More Scenes from Ramadan 2016
As the holy month comes to a close, a look back at celebrations across the globe.
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Drew Angerer / Getty Photos of the Week 6/25-7/1
A West Point cadet's freshly shaved head, Ramadan prayers, Chinese children floating home from school, and much more.
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Kevin Frayer / Getty The World's Largest Mosquito Factory
Inside a laboratory at the forefront of the fight against Zika
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Elijah Nouvelage / Reuters A Weekend of Pride
Two weeks after the Orlando shooting, the LGBTQ communities in San Francisco and New York held their annual parades.
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Ognen Teofilovski / Reuters Photos of the Week: 6/18-6/24
A glass slide 1,000 feet above the ground in Los Angeles, an emu is helped away from a California wildfire, a selfie in the 125 degrees Fahrenheit heat of Palm Springs, a Hello Kitty face grown on a melon in Japan, and much more.
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Roger Steffens / Benrubi Gallery A Family Album on Acid
Roger Steffens’ photographs of his wife, son, and daughter during the Electric Kool-Aid era
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Sergio Perez / Reuters A Tripped Syrian Refugee Finds a Home in Spain
Last September, photos of a Syrian refugee being tripped by a Hungarian camerawoman as he tried to flee border police went viral. His story caught the attention of a soccer training school near Madrid that helped him find work and a new home.
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Ringo H.W. Chiu / AP Photos of Southern California's Wildfires
A punishing heat wave across the American Southwest has spawned a number of early season wildfires in Southern California, including the Sherpa Fire, which has burned nearly 8,000 acres in less than a week.
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Alaa Al-Marjani / Reuters The Battle for Fallujah, Iraq
Iraqi pro-government forces have pushed to the center of Fallujah, retaking much of the city, after two years of ISIS control.
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Cassandra Giraldo Between School and Home
Photographs of teenagers after last period and before dinner, when they make New York City their own.
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Mike Hewitt / Getty Photos of the Week: 6/11-6/17
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on the presidential campaign trail, participants in the World Naked Bike Ride in Mexico City, and much more.
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Thomas Samson / AFP / Getty Monthslong Protests and Strikes in France Over Labor Law Changes
Since March, a series of protests, strikes, and marches have slowed down or stopped various parts of France.
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Tim Samuel Photography / Reuters Animals in the News
It’s time once more for a look at the animal kingdom and our interactions with the countless species that share our planet.
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Michael Tweed / AP 30 Years Ago: A Look Back at 1986
Take a step into a visual time capsule, for a brief look at the year 1986.
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Peer von Wahl / Minden Pictures / Corbis Svalbard: Halfway Between Norway and the North Pole
A Norwegian group of islands located about 650 miles (1,050 kilometers) from the North Pole—the northernmost year-round settlement on Earth, with a population of about 2,200.
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