Syrians walk amid dust following a reported barrel-bomb attack by Syrian government forces on July 7, in the Tariq al-Bab neighborhood of the northern city of Aleppo. Torie Rose DeGhett looked at the Assad government's use of barrel bombs -- and the devastation that has followed -- in a July 3 Foreign Policy article, "The Build-It-Yourself Bombs."
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Brazil fans watch the 2014 FIFA World Cup semi-final match between Brazil and Germany, on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach, on July 8. Michael Goodman looked at Brazil's shocking loss on the field -- and the challenges the nation will face off of it -- in a July 8 article for Foreign Policy.
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A girl sits on a part of a couch on the Suusamyr plateau, some 8,200 feet above sea level, about 125 miles outside of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on July 8. Foreign Policy looked at Kyrgyzstan's struggle for energy and resources in a June slide show, "The Water Wars Are Coming."
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Steers and bulls enter the bullring during the second day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls, on July 7, in Pamplona, Spain.
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Participants dressed as soldiers of the Austrian Empire reenact the historic Napoleonic march from Seefeld-Kadolz, Austria to Dobsice, Czech Republic, on July 10. Amateur actors march the 12-mile distance to commemorate the 1809 Battle of Znojmo.
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Nuns walk in lines as they escort the coffin of Metropolitan Volodymyr (not pictured), late head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, during his funeral ceremony in Kiev, on July 7. Metropolitan Volodymyr had served as head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church since 1992.
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Members of a Chinese People's Liberation Army honor guard assemble behind a string, used to make sure they are standing in a straight line, before a welcoming ceremony for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, outside the Great Hall of the People on July 7, in Beijing, China.
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Relatives of people killed in the massacre at Srebrenica mourn for newly identified victims at the Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial and Cemetery, on July 10. A mass burial ceremony was held on July 11, the 19th anniversary of the massacre.
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Indonesian police personnel march during security preparations on July 7, in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, prior to Indonesia's July 9 presidential election. Kate Lamb reported on Indonesia's heated presidential campaigns -- and the characters behind them -- in a July 7 dispatch for Foreign Policy.
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A hot air balloon is inflated at the European Balloon Festival on July 10, in Igualada, Spain.
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An Indian woman carries an empty water pot as she crosses the dry bed of a pond at Mehmadpur village, some 12 miles from Ahmedabad, on July 8. Western India's Gujarat state is bracing for a possible drought brought on by scant monsoon rains.
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Two approximately three-week-old black and white laughingthrushes are fed on July 7, in Walsrode Bird Park, Germany.
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Nepalese street vendors wait for customers for garments in Kathmandu, on July 9.
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Families with malnourished children wait to receive treatment at the Leer Hospital, South Sudan, on July 7. Hundreds of thousands of people were cut off from critical medical care after the Leer Hospital, run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), was ransacked in late January and early February. When MSF returned to Leer in mid-May, people in the town were desperate for medical attention. Without massive amounts of food aid, a famine in South Sudan could be imminent.
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People stay on the streets of San Pedro Sacatepéquez municipality, about 150 miles from Guatemala City, after a July 7 earthquake. The 6.9-magnitude quake killed at least five people across Guatemala and southern Mexico.
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A young man stands near the water at a beach near Athens, on July 9. Temperatures in Athens reached 97 degrees Fahrenheit this week.
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Young boys sit on a windowsill during the second day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls, on July 7, in Pamplona, Spain.
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A female seal pup named Jogi is pictured next to her mother at a zoo in Neumünster, Germany, on July 11. The pup was born on July 8, the day the German national football team defeated Brazil at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, and was named after German coach Joachim "Jogi" Loew.
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Displaced Afghan families from Helmand province live in temporary shelters at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 9. Around 160 people have died and thousands have been displaced in clashes between Taliban militants and Afghan security forces in Helmand Province.
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