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An Amazonian indigenous man protests in front of riot policemen during clashes in La Paz, Bolivia on July 5, 2012. The indigenous people from the territory of national park Isiboro Secure, known by its Spanish acronym TIPNIS, remain in La Paz after walking 640 km (397 miles) to defend their territory against the planned construction of a highway through the middle of the park.
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Members of the Czech Sokol sport organization exercise during the Sokol festival to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the organization on July 5, 2012, in Prague.
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Israeli Arab boys warm up prior to a fight during Israel's National Youth Boxing Championship in the Arab village of Kfar Yasif, northern Israel on June 28, 2012. Boxing provides a unique chance for young Arab and Jewish competitors to meet in the ring as equals, equipped with helmets and gloves, and play under the same set of rules.
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Jews and Arabs have been fighting each other for decades, so boxing may seem like a strange way to build peace between the two — but that's what the Israel Boxing Association aims for.
An Israeli boy warms up prior to a fight during Israel's National Youth Boxing Championship in the Arab village of Arabe, northern Israel on June 29, 2012.
A young Israeli Arab boxer wraps his hands as he prepare to fight in the Arab village of Arabe, northern Israel on June 29, 2012.
Israeli Arab boys warm up prior to Israel's National Youth Boxing Championship in the Arab village of Arabe, in northern Israel on June 29, 2012.
An Israeli coach talks to a young boxer prior to his fight during Israel's National Youth Boxing Championship in the Arab village of Kfar Yasif, in northern Israel on June 27, 2012.
Israeli Arab boys fight during Israel's National Youth Boxing Championship in the Arab village of Kfar Yasif, northern Israel on June 29, 2012.
A young Israeli Arab boxer cries after he lost a fight during Israel's National Youth Boxing Championship in Arabe, northern Israel on June 29, 2012.
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Team Saxo Bank rider Jonathan Cantwell of Australia lies on the ground after a fall during the fifth stage of the 99th Tour de France cycling race between Rouen and Saint-Quentin on Thursday.
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Tyler Farrar of the USA riding for Garmin-Sharp is the last rider to cross the finish line after he was involved in a crash in the last three kilometers of stage five.
AP reports that Andre Greipel won the 196.5-kilometer 5th stage of the Tour de France:
The barreling pack overtook three breakaway riders with barely 100 meters left, and Greipel wheeled out in front a split-second ahead of Matt Goss of Australia, who was second, as Juan Jose Hadeo of Argentina took third. Mark Cavendish was fifth.
Like Greipel's sprint-finish victory a day before, a late crash marred the race, and he counted himself "lucky" to avoid the spill two days in a row.
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The pack passes a church in Rouen during the start of the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 196.5 kilometers (122 miles) with start in Rouen and finish in Saint-Quentin, France, July 5.
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Raul Perez Sanchez closes a peanut sale.
Perez Sanchez, 80, retired from his job as cook in the University of Havana for which he receives a state pension of 200 Cuban pesos, or about 8 dollars per month, is one of the many taking advantage of the country's economic reforms that now allow small entrepreneurs such as street vendors to operate for the first time. Perez Sanchez makes an average of 2-3 dollars per day selling the nuts, which after paying a monthly tax of 6 dollars to the government, takes the rest home to his family of seven daughters and 11 grandchildren.
Cuban pensioner, Raul Perez Sanchez, nicknamed the "peanut man."
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Raul Perez Sanchez packs roasted peanuts in paper cones to sell on the streets, in his home in Old Havana.
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Sanchez walks to work in Old Havana.
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Laser lights shine from The Shard over Tower Bridge on July 5, 2012 in London, England. The European Union's highest building, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, stands at 310 meters.
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The Shard, Western Europe's tallest building, was formally inaugurated in London on Thursday by His Excellency Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassem Bin Jabor Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar and His Royal Highness the Duke of York. The event marks the physical completion of the exterior of the building, which is fast becoming one of the most recognizable London skyline silhouettes.
