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HARAR, ETHIOPIA Tiksa Negeri

Hyenas roam the streets of the ancient walled city of Harar in eastern Ethiopia every night, seeking scraps of meat to drag to the nearby caves.But residents are not afraid. A family chosen by the town to feed the animals is not daunted by the task despite the dangers that are associated with coming into close quarters with such wild animals.Abbas Yusuf, known as Hyena Man, learnt to feed the hyenas from his father, Yusuf Mume Salleh, who fed them for 45 years before passing the job to his son 13 years ago.

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Abbas Yusuf, 23, known as Hyena

Man, feeds a hyena on the

outskirts of Harar, Ethiopia.

REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

"Hyenas have never attacked the people of Harar after my father started feeding them, unless you harm their babies," Abbas Yusuf said.

26 FEB 2017. HARAR, ETHIOPIA. REUTERS/TIKSA NEGERI

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Yusuf Mume Salleh, 70, known as the first Hyena Man, sits near his house.

"My father is always thankful that I continued the good work he started and I will pass it onto my children when I grow old."His work is now an attraction, drawing in tourists who came to see the city's ancient mosques nestled within its old stone walls."I am privileged by God to be a good friend to those misunderstood animals," he said.

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"I have a baby hyena in my house and keep it in my bedroom and I'm not worried it will bite me when I sleep."

Abbas has given the hyenas names according to their behaviour and appearance. Among them are "Dabbassoo" or "Hairy", "TuqanDilii" or "Lazy", and "Qallaa", meaning "skinny".


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To encourage visitors to trust the hyenas, Abbas feeds them directly from his mouth.The hyenas live in caves outside the city and roam the rubbish dumps, also outside the walls. Some hyenas give birth in the ditches in the middle of the city.

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"The hyenas are a gift of nature to clean up the

city we mess during the day time. Without them the city will be much dirtier," AnisaMohammed, a 32-year old bread vendor, said.


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Harar, with a population of 240,000 people, started to expand out of its original wall after 1882 and is now surrounded by modern buildings.

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It has been a centre of Islamic culture since it was founded in the 7th century. In the 16th century Emir Nur Ibn Mujahid built a four-metre-high protective wall around the city, pierced by five gates.Every year since the 16th century, to mark the birth of Prophet Mohammed, the city's residents offer the hyenas porridge mixed with butter and goat meat on the "Hakim Mountain", outside the city, believed to be a holy site because the ancient Muslim leaders of the city are buried there.If the hyenas refuse the sacrifice, people believe the country will have bad luck.

WRITING BY GEORGE OBULUTSA

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In this June 27, 2017 photo, birds skim the channels of Xochimilco in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

June 27 , 2017

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At dawn in Xochimilco, home to Mexico City’s famed floating gardens, farmers in muddied rain boots squat among rows of beets as a group of chefs arrive to sample sweet fennel and the pungent herb known as epazote.

By dinnertime some of those greens will be on plates at an elegant bistro 12 miles (20 kilometers) to the north, stewed with black beans in a $60 prix-fixe menu for well-heeled diners.

Call it floating-farm-to-table: A growing number of the capital’s most in-demand restaurants are incorporating produce grown at the gardens, or chinampas, using ancient cultivation techniques pioneered hundreds of years ago in the pre-Columbian era.

While sourcing local ingredients has become fashionable for many top chefs around the globe, it takes on additional significance in Xochimilco (so-chee-MIL-co), where a project linking chinampa farmers with high-end eateries aims to breathe life and a bit of modernity into a fading and threatened tradition.

“People sometimes think (farm-to-table) is a trend,” said Eduardo Garcia, owner and head chef of Maximo Bistrot in the stylish Roma Norte district. “It’s not a trend. It’s something that we humans have always done and we need to keep doing it, we need to return to it.”

Xochimilco, on the far southern edge of Mexico City, is best-known as the “Mexican Venice” for its canals and brightly colored boats where locals and tourists can while away a weekend day listening to mariachi music and sipping cold beers.

It has also been a breadbasket for the Valley of Mexico since before the Aztec Empire, when farmers first created the “floating” islands bound to the shallow canal beds through layers of sediment and willow roots.

There’s nothing quite like it anywhere else in the world, and Xochimilco is designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage site.

But that World Heritage status and Xochimilco itself are threatened by the pollution and encroaching urbanization that plague the rest of the sprawling metropolis.

Enter Yolcan, a business that specializes in placing traditionally farmed Xochimilco produce in Mexico City’s most acclaimed restaurants Those include places like Gabriela Camara’s seafood joint Contramar and Enrique Olvera’s Pujol, which is perhaps the country’s most famous restaurant and regularly makes lists of the world’s best.

Yolcan has been around since 2001, but it’s only in the last year that business has really taken off with the number of restaurant partners increasing by a third during that period to 22. Last month five of them teamed up with Yolcan for dinner to benefit chinampa preservation.

The company directly manages about its own farmland and also partners with local families to help distribute their goods, lending a much-needed hand as an

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“The thing about the chinampa farmer is that he does not have the time to track down a market or a person to promote his product,” said David Jimenez, who works a plot in the San Gregorio area of Xochimilco. “Working the chinampas is very demanding.”

All told Yolcan’s operation covers about 15 acres (6 hectares) and churns out some 2.5 tons of produce per month. Due to the high salinity of the soil drawn from canal beds, the straw-covered chinampa plots are particularly fertile ground for root vegetables and hearty greens like kale and chard.

Diners reserve weeks in advance for a coveted table at Maximo Bistrot, one of three restaurants Garcia runs. Meticulously prepared plates of chinampa-grown roasted yellow carrots with asparagus puree arrive at the table, accompanied by sea bass with green mole sauce and wine pairings in tall glasses.

Garcia estimated he gets about two-thirds of his ingredients from Yolcan or other organic farms nearby. He was born in a rural part of Guanajuato state where his family raised corn and largely ate what they grew, so sourcing local is second-nature.

“I think all of the world’s restaurants should make it a goal to use these alternative ingredients,” Garcia said, stirring a pot of beans flavored with the aromatic epazote herb. “Even though it’s a little more expensive, a little more difficult to find.”

Chinampa produce generally sells for 15 to 100 percent more than comparable goods at the enormous Central de Abasto, the go-to wholesale market for nearly all of Mexico City’s chefs that is so monolithic its competition sets prices across the country.

But chefs who buy from Yolcan are happy to pay a premium knowing they’re getting vegetables free of chemical fertilizers or pesticides and also supporting a centuries-old tradition.

Diners at Maximo Bistrot also said they enjoyed their meal, especially the burrata with chinampa-grown heirloom tomatoes. One couple said they are willing to pay the prices of these high-end eateries in order to have the best produce.

“We’ve eaten in 26 countries around the world, and for the price and quality, this was awesome,” said Kristin Kearin, a 35-year-old masseuse from United States. “I honestly think that using small producers is going to come back.”

