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Rescuers and relatives stop a woman from committing suicide by jumping off a building in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province August 14, 2012.

A Chinese woman tried to commit suicide over a tragic family dispute.

According to a local source who did not wish to be identified, the woman whose last name is Luo attempted to jump off a building around 7 a.m. on Aug. 14. The source, who works with the woman's brother, told NBC News that Luo, about 50 years old, had a tense relationship with her sister-in-law.

According to local media reports, the woman had once felt sick after being served soup by her sister-in-law. As a result, Luo believed she was being poisoned, and decided to take her revenge on her 4-year-old nephew.

Early one morning, while the other family members were out buying groceries, Luo killed the boy in the bathroom and later disposed of the body. The source said the woman had a history of mental disorder.

Luo tried to jump off a building belonging to an agricultural company in Zhanjiang city, Guangdong province.  Family members, friends and a police officer named Zhao An tried to talk her out of it. 

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Around noon, Luo’s daughter tried to persuade her not to jump by threatening her mother that she'd join her and jump off, too.

While Luo appeared to reconsider her decision, the policeman quickly grabbed her, and in the struggle he was almost thrown off the rooftop. Luo is now under police custody.

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Photos of the incident went viral, eliciting varied responses. 

"The intensification of family conflict could lead to tragedies. As the saying goes, even an upright official will find it hard to settle domestic disputes. The management of family disputes should become an important topic in society," commented one blogger.

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"The kid was innocent!"  commented another.

"Nowadays, news is more dramatic than TV dramas," said another.

Editor's note: The photos were taken Aug. 14, and we received them on Monday, Aug. 20, but held off publishing for more information surrounding the circumstances.

NBC's Lorraine Liu contributed to this report.

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One-and-a-half-year-old sloth bear Buddu plays with Juli Kisan outside her family's home in Lakhapada, India.

Is there anything better on a Friday than adorable photos of a sloth bear acting like a dog? We don't think so!

Check out these pictures of the playful Buddu below.

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Buddu wandered into the village following a herd of goats, and ended up staying with the Kisan family.

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If you're concerned about Buddu's fate, worry no more. The cub, seen here getting his hair combed by Juli, was taken from the family by wildlife officials Friday.

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Faithful companion: Ghasiram Kisan rests next to the young sloth bear.

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Passers-by rescue a woman pinned in a burning car on Interstate 10 in Hancock County, Miss., Thursday, Aug. 16.

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Passers-by rescue a woman pinned in a burning car on Interstate 10 in Hancock County, Miss., Thursday, Aug. 16.

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Passers-by hold a woman after they rescued her from being pinned in a burning car on Interstate 10 in Hancock County, Miss., Thursday, Aug. 16.

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A firefighter comforts a handicapped girl who was rescued from a burning car, as others stabilize the driver in the background, after passers-by rescued the driver pinned in a burning car on Interstate 10 in Hancock County, Miss., Thursday, Aug. 16.

Two people were rescued by passers-by from a burning car in Mississippi following an accident on Thursday and AP photographer Gerald Herbert was there to capture it.  The fire was extinguished by the hose of a cement mixer and fire extinguishers from nearby truckers. The driver was then extracted from the wreckage by civilians as rescue personnel arrived.  She and her handicapped sister, who was removed from the wreckage earlier, were airlifted from the scene.  

"We were all sure she was going to perish. The sounds of her screams and the sight of the fire inching closer to her, that was the most horrible and helpless feeling I've ever felt in my life," Herbert told the AP.

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The Associated Press reports — A young bonded child laborer cries as he is led away after being rescued during a raid by workers from Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or Save the Childhood Movement, at a garment factory in New Delhi, India, on June 12, 2012.

Raids on factories in the Indian capital revealed dozens of migrant kids hard at work Tuesday despite laws against child labor.

Police rounded up 26 children from three textiles factories and a metal processing plant, but dozens more are believed to have escaped. Those captured had all come to New Delhi from the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

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Child laborers sit on the floor of the district magistrate's office as they wait to be processed after being rescued during a raid by workers from Bachpan Bachao Andolan in New Delhi on June 12, 2012.

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Child laborers sit on the floor as bureaucrats go about their business at their desks at the district magistrate's office as they wait to be processed.

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Search and rescue personnel carry a woman rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in Nairobi, Kenya on June 9, 2012.

Standard Media reports:

One person is feared dead, scores trapped as a four-storey building collapsed in the sprawling Mlolongo area in Nairobi, Kenya.

The building, which was still under construction, collapsed at 6pm leaving several occupants, including customers in a restaurant, trapped in the debris.

A firefighter cuts steel to retrieve the trapped body of a construction worker.

A search and rescue team survey the rubble.

A search and rescue team work late to clear rubble.

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You probably wouldn't look too happy either if you'd fallen into that stuff!

A wild leopard that fell into a slime-covered water tank at an Indian tea estate was rescued by wildlife officials who lowered a ladder into the tank. 

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A wild leopard reacts after it fell into a water reservoir tank at a tea estate in Sangatram, some 30 kms from Siliguri, in West Bengal, India on May 28, 2012.

Clinging on to the ladder the leopard made a sharp exit, no doubt making a vow to watch its step in future.

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An official from the Sukna Forest rescue team at the Mahananda Wildlife sanctuary assesses the situation.

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The leopard escapes by climbing up a ladder put in place by the wildlife sanctuary team.

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Niagara Falls emergency officials rescue a man who plunged over the falls in an apparent suicide attempt on May 21, 2012.

Reuters reports — A man survived a 174-foot plunge over Niagara's Horseshoe Falls on Monday but sustained life-threatening injuries, Canadian police said.

The man, whose name has not been released, became only the third person known to have lived through a fall over the massive cataract without safety devices.

