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The Week in Pictures: June 26-July 2, 2010

Hurricane Alex, a psychic octopus, the new bareback champion of Siena, and more

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    destroyed building in Murici

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    Barack Obama watches the World Cup soccer match between USA and Ghana

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    Chinese policeman stands guard while confiscated drugs are burned

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    Tim Racer and former Michael Vick dogs

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    Ethnic Uzbek women fill in their ballot papers at a polling station in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan

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    A fan after Mexico’s World Cup loss

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    G20 protestors in Toronto

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    Bosnian efendis, or muslim clerics, gather to pray after climbing up a mountain during the Ajvatovica ceremony in Prusac

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    chocolate Terracotta Warriors displayed at the World Chocolate Wonderland in Taipei

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    Gen. David Petraeus testifies at his Senate confirmation hearing

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    a rare white elephant is caught in the jungles in Maungdaw, Myanmar

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    Rush-hour commuters in Madrid

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    Octopus named Paul makes accurate World Cup predictions

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    South Carolina players celebrate after winning the College World Series

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    A worker hoses a fin whale down as others tow it up a ramp to a processing plant

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    U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan

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    Tar balls and oily residue stain the sand in Orange Beach, Alabama

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    Former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Randall Cunningham holds his son Christian

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    Models present creations by Paris-based fashion designer Xuly Bet of Mali during the Africa Fashion week in Johannesburg

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    Garment worker Rahela Akhter screams after being wounded by police during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh

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    Angela Merkel and Christian Wulff

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    Somali government soldiers take up their positions during clashes with Islamist insurgents in southern Mogadishu

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    The casket the of late Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., is carried through the reception room into the Senate Chamber

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    Uzbek women hoe their fields in Shark, Kyrgyzstan

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    Magician Hezi Dean performs one of his tricks

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    Monterrey residents stand outside their homes after a landslide caused by Hurricane Alex

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    Silvano Mulas leads the pack of horses to win the Palio race in Siena Friday.