Mitt Romney on the campaign trail

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney continues his campaign to unseat President Obama.

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July 11, 2012

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney pauses during a speech to the NAACP’s annual convention in Houston.

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July 11, 2012

N. Scott Phillips, of Baltimore, listens to Romney deliver a speech during the NAACP convention. The former Massachusetts governor was booed when he told the crowd that he would be a better president for African American families than President Obama. He also was booed when he said he would repeal Obama’s health-care law and that the president’s policies were not creating jobs.

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July 11, 2012

Romney is greeted by NAACP national board member William H. Graves before his speech at the NAACP convention. Romney in his speech said his policies were the right solutions to help black families succeed in a sputtering economy, with rising federal debt and poor schools. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee said black families have suffered disproportionately under the Obama presidency, noting that the unemployment rate for African Americans went up last month to 14.4 percent, while the overall rate was 8.2 percent.

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July 10, 2012

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney helps a group of volunteers at the Care and Share Food Bank of Southern Colorado prepare food for distribution to people affected by the wildfires in Colorado Springs.

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July 10, 2012

Mitt Romney pauses during a speech at a campaign stop at Central High School in Grand Junction, Colo.

Evan Vucci / AP

July 10, 2012

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at Central High School in Grand Junction, Colo.

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July 6, 2012

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks about jobs at Bradley's Hardware in Wolfeboro, N.H.

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June 2012

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June 27, 2012

Jim Wilson, a Mitt Romney volunteer whose pickup truck was destroyed in a fire last week, hoists a fire extinguisher above his head after a campaign event in Sterling, Va.. The extinguisher was a gift from Romney, along with keys to a new truck.

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June 27, 2012

Mitt Romney embraces Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) during a campaign event in Sterling, Va.

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June 26, 2012

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney signs autographs while campaigning at Carter Machinery in Salem, Va.

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June 26, 2012

Romney speaks to a crowd of about 1,500 people in Salem, Va. Romney said that instead of focusing on jobs and the economy, President Obama focused on pushing for the health-care law.

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June 26, 2012

Romney talks with strategist Russ Schriefer on his bus after campaigning at Carter Machinery in Salem, Va. In his speech at the company, Romney said, "We're gonna stop [Obama’s health-care law] on day one."

Charles Dharapak / AP

June 21, 2012

Romney greets supporters after his speech at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials annual conference in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Romney spoke about immigration reform as he battles President Obama for votes.

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June 19, 2012

Romney speaks at a campaign rally in Holland, Mich., as he completes his five-day bus tour across six battleground states.

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June 19, 2012

Romney is reflected in the sunglasses of a supporter as he speaks at a campaign rally in Holland State Park in Holland, Mich.

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June 19, 2012

Rally-goers wait to shake hands with Romney in Holland State Park in Holland, Mich. — the last campaign stop of his six-state, five-day bus tour.

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June 19, 2012

Romney shakes hands with supporters at the last rally of his “Every Town Counts” bus tour of six battleground states.

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June 16, 2012

Mitt Romney shakes hands with employees at a Wawa gas station in Quakertown, Pa. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee stopped in Quakertown as part of his bus tour across states that could be key to the November election.

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June 16, 2012

Mitt Romney visits with a little league team outside a Wawa gas station in Quakertown, Pa. He rerouted his tour after former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell and several other Democratic officials held a press conference outside the town’s other Wawa gas station, where the former Massachusetts governor had initially planned his early afternoon stop.

Larry Downing / Reuters

June 16, 2012

Mitt Romney, right, speaks with Mike Leib, the president of Weatherly Casting Co., as he is given a tour during a campaign stop in Weatherly, Pa. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee is touring Rust Belt states to stump in areas that are still suffering from the recession, saying President Obama’s economic recovery efforts have not paid off.

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The premiere of ‘World War Z’

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Animal views

Rodent exhibition, swimming with elephants, Mexico’s feline mayoral candidate and more.

Inmates walk at a high-security male prison camp outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk May 14, 2013. High-security male prison camp number 17 is intended to house male inmates who are serving a sentence for the first time, and have been convicted for serious crimes. Prisoners at the facility work in wood and metal processing shops, manufacture furniture, sew clothes and do other kinds of work. They can also take part in educational, sport and cultural programs. Picture taken May 14, 2013. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 4 OF 29 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE SIBERIA'S PRISONS' SEARCH 'ILYA PRISON' FOR ALL IMAGES

Life in a Siberian prison

A look inside a high-security prison camp outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 14: Johnathon Carrington, valedictorian at Dunbar High School, laughs with family and friends after his school's graduation ceremony at Howard University on Friday, June 14, 2013, in Washington, DC. Carrington, who grew up in Tyler House public-housing apartments and is graduating from one of DC's low-performing high schoolsy, where academic expectations are high. (Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)

Johnathon’s journey

Johnathon Carrington graduated Friday as the valedictorian of his neighborhood school, Dunbar High, and is headed to Georgetown University. But Carrington, 17, is nervous, and so are...

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 18: Madonna attends the Dolce & Gabbana and The Cinema Society screening of the Epix World premiere of 'Madonna: The MDNA Tour' at The Paris Theatre on June 18, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

Eye on entertainment

Madonna, Michael Buble, Barbara Streisand, Jackie Chan, Jerry Seinfeld, Estelle and other celebrities.

In this June 8, 2013 photo, youth compete in the Sao Carlos slum local soccer tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The pitch is just dirt and the incandescent lights aren't so bright. But when the boys' feet strike the football in the Sao Carlos slum as night falls every Saturday, big league dreams glow, inflated by the hope of escaping the shantytown with sporting skills. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Brazil’s other soccer fields

With the Confederations Cup opening this week and the World Cup one year away, all eyes are on Brazil, where soccer is arguably played with more passion and art than anywhere else....

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 16: John F. Tatum Sr. hugs his grandson John F. Tatum III during his annual Father's Day block party on Sunday, June 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Amanda Voisard/For the Washington Post)

Father’s Day picnic in Northeast D.C.

A decades-old backyard barbecue in Northeast Washington draws hundreds in honor of dads everywhere. “It’s off-the-chain fun,” says Butch McNair, who has worked one...

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