TEXT FROM THE AP NEWS STORY, MEXICO CITY FLOATING FARMS, CHEFS TEAM UP TO SAVE TRADITION BY LISA MARTINE JENKINS.Photos by Marco UgarteSee these photos on AP Images

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In this July 13, 2017 photo, chefs and restaurant employees walk through a vegetable garden on a floating farm known as a "chinampa" in Xochimilco, Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

July 13 , 2017


In this July 13, 2017 photo, chef Eduardo Garcia, founder of Maximo Bistrot and former migrant worker in the US, cuts mushrooms at his restaurant in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)July 13 , 2017


In this July 13, 2017 photo, Gerardo Cristobal navigates his boat as he ferries farmers and laborers to their floating farms called "chinampas" in Xochimilco, Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

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In this July 13, 2017 photo, farmer Lucio Usobiaga, founding partner of Yolcan, points to a vegetable field as he talk to chefs and restaurant employees on a floating farm known as a "chinampa" in Xochimilco, Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

July 13 , 2017


In this July 13, 2017 photo, a farmer takes advantage of a motorized boat to move faster along the channels of Xochimilco to his floating farm known as a "chinampa" in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

July 13 , 2017


In this July 13, 2017 photo, a kitchen staff worker cooks onions and beans with "epazote" herbs at the Maximo Bistrot restaurant in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

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In this July 13, 2017, a farmer moves his harvest of squash flowers through the channels of Xochimilco in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)July 13 , 2017


In this July 13, 2017 photo, a farmer paddles his canoe to his floating farm known as a "chinampa," in Xochimilco, Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

July 13 , 2017


In this July 13, 2017 photo, a variety of lettuce grows on a floating farm known as a "chinampa" in Xochimilco, Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

July 13 , 2017


In this July 13, 2017 photo, Ichiro Kitazawa,

a chef at the Japanese restaurant Rocoi,

inspects herbs on a floating garden known

as a "chinampa" in Xochimilco in Mexico

City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

July 13 , 2017


In this July 13, 2017 photo, a farmer's machete and hat sit on a floating farm known as a "chinampa" in Xochimilco, Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)July 13 , 2017


In this July 13, 2017 photo, men remove mud from a shallow channel so that tourist boats will be able to move through the channel, in Xochimilco, Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)July 13 , 2017


In this July 13, 2017 photo, a heron perches on a boat tied to a floating farm known as a "chinampa" in Xochimilco, Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)July 13 , 2017


In this July 13, 2017 photo, lettuce grows on a floating farm known as a "chinampa" in Xochimilco, Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

July 13 , 2017


In this July 13, 2017 photo, chef Eduardo Garcia, founder of Maximo Bistrot and former migrant worker in the U.S., cuts mushrooms at his restaurant in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

July 13 , 2017


This July 14, 2017 photo

shows a plate garnished with

chinampa-grown roasted

yellow carrots with asparagus

puree, prepared by chef

Eduardo Garcia, founder of

Maximo Bistrot and a former

U.S. migrant worker, at his

restaurant in Mexico City. (AP

Photo/Marco Ugarte)

July 14 , 2017


Displaced Families Find Homes in War-torn

Afghanistanby NBC NEWS

Displaced families slowly return to a recently freed area of Eastern Afghanistan as operations to oust ISIS from Nangarhar continue.

Children of families displaced by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria -Khorasan (ISIS-K) play at their current home on July 14, 2017, in Surkh Rod District, Afghanistan.The families moved ten months ago from the Pachir wa Agam District when ISIS took control of their town. Military operations by Afghan and United States forces are currently underway to remove ISIS fighters from NangarharProvince in Eastern Afghanistan.RELATED: U.S. Drops 'Mother of All Bombs' on ISIS Target in AfghanistanAndrew Renneisen / Getty Images

July 14 , 2017


Children of families displaced by ISIS play at their current home on July 14 in Surkh Rod District.Andrew Renneisen / Getty ImagesJuly 14 , 2017


Children hide their faces from a storm outside their current home on July 14 in Surkh Rod District.Andrew Renneisen / Getty Images

July 14 , 2017


Women bake naan at their current home on July 14 in Surkh Rod District. The woman in the center of the photograph lost her husband after ISIS fighters discovered he was a cook for the government.Andrew Renneisen / Getty Images

July 14 , 2017


Mir Jamar, a father of 9, watches his family inside the remains of an old Soviet hotel where they have been living for the past two years on July 15 in RodatDistrict. Jamar moved his family after ISIS fighters arrived to their village in the Momand Valley where active fighting is taking place.Andrew Renneisen / Getty Images

July 15 , 2017


Children play inside the Soviet hotel where they have been living for the past two years on July 15.Andrew Renneisen / Getty Images

July 15 , 2017


A boy walks through buildings damaged from fighting on July 15 in Shadal Bazaar.People are slowly returning to the recently liberated area, which had previously been a front line of fighting against ISIS in AchinDistrict.RELATED: Two U.S. Army Rangers Killed in Anti-ISIS Raid in Eastern Afghanistan

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July 15 , 2017


Men restock a pharmacy which had been closed for two years on July 15 in Shadal Bazaar.Andrew Renneisen / Getty Images

July 15 , 2017


A man sells tomatoes on July 15 in Shadal Bazaar.Andrew Renneisen / Getty Images

July 15 , 2017


A boy walks through buildings damaged from fighting on July 15 in Shadal Bazaar

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July 15 , 2017


A man has his haircut in a barber shop on July 15 in Shadal Bazaar.Andrew Renneisen / Getty Images

July 15 , 2017


Mir Jamar, a father of 9, watches his family inside the remains of an old Soviet hotel where they have been living for the past two years, on July 15, in Rodat District, Afghanistan. Jamar moved his family after fighters with an ISIS affiliate arrived in their village in the Momand Valley in Nangarhar Province, where active fighting is taking place.Andrew Renneisen / Getty Images

July 15 , 2017


Children play with a wheel barrow on July 15 in Shadal Bazaar.Andrew Renneisen / Getty Images

July 15 , 2017


A boy watches sheep in the Momand Valley on July 16 in Achin District, Afghanistan.The area is where the United States dropped the GBU-43 bomb, nicknamed the "Mother of All Bombs" on ISIS fighters and tunnels and caves used by the terror group in the country’s Nangarhar province. The bomb was dropped from an aircraft. Andrew Renneisen / Getty Images

July 16 , 2017


A soldier with the Afghan National Army (ANA) stands in a truck at an outpost just outside the MomandValley on July 16.Andrew Renneisen / Getty Images

July 16 , 2017


Soldiers with the Afghan National Army (ANA) stand at an outpost in the Momand Valley on July 16. The building was previously used as a jail by ISIS and was taken by Afghan Commandos nine days prior.Andrew Renneisen / Getty Images

July 16 , 2017


The jawbone of an ISIS fighter killed by the GBU-43 bomb lays in the MomandValley on July 16.RELATED: How Big is the GBU-43?Andrew Renneisen / Getty Images

July 16 , 2017


Men bathe in a river in the Momand Valley on July 16.Andrew Renneisen / Getty Images

July 16 , 2017


A cook for Afghan Commandos prays at a base camp three kilometers from the front line in the Momand Valley on July 16.Andrew Renneisen / Getty ImagesJuly 16 , 2017


People ride camels in the desert in Dunhuang, China on July 18, as stage 10 of The Silkway Rally continues.