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The Shard stands above London Bridge Station on Thursday in London, England. The European Union's highest building is to be formally inaugurated with a laser show this evening.
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Tower Bridge, Canary Wharf, HMS Belfast and the Swiss RE (known as the Gherkin) building are visible from the 69th floor of the Shard during its inauguration in London.
The Shard, Europe's tallest building will be officially dedicated. The glass paneling and tapered design have already made it one of London's most iconic landmarks. ITV's Lewis Vaughan Jones reports.
Carol Grisanti reports in the World News Blog that the 1,016 foot Shard was built at a cost of $2.35 billion:
“It’s a vertical city,” said Renzo Piano, the acclaimed Italian architect who designed the building. A city featuring 28 floors of office space, three floors of restaurants, 10 luxury apartments spread out over 12 floors, a five-star hotel with 200 rooms and a viewing gallery on the 72nd floor, which will be open to the public. The finished structure suggests harmony, technical perfection and purity of design in architectural terms.
But try telling that to its detractors -- who say it represents arrogance, power and money as Britain grapples with a double-dip recession and austerity cuts. Critics suspect mega-rich foreigners will be the only people wealthy enough to move in.
See more images of architectural curiosities in PhotoBlog.
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Reaching for the sky, these buildings and towers compete for the world's attention.
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Indians stand along the waterfront as a huge wave batters the sea wall in Mumbai on Thursday. The monsoon is described as the "economic lifeline" of India, which has a population of 1.2 billion and is one of the world's leading producers of rice, sugar, wheat and cotton.
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Serena Williams of the U.S. celebrates after defeating Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in their women's semi-final tennis match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, on July 5.
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Belarus's Victoria Azarenka plays a forehand shot during her women's singles semi-final defeat to US player Serena Williams on day 10 of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament at the All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 5.
AP reports -- Serena Williams had an ace up her sleeve on Centre Court, and she used it a Wimbledon-record 24 times.
The 13-time Grand Slam champion reached her seventh Wimbledon final on Thursday, smacking 24 aces to beat Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 7-6 (6) in the semifinals.
The final point of the match was, fittingly enough, the record-breaking ace.
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Serena Williams of the US returns to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus during their semi final match for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, on July 5.
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A horse-drawn shuttle is tested on July 5, in front of the Mont Saint-Michel in France. The horse-drawn shuttles of the Mont Saint-Michel should have been active on April 28, 2012 but, still being tested because of problems of welds. Visitors will be able to reach the Mont Saint-Michel in the Maringote: a horse-drawn shuttle crossing from the continent to the Rock, as did the pilgrims from days gone by.
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Anastaza Pack, 17, looks in the mirror as she puts on make-up at the Angel Faces retreat in Corona, Calif. Angel Faces is an annual retreat for young girls with severe burns or facial disfigurement that focuses on psychological healing through group counseling, role-playing, art therapy and workshops that teach coping skills.
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Bethany Essary, 16, smiles while watching her friends get ready for a closing ceremony at the Angel Faces retreat in Corona, Calif., on June 22.
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Oby Rodriguez chooses a hairstyle for a closing ceremony at the Angel Faces retreat in Corona, Calif., on June 22.
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Larisa Hertz, left, and Bethany Essary look at a photo of themselves at the Angel Faces retreat in Corona, Calif., on June 22.
AP reports -- The room rings out with the cruel nicknames that have haunted the teenagers for years: Crusty crab. Burnt toast. Snake skin. Freddy Krueger's daughter. Mutant. Scarface.
For the first time, it's the burn victims themselves who are shouting them.
The exercise is emotionally excruciating but also empowering for these girls, who come from all over the world to attend Angel Faces, an annual retreat east of Los Angeles. Some were injured as infants; others arrive just months after a devastating accident. Several girls lost a parent or a sibling in the disaster that maimed them.
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Anastaza Pack, 17, puts on make-up at the Angel Faces retreat in Corona, Calif, on June 22.
