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This image made from video released by Qasion News Agency, a media opposition platform that relies on a network of activists on the ground, on Friday, April 29, 2016, shows the rubble following airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria. (Qasion News Agency via AP)

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South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Ashley Thompson inspects marijuana plants at the Ataraxia medical marijuana cultivation center in Albion, Illinois. (Associated Press)

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This icon, called the "Christ of Sinai," has been in Saint Catherine's Monastery since it was built 1,500 year ago on Egypt's Mount Sinai. There's a meaning to the penetrating quality of Christ's gaze, says author Frederica Mathewes-Green.

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3rd place in the Combat Operations category: Nepalese army soldiers unload aid and relief supplies, delivered by Joint Task Force 505, from a UH-1Y Venom in the Kavrepalanchowk District, Nepal, May, 11, during Operation Sahayogi Haat. The Nepalese Government requested the U.S. Government’s assistance after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the country, April 25. The U.S. government ordered JTF 505 to provide unique capabilities to assist Nepal. IMAGE: STAFF SGT. JEFFREY D. ANDERSON, USMC

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1st place in the Combat Operations category: A U.S. Air Force pararescueman with Joint Task Force 505 helps evacuate earthquake victims from an area near Charikot, Nepal, after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the country, May 12. JTF 505 along with other multinational forces and humanitarian relief organizations are currently in Nepal providing aid after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the country on April 25. At Nepal’s request, the U.S. government ordered JTF 505 to provide unique capabilities to assist Nepal. IMAGE: STAFF SGT. JEFFREY D. ANDERSON, USMC

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Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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People in South Korea watch a TV news program showing an image published Sunday in North Korea's Rodong Sinmun newspaper of North Korea's ballistic missile that the North claimed to have launched from underwater. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Wall of Missiles in South China Sea Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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"Ninety-seven percent of climate scientists agree on the basic science of climate change, and we've been hearing their warnings for years," President Obama said in the email. "But climate change deniers in Congress and at the state level have willfully rejected scientific analysis and ignored potential threats." (Associated Press)

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A sign outside of Intel's Rio Rancho plant is shown in this Monday, April 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

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Critics maintain that President Obama seems to care more about leaving behind his social agenda imprint — including climate change — on the U.S. military at the expense of combat readiness. (Associated press)

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Illustration on the costs of electric cars by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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North Korea Satellite Technology Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Pedestrian and drivers are blocked by a protest of the residents of municipality El Hatillo, who are blocking the streets around their neighborhood after 24 hour without electricity just outside of Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 23, 2016. The power outages have compounded other problems of daily life. The country is already among the most violent in the world, and streets become doubly scary when pitch black. Power outages also knock out service from the water tanks with electric pumps that many Venezuelans use to deal with chronic cuts to running water.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)