A youth jumps over a bonfire early on June 24, 2008, during the traditional San Juan (Saint John) night on a beach in the southern Spanish city of Malaga. Fires are lit throughout Spain on the eve of San Juan’s day and people burn objects they no longer want and make wishes as they jump through the flames. By Jose Luis Roca/AFP/Getty Images.
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A Chihuahua named Elwood sits with his tongue out before the start of the 20th Annual Ugliest Dog Competition at the Sonoma-Marin Fair June 20, 2008 in Petaluma, California. Owners of ugly dogs travel to Petaluma from all over the country to participate in the annual contest. By Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.
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Fredrick Shaba, a local official for the Zimbabwean opposition party Movement for Democratic Change, sits in a hospital after being treated for stab wounds June 20, 2008 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Shaba said that he was attacked the previous night by about a dozen members of President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party. Human rights organizations and independent observers have charged the Mugabe regime of mass voter intimidation and violence against opposition members ahead of the upcoming presidential runoff election between Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Voters are scheduled to go to the polls on June 27. By Getty Images.
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A chair at the witness table for Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith remains empty at the start of a House Judiciary Committee hearing about the treatment of detainees in U.S. military custody June 18, 2008 in Washington, DC. According to the committee, Feith refused to testify with one of the other witnesses. The committee chairman refused to say which witness Feith had issues with. Health advocacy group Physicians for Human Rights released a report Wednesday that alleges finding evidence of torture and war crimes in U.S. military detention centers including Guantanamo Bay. By Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.
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Gabrielle Steenblock, 8, walks across a flooded street near downtown June 11, 2008 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Several areas of the city have already been evacuated and more will follow. Heavy rains are expected over the next few days prompting predictions of an all time historic flood along the Cedar River. By David Greedy/Getty Images.
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Nepalese police detain a Tibetan activist during an anti-Chinese demonstration in front of the consular section of the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu on June 10, 2008. Police detained more then 200 Tibetan protesters who had gathered outside a building housing China’s consular and trade offices. By Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images.
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A young girl swims during celebrations held at Stanley Beach to mark the Tuen Ng also known as Duanwu Festival, or the Dragon Boat Festival today June 8, 2008 in Hong Kong, China. The Duanwu Festival is celebrated throughout China every year with activities such as boat races and the eating of rice dumplings. The festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month and was established in remembrance of Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet who committed suicide in the Miluo River on the day in 221 BC. By Lo Ka Fai/China Photos/Getty Images.