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Katelyn Schram, left, leans on volunteer Catrece Nosal while chatting at the Angel Faces retreat in Corona, Calif, on June 22.
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An image grab taken from AFP TV shows a Syrian boy holding a Kalashnikov as he is comforted by a rebel during fighting with government forces at the Crac des Chevaliers near the village of Azzara on the outskirts of the flashpoint city of Homs on June 28, 2012. Protected by the night, Syrian rebels climb on board motorcycles, lights off, on their way to the Crac des Chevaliers, a crusader castle which they are fiercely defending against government forces who continue to attack the area with tanks and artillery.
Agence France Presse (AFP) reports that Syrian rebel fighters are engaged in a fierce battle at the Crac des Chevaliers, a medieval castle dating back to the time of the Crusades. The Free Syrian Army is desperate to hold on to the fortress and even teenagers are joining the fighting, according to AFP.
Last month, the U.N.'s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict criticized the rebellion's main armed group for its treatment of children.
"For the first time we heard of children being recruited by the Free Syrian Army mainly in medical and service orientated jobs but still on the front line," Radhika Coomaraswamy told the BBC.
See more of Djilali Belaid's images of the fight for Azzara on PhotoBlog, and watch his video report about the battle for the castle.
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Activist No Su-hui, center, shouts "Long Live Reunification" in front of North Korean officials and soldiers, foreground, before crossing the demarcation line between North and South Korea where South Korean officials, at rear, were waiting for him, at the Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom on July 5, 2012.
Reuters reports — South Korean authorities arrested a pro-North Korea activist as he walked across the rival states' heavily armed border on Thursday ending an unauthorized visit to Pyongyang in alleged violation of a bitterly disputed anti-communism law.
Ro Su-hui, who is a leader of a South Korean group that has maintained friendly ties with North Korean groups, had spent more than three months in Pyongyang attending national events that glorified its two dead leaders and criticized Seoul.
"While in the North I have felt that the North where the leader and the people form a harmonious whole will surely build a thriving nation thanks to political stability and strong economic potential," Ro was quoted as saying on Tuesday by the North's official KCNA news agency. Read the full story.
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No Su-hui, left, waves a flag depicting a unified Korean Peninsula to a crowd of North Korean supporters before crossing the demarcation line into South Korea on July 5, 2012.
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No Su-hui, center, is detained by South Korean officials as North Korean officials, foreground, look on, immediately after No crossed the demarcation line on July 5, 2012. South Korean police arrested the activist for making an extended trip to Pyongyang without South Korean government approval as required by law.
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Ro Su-hui is led away tied up and cuffed by South Korean security officials towards a police station in the border city of Paju on July 5, 2012.
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Photographer Tou Chih-kang calms a puppy as he tries to make a portrait before it is put down by lethal injection at a shelter in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan. All photos taken in April 2012 and made available to msnbc.com on July 5, 2012.
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Tou Chih-kang hangs his portraits of the final moments in the lives of shelter dogs for a public exhibition in Taoyuan.
Over the past two years, Taiwanese photographer Tou Chih-kang has recorded the last moments of some 400 dogs, most of which were abandoned by their owners, at the Taoyuan animal shelter.
The Associated Press reports on Tou's work:
The dogs come in all sizes and shapes. Some are young and active, others grizzled, listless and battered. After Tou photographs them, veterinary workers take them for a brief turn around a grassy courtyard before leading them into a small, clinical-looking room where they are killed by lethal injection.
His photographs are redolent of the kind of formal portraits - of people - that were taken 100 years ago, designed to bestow dignity and prestige upon the subject.
Tou's aim is to raise awareness of animal rights in a country where an estimated 80,000 stray dogs will be euthanized this year. In an artist's statement posted alongside a web gallery of his photographs, he says:
In viewing these specific images, one looks directly into the eyes of the dog and the dog looks back. These images reflect the last opportunity to look. This is a final and decisive moment. Death is eminent [sic] and all that is asked of the viewer is to engage, to recognize the common bonds and to honor the resemblances between our lives.
