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Investigators and first responders work near the wreckage of Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188 on May 13, 2015. The train was heading from Washington D.C. to New York when it derailed in north Philadelphia on Tuesday night. Eight people were killed and more than 200 injured in the crash.




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Emergency personnel work the scene of the train wreck May 12, in Philadelphia. The train was travelling over 100 miles per hour as it approached a curve where the speed limit is less than half that.




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Rohingya migrants retrieve food supplies dropped by a Thai army helicopter aboard a boat drifting in Thai waters off the southern island of Koh Lipe on May 14. A boat carrying members of Myanmar’s long-persecuted Rohingya Muslim community -- including many young children -- was found drifting in Thai waters on Thursday, with passengers saying several people had died over the last few days.




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The Villarrica Volcano is seen at night in Pucon town, Chile, on May 10. Villarrica, located near the popular tourist resort of Pucon, is among the most active in South America.




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Roshonda Athrom comforts her son Charles, 7, in front of their destroyed home after a tornado swept through the area the previous night in Van, Texas on May 11. A line of tornadoes battered several small communities in Texas and Arkansas, killing at least five people.




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Police officers salute as the procession for New York City Police officer Brian Moore passes after his funeral mass on May 8, at the St. James Roman Catholic church in Seaford, N.Y. The 25-year-old died Monday, two days after he was shot in Queens.




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Faithful throw a jersey and two hats in the air as Pope Francis leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on May 13.




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Kelly Slater of the U.S. rides a barrel during Round 1 of the Oi Rio Pro surfing event as part of the World Surf League in Barra De Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 12.




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Sailboats are surrounded by pollen covering Lake Starnberg in Germany on May 8.




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A young woman sits at a grave in the Turkish town of Soma on May 13. Wednesday marked the first anniversary of the Soma mine disaster when 301 workers were killed after an explosion.




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Shiite pilgrims carry a mock coffin during a symbolic funeral commemorating the death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim at the shrine where he is buried in Baghdad's Kadhimiya district on May 14. Every year, thousands of pilgrims gather on the anniversary of the death of al-Kadhim, a revered Shiite figure who was imprisoned for four years and poisoned by then-ruler Harun al-Rashid in 795 AD.




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A policeman tries to protect a female police officer accused of shooting a protester in the Buterere neighborhood of Bujumbura, Burundi, on May 12. Protesters opposed to the president's decision to run for a third term chased, beat and stoned the woman, who was later handed back to the police.




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Women mourn a relative who died after a wall collapsed in an earthquake in Bihar, India, on May 12.

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake killed at least 37 people and spread panic in Nepal on Tuesday, bringing down buildings already weakened by a devastating tremor less than three weeks ago and unleashing landslides in Himalayan valleys near Mount Everest. In neighboring India, at least 16 people were confirmed dead after rooftops or walls collapsed onto them.




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A Nepalese family sleeps sheltered by plastic sheets in an open space after an earthquake hit the region earlier in the day, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 12. A new earthquake Tuesday spread more fear and misery in Nepal, which is still struggling to recover from a devastating quake nearly three weeks ago that left thousands dead.




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A photo shot from a Philippine military plane shows the alleged ongoing land reclamation by China on Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, west of Palawan, Philippines on May 11.

China's rapid creation of artificial islands in the disputed Spratly chain of the South China Sea is setting off alarm bells across the Philippines, a country with one of the weakest navies in the region.




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Fans attempt to dodge a loose bat from Josh Donaldson of the Toronto Blue Jays during a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards on May 12 in Baltimore.




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A couple who was just marrid poses for pictures on the steps inside the rotunda of City Hall as a protest against evictions takes place around them on May 8 in San Francisco. Hundreds of protesters rallied at City Hall for a temporary halt to evictions in a popular neighborhood where workers in the booming technology sector are accused of pushing out long-time tenants. A small drum and horn band played outside.




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A young man cheers as his rocket takes off at the Bun Bang Fai Rocket Festival on May 10 in Yasothon, Thailand. During the festival, residents launch enormous homemade rockets to celebrate the beginning of the rainy season.

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