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July 18 , 2017


Syrian refugees living in Greece take part in a protest outside the German embassy on July 19. The demonstration was held to protest Germany's decision to limit the number of asylum-seekers allowed into Germany to be reunited with family members already living there.Yannis Kolesidis / EPA

July 19 , 2017


Jerusalem Holy SitePalestinians run away from stun grenades thrown by Israeli border police officers during a protest against the metal detectors placed at the entrance to the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. A dispute over metal detectors has escalated into a new showdown between Israel and the Muslim world over a contested Jerusalem shrine that has been at the center of violent confrontations in the past. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

July 19 , 2017


Jerusalem Holy SiteIsraeli police officers detain a Palestinian man outside the Lion's Gate, following an appeal from clerics to pray in the streets instead of the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, in Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. A dispute over metal detectors has escalated into a new showdown between Israel and the Muslim world over the contested Jerusalem shrine that has been at the center of violent confrontations in the past. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

July 19 , 2017


SyriaSyrian displaced people who fled the battle between U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces and the Islamic State militants from Raqqa city, walk in the dust at a refugee camp, in Ain Issa town, northeast Syria, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. The U.S. military is supporting local Syrian forces in a campaign to drive IS from Raqqa.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

July 19 , 2017


SyriaSyrian displaced youths who fled with their families the battle between U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces and the Islamic State militants from Raqqa city, hold their pots as they wait to receive food at the entrance of the main kitchen of a refugee camp, in Ain Issa town, northeast Syria, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. The U.S. military is supporting local Syrian forces in a campaign to drive IS from Raqqa. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

July 19 , 2017


SyriaA Syrian displaced boy who fled with his family the battle between U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces and the Islamic State militants from Raqqa city, carries his cat at a refugee camp, in Ain Issa town, northeast Syria, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. The U.S. military is supporting local Syrian forces in a campaign to drive IS from Raqqa. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

July 19 , 2017


Hong Kong China Liu XiaoboA man pays tribute to late Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo at a downtown park against Victoria Habour in Hong Kong, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. On the seventh day after Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu's death, a day of significance in Chinese mourning rituals, his wife's whereabouts were unknown and her apartment complex remained under a security lockdown, while supporters congregated around the world to mark his passing in their own ways. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

July 19 , 2017


Greece Migrants ProtestStranded migrants and refugees hold placards as they protest outside the German Embassy in Athens, on Wednesday, July 19, 2917. About a hundred people, most of them from Syria, marched to protest Germany's decision to limit number of family reunification from Greece. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

July 19 , 2017


PakistanPeople offer funeral prayers of firing victims in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Pakistani police say gunmen riding on a motorcycle opened fire, killing four members of a Shiite family and their driver in the country's southwest. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

July 19 , 2017


Koreas TensionsA North Korean army soldier walks at the border villages of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Panmunjom is located inside the heavily mined Demilitarized Zone that serves as a border between the Koreas, and the main road to the zone is lined with barb-wired fences and security watchtowers for kilometers (miles). (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

July 19 , 2017


India Daily LifeIndian women carry their children next to the clothes put up to dry on cement blocks soon after it rained, outside their shanties in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. India receives its monsoon rains from June to September. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

July 19 , 2017


Cyprus Anniversary InvasionA woman changes the flowers at the grave of her relative, a soldier killed in the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, in the Tymvos Macedonitissas military cemetery, during the 43rd anniversary in the divided capital of Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Greek and Cypriot soldiers were killed in 1974 during the Turkish invasion and subsequent occupation of the northern part of the island of Cyprus. Cyprus was split into Greek Cypriot south and Turkish Cypriot north in 1974 when Turkey invaded in response to a coup by supporters of union with Greece. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

July 19 , 2017


Special Session TexasYoung women dressed as Quinceaneras walk through the Texas Capitol to visit lawmakers as they protest SB4, an anti-"sanctuary cities" bill, in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, July 19, 2017Texas' special session continues and conservatives in the legislature plan to work on anti-abortion measures, school vouchers and defanging local ordinances in Texas' big and liberal cities. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

July 19 , 2017


Uruguay MarijuanaDiego Zas shows two bags of legal marijuana he just bought at the Antartida drugstore in downtown Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Marijuana is going on sale at 16 pharmacies in Uruguay, the final step in applying a 2013 law that made the South American nation the first to legalize a pot market covering the entire chain from plants to purchase. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

July 19 , 2017


France Cycling Tour de FranceBritain's Chris Froome, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, passes the Union Jack and a French flag as he speeds downhill during the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 183 kilometers (113.7 miles) with start in La Mure and finish in Serre-Chevalier, France, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

July 19 , 2017


Hungary Swimming WorldsAlberto Barroso Macarro, right, of Spain is

challenged by Dusan Mandic, of Serbia, during

a men's water polo Group C second round

match of FINA Swimming World Championships

2017 in Hajos Alfred National Swimming Pool in

Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, July 19, 2017.

(Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

July 19 , 2017


Reuters / Wednesday, July 19, 2017The signs, which read "Cristiano Ronaldo" (L) and "Messi", are on display outside a soccer stadium at an amusement park, made of straw and erected to attract customers, on the territory of the "Ponomaryovo" farming enterprise cultivating melons, watermelons and pumpkins in the settlement of Krasnoye in Stavropol region, Russia. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko

July 19 , 2017


Belarus WildlifeA great crested grebe catches a fish in a pond during a summer day in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

July 19 , 2017


California Wildfire Threatens Gold Rush-Era

Townsby NBC NEWS

Officials say the fire has been stunted following a bout of growth on Thursday, but remains only seven per cent

contained.

An air tanker drops fire retardant on flames as firefighters continue to battle against the Detwiler fire in Mariposa, California on July 19, 2017.The Detwiler fire has burned 110 square miles and destroyed 99 structures, 50 of them homes, forcing more than 4,000 people from homes in and around a half-dozen Gold Rush-era communities along the California mountains and foothills west of Yosemite National Park.Josh Edelson / AFP - Getty Images

July 19 , 2017


With pink retardant in the foreground, fire blows up on the north side of the Merced River after authorities ordered evacuations on July 18.Al Golub / Reuters

July 18 , 2017


The Detwiler fire burns along Highway 49 in Mariposa County on July 18.Andrew Kuhn / Zuma Press

July 18 , 2017


A firefighter sprays water on the back fire on July 18.Noah Berger / AP

July 18 , 2017


Western WildfiresFlames rise behind a vacant house as a firefighter works to halt the Detwilerwildfire near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. As wildfires rage throughout the western U.S., one California blaze in the rugged mountains outside of Yosemite National Park forced thousands of nearby residents to flee their homes. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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Smoke rises from a charred hill on July 19.Stephen Lam / Reuters

July 19 , 2017


A chimney stands at a burned residence on Yaqui Gulch Road on July 19.Noah Berger / AP

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Melted lawn chairs rest outside a residence leveled by the Detwiler fire on July 19.Noah Berger / APJuly 19 , 2017


A burned structure stands atop a hill on Yaqui Gulch Road as the wildfire continues to burn near Mariposa on July 19.