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Tou Chih-kang greets a dog scheduled to be euthanized later in the day at a government-run shelter in Taoyuan.
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Tou Chih-kang tries to make a portrait of a puppy in a makeshift studio.
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Tou Chih-kang and his assistant steady a scared dog for a portrait in the final moments of its life.
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Tou Chih-kang hangs his dog portraits for a public exhibition in Taoyuan.
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Fans of Brazil's Corinthians cheer at the end of the Copa Libertadores final soccer match against Argentina's Boca Juniors in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 5, 2012. Corinthians won 3-1 on aggregate.
The Associated Press reports — Brazilian club Corinthians finally won its first Copa Libertadores title on Wednesday, beating six-time champion Boca Juniors 2-0 to win the final 3-1 on aggregate.
Corinthians won the title unbeaten over 14 matches of Latin America's main club competition.
See more great sporting images in The Week in Sports Pictures slideshow.
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An employee sprays a farm under quarantine following a bird flu outbreak in Tepatitlan, Jalisco State, Mexico on Wednesday. Mexican government declared a national animal health emergency on Monday in the face of an aggressive bird flu epidemic that has infected nearly 1.7 million poultry. The emergency declaration included provisions for quarantine, slaughter, vaccination, and the destruction of infected products.
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Chickens remain in their cages in a farm under quarantine in Tepatitlan, Jalisco State, Mexico.
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Mexico's Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries, & Nutrition veterinarian Adolfo Ortiz works in a mobile laboratory in Guadalajara.
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View of a sanitary checkpoint (including cardboard cutout of a flag-waver) installed by the Mexican Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries, & Nutrition following a bird flu outbreak in Tepatitlan, Jalisco State.
Reuters reports that an outbreak of avian flu has killed at least 870,000 poultry birds in Mexico:
"The virus has never been out of control. It is localized in two places in Jalisco and up until now there is no evidence that it is anywhere else," the official said, asking not be named.
As a cautionary measure, authorities declared a national animal health emergency on Monday to help prevent the disease's spread to other parts of Mexico or farther. The ministry has ordered vaccinations from Asia and is also developing their own drugs domestically to combat the flu.
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Firefighters work the north flank of the Fontenelle Fire outside Big Piney, Wyoming on Wednesday. Over 800 firefighters are working 15 hour shifts battling the fire that has exceeded 56,000 acres, according to fire information services. Record fire danger and long stretches of the red flag warning days have made it challenging to control. The crews are working and sleeping in close proximity to the fire in an effort to contain it. The blaze, burning in dead and thick stands of timber, started on June 24 and is currently 15 percent contained. Recently firefighting crews from as far away as Alaska have arrived to fight it.
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Firefighter Ryan Christian sits with his crew from Alaska before heading out to fight the Fontenelle Fire outside Big Piney, Wyoming.
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A firefighter works a burnout operation on the north flank of the Fontenelle Fire.
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A helicopter drops water on the north flank of the Fontenelle Fire outside Big Piney.
AP reports that fires are flaring up elsewhere in the west as light rains cooled Colorado's Waldo Canyon Fire:
Wildfires in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado sent haze and smoke across Colorado's Front Range, prompting air-quality health advisories as firefighters warned of growing fires in sparsely populated areas.
As firefighting efforts continued, holiday fireworks were canceled across the region. Colorado officials were calling off holiday displays from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs, while law enforcement was warning of hefty fines for people caught violating personal fireworks bans across the region.
See more images from the recent wildfires in Colorado.
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The worst fire season in recent history is taking its toll with large fires burning thousands of acres in Colorado while others consume areas in Montana, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming.
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A model presents a creation during the Chevrolet Underground Catwalk, a fashion show in a special driving train of Berlin's subway, on the sidelines of the Berlin Fashion Week on Wednesday in Berlin. The Berlin Fashion Week, presenting the collections of Spring/Summer 2013, is running from July 2 to 8, 2012.
