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People sit on steps under a heavy tropical shower in Havana. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


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A flock of pelicans fly over a sailboat that is competing in the San Francisco Bay Folkboat Association racing series sponsored by the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, California. -- PHOTO: AFP


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Chilean students perform a sketch during a rally as riot police stand guard in Santiago. Students protested against changes to the public state education and are demanding that the government increase their budget to fund universities. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


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A chef displays two dragon-shaped dishes, made of 80 lobsters, during the Taiwan Culinary Exhibition at the World Trade Center in Taipei.
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Seven dancers are perched on a wall and wrapped in scupltural beeswax and lanolin costumes during 'Melt,' a site-specific dance installation by Noïmie Lafrance at the Salt Pile under the Manhattan Bridge in Lower Manhattan. -- PHOTO: AFP


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A woman cools off at a fountain at Flushing Meadows, New York.
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A full rainbow arches over downtown in New Orleans, Louisiana. --PHOTO: AFP


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A Cabinet meeting aimed at drawing attention to climate change is held in Gashuunii Khooloi, a sandy valley in South Gobi province, Mongolia. Top Mongolian officials donned dark green baseball caps reading 'Save our planet' and set up chairs and tables in the sands of the Gobi desert for the Cabinet meeting held in scorching heat. -- PHOTO: AP


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The sun sets during a cloud-capped day over Blommestein Lake about 100 miles south of Paramaribo, Suriname. Thanks to record gold prices, hundreds of small-scale mining operations are proliferating along the northeastern shoulder of South America, tearing up trees and poisoning creeks with mercury. -- PHOTO: AP


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Folkloric dancers perform during the annual Charros and Mariachi parade in Guadalajara. Charros are cowboys and cowgirls, and Mariachis are traditional Mexican musicians who play songs for paying customers in public places, bars and restaurants and are renowned for their elaborate outfits and sombreros. -- PHOTO: REUTERS


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