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July 20 , 2017

AG2R-La Mondiale rider Romain Bardet of France on the finish line during stage 18 of the Tour de France from Briancon to Izoard, France. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

July 20 , 2017


Orica-Scott rider Annemiek van Vleuten of the Netherlands wins the first stage of La Course by Le Tour de France. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

July 20 , 2017


France Cycling Tour de FranceFrance's Warren Barguil, wearing the best climber's dotted jersey celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 179.5 kilometers (111.5 miles) with start in Briancon and finish on Izoard pass, France, Thursday, July 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

July 20 , 2017


Newly recruited fighters loyal to the Houthi rebels march during a military parade in Sanaa, Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

July 20 , 2017


Khim Hang, 74, sits at her bedroom with a cow which she believes is her reborn husband in Kratie province, Cambodia. REUTERS/Samrang Pring

July 20 , 2017


Reuters / Thursday, July 20, 2017Palestinian boys stand next to Hamas militants as they take part in a military show against Israel's newly-installed security measures at the entrance to the al-Aqsa mosque compound, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

July 20 , 2017


Palestinians shout slogans during a protest over Israel's new security measures at the compound housing al-Aqsa mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

July 20 , 2017


Palestinian men take part in evening prayers inside Jerusalem's Old City next to the Lion's Gate. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

July 20 , 2017


Jim Hampshire, dressed as a character from "Game of Thrones," attends the opening day of Comic Con International in San Diego, California. REUTERS/Mike Blake

July 20 , 2017


People protest against supreme court

legislation in Wroclaw, Poland. Agencja

Gazeta/Mieczyslaw Michalak/via REUTERSJuly 20 , 2017


A Crocodile that was captured from a lagoon and temporarily kept in a zoo, is being caught in order to be transported and released in a national park, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. REUTERS/Luc GnagoJuly 20 , 2017


People watch as Hoa Binh hydroelectric power plant opens the flood gates after a heavy rainfall caused by Talas typhoon in Hoa Binh province, outside Hanoi, Vietnam. REUTERS/Kham

July 20 , 2017


Workers lay alumina particles inside an air treatment facility at an oxygen production plant in Ma'anshan, Anhui province, China. China Daily via REUTERS

July 20 , 2017


People participate in a free infant care training course organized by local labor union in Haikou, Hainan province, China. REUTERS/Stringer

July 20 , 2017


Strike paralyzes Venezuela

Demonstrators clash with riot security forces

during a strike called to protest against

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's

government in Caracas. REUTERS/Carlos

Garcia Rawlins

July 20 , 2017


A pedestrian walks through a barricade during a

rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas

Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela.

REUTERS/Carlos Garcia RawlinsJuly 20 , 2017


Caracas's main highway is seen empty during a strike called to protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela. REUTERS/Marco Bello

July 20 , 2017


A demonstrator walks behind a fire

barricade while participating in a strike

called to protest against Venezuelan

President Nicolas Maduro's

government in Caracas.

REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

July 20 , 2017


Riot security forces move along a street during a strike called to protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas. REUTERS/Fabiola Ferrero

July 20 , 2017


An injured demonstrator is helped by others during clashes with riot security forces during a strike called to protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

July 20 , 2017


A demonstrator aims a homemade weapon at riot security forces as they clash during a strike called to protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares

July 20 , 2017


A demonstrator runs away while clashing with riot security forces during a strike called to protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

July 20 , 2017


Demonstrators face off with members of the Bolivarian National Guard during protests in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 20. A nationwide strike against plans to rewrite the constitution shut down much of Venezuela's capital Thursday before erupting into sporadic violence that left at least two young men dead.Miguel Gutierrez / EPA

July 20 , 2017


Venezuela CrisisA car is engulfed in flames, set on fire by anti-government demonstrations during clashes with National Guards in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, July 20, 2017. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his opponents faced a crucial showdown Thursday as the country's opposition called for a 24-hour national strike. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

July 20 , 2017


Venezuela CrisisA National Guard points his weapon during clashes with anti-government demonstrations in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, July 20, 2017. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his opponents faced a crucial showdown Thursday as the country's opposition called for a 24-hour national strike. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

July 20 , 2017


Venezuela CrisisAnti-government demonstrators block a street during clashes with National Guards in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, July 20, 2017. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his opponents faced a crucial showdown Thursday as the country's opposition called for a 24-hour national strike. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

July 20 , 2017


Venezuela CrisisNational Guards stand guard during an opposition strike in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, July 20, 2017. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his opponents faced a crucial showdown Thursday as the country's opposition called for a 24-hour national strike. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

July 20 , 2017


Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge coxes a boat during a competitive race between the twinned town of Cambridge and Heidelberg, in Heidelberg, Germany. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

July 20 , 2017


Britain's Prince William (L), Duke of Cambridge, and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, form pretzels during their visit of the market in the historic center of southern German town of Heidelberg. REUTERS/Thomas Kienzle/POOL

July 20 , 2017


Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge cox rowing boats for a friendly competition between Cambridge and Heidelberg rowers on the Neckar river, in Heidelberg, Germany. REUTERS/Bruce Adams/Pool

July 20 , 2017


Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, visit the cancer research institute in Heidelberg, Germany. REUTERS/Marijan Murat/POOL

July 20 , 2017


Toilet paper brides

A model is pictured backstage wearing a wedding dress made out of toilet paper before a fashion show in, Manhattan, New York. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

July 20 , 2017


A model presents a wedding dress made out of toilet paper during a fashion show. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

July 20 , 2017


A model is pictured backstage wearing a wedding dress made out of toilet paper before a fashion show. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

July 20 , 2017


Models are pictured backstage wearing wedding dresses made out of toilet paper before a fashion show. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

July 20 , 2017


A designer is pictured backstage fixing a wedding dress made out of toilet paper before a fashion show. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

July 20 , 2017



July 20 , 2017


Classic car rally in Austrian Alps

Participants drive their cars during the EnnstalClassic oldtimer rally on the road to Soelkpass, Austria. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

July 20 , 2017


REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

July 20 , 2017



July 20 , 2017


A squirrel monkey rests on a tree branch on a hot day at a zoo in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China. REUTERS/Stringer

July 20 , 2017


The Aurora Theater Shootings: Five Years Ago

by NBC NEWSOn July 20, 2012, James Holmes opened fire during a

screening of "The Dark Knight Rises," killing 12 people and injuring more than 70.

An ambulance is parked outside the Century 16 Theater in Aurora, Colorado, early on July 20, 2012, after a gunman opened fire at the premier of "The

Dark Knight Rises."