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Models arrive for the Underground Catwalk fashion show in a metro station in Berlin, Germany on Wednesday. Underground Catwalk is part of the annual Fashion Week in Berlin.
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German model Micaela Schaefer presents a creation during the "Underground Catwalk" fashion show in a U-Bahn subway train in Berlin. As the Berlin Fashion Week has pitched up its tent near the Siegessaeule victory column, 17 designers sent their models on Wednesday down a catwalk that was the aisle of a crowded U-Bahn subway train terminating at a rock music club. They presented their collections to an audience limited to 150 people, the organiser said.
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Shirley Casady, right from Chesapeake, Va. holds photo of her husband William, 94, sitting in wheelchair, who served on the Iowa during WWII as chief electrician in 1943 during the commissioning ceremony for the battleship as a memorial and an educational museum at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, Calif., on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. The ship, built in 1940, arrived in Los Angeles in May and will be permanently stationed in the port and operated as a floating museum.
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In this historic image, guns fire aboard the USS Iowa.
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Members of the military stand aboard the battleship USS Iowa as it approaches its new home in San Pedro, Calif.
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A view of the bow of the USS Iowa.
Steven Louie reports in the Daily Nightly blog that the USS Iowa will become a museum in San Pedro, Calif.:
"It brightened my life," said Alfred Hodder, who served on the Iowa in the ‘50s. "And it's wonderful that it's being made into a permanent museum so the public can understand and enjoy. In those days it was one of the great ships of the sea."
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A historic aerial view of the USS Iowa firing her guns.
The USS Iowa will open its decks to the public this weekend in San Pedro, Calif. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports.
See more military images in PhotoBlog.
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A girl is measured at a field hospital for malnourished children at the Yida refugee camp along the border with North Sudan on July 4 in Yida, South Sudan.
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A girl's arm is measured at a field hospital for malnourished children at the Yida refugee camp on July 4 in Yida, South Sudan.
Getty Images reports: Yida refugee camp in South Sudan grows each day and now has swollen to 64,317, as the refugees continue to flee from South Kordofan in North Sudan. The numbers of refugees arriving from North Sudan vary from 500 to 1,000 a day.
Many new arrivals walked from 3 to 5 days to reach the camp without food. The rainy season has increased the numbers suffering from diarrhea and severe malnutrition and 95% of the field hospitals' patients are children under the age of five.
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New arrivals crowd together living in makeshift shelter at the Yida refugee camp along the border with North Sudan.
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Lightning strikes over the Danube River in the city of Bratislava, Slovakia on July 4.
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Joey Chestnut ate a record-tying 68 hot dogs to take the 2012 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Eating Contest crown at Brooklyn's Coney Island.
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Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas is carried through the crowds after breaking her world record during the Nathan's Famous Women's Hot Dog Eating World Championship at Coney Island in Brooklyn. Thomas won her second consecutive women's competition with 45 downed hot dogs.
Joey "Jaws" Chestnut won his sixth straight Coney Island hot dog eating contest by consuming 68 hot dogs and buns, and Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas downed 45 hot dogs to win the women's competition.
Both champs take home the Mustard Belt and $10,000 in prize money.
The Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest has been a city tradition for 97 years.
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Americans celebrate 236 years of independence with parades, fireworks, hot dogs and family fun.
Flames engulf a Spanish miner after he poured gas from a bridge on burning tires and wood to cut off road access during a miner's demonstration inside "Pozo Soton" mine in northern Spain on July 4. No information was available on the condition of the miner.
Coal miners fire handmade rockets during a clash with the Spanish national riot police on July 4 at the "Pozo Soton" mine in northern Spain.
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Spanish riot policemen fire tear gas to disperse a miners' demonstration in El Entrego, inside "Pozo Soton" near Langreo, northern Spain on July 4.
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A miner kicks a gas canister fired by the Spanish national riot police during the clashes between police and miners inside the "Pozo Soton" coal mine in northern Spain on July 4.
