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Allison Jackson

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Matt Isaacs, Lowell Bergman, Stephen Engelberg - ProPublica

Security cameras on a pole in front of the giant portrait of former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong at Beijing's Tiananmen Square Jan. 9, 2012. (David Gray / Reuters)

Benjamin Carlson

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Faine Greenwood

Journey Wooten, 8, stands on the base of a bench that is submerged in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP/The Florida Times-Union, Kelly Jordan)

Get ready for extreme weather

Falun Gong's endurance

Peter Manseau - Guernica

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Yu Junsang (Seongjun) and Kim Bokyung (Yejeon) in "The Day He Arrives." Courtesy of Cinema Guild.

King of the new slackers

A boy collects scraps near a vehicle spare parts store in Dholaikhal, Dhaka February 29, 2012 (Reuters/Andrew Biraj)

The forgotten hunger strike

Maher Sattar - GlobalPost

23-year-old Mehdi Hassan, from Bamongram village in northeastern Bangladesh, sold part of his liver to an black market organ broker and received nothing in return (Sebastian Strangio/GlobalPost)

Sebastian Strangio - GlobalPost

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The collapse of neoliberal capitalism

A resident uses her mobile phone near wrecked vehicles after a landslide caused by heavy rains in in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 27, 2011. A quick blast of heavy rain sent landslides barreling through South Korea's capital and a northern town Wednesday. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man) (AP)

Hyung-jin Kim, Sam Kim

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, front left, looks at gifts presented to him by Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang, center, head of a Chinese delegation to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance Between China and Democratic People's Republic of Korea, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Kim Jong Il's son Kim Jong Un stands behind his father. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Li) NO SALES (AP)

South Korea's figure skater and Olympic champion Kim Yu-na during the presentation of the Pyeongchang bid , in front of the 123rd International Olympic Committee (IOC) session that will decide the host city for the 2018 Olympics Winter Game, in Durban, South Africa, Wednesday July 6, 2011. The International Olympic Committee will announce the host city for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Durban, Wednesday, choosing between three candidates Annecy, France; Munich Germany; and Pyeongchang, South Korea for the 2018 host. (AP Photo/Rogan Ward, Pool) (AP)

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Scott Carney

Suvarnabhumi Airport, in Bangkok

Hu Jintao (AP/Xinhua, Li Tao)

Charles Hutzler

Demonstrators celebrate in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday Feb. 18, 2011. Tens of thousands of flag-waving Egyptians packed into Tahrir Square for a day of prayer and celebration Friday to mark the fall Hosni Mubarak a week ago and to maintain pressure on the new military rulers to steer the country toward democratic reforms.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) (AP)

Christopher Torchia

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Adam Clark Estes

A street in Nanning

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