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Sen. Mark Kelly rides the Senate subway to the Hart Senate Office Building from the U.S. Capitol on July 25 in Washington, DC.
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Palestinian children search through the rubble of their home a day after an operation by the Israeli Special Forces in the Nuseirat camp, in the central Gaza Strip on June 9.
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(L-R) Designers Ksenia Schnaider, Ivan Frolov and Julie Paskal backstage ahead of the Ukrainian Fashion Week presents: Frolov, Kseniaschnaider, Paskal show during London Fashion Week February 2023 on February 21, 2023 in London, England.
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U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) talks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on June 28, 2024 in Washington, DC. Johnson said that members of President Joe Biden's cabinet should "search their hearts" and evoke the 25th Amendment to remove him from office after his performance at Thursday's presidential debate against former President Donald Trump.
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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port. This long-duration photograph was taken at night from the orbital complex as it soared 258 miles above western China.
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The newly opened One Za'abeel in Dubai is home to the world's longest cantilever building, a 220-meter-long glass corridor that seemingly levitates between towers on either side. The lifestyle destination is also home to the United Arab Emirate's longest suspended infinity pool.
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