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Our best photos from the last 24 hours.

James Gandolfini: 1961-2013
Wed, Jun 19 2013

Actor James Gandolfini, who played the mob boss Tony Soprano in the TV series "The Sopranos", died while on vacation in Rome at the age of 51.

Getting to school
Wed, Jun 19 2013

Nothing will stop these students from getting to class.

Inside Siberia's prisons
Wed, Jun 19 2013

Photographer Ilya Naymushin spent time documenting life inside Siberian prisons, including high-security male prison camp number 17, a facility for male inmates who are serving a sentence for the first time and have been convicted for serious crimes.

Relocating elephants
Wed, Jun 19 2013

Kenya Wildlife Service wardens aim to relocate 10 elephants that were encroaching on community land.

Flooding in India
Wed, Jun 19 2013

Heavy monsoon rains have swollen several rivers.

Rage in Brazil
Wed, Jun 19 2013

Protests continue in some cities across the country.

Profile: Kanye West
Wed, Jun 19 2013

Kanye West is back in the spotlight with the birth of his child and the "Yeezus" album release.

Celebrity portraits
Wed, Jun 19 2013

Up close and personal with famous faces.

Obama in Berlin
Wed, Jun 19 2013

Obama delivers a speech at the Brandenburg Gate.

Battle for Syria
Wed, Jun 19 2013

Images from the fierce fighting in Syria.

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Where in Hong Kong is Mr. Snowden?

19 Jun 2013

Hong Kong became the focus of the world's media this week after Edward Snowden gave The Guardian newspaper an exclusive interview and then went to ground somewhere in the financial hub.

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Last days in a Siberian prison

19 Jun 2013

I have never understood such people, the way they think, the way they live.

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Poolside floods

15 Jun 2013

When the world in which we are ensconced so happily with all our man-made facilities becomes submerged by dirty water, everything assumes an unreal quality.

Weekly Gallery Showcase

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Kiribati, gone in 60 years

Scenes from a vanishing Pacific Island nation.  Slideshow 

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Pakistan's female Top Gun

The only female combat-ready Pakistan pilot.  Slideshow 

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Floods from above

Germany's worst flood in a decade from above.  Slideshow 

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Turkey's lady in red

The image that became the leitmotif in Istanbul.  Slideshow