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A man cools off in a waterfall during a hot summer day near Bulgaria's capital of Sofia as temperatures registered over 93 degrees Fahrenheit throughout the Balkan country. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images)
A visitor views an exhibition on ice sculptures as the outside air temperature reaches over 89 degrees Fahrenheit in Chongqing, China. The exhibition, which has been a place for residents to cool off, took 30 craftsmen 20 days to finish, using 800 tons of ice.
Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt (left) embraces her daughter, Melanie, at a military base in Bogotá, Colombia. Betancourt embraced her children for the first time in six years, saying the thought of them helped her stay alive until the daring rescue of her and 14 other hostages on Wednesday.
An Arrow T Ranch calf stands under a bush as smoke rises. More than 1,400 wildfires continue to burn across about 550 square miles of central and northern California south of Isabella Lake. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency in Kern County because of the Piute fire, which is threatening several communities in the mountains east of Bakersfield. Firefighters have completed fire containment lines around 11 percent of the 11,500-acre fire in the Sequoia National Forest.
Some of the more than 100 paid actors don sunglasses and stand still on a busy, midtown New York intersection in a stunt to promote an advertising campaign. The stunt was inspired by Charlie Todd of the fringe improvisation group "Improv Everywhere," which received international attention from its YouTube video portraying actors suspended in time in Grand Central Station.
With no customers in sight, an Afghan youth naps in his handcart in a Kabul market.
Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton participate in their first joint campaign appearance in Unity, N.H. After an acrimonious primary, the two politicians look to set aside differences and unify the Democratic Party before the November election.
Women walk through the central market in Kabul, Afghanistan. The escalation of violence continues in the country, with three coalition troops and an interpreter reportedly killed today.
A demonstrator in Johannesburg, South Africa, holds a placard protesting election-related violence in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, emerged from his refuge at the Dutch Embassy in Harare today to call for African leaders to guide talks to end Zimbabwe's crisis, saying a presidential runoff later this week was no solution.
An Israeli soldier photographs the car carrying French President Nicolas Sarkozy past a section of Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Later, during a departure ceremony in Tel Aviv, Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni, were rushed aboard their plane after a gunshot was heard, bringing their three-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories to an abrupt end. An Israeli police spokesman said later that an officer guarding the airport had committed suicide during the ceremony.
Indians adjust their fishing net on the banks of the Ganges at Sangam, India, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati, as water level rises owing to heavy rainfall in the region.
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A woman helps carry a flag before the start of a candlelight vigil held on the Virginia Tech campus on April 17.
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