Spanish coal miners are protesting against the government's proposal to decrease funding for coal production.
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Pilgrims line up to enter the Amarnath cave, one of the most revered Hindu shrines, on June 29, 2012 in Indian Kashmir.
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Hindu pilgrims walk along a mountain path as they make their pilgrimage to the sacred Amarnath Cave on June 30, 2012 near Baltal.
Photographers Kevin Frayer and Daniel Berehulak joined thousands of pilgrims on a trek to the remote Himalayan shrine of Amarnath, which stands at an altitude of 3,888 meters (12,756 feet).
Getty Images reports:
Hindu devotees brave sub-zero temperatures to hike over glaciers and high altitude mountain passes to reach the sacred Amarnath cave, which houses an ice stalagmite, a stylized phallus, worshiped by Hindus as a symbol of the god Shiva.
More than 700,000 Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in this year's two-month pilgrimage, according to local officials, putting strains on the environment and political stability of the region, which has long fought for independence from India.
See pictures of last year's pilgrimage to Amarnath on PhotoBlog
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A Hindu holy man wearing little clothing walks down a snowy hill during the traditional journey to the Amarnath cave, near Panitarni on June 28, 2012.
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Pilgrims wearing track suits rest on the journey to the Amarnath cave on June 30, 2012.
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The camp for Hindu pilgrims is seen at the Amarnath cave, near Sangam on June 29, 2012.
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A pilgrim is carried on a palanquin by Kashmiri bearers over a glacier on her way to the sacred Amarnath Cave on June 29, 2012.
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A Hindu holy man gestures to well-wishers as he is carried down a trail, near Panitarni on June 28, 2012.
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A young pilgrim cries as he struggles along the path as he walks with his family during their pilgrimage to the sacred Amarnath Cave on June 28, 2012 near Baltal.
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Pilgrims line up for a meal at a Lungar facility providing free food, near Baltal on June 29, 2012.
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Pilgrims walk along a mountain trail during their pilgrimage to the sacred Amarnath Cave on June 30, 2012.
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Participants rest before a scientific seminar that delivered the latest update in the search for the Higgs boson at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Meyrin, near Geneva, Switzerland, on July 4, 2012.
Msnbc.com science editor Alan Boyle reports — Scientists say they've discovered a type of particle that's never been seen before — a particle that mostly matches the description of the fabled Higgs boson.
Hundreds thronged to an auditorium at the CERN particle-physics center near Geneva to hear the latest from the Large Hadron Collide, and thousands more watched the proceedings on computers and big screens around the world. Read the full story.
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Ukrainian opposition activists clash with riot police on July 4, 2012 during a protest in Kiev against a new language law. Several people were left covered in blood and broken glass littered the street. The police used tear gas in an apparent bid to bring the situation under control.
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Opposition protesters spray tear gas against riot police in front of the Ukrainian House in central Kiev on July 4, 2012.
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Blood is seen on a face of a riot policeman during a clash with opposition protesters in central Kiev on July 4, 2012.
Reuters reports — Police fired teargas and used batons to disperse hundreds of protesters in Kiev on Wednesday and Ukraine's parliament speaker offered to quit after the passing of a law to boost the status of the Russian language in the former Soviet republic.
Protesters, led by opposition members of parliament defending the role of Ukrainian as the only state language, had massed in front of a building where President Viktor Yanukovich was due to hold a press briefing.
"There are millions of us and they cannot pretend that nothing has happened," said Vitali Klitschko, the world heavyweight boxing champion who has founded his own opposition party - Udar (Blow), and took part in Wednesday's protest.
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Vitali Klitschko, center, heavyweight boxing champion and leader of Ukrainian political party UDAR, looks at blood on his hand as he walks away after police fired teargas in Kiev on July 4, 2012.
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Riot police block opposition activists during a rally to protest against a Russian language bill in Kiev on July 4, 2012.
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Supporters of Ukrainian opposition parties clash with riot police in downtown Kiev on July 4, 2012.
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