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  • 2
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    Lava fountain, ash cloud erupt from Alaska volcano

    Theo Chesley / Alaskan Volcano Observatory via AP

    The Pavlof volcano erupts on May 16, 2013, as seen from the air from the southwest in Cold Bay, Alaska.

    Rachel Kremer / Alaskan Volcano Observatory via AP

    Lava fountaining is visible near the summit of the Pavlof Volcano on May 16, 2013, and steam and ash clouds rise from the northwest flank where a lava flow advances down the slope.

    By The Associated Press

    A remote Alaska volcano continues to erupt, spewing lava and ash clouds.

    The Alaska Volcano Observatory said Thursday a continuous cloud of ash, steam and gas from Pavlof Volcano has been seen 20,000 feet above sea level.

    John Power, the U.S. Geological Survey scientist in charge at the observatory, estimates the lava fountain rose several hundred feet into the air.

    Onsite seismic instruments are picking up constant tremors from the eruption at Pavlof, located about 625 miles southwest of Anchorage. Read the full story.

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    party like its 1999

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  • 3
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    The Week in Pictures: May 9 - 16

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    Jose Jacome / EPA

    Volcano's mighty power - The erupting Ecuadorian volcano Tungurahua, seen from the village of Cotalo on May 8, keeps generating explosions and expelling incandescent boulders, which roll down its flanks.

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    Slideshow: The Week in Pictures

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    A miracle survivor is pulled from Bangladesh's rubble, an explosion rocks Turkey's border, the pope releases a dove, a large rubber duck floats off Hong Kong, and more.

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  • 4
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    Border security improvements create new deadly route for illegal immigrants

    By Eric Thayer, Reuters
    I’m running through the desert outside a tiny town called Encino with a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter flying above me. As I move through trees and bushes, the sand is soft and every step is an effort. It feels like I am running on the spot as I hold my cameras close so they don’t swing into my sides. Border Patrol agents are all around me and the only noises are the helicopter above, my own labored breathing and the sound of footsteps in the sand.

    Eric Thayer / Reuters

    U.S. Border Patrol agent Daniel Tirado from the Rio Grande Valley Sector looks out at the Rio Grande river in Hidalgo, Texas March 28.

    In south Texas, the Rio Grande River separates the U.S. from Mexico. It is a brown river that varies between 50 to 100 yards across. On the surface, the water looks calm as it meanders through the brush, but it hides swirling currents – just one of the many hazards faced by those who cross. The line between the two countries is imaginary here, but if you could see it as it appears on a map, it would be right in the middle of the river.

    Eric Thayer / Reuters

    A U.S. Border Patrol agent from the Rio Grande Valley Sector searches for a group of illegal immigrants who crossed the Rio Grande River in Mission, Texas March 28, 2013. Brooks County has become an epicenter for illegal immigrant deaths in Texas. In 2012, sheriff's deputies found 129 bodies there, six times the number recorded in 2010. Most of those who died succumbed to the punishing heat and rough terrain that comprise the ranch lands of south Texas.

    At this moment, the border is about 60 miles south. I’m with the U.S. Border Patrol after a report from a local rancher of a group of people crossing over his land. If they make it across the river, through the brush and past the Border Patrol there are vehicles that will take them north. From this part of Texas, there is basically just one checkpoint left, called Falfurrias. If they are able to bypass that, they can move up into other parts of the state and to the rest of the country.

    Eric Thayer / Reuters

    The border fence is seen in Mission, Texas March 28, 2013. Most of those who died crossing the border succumbed to the punishing heat and rough terrain that comprise the ranch lands of south Texas.

    Ahead of me, a Border Patrol agent chases four men and I dash to keep up. They are running from a country, from a war and towards a better life. They are running for freedom. But sometimes it’s not that simple. That’s the thing about it down here – nothing is simple about this.