About 10 minutes into the movie, James Holmes entered through an emergency exit, throwing a tear

gas canister inside the packed theater and opening fire on the crowd with a rifle and then a shotgun after that

weapon jammed.

Bob Pearson / EPA file

July 20 , 2017


James Holmes makes his first court appearance at the Arapahoe County courthouse on July 23 in Centennial, Colorado.

in 2015, Holmes was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murders of 12 people after a jury failed to unanimously agree that Holmes should get the death penalty.

RJ Sangosti / Pool via Getty Images

July 20 , 2017


Ashley Deuell, 18, kneels next to a cross and a family photo of Gordon Cowden, a friend of the family, at a growing memorial to the victims of the shooting on July 24.Ted S. Warren / AP

July 20 , 2017


. "Dark Knight" star Christian

Bale and his wife Sandra Blazicvisit the memorial across the street from the Century 16 movie theater on July 24.Joshua Lott / Getty Images

July 20 , 2017


People wearing Batman shirts arrive at the Arapahoe County Courthouse for the arraignment of accused theater gunman James Holmes on July 30, 2012.Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images

July 20 , 2017


Fiery Crash IllinoisSome of the passersby, several of whom tried to help, watch as flames engulf a car Thursday July 20, 2017, in Alton, Ill., with people trapped inside. The occupants of the vehicle were flown to a St. Louis hospital. (John Badman/The Telegraph via AP)

July 20 , 2017


SessionsAttorney General Jeff Sessions departs a news conference after announcing an international cybercrime enforcement action at the Department of Justice, Thursday, July 20, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

July 20 , 2017


Mexico ViolenceA commuter watches Marines block the area where a suspected drug gang leader and seven others were killed, according to the Navy, in southern Mexico City, Thursday, July 20, 2017. In a statement Thursday, the Navy said a gang of street-level drug dealers operated in the Tlahuac and Iztapalapa districts on the city's south and east sides, where it dealt drugs, as well as carried out kidnappings, extortion and murder. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

July 20 , 2017


Japan BritainBritain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson gestures as he looks at a humanoid robot at Research Institute for Science and Engineering at Waseda University's campus in Tokyo Thursday, July 20, 2017. Johnson visited the robotics center at the university, which collaborates with the University of Birmingham, according to Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

July 20 , 2017


Malaysia Security DrillA member of the Royal Malaysian Police Special Tactical Unit takes part in a drill to prepare for the upcoming Southeast Asian Games at KL Sentralin Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, July 20, 2017. Kuala Lumpur will be the host city of the 29th SEA Games and the 9th ASEAN Para Games on Aug. 19-30. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

July 20 , 2017


OJ Simpson ParoleFormer NFL football star O.J. Simpson enters for his parole hearing at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nev., on Thursday, July 20, 2017. Simpson was convicted in 2008 of enlisting some men he barely knew, including two who had guns, to retrieve from two sports collectibles sellers some items that Simpson said were stolen from him a decade earlier. (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, Pool)

July 20 , 2017


Argentina ChileChile's President Michelle Bachelet, bottom, throws a flower in the river during a visit to Memory Park which honors the victims of the country's dictatorship, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, July 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

July 20 , 2017


North KoreaA young girl dressed in her swimming suit walks along by a stream between farm fields, on Thursday, July 20, 2017, in Hamju, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

July 20 , 2017


Peru Mining StrikeA striking miner stands by police during a demonstration near Congress in Lima, Peru, Thursday, July 20, 2017. Union workers at more than 50 mines in Peru have gone on strike to protest parts of a labor reform that they say will harm workers' rights, such as making it easier for mass layoffs and weaken inspection bodies. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

July 20 , 2017


Hungary Swimming WorldsA member of team China performs during the women's Free Combination Synchronized Swimming Preliminary at the 17th FINA World Championships 2017 in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, July 20, 2017. (Zsolt Czegledi/MTI via AP)

July 20 , 2017


Italy Daily LifeChildren enjoys refreshing in a public fountain in Milan, Italy, Thursday, July 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

July 20 , 2017


Reuters / Thursday, July 20, 2017U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (L) wipes his eyes as he takes the lectern, flanked by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) (R), to talk about possible legislation for so-called "dreamer" immigrant children as well as the health of his friend Senator John McCain (R-AZ), at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

July 20 , 2017


Sean Spicer resigns

Reuters / Tuesday, June 20, 2017White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer concludes his daily briefing. Spicer, who has been serving in a dual role for President Trump as press secretary and communications director, abruptly resigned on Friday after Trump chose Anthony Scaramucci as the new communications director, a White House official said. Photo taken June 20. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

July 20 , 2017


Children play aboard a fishing canoe on the waterfront of the Makokoneighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, July 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

July 20 , 2017



July 21 , 2017

A demonstrator throws back a tear gas canister while

clashing with riot security forces during a strike

called to protest against Venezuelan President

Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela.

REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

July 21 , 2017


A demonstrator faces off with a member of the riot security forces during a strike called to protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela. REUTERS/Fabiola Ferrero

July 21 , 2017


Giovanni Tocci of Italy competes in the 1m Springboard Diving at the FINA World Championship in Budapest, Hungary. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

July 21 , 2017


Wenwen Jiang and Tingting Jiang of China compete in synchro during the FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

July 21 , 2017


Special olympics athletes Esraa Gamal and

Alaa Abdelaziz train with snowshoes on a

beach in Alexandria, Egypt.

REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

July 21 , 2017


Weaver birds build a nest on a bamboo tree in Lalitpur, Nepal. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

July 21 , 2017


Best of Comic-Con

Taking a break from her hot costume as

Disney's villainous giant crab Tamatoa from

the movie "Moana", Sabrina Johnson takes off

her mask at Comic Con International in San

Diego, California. REUTERS/Mike Blake

July 21 , 2017


Emjaye Adamson of San Diego poses for a picture. REUTERS/Mike Blake

July 21 , 2017


David Schoelen (L) is helped with his Demogorgon costume by Paul Baum, dressed like the character of Eleven, both from "Stranger Things". REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

July 21 , 2017


Preparing for a Syrian gas attack

Reuters / Friday, July 21, 2017Syrian medical staff take part in a training exercise to learn how to treat victims of chemical weapons attacks, in a course organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Gaziantep, Turkey. Wearing chemical suits and gasmasks, Syrian doctors rush to a house where white smoke wafts over a group of people choking and coughing, some calling out for help. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

July 21 , 2017


Reuters / Friday, July 21, 2017Syrian medical staff take part in a training exercise. It is a training exercise but the scenario is all too real for many of the doctors, who treated victims of a chemical attack three months ago and suffered symptoms themselves after being contaminated by a deadly nerve agent. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

July 21 , 2017


Reuters / Friday, July 21, 2017Syrian medical staff take part in a training exercise. The doctors hope the week-long course in southern Turkey organized by the World Health Organization, will leave them better prepared and better protected for any future attack. It is the most intensive training on chemical warfare provided to Syrian medical staff, who have also treated patients for chlorine gas attacks during Syria's brutal six-year war. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

