• A 15-day-old night monkey sits in a veterinarian's palm. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
  • MANAGUA - A nurse tends to paper work in the emergency ward in Managua, Nicaragua.
  • General view of the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. The Egyptian military on Monday assumed joint responsibility with the police for security and protecting state institutions until the results of a Dec. 15 constitutional referendum are announced. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
  • Residents cross a river using suspended ropes at Andap, New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, a day after Typhoon Bopha made landfall. Typhoon Bopha, one of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year, barreled across the country's south on Tuesday, killing scores of people while triggering landslides, flooding and cutting off power in two entire provinces. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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    Day in Photos, July 20, 2012

  • An elderly woman on a farm watches the pack go by during the 18th stage of the Tour de France. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

    An elderly woman on a farm watches the pack go by during the 18th stage of the Tour de France. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) Photo Store

  • Security workers guard an entrance while customers who ordered the new iPad online wait to enter an Apple store in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

    Security workers guard an entrance while customers who ordered the new iPad online wait to enter an Apple store in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) Photo Store

  • Layla Fadhil, an Iraqi refugee, sits with her family's belongings after her arrival from Syria to the Mansour neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq has flown hundreds of its citizens out of Damascus to escape the civil war in Syria, an official said Friday, while thousands of Iraqis poured through a major border crossing despite rebel takeovers of Syrian government posts and escalating violence near the two nations' boundaries. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

    Layla Fadhil, an Iraqi refugee, sits with her family's belongings after her arrival from Syria to the Mansour neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq has flown hundreds of its citizens out of Damascus to escape the civil war in Syria, an official said Friday, while thousands of Iraqis poured through a major border crossing despite rebel takeovers of Syrian government posts and escalating violence near the two nations' boundaries. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) Photo Store

  • The pack with Bradley Wiggins of Britain, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, passes a field with sunflowers during the 18th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 222.5 kilometers (138.3 miles) with start in Blagnac and finish in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, Friday July 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

    The pack with Bradley Wiggins of Britain, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, passes a field with sunflowers during the 18th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 222.5 kilometers (138.3 miles) with start in Blagnac and finish in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, Friday July 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)   (CP) Photo Store

  • Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland watches his shot off the fifth tee at Royal Lytham & St Annes golf club during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship, Lytham St Annes, England. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

    Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland watches his shot off the fifth tee at Royal Lytham & St Annes golf club during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship, Lytham St Annes, England. (AP Photo/Jon Super) Photo Store

  • Australian street artist James Cochran spray paints a portrait of Usain Bolt, Jamaica's world record holder in the 100 and 200 metre sprints, on the wall of a building beside a car park in east London. Cochran, who has been a street painter for 20 years, has been working on the piece for four days and is due to finish it later today. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

    Australian street artist James Cochran spray paints a portrait of Usain Bolt, Jamaica's world record holder in the 100 and 200 metre sprints, on the wall of a building beside a car park in east London. Cochran, who has been a street painter for 20 years, has been working on the piece for four days and is due to finish it later today. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Photo Store

  • Afghan refugee Pasmeena Basheer, 6, holds on to her headscarf against the wind while standing in the doorway of a home in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

    Afghan refugee Pasmeena Basheer, 6, holds on to her headscarf against the wind while standing in the doorway of a home in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) Photo Store

  • The casket bearing the remains of Montreal firefighter Thierry Godfrind is carried into church by colleagues during a civic funeral in Montreal. Godfrind died on July 13 after being struck by a fire truck as he responded to a call. (The Canadian Press / Paul Chiasson)

    The casket bearing the remains of Montreal firefighter Thierry Godfrind is carried into church by colleagues during a civic funeral in Montreal. Godfrind died on July 13 after being struck by a fire truck as he responded to a call. (The Canadian Press / Paul Chiasson) Photo Store

  • Indian people walk next to wrecked rail cars in Kasara, India. A fast moving express train collided with some derailed coaches of a commuter train that were lying on the tracks Thursday, according to Press Trust of India. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

    Indian people walk next to wrecked rail cars in Kasara, India. A fast moving express train collided with some derailed coaches of a commuter train that were lying on the tracks Thursday, according to Press Trust of India. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) Photo Store

  • A vendor takes a nap at a flower shop in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Xinyan Yu)

    A vendor takes a nap at a flower shop in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Xinyan Yu) Photo Store

  • In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, new Syrian defense minister Fahd Jassem al-Freij, second left, and Farouk Sharaa, Bashar Assad's vice president, centre, attend the funeral processions of members of President Assad's inner circle, who were killed on Wednesday by a bomb, in Damascus. A bombing in Damascus claimed by Syrian rebels Wednesday killed key figures in President Bashar Assad's inner circle. (AP Photo/SANA)

    In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, new Syrian defense minister Fahd Jassem al-Freij, second left, and Farouk Sharaa, Bashar Assad's vice president, centre, attend the funeral processions of members of President Assad's inner circle, who were killed on Wednesday by a bomb, in Damascus. A bombing in Damascus claimed by Syrian rebels Wednesday killed key figures in President Bashar Assad's inner circle. (AP Photo/SANA)   (CP) Photo Store

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