    The border has always fascinated me. It’s a line on a map, but when you’re down by it sometimes you can’t even tell it’s there. Other times it’s glaringly obvious, marked out by fences, walls, checkpoints and security cameras. Continue reading

    Eric Thayer / Reuters

    People are taken into custody by the U.S. Border Patrol near Falfurrias, Texas March 29, 2013.

    Eric Thayer / Reuters

    People sit on a couch at Casa del Migrante in Reynosa April 1, 2013. Casa del Migrante provides housing, food, clothing and medical care to people who are planning to cross the border, and to those who have been deported from the United States.

    Eric Thayer / Reuters

    A man receives a haircut at Casa del Migrante in Reynosa April 1, 2013.

    Eric Thayer / Reuters

    The unidentified grave of a person whose remains were found in the desert is seen in Falfurrias, Texas April 1, 2013.

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    • McCain defends immigration plan to angry Arizona crowd
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    It should be made as deadly as possible to get into the U.S. of A. illegally ! They should come in the "front" door like people that do not have borders right next to the U. S. of A. !

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  • 4
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    Wisconsin wildfire burns through nearly 50 structures

    Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources via AP

    This May 14 photo provided by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources shows a smoky wildfire in northwestern Wisconsin that has consumed 8,700 acres, destroyed nearly 50 structures and forced dozens from their homes. The DNR says the wildfire in Douglas County is about 90 percent contained Wednesday morning, meaning firefighters have stopped most of the fire from spreading.

    Clint Austin / AP

    A structure burns along Sutfin Road east of Comminsky Road in Highland Township, Wis., east of Solon Springs, Wis., on May 14. Crews from Wisconsin and Minnesota were trying to control a rapidly growing wildfire in northwestern Wisconsin that forced evacuations of the sparsely populated area. Several structures were destroyed in a mostly rural and wooded area east of Solon Springs as the forest fire grew to 9 square miles, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said. No injuries had been reported.

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  • 4
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    Throw your hat in! Send us your graduation photos #NBCNewsPics

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    Simeon Bochev, graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a M.S. Finance.

    We want to see your graduation pictures! Please add the hashtag #NBCNewsPics on Instagram, Twitter, or upload your pictures directly by clicking the box below.

    Also, tell us what you're doing next. Do you have a job lined up? We'll be updating this gallery of your photos, so check back to see yours. 

     

     

     

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  • 5
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    Navy launches drone from aircraft carrier for first time

    Specialist 2nd Class Tony D. Curtis / US Navy via AP

    An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator sits on an aircraft elevator on the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush on May 6.

    Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Walter / US Navy via EPA

    Sailors move an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator onto an aircraft elevator aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush at an unspecified location in the Atlantic Ocean, on May 14.

    Jason Reed / Reuters

    Northrop Grumman test pilots Bruce McFadden, left, and Dave Lorenz are pictured with their arm-mounted controllers after they successfully launched an X-47B pilot-less drone combat aircraft for the first time off an aircraft carrier in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia, on May 14.

    By Nidhi Subbaraman, NBC News

    The U.S. Navy's X-47B drone has become the first unmanned craft to complete a catapult launch from the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Today's demonstration took place on the USS George H.W. Bush, off the coast of Virginia.

    After a flight of an hour and five minutes, the drone touched down at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland.

    This drone didn't land on the carrier, nor has any, to date. A similar X-47B completed a carrier-style landing at Patuxent River earlier this month, catching a length of heavy cabling on the tarmac and coming to a short stop after touchdown, as it might on a ship deck. Read the full story.

     

    Jason Reed / Reuters

    An X-47B drone is launched for the first time off an aircraft carrier, on May 14.

    Alan Radecki / US Navy courtesy of Northrop Grumman via AFP - Getty Images

    An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator is launched from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush during flight operations in the Atlantic Ocean on May 14.

    Jason Reed / Reuters

    An X-47B performs a fly-by after being launched for the first time off an aircraft carrier in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia, on May 14.

    Steve Helber / AP

    A Navy X-47B drone does a fly-by over the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush after it was launched off the coast of Virginia, on May 14. The plane isn't intended for operational use, but it will be used to help develop other unmanned, carrier-based aircraft.

    Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Walter / US Navy via EPA

    An X-47B is lifted on an aircraft elevator aboard the aircraft carrier 'USS George H.W. Bush' at an unspecified location in the Atlantic Ocean, on May 14.

     

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    Well worth the money..saving a airmans life is priceless!

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  • 6
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    Tracking citrus-damaging insects in Florida

    All photos by Joe Raedle / Getty Images

    Top: Guy Davies shows a dead insect he found in an orange grove on May 13, in Fort Pierce, Fla. Bottom: Tangerines are seen in a bin as the citrus industry tries to find a cure for the disease "citrus greening" in Fort Pierce, Fla.

    Guy Davies, an inspector with the Florida Division of Plant Industry, checks an orange tree for the insect Asian citrus psyllid that carries the bacterium causing disease, "citrus greening" or huanglongbing, from tree to tree on May 13, in Fort Pierce, Fla.  Davis is part of a team trying to track the movement of the insect. There is no known cure for the disease that forms when the insect deposits the bacterium on citrus trees causing the leaves on the tree to turn yellow, the roots to decay, and bitter fruits to fall off the dying branches prematurely. Steps continue to be taken to try and combat the disease, but none have stopped the attack on the citrus business as it spreads from Florida to other citrus producing states.

     

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    Guy Davies uses a stick to hit the leaves on a grapefruit tree hoping to dislodge into the container the insect Asian citrus psyllid on May 13.

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  • 10
    May
    2013
    7:43pm, EDT

    Prince Harry pays respects at Arlington, visits injured soldiers at Walter Reed

    Charles Dharapak / Pool via Getty Images

    Prince Harry of Great Britain, wearing his British Army uniform in his role as Captain Harry Wales, visits Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, where veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried, on May 10, 2013 in Arlington Va. During his visit to the US, Prince Harry will be undertaking engagements on behalf of charities with which he is closely associated, on behalf also of HM Government, with a central theme of supporting injured service personnel from the UK and US forces.

    By Eun Kyung Kim, TODAY

    Prince Harry paid tribute to fallen American military personnel during a solemn trip Friday to Arlington National Cemetery.

    The prince, a helicopter pilot in Britain’s Royal Air Force, laid a wreath and a handwritten note on the grave of one soldier in Section 60, the burial ground for soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    "To my comrades-in-arms of the United States of America, who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in the cause of freedom,” read the note, which was signed, “Captain Harry Wales." Continue reading

    J. Scott Applewhite / Pool via Getty Images

    Prince Harry shakes hands with a wounded soldier during his visit to the Military Advanced Training Center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center treating wounded soldiers undergoing physical therapy on May 10, 2013 in Bethesda, Md.

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    • Soldier who lost 4 limbs in Afghanistan returns home to hero's welcome
    • Prince Harry tests an arctic immersion suit on the island of Spitsbergen, Norway

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  • 10
    May
    2013
    1:08pm, EDT

    World Trade Center becomes tallest US building at 1776 feet

    Gary He / Insider Images via EPA

    The spire for the top of One World Trade Center is hoisted into place at the top of the building in New York City, on May 10, 2013. The spire has been put in place on One World Trade Center bringing the iconic structure to its full, symbolic height of 1776 feet.

    Anthony Quintano / NBC News

    WTC worker Tyler Brown taking in the view after the spire has been installed at the top of One World Trade Center.

    By Matt Murray and Eun Kyung Kim, TODAY

    A crane lifted the last of a 408-foot tall spire on top of One World Trade Center on Friday, a capstone to an emotional 12-year effort to replace the twin towers destroyed by terrorists.

    The 18-piece silver spire will top out the tower at a symbolic 1,776 feet, a nod to the year America signed the Declaration of Independence. The new building is just north of the original towers, now the hallowed ground known as Ground Zero. Continue reading.