July 21 , 2017


Reuters / Friday, July 21, 2017Syrian medical staff take part in a training exercise. Around 100 people were killed in the sarin gas attack on the opposition-held northern Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun on April 4, the international chemical weapons watchdog OPCW said. Two hundred people needed treatment, including medical staff. The United States and Western allies blamed the Syrian government for the attack - an accusation President Bashar al-Assad dismissed as "fabrication" - and launched cruise missile strikes on a Syrian air force base in response. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

July 21 , 2017


Will and Kate's pre-Brexit charm tour

Princess Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Charlotte before boarding their plane in Hamburg Finkenwerder, Germany. REUTERS/Daniel Bockwoldt/POOL

July 21 , 2017


Britain's Princess Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, attends a reception at Claerchens Ballhaus, in Berlin, Germany. REUTERS/Britta Pedersen/POOL

July 21 , 2017


Reuters / Friday, July 21, 2017Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, his wife Princess Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and Princess Charlotte walk past helicopters at the airfield in Hamburg Finkenwerder, Germany, together with CEO Airbus Helicopters Wolfgang Schoder. REUTERS/Christian Charisius/POOL

July 21 , 2017


Princess Kate, the Duchess of

Cambridge visits the Airbus A320

production in Hamburg

Finkenwerder, Germany.

REUTERS/Daniel Bockwoldt/POOL

July 21 , 2017


Russia's military might

The Russian nuclear submarine Dmitry Donskoy sails through Danish waters July 21, 2017, on its way to Saint Petersburg to participate in a naval parade. Scanpix Denmark/Sarah Christine Noergaard via Reuters

July 21 , 2017


The Russian nuclear submarine Dmitry Donskoy (C) sails in Denmark July 21,

2017, on its way to Saint Petersburg to participate in a naval parade. Scanpix

Denmark/Sarah Christine Noergaard via Reuters

July 21 , 2017


Russian warships sail past exploding anti-missile ordnance during a rehearsal for the Navy Day parade in the far eastern port of Vladivostok, Russia, July 30, 2016. REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev

July 21 , 2017


A crew lines up on the Kuzbass nuclear submarine during a rehearsal for the Navy Day parade in the far eastern port of Vladivostok, Russia, July 30, 2016. REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev

July 21 , 2017


Tensions run high at Jerusalem holy site

Palestinians react following tear gas that was shot by Israeli forces after Friday prayer on a street outside Jerusalem's Old city. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

July 21 , 2017


Jerusalem

Palestinians run away from tear gas fired by Israeli forces in Jerusalem, on Friday, July 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

July 21 , 2017


A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to hurl stones towards Israeli troops during clashes in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

July 21 , 2017


Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces outside Jerusalem's Old city. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

July 21 , 2017


Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces outside Jerusalem's Old city. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

July 21 , 2017


Israeli security forces arrest a Palestinian man following clashes outside Jerusalem's Old city. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

July 21 , 2017



July 21 , 2017


Palestinians carry a person during clashes with Israeli security forces outside Jerusalem's Old city. REUTERS/Ronen ZvulunJuly 21 , 2017


Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces outside Jerusalem's Old city. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

July 21 , 2017


Palestinians clash with Israeli forces after Friday prayer on a street outside Jerusalem's Old city. REUTERS/Ammar AwadJuly 21 , 2017



July 21 , 2017


Protests in northern Morocco swell

Protesters carry a wounded protester during a demonstration against official abuses and corruption in the town of Al-Hoceima, Morocco. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

July 21 , 2017


Morocco

A women shouts slogan during a demonstration against official abuses and corruption in the town of Al-Hoceima. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

July 21 , 2017


Morocco ProtestsA protester reacts in front Moroccan police forces during a demonstration in the northern town of El Hoceima, Morocco, Thursday, July 20, 2017. Clashes between police and Moroccan protesters Thursday left at least 83 injured in clouds of tear gas and running battles at an unauthorized demonstration over inequality and corruption. (AP Photo/Therese Di Campo)

July 20 , 2017


Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against alleged corruption in the town of Al-Hoceima. REUTERS/Youssef BoudlalJuly 21 , 2017


Civilians take cover from tear gaz during a demonstration against official abuses and corruption in the town of Al-Hoceima. REUTERS/Youssef BoudlalJuly 21 , 2017


Protesters throw stones against riot police during a demonstration against alleged corruption in the town of Al-Hoceima. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

July 21 , 2017


Protesters shout slogan during a demonstration against official abuses and corruption in the town of Al-Hoceima. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

July 21 , 2017


Strong quake shakes Greece and Turkey

A man stands in front of a damaged building following an earthquake off the island of Kos, Greece. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

July 21 , 2017


Damaged boats are seen after an earthquake and a tsunami in the resort town of Gumbet in Mugla province, Turkey. REUTERS/Kenan Gurbuz

July 21 , 2017


A man walks along the damaged pier of the port of Kos, following an earthquake off the island of Kos, Greece. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

July 21 , 2017


Greek Orthodox priest walks past a

damaged church following an earthquake off the island of Kos, Greece. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

July 21 , 2017


A man walks past debris following an earthquake on the island of Kos, Greece. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

July 21 , 2017


Tourists look at the damaged Ottoman-era Defterdar mosque following an earthquake on the island of Kos, Greece. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

July 21 , 2017


Damaged boats are seen after an earthquake and a tsunami in the resort town of Gumbet in Muglaprovince, Turkey. Yasar Anter/Dogan News Agency via REUTERSJuly 21 , 2017


A man walks past debris following an earthquake on the island of Kos, Greece. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

July 21 , 2017


Tourists wait outside the passenger terminal of the Kos International Airport "Hippocrates", following an earthquake off the island of Kos, Greece. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

July 21 , 2017


A woman sits outside of her damaged house after an earthquake in the village of Yaliciftlik near the resort town of

Bodrum in Mugla province, Turkey. REUTERS/Kenan GurbuzJuly 21 , 2017


Medics transfer an man injured during an earthquake off the island of Kos, to the hospital of the city of Heraklion on the island of Crete, Greece. REUTERS/Stefanos Rapanis

July 21 , 2017


A man stands next to debris following an earthquake on the island of Kos, Greece. REUTERS/Costas Baltas

July 21 , 2017


People wait in front of a hospital after an earthquake in the resort town of Bodrum in Mugla province, Turkey. Dogan News Agency via REUTERS

July 21 , 2017


Members of the Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) take a selfie in front of the ruins of Grand al-Nuri Mosque in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

July 21 , 2017


Su-30 SM jets with the

aerobatics team Russian

Knights perform during the

MAKS International Aviation

and Space Show in

Zhukovsky, outside Moscow

on July 21.

Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr /

AP

July 21 , 2017


Trump CommunicationsFormer White House press secretary Sean Spicer walks down the steps of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building towards the White House, Friday, July 21, 2017, in Washington. Spicer abruptly resigned his position, ending a rocky six-month tenure that made his news briefings defending President Donald Trump must-see TV. He said Trump's White House "could benefit from a clean slate." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

July 21 , 2017


Trump CommunicationsNew White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci speaks to members of the media in the Brady Press Briefing room of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

July 21 , 2017


Seaplane Hard LandingIn this photo provided by Carter Craft, passengers gather on the pontoon of a seaplane after it made a hard landing in the waters of the Hudson River in New York, Friday, July 21, 2017. The plane went down near East 20th Street and the FDR Drive shortly after 5:30 p.m. (Carter Craft via AP)

July 21 , 2017


India Kashmir ViolenceKashmiri villagers comfort the wailing mother,

center, of a civilian Tanveer Ahmed Wani during

his funeral procession in Beerwah about 40

kilometers (25 miles) west of Srinagar, Indian

controlled Kashmir, Friday, July 21, 2017. The

Indian army fired at worshippers outside a mosque

in disputed Kashmir on Friday, killing one man and

injuring another, after some threw rocks, police

and residents said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

July 21 , 2017


India Kashmir ViolenceKashmiri villagers comfort the

wailing mother, center, of a civilian

Tanveer Ahmed Wani during his

funeral procession in Beerwah

about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west

of Srinagar, Indian controlled

Kashmir, Friday, July 21, 2017. The

Indian army fired at worshippers

outside a mosque in disputed

Kashmir on Friday, killing one man

and injuring another, after some

threw rocks, police and residents

said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

July 21 , 2017


Nepal FestivalNepalese people burn an effigy of demon

Ghantakarna to represent demolition of evil

during the Ghantakarna festival in Bhaktapur,

Nepal, Friday, July 21, 2017. The festival is

believed to ward off evil spirits, and bring

peace and prosperity. (AP Photo/Niranjan

Shrestha)

July 21 , 2017


Peru ParadeLarco Herrera Psychiatric Hospital patients wait to take part in the hospital's Independence Day parade, in Lima, Peru, Friday, July 21, 2017. Patients and staff at Peru's largest psychiatric hospital put on the annual patriotic parade to celebrate the country's July 28, 1821 proclamation of independence from Spain. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

July 21 , 2017


Peru ParadeParamedics who work at the Larco Herrera Psychiatric Hospital roll their wooden horse on wheels to the meeting point for the hospital's Independence Day parade, in Lima, Peru, Friday, July 21, 2017. Patients and staff at Peru's largest psychiatric hospital put on the annual patriotic parade to celebrate the country's July 28, 1821 proclamation of independence from Spain. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

July 21 , 2017


Pennsylvania Daily LifeYoung people cool off in a fountain at Dilworth Park in Philadelphia, Friday, July 21, 2017. The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for the area through Friday evening. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

July 21 , 2017


Philadelphia WeatherAlexis Denaro sprays water into a inflatable pool as her sons, from right to left, Dominic Denaro, 8, William Giangrante, 5 and Lorenzo Giangrante, 2, cool off along the 2500 block of Darien Street, Friday, July 21, 2017, in the South Philly neighborhood of Philadelphia. (Yong Kim/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

July 21 , 2017


France Cycling Tour de FranceThe riders pass through Sisteronduring the nineteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 222.5 kilometers (138.3 miles) with start in Embrun and finish in Salon-de-Provence, France, Friday, July 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

July 21 , 2017


France Cycling Tour de FranceA woman with an umbrella stands next to a lavender field as she watches the riders pass during the nineteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 222.5 kilometers (138.3 miles) with start in Embrun and finish in Salon-de-Provence, France, Friday, July 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

July 21 , 2017


Belarus Daily LifeA fly, above, and the ant feed on chamomile nectar in a field on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, Friday, July 21, 2017, during a sunny summer's day. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

July 21 , 2017


Hungary Swimming WorldsA member of the Japan's team performs during the women's team free synchronized swimming final free routine of the 17th FINA World Championships in the City Park venue, in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, July 21, 2017. (TamasKovacs/MTI via AP)

July 21 , 2017


Maine Daily LifeA light on a dock illuminates the early morning fog on Hodgdon Island, Friday, July 21, 2017, in Boothbay, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

July 21 , 2017


A lobsterman's boat leaves a gentle wake as he motors out of a harbor on a foggy morning, Friday, July 21, 2017, in Boothbay, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

July 21 , 2017



July 22-23 , 2017

Reuters / Saturday, July 22,

2017

Russian Bolshoi Theatre

ballet soloist Maria Allash

performs during the

premiere of "Crystal Palace"

by Russian contemporary

composer Alexey Shor, as

part of the celebrations

commemorating the 50th

anniversary of diplomatic

relations between Malta and

Russia, in Valletta, Malta.

REUTERS/Darrin Zammit

Lupi

July 22 , 2017


Reuters / Saturday, July 22, 2017A participant walks before judges during the Third Grandbikini event in an aqua park in Tianjin, China. Over 400 participants, all older than 55, walked before judges in bikinis, traditional and evening dresses in an annual event organised by local elderly welfare group. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

July 22 , 2017


Reuters / Sunday, July 23, 2017Police officers work on a crime scene after eight people believed to be illegal immigrants being smuggled into the United States were found dead inside a sweltering 18-wheeler trailer parked behind a Walmart store in San Antonio, Texas. REUTERS/Ray Whitehouse

July 23 , 2017


Reuters / Sunday, July 23, 2017Family and friends mourn around the fresh graves of Haya, Elad and Yossi, three members of the Salomon family who were killed in a stabbing attack Friday night in the Jewish settlement of Neve Tsuf, in the occupied West Bank, in Modiin, Israel. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

July 23 , 2017


The peloton in action in Stage 18. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

July 23 , 2017


Dimension Data rider Edvald Boasson Hagen of

Norway wins Stage 19 before Team Sunweb rider

Nikias Arndt of Germany. REUTERS/Christian

Hartmann

July 23 , 2017


Team Sky rider and yellow jersey Chris Froome of Britain in action with the Notre Dame de la Garde basilica in the background. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

July 23 , 2017


Team Sky rider and yellow jersey Chris Froome of Britain on the finish. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

July 23 , 2017


Reuters / Sunday, July 23, 2017

Team Sunweb rider and polka-dot jersey Warren Barguil of

France, Orica-Scott rider and white jersey Simon Yates of

Britain, Team Sky rider and yellow jersey Chris Froome of

Britain and Team Sunweb rider and green jersey Michael

Matthews of Australia on the podium. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

July 23 , 2017


Team Sky rider and yellow jersey Chris Froome of Britain celebrates his overall Tour de France win with his son Kellan on the podium. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

July 23 , 2017



July 24 , 2017

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Joe Harper

sit on a rock at Zebra Falls in Oak Creek,

Ariz., in a photo shared Sunday on Twitter.

