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**FILE** Guided missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton is docked at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Aug. 8, 2013. Sailors aboard the ship spoke with the U.S. Pacific Fleet's top enlisted officer about the military-wide problem of sexual assault. Top U.S. Navy commanders in the Asia-Pacific region have formed a task force to discuss sexual assault issues as the branch fights to stem a military-wide problem within its ranks. Leaders in the U.S. Pacific Fleet from all over its wide territory met by teleconference this week for the first time to outline how they'll share successes and failures during monthly meetings. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** President Obama makes a statement to the media from his rental vacation home in Chilmark Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard on Aug. 15, 2013. (Associated Press)
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A campaign poster for Nina Siakhali Moradi, who ran for city councilor in Qazvin, Iran, is seen here. She has reportedly been barred from office for being being too attractive. (Courtesy of Iranwire)
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President Obama makes a statement to the media regarding events in Egypt from his rental vacation home in Chilmark Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, on Aug. 15, 2013. The president announced that the U.S. is canceling joint military exercise with Egypt amid violence. (Associated Press)
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Meghan Ford of Marshfield, Mass., left, looks through a rack of clothes near a cut-out photograph of President Barack Obama, right, at a shop in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. The first summer vacation of President Obama's second term is bringing him back to Martha's Vineyard, the well-heeled Massachusetts island. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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** FILE ** Then-Army Pfc. Bradley Manning poses wearing a wig and lipstick in an undated photo. Manning emailed his military therapist the photo with a letter titled, "My problem," in which he described his issues with gender identity and his hope that a military career would "get rid of it." (AP Photo/U.S. Army)
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Mass Violence: Supporters of Mr. Morsi carry a wounded man through the mayhem. As the Egyptian military appeared to claim more power, a White House spokesman warned that "The world is watching."