    Mark Lennihan / AP

    The final piece of spire is hoisted in place on top of One World Trade Center, on May 10, 2013 in New York. The addition of the spire, and its raising of the building's height to 1,776 feet, would make One World Trade Center the tallest structure in the U.S. and third-tallest in the world.

    Lucas Jackson / Reuters

    Iron workers look at names signed inside of the final piece of the spire on top of the One World Trade Center in New York on May 10, 2013. Workers cheered and whistled as they completed the spire on New York's One World Trade Center on Friday, raising the building to its full height of 1,776 feet and helping fill a void in the skyline left by the September 11, 2001 attacks.

    Lucas Jackson / Reuters

    An iron worker takes a photograph of a crane as it places the final piece of the spire on top of the One World Trade Center in New York on May 10, 2013.

    Anthony Quintano / NBC News

    The skyline of Manhattan from the top of One World Trade Center on May 10, 2013.

    Gary He / Insider Images via EPA

    The spire for the top of One World Trade Center is hoisted into place at the top of the building in New York, on May 10, 2013. The State of Liberty is seen bottom right.

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    • World Trade Center observatory gives visitors views of NYC from 1,250 feet
    • 'Things from the heart': Workers at World Trade Center site scrawl graffiti of defiance, hope
    • Freedom Tower spire arrives in New York City

    Slideshow: The world's tallest skycrapers

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    Reaching for the sky, these buildings and towers compete for the world's attention.

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    How do we get the people out if there an emergency I know I would have no desire to work above the 2nd floor. Im a chicken.

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  • 9
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    2013
    5:49pm, EDT

    The Week in Pictures: May 2 - 9

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    Moonlight becomes you - A full moon rises over New York City's Manhattan island, sending a swath of light along famed 42nd Street.

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    Slideshow: The Week in Pictures

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    A volcano's fury, Kentucky Derby memories, a lonely car, a natural monarch, and more.

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    The Volcano picture is not just the best of the week, but, in my opinion, one of the best pictures ever taken.

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  • 9
    May
    2013
    5:43pm, EDT

    San Francisco installs automated counter for bike commuters

    Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

    Bicyclists ride by an automated real-time bike counter on Market Street on May 9 in San Francisco, California. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has installed an automated real-time bike counter, also known as a bicycle barometer, on Market Street that will display daily and annual counts. According to the SFMTA, the number of cyclists on the streets of San Francisco has surged 71 percent between 2006 and 2011.

     

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  • 8
    May
    2013
    10:10am, EDT

    'You bet your sweet life': Guadalcanal veteran marries after 30-year courtship

    Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

    Former Marine Jack Wright, 88, marries his girlfriend of 30 years, Shirlene King, 57, in the oncology radiation department of the Veterans Administration hospital in Los Angeles on May 7, 2013. Wright decided to marry King in the hospital after undergoing cancer treatment there.

    Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

    Jack Wright chats to his friend Bob Feldman before the ceremony.

    Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

    Wright puts a ring on the finger of his girlfriend of 30 years.

    Shirlene King thought the moment would never come, but after a 30-year courtship, she finally got her wedding day, NBC Los Angeles reports.

    She married her sweetheart of three decades, 88-year-old Jack Wright, on Tuesday. 

    The former Marine is one of 11 remaining U.S. survivors of the Battle for Guadalcanal in World War II, Reuters reports. 

    The couple were wed in the hallway of the oncology department at the West Los Angeles veterans hospital, where a gravely ill Wright is receiving chemotherapy. Doctors, nurses and friends looked on during the hospital's first-ever wedding.

    Despite his serious condition, Wright's humor and devotion were evident.

    In response to one of the vows -- instead of answering with the traditional "I do" or "I will" -- Wright answered, "You bet your sweet life." Read more at NBC Los Angeles.

     

    Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

    Shirlene King greets the wedding guests.

    Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

    Wright kisses his bride's hand.

    Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

    Photos of the bride and groom lie on the cake table.

    Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

    The couple are seen during their wedding reception.

    View more videos at: http://nbclosangeles.com.

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