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May 17, 2013: A Muslim woman spends time at the ThetKalPyin temporary cyclone relief camp near Sittwe in Rakhine state, Burma. At least 13 people died in neighboring Bangladesh after Cyclone Mahasen hit the coast, officials said.

(NYEIN CHAN NAING / EPA)

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18 Jan Tonight's finale: A rare space sight. Most borders are invisible from orbit. This one between Egypt and Israel isn't. pic.twitter.com/MmwTf23F. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, aboard the International Space Station, shares his photos of the world from afar via social media. (Chris Hadfield/NASA)

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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 27: Abby Kulwicki of Hudson, Ohio goes for a swim in her tutu after training for 8 hours in a sweltering studio at the Washington Ballet school in Washington, DC, on Friday, July 27, 2012. Young dancers from all over the world converge on the school to learn at its summer intensive program and for a chance to join the Washington Ballet company. 'Its not the coolness, its being weightless that matters,' Kulwicki said. (Photo by Daniel C. Britt / The Washington Post)

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Girls inside a classroom at a Syrian refugee camp in Turkey. (TWP)

Turkey grapples with refu­gee crisis

Facing influx of more than 400,000 Syrians displaced by war, Turkish leaders appeal for international aid.

(Natacha Pisarenko / AP)

Argentine ghost town

Epecuen, which spent a quarter-century under water, is coming up for air in the farmlands southwest of Buenos Aires.

(Marvin Joseph / THE WASHINGTON POST)

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First-year midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy undergo sea trials.

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