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A mannequin head is displayed at a street stall in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. After Haiti's devastating January 2010 earthquake, dozens of independent hair stylists that braided and colored hair in the capital's Iron Market moved their activities to the streets, where they resumed their businesses not long after the disaster. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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Judeline Andre, 17, works at a street stall with model heads displaying wigs and hairpieces at the landmark Iron Market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti that was damaged by the 2010 earthquake. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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Hairdresser Cigarre Wanuese 28, poses for pictures as she holds a mannequin head at a hairpieces shop on a street in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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Should Brooklyn pry Dwight Howard from Orlando, it would give the Nets a power base matched only by the Miami Heat. (Associated Press)
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A helicopter heads toward a wildfire on June 25, 2012, after loading a bucket full of water north of Helena, Mont. Scorching heat and high winds caused wildfires to break out across the southwestern portion of the state, forcing the evacuation of more than 200 homes. (Associated Press)
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The woman known as the "hugging saint" hugs and blesses Nilima Mehra, a producer with Global Television Network. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Iraqi Vice President Tariq Hashemi speaks during a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, May 4, 2012.
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A bridge is destroyed by flooding July 7, 2012, in the Black Sea resort of Gelendzhik in southern Russia. Torrential rains dropped nearly a foot of water in the Black Sea region overnight, unleashing intense flooding that killed more than one hundred people and forced many to seek refuge in trees and on roofs, officials said. (Associated Press)
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Lillian Mariscalo of Oyster Bay, N.Y., cools off in the waters of an Oyster Bay beach on Long Island's North shore Saturday, July 7, 2012. The heat gripping much of the country was set to peak Saturday in several places, with temperatures of more than 100 degrees expected in Philadelphia, excessive heat warnings in the Midwest and ongoing power outages of more than a week in the mid-Atlantic. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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New Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras presents his government's policy platform July 6, 2012, at the parliament in Athens. (Associated Press)
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Activist No Su-hui (center) shouts, "Long live reunification!" in front of North Korean officials and soldiers before crossing the demarcation line between North and South Korea where South Korean officials (in background) were waiting for him, at the Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, Korea, on Thursday, July 5, 2012. South Korean officials immediately detained the activist for making an extended trip to Pyongyang without South Korean government approval, as required by law. (Associated Press)