Canada's Niagara Parks Police said witnesses reported seeing the man climb over a retaining wall about 20 feet above the brink of the falls at mid-morning and deliberately jump into the swift waters.

He surfaced a few seconds later in the lower Niagara River Basin below, near an observation platform, police said.

He "was located by a Niagara Parks Police officer along the rocky shoreline as he collapsed in waters that were up to the subject's waist," police said in a statement. Read the full story.

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In a rescue that lasted about 30 minutes, staff from several agencies extricated the man, thought to be about 40 years old.
He was flown by an air ambulance to a hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, for treatment

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An army paratrooper tangled in a tree on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., on April 26, 2012. Lacey Fire District Three aided in the rescue of two paratroopers who were blown into trees during a training exercise.

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Lacey Fire District Three's tall ladder being used to reach one of the trapped paratroopers.

KING 5 News reports — Two Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) paratroopers were back on solid ground Thursday evening after getting blown into trees during a training exercise.

Lacey Fire District Three was called to the scene in Thurston County, Wash., by the JBLM Fire Department to assist with the rescue.  

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One paratrooper was safely pulled from a tree before the Lacey crews arrived. The second paratrooper was higher up in a tree and JBLM didn't have a ladder capable of reaching him. Lacey firefighters were able to get close enough with the ladder truck to rescue him.

Both paratroopers are okay. 

Video: NBC’s Miguel Almaguer reports on the troubled past of Joint Base Lewis-McChord

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One of the paratroopers is helped to the ground.

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Rescue workers carry a survivor named Sandeep out from the rubble of a factory three days after it collapsed in Jalandhar, India, on April 18, 2012.

Rescuers pulled a 17-year-old boy from the rubble of a collapsed factory in the Indian town of Jalandhar on Wednesday, nearly 55 hours after the building was flattened, The Hindustan Times reported.

The survivor, who was identified by his first name, Sandeep, was taken to hospital but was reported to have no major injuries.

The death toll in the tragedy has reached 10, but there are fears that dozens more workers remain trapped under the debris.

Previously on PhotoBlog: Frantic rescue effort after factory collapse

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Rescue workers watch as Sandeep, unseen, is carried out from the rubble.

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One of the nine rescued Peruvian miners kisses his wife after being rescued from the Cabeza de Negro copper mine on April 11.

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Rescued miner Javier Tapia receives medical attention after being rescued from the Cabeza de Negro mine on April 11.

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Rescued miner Jacinto Pariona, the first to be rescued, walks outside the mine Cabeza de Negro where he was trapped since April 5, in Ica.

Nine workers were brought to daylight after being stuck about 656 feet below ground when the "wildcat" copper-and-gold mine in Ica, Peru partially collapsed on April 5. They had been receiving oxygen and liquids through a giant hose that was in place before the accident at the Cabeza de Negro site.

"All of them are healthy but obviously dehydrated and dizzy," President Ollanta Humala said. "They need to get used to the sun still, that's why they are wearing sunglasses."

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Clothing used by miners dry on a rock wall outside the entrance of the Cabeza de Negro gold-and-copper mine where nine miners were trapped in Yauca del Rosario, Peru.

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A pit bull, one of more than 200 rescued over the weekend, sits chained inside a steel drum, April 3, 2012 in San Pablo city, Philippines.

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Police officers pet one of the rescued pit bulls, April 3, 2012 at a coffee farm lot in San Pablo city, Laguna province, south of Manila, Philippines following their rescue.

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A volunteer from the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) pets a pit bull, one of more than 200 rescued from at a coffee farm lot in San Pablo city, Philippines, April 3, 2012.

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A volunteer from the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) emerges from a mobile veterinary clinic with a dead pit bull after being euthanized, April 3, 2012 at a coffee farm lot in San Pablo city, Laguna province, south of Manila, Philippines. Dozens of pit bulls, rescued from a dogfighting ring were euthanized by the animal welfare activists who said there are no facilities to rehabilitate them and prevent them from again being used in underground arenas.

AP reports: Veterinarians and animal welfare workers Tuesday euthanized at least nine pit bulls rescued from a dogfighting ring in the Philippines because there are no facilities to rehabilitate them and prevent them from again being used in underground arenas.

The plan is to put down dozens of the roughly 300 dogs rescued in separate raids late Friday in Laguna province south of Manlia, said Anna Cabrera of the Philippine Animal Welfare Society. Seventeen had been put to sleep a day after the raids.

The health of the living dogs and the progress of rehabilitating them will determine how many of them ultimately survive.

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A loggerhead turtle was released back into the ocean Thursday after swallowing a fishing hook.

This is one lucky loggerhead! Just weeks after a 4 inch-long fishing hook got caught in this turtle's throat, it was released back into the ocean Thursday, looking healthy and rehabilitated.

The 100-pound turtle arrived at SeaWorld Orlando after being rescued from an intake canal at the St. Lucie Power Plant in St. Lucie County, Florida. In Orlando, the turtle immediately underwent surgery after x-rays revealed the stuck hook. The fishing hook was one of the largest the team has ever removed, according to SeaWorld veterinarians. 

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SeaWorld's senior veterinarian, Lara Croft, and aquarium staff members removing the large hook from the turtle's throat.

Sadly, this isn't an isolated case either. Traditional J-shaped fishing hooks are more likely to be swallowed by sea turtles, causing suffocation or internal bleeding. Using circle-shaped hooks and properly disposing of all trash and fishing lines can reduce the risk of the creatures swallowing such dangerous items.

As for this turtle, all of us here hope it has a hook-free life now that it's back home!

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Sea turtles are more likely to swallow J-shaped hooks, causing damage, than safer, circle-shaped fishing hooks.

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The SeaWorld Animal Care team released this lucky loggerhead back into the ocean Thursday morning.