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ASSOCIATED PRESS A Joplin, Mo., neighborhood devastated by a tornado that killed 162 people in May is seen a week later. A report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says residents did not take shelter after first alarms.
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A look at the ice at 1st Mariner Arena three hours before the Baltimore Hockey Classic. / Stephen Whyno
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Robert V. Brannum
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Nepalese soldiers on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, carry an injured civilian over an area near Dharan in the Dhankuta district of eastern Nepal that was hit by a landslide following a magnitude-6.9 earthquake on Sunday. (AP Photo/Sita Mademba)
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On Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, a villager in Yadong County in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region looks at a cow killed in a strong earthquake that hit neighboring Sikkim in northern India on Sunday evening. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Gesang Dawa)
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A Nepalese woman looks out of a window at debris of collapsed buildings damaged by Sunday's earthquake in Katmandu, Nepal, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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Nepalese remove a motorbike buried under the debris of a house damaged by Sunday's earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal, about 9 miles from Katmandu, the capital, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo)
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Residents fearing more aftershocks following Sunday's strong earthquake sit on a basketball court at a university in Gangtok, India, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Soldiers clean up a quake-hit house in Yadong County in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. At least seven people have died in the county after Sunday's strong temblor. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wen Tao)
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On Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, a Buddhist monk looks at a monastery damaged by Sunday's earthquake in Gangtok, India. (AP Photo)
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Police on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, look for victims in a house that collapsed after Sunday's earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal, about 9 miles from Katmandu, the capital. (AP Photo)
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On Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, Indians walk past a crack in a road caused by an earthquake in Gangtok, India, on Sunday. The powerful temblor damaged more than 100,000 homes in the remote Himalayan region, officials said. (AP Photo)
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Residents on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, stand near the debris of a building that collapsed following an earthquake in Gangtok, India. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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A young Indian girl who was injured in a building collapse that followed a magnitude-6.9 earthquake is treated at a hospital in Siliguri, India, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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Women in Katmandu, Nepal, remove bricks from a damaged house on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, to make way for pedestrians after a magnitude-6.9 earthquake shook northeastern India, Nepal and Tibet on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will address the U.N.'s "Private Sector Forum 2011" at noon Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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Residents stand near the debris of a building that collapsed in Gangtok, India, the capital of Sikkim state in northeastern India, after the earthquake. The temblor killed people in Nepal, Tibet and India.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS An Indian girl who was injured in a building collapse when a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit remote villages in the Himalayas on Sunday evening is treated at a hospital in Siliguri, India. At least 53 people, including three rescuers, were killed and 100,00 homes damaged.
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Yasuo Shimizu stands beside his colorful new barber shop in the devastated port area of Ofunato, Japan. The paintings on the shop depict volunteers who helped relief and recovery efforts. (Christopher Johnson/Special to The Washington Times)
