Congo

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    Patrick Karabaranga, a warden at the Virunga National Park, sits with an orphaned mountain gorilla in the gorilla sanctuary in the park headquarters at Rumangabo in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday. The Virunga park is home to some 210 mountain gorillas, approximately a quarter of the world's population. The four orphans that live in the sanctuary are the only mountain gorillas in the world not living in the wild, having been brought here after their parents were killed by poachers or as a result of traffickers trying to smuggle them out of the park. "They play a critical part in the survival of the species" says Emmanuel De Merode, Director for Virunga National Park. He adds that the ICCN does not currently have access to the gorilla sector of the park due to the M23 rebellion.

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    A Virunga National Park ranger from the Congolese Wildlife Authority (Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature, ICCN) stands at an observation post at Rumangabo at the edge of the Virunga Park in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday. The ICCN is responsible for patrolling the national park, which is home to approximately 210 mountain gorillas, around a quarter of the world's remaining population. M23 rebels now occupy Rumangabo and several other locations within Africa's oldest national park, which is also affected by other armed groups.

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    A bloodhound and his handlers from the Congolese Wildlife Authority (Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature, ICCN), along with ICCN park rangers, take part in a training exercise at an airstrip in Katale in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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