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Michael Phelps, western wildfires, Serbian mammoth field and more in the day in photos News and feature images from around the world.
June 27, 2012
Michael Phelps smiles after winning the men's 200-meter freestyle final at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb. At left is Ryan Lochte.
Mark Humphrey
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AP
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June 28, 2012
Cyclist Liao Hong-lin, 29, who nicknamed himself the “Taiwan Floatman,” poses for photographer as he suspends himself from a flagpole in front of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei. Liao has completed a set of photographs at more than 100 train stations and landmarks around Taiwan, and he is set to start his six-month tour to take Taiwan's flag around the world.
Pichi Chuang
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Reuters
June 27, 2012
Jonathan Horton dismounts from the high bar during practice for the U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials in San Jose, Calif.
Julie Jacobson
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AP
June 27, 2012
Spanish fans react while watching the Euro 2012 semifinal match between Spain and Portugal on a giant outdoor screen on Paseo de La Castellana in Madrid.
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June 27, 2012
Children enjoy the cool water on a hot summer day at Crown Fountain in Chicago's Millennium Park. Temperatures in Illinois are forecast to top 100 degrees by Thursday, and authorities are urging the public to be cautious.
Sitthixay Ditthavong
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AP
June 24, 201
Astronaut Andre Kuipers watches a bubble in a drop of water as he enjoys the last days of weightlessness. Astronauts Oleg Kononenko, Andre Kuipers, Don Pettit are due to return to earth on board the Soyuz TMA-03M set for a July 1 landing.
Andre Kuipers
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NASA via AP
June 26, 2012
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captures an image of the Waldo Canyon Fire. Thick smoke, partially obscured by clouds, is visible blowing toward the northeast. The red outlines indicate hot spots where MODIS detected unusually warm surface temperatures associated with fires. Shifting winds challenged firefighters trying to contain the 29-square-mile Waldo Canyon blaze and extinguish hot spots inside the city's western suburbs. Winds were calmer Wednesday night.
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NASA MODIS rapid response team via AP
June 26, 2012
Fire from the Waldo Canyon wildfire as it moved into subdivisions and destroyed homes in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Galon Wampler
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AP
June 27, 2012
Evacuee Robert Garcia embraces his wife, Margaretas, as the Waldo Canyon Fire burns in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Hyoung Chang
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The Denver Post via AP
June 27, 2012
A helicopter picks up 2,600 gallons of water from an irrigation pond to help fight the Wood Hollow Fire in central Utah. Livestock scatter in the commotion. The fire destroyed at least two dozen homes.
Lynn DeBruin
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AP
June 26, 2012
Firefighters from the Dean Creek Fire Department work to save a home south of Roundup, Mont. Hundreds of families were forced from their homes south of Roundup, as a fire pushed by strong winds burned more than 18,000 acres.
Larry Mayer
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The Billings Gazette via AP
June 26, 2012
Volunteers and firefighters from the Dean Creek Fire Department work to save a home south of Roundup, Mont. Hundreds of families were forced from their homes south of Roundup as a fire pushed by strong winds burned more than 18,000 acres.
Larry Mayer
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The Billings Gazette via AP
June 27, 2012
Ranch hand Terry Moss walks through a parched cornfield in Menlo, Kan. Across the country, more than 900 heat records have been broken in the past week. If the forecasts hold, an intense heat wave gripping the center and western portion of the country could mean more will fall.
Coby Baalman
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via AP
June 27, 2012
Cattle drink from a tank being filled with hauled water because the windmill and underground pump can't keep up with the volume being consumed at the Baalman Ranch in Menlo, Kan.
Coby Baalman
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via AP
June 27, 2012
Carrying his two cats he rescued, Troy Revis paddles away from his flooded home on County Road 137 in Wellborn, Fla. Tropical Storm Debby weakened to a tropical depression after it drifted ashore on Florida's Gulf Coast, but it inundated creeks and rivers and left flooding and destruction in its wake.
Philip Sears
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Reuters
June 27, 2012
Tarra Piet, right, is embraced by her cousin Kursty Setty as they stand in a flooded pet store in Live Oak Fla., that belongs to Piet’s father. Dozens of homes and businesses were flooded by torrential rains from Tropical Storm Debby.
Dave Martin
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AP
June 27, 2012
House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), second from left, faces reporters at a news conference following a political strategy session on Capitol Hill. Boehner defended the contempt of Congress vote scheduled Thursday against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. He also commented on the then looming Supreme Court decision on the health care and updated progress on student loans and the transportation bill. From left: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (Va.), Boehner, Rep. Renee Ellmers (N.C.) and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (Tex.).
J. Scott Applewhite
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AP
June 27, 2012
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, left, and Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, talk on the South Lawn of the White House during a picnic for members of Congress, hosted by President Obama.
Larry Downing
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Reuters
June 27, 2012
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Ca.) listens to an aide as Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), right, testifies to the House Rules Committee about a proposed vote to find U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, during a hearing on Capitol Hill.
Joshua Roberts
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Reuters
June 27, 2012
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney embraces Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell during a campaign event in Sterling.
Katherine Frey
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The Washington Post
June 27, 2012
Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., salutes surviving members of the Montford Point Marines, during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at the Capitol. Almost 400 people attended the ceremony. Montford Point Marines were the first African Americans to serve in the Marine Corps. Nearly 20,000 African Americans trained at the segregated Montford Point in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais
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AP
June 27, 2012
Milagros Carbajo is consoled by a neighbor in Madrid. Carbajo, her husband, Jose Luis Estevez, and their three children were evicted from their house despite the efforts of the members of Mortgage Victims’ Platform, who were holding a protest outside their apartment. The plight of over one million Spanish people facing a crippling mortgage debt is increasingly attracting public support, as an anti-eviction movement accelerates to put politicians under pressure to act. The poster reads, “Enough, let's stop evictions.”
Susana Vera
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Reuters
June 26, 2012
Damaged buildings at Al Qussoor area in Homs city are seen in this image provided by the Syrian opposition’s Shaam News Network. Violent conflict continues in Syria between government and opposition forces.
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Shaam News Network via Reuters
June 26, 2012
A Syrian rebel, left, fires by his assault rifle at a helicopter during a clashes with the Syrian government troops at Saraqeb, in the northern province of Idlib. Investigators say they have concluded that Syrian government troops could be behind the killing of more than 100 civilians in the village of Houla last month. The findings, which were presented to the United Nation's top human rights body, could lay some of the groundwork for prosecuting alleged crimes against humanity or war crimes in Syria.
Fadi Zaidan
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AP
June 27, 2012
Archaeologists work at a site to find mammoth bones at an open-pit coal mine in Kostolac, Serbia, about 62 miles southeast of Belgrade.
Marko Djurica
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Reuters
June 27, 2012
People look at the skeleton of a mammoth at an open-pit coal mine in Kostolac, Serbia. Archaeologists say they have discovered a rare mammoth field containing the remains of at least five of the giant beasts that lived here tens of thousands of years ago.
Marko Djurica
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Reuters
June 27, 2012
People in Kostolac, Serbia, look at the mammoth’s skeleton.
Marko Djurica
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Reuters
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