John McCain / via TwitterJuly 24 , 2017


Israeli security forces remove metal detectors which were recently installed at an entrance to the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

July 24 , 2017


Muay Thai boxer Nong Rose Baan

Charoensuk, 21, who is transgender,

prepares for her boxing match at the

Rajadamnern Stadium in Bangkok,

Thailand. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

July 24 , 2017


Transgender boxer fights for acceptanceBangkok, Thailand Athit Perawongmetha


13 JUL 2017. BANGKOK, THAILAND. REUTERS/ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA

Reuters / Monday, July 24, 2017

People dressed as Santa Claus take a canal

tour of Copenhagen as they take part in the

World Santa Claus Congress, an annual event

held every summer at the amusement park

Dyrehavsbakken, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Scanpix Denmark/Nikolai Linares/via REUTERS

July 24 , 2017


Reuters / Monday, July 24, 2017White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner arrives for his appearance before a closed session of the Senate Intelligence Committee as part of their probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, on Capitol Hill in Washington. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

July 24 , 2017


President Donald Trump waves after delivering remarks at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree in Summit Bechtel National Scout Reserve, West Virginia. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

July 24 , 2017


Children smile while sitting inside a sewerage pipe as part of their play in Dhaka, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir HossainJuly 24 , 2017


Israeli border police stand guard as a Palestinian man takes part in evening prayers outside the Lion's Gate of Jerusalem's Old City. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

July 24 , 2017


Demonstrators clash with riot security forces while rallying against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela. The banner on the bridge reads "It will be worth it" . REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

July 24 , 2017


Migrants, who are part of a group intercepted aboard a dinghy off the coast in the Mediterranean sea, look on next to a rescue worker as they stand on a rescue boat upon arriving at a port in Motril, Spain. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

July 24 , 2017


A woman of Devipujak tribe scatters rose petals on the grave of her deceased family members at a graveyard during Diwaso festival in which people decorate graves, pray and offer gifts to deceased relatives, in Ahmedabad, India. REUTERS/Amit Dave

July 24 , 2017


President Trump participates in the

commissioning ceremony of the

aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford at

Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk,

Virginia. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

July 24 , 2017


Canada's Marissa Papaconstantinou makes her way to the finish line after falling in the Women's 200m T44 Final at the IAAF World ParaAthleticsChampionships. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra

July 24 , 2017


Scott Blumstein of the U.S. poses with his championship bracelet and cards after winning the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas. REUTERS/Steve MarcusJuly 24 , 2017


Players attend a football tournament

among local amateur teams at a stadium

made of straw named Zenit Arena, in the

settlement of Krasnoye in Stavropol

region, Russia. REUTERS/Eduard

Korniyenko

July 24 , 2017


Sand flies up as France's Angelina Lanza takes part in the Women's Long Jump T47 Final at the IAAF World ParaAthleticsChampionships. REUTERS/Peter CziborraJuly 24 , 2017


Syrian girls sit in front of shops in the rebel held besieged Doumaneighbourhood of Damascus, Syria. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

July 24 , 2017


Matthias Dolderer of Germany performs with his Edge 540 V3 plane during the qualifying session of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Kazan, Russia. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

July 24 , 2017


Fireworks explode in the sky to mark 200 days before the 2018 PyeongchangWinter Olympic Games in Chuncheon, South Korea. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

July 24 , 2017


Thousands protest Polish court overhaulPolice officers detain people during a protest next to the Law and Justice party headquarters in Warsaw. Agencja Gazeta/Kuba Atys/via REUTERS

July 24 , 2017

Thousands protest Polish court overhaul


People gather in front of the Supreme Court during a protest against the Supreme Court legislation in Warsaw. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

July 24 , 2017


People attend a protest against judicial reforms in Warsaw. REUTERS/KacperPempel

July 24 , 2017


People gather in front of the Supreme Court during a protest against the Supreme Court legislation in Warsaw. REUTERS/KacperPempel

July 24 , 2017


The ruins of Mosul

An old bridge destroyed by clashes is seen in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq July 10, 2017. REUTERS/ThaierAl-Sudani

GALLERY PHOTOS

July 10 , 2017


Members of the Emergency Response Division walk in a destroyed building at the Old City, July 9, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

GALLERY PHOTOS

July 9 , 2017


Military vehicles of Iraqi security forces are seen in the Old City, July 9, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

GALLERY PHOTOS

July 9 , 2017


Iraqi security forces walk along destroyed buildings from clashes in the Old City, July 10, 2017. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

GALLERY PHOTOS

July 10 , 2017


The destroyed al-Hadba minaret at the Grand al-Nuri Mosque is seen, July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

GALLERY PHOTOS

July 20 , 2017


A member of Iraqi federal police sits next to destroyed buildings in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

July 24 , 2017


Yukiko Inui of Japan competes in the Women�s Solo Technical Final. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

July 24 , 2017


Taliban car bomb attack in Kabul

An Afghan shopkeeper inspects his shop after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

July 24 , 2017


An Afghan man removes fragments of glass from a building after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

July 24 , 2017


An Afghan shopkeeper inspects his shop after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

July 24 , 2017


An Afghan boy collects debris after

a suicide attack in Kabul,

Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad

Ismail

July 24 , 2017


Afghan women mourn inside a

hospital compound after a suicide

attack in Kabul, Afghanistan.

REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

July 24 , 2017


An Afghan shopkeeper inspects his shop after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammad IsmailJuly 24 , 2017


Afghan security forces keep watch at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

July 24 , 2017


An Afghan municipality worker sweeps a road at site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

July 24 , 2017


An Afghan man looks outside through a broken window at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

July 24 , 2017


Afghan shopkeepers collect remains in front of a shop after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

July 24 , 2017



Mogadishu, Somalia - Feisal Omar

A collection of yawing mouths and extracted teeth, booming stereo speakers and colourful hookah pipes adorn shop fronts in Somalia, a colourful contrast to the airbrushed artworks of big business.

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Somalian mural artist MuawiyeHussein Sidow, also known as 'ShikShik', is the man responsible for the art that features on more than 100 shops, including barbers, tea shops and supermarkets across Mogadishu.

21 JUL 2017. MOGADISHU, SOMALIA. REUTERS/FEISAL OMAR

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Sidow's work has a hand-drawn simplicity, usually involving bright, eye-catching colours. Some pieces stretch over several metres.Sidow's father was a commercial artist, who passed his knowledge and skills on to his son.

8 JUN 2017. MOGADISHU, SOMALIA. REUTERS/FEISAL OMAR



Sidow, 31, took on his father's business in 1998 and his painting supports not only his own family, but helps sustain his dad as well as many others."I make the pictures to get daily food for my wife and three kids," he told Reuters."I also give daily food to (my) retired old father. Now I have become an art teacher there are many artists whom I taught how to make pictures, and they also get their daily food."




Sidow said he never duplicated murals and that inspiration came from Somali daily life.Aside from feeding his family and brightening up the urban landscape, Sidow still has ambitions to do more with his art.

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"God willing, I hope I will also make pictures in the neighbouring countries."

WRITING BY MARK HANRAHAN



A high-rise residential tower is pictured behind old residential buildings in Mumbai, India. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

July 24 , 2017


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