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This photo taken July 7, 2017, shows Alfredo Baca testing a Kosher casket as other members of the group pick it up and listen for sounds that might alarm them that it is not built right. They have led lives eroded by addictions, violence and prison, but with all that behind them, the men working in the wood shop at Fathers Building Futures in in Albuquerque, New Mexico, are reconstructing their own lives while building something reverential. The men, all of them fathers, have been trained to build kosher caskets used by members of the Jewish community – although the simple wooden construction has grabbed the attention of others who are interested in them as a final resting receptacle. (Jim Thompson/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
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Prayers attend a mass at a church in Nagasaki to mark the 72nd anniversary of the world's second atomic bomb attack over the southwestern city, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. (Takuto Kaneko/Kyodo News via AP)
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Illustration on Hillary and the resist movement The Washington Times
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FILE - This Aug. 4, 2015, file photo, flowers bloom in front of the Salt Lake Temple, at Temple Square, in Salt Lake City. Mormon church leader James J. Hamula was removed Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, from a mid-level leadership council for undisclosed reasons based on disciplinary action by the religion's highest leaders. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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In this 2014 file photoElder James J. Hamula, Assistant Executive Director, Church History Department, speaks during a preview of a new exhibit featuring some early documents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. Hamula was released as a General Authority Seventy. (Ravell Call/The Deseret News via AP)
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Illustration on immigration, assimilation and common sense by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Kenya's Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon celebrates as she wins the Women's 1500 meters final at during the World Athletics Championships in London Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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United States' Christian Taylor makes his attempt in the men's triple jump qualification during the World Athletics Championships in London Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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Houston Astros' Juan Centeno, second from left, is mobbed by teammates after his walkoff RBI-single in a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
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Houston Astros' Juan Centeno hits a winning single during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
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Miami Marlins center fielder Christian Yelich, left fielder Marcell Ozuna (13) and right fielder Giancarlo Stanton, right, celebrate in the outfield after a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)
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Gold medalist United States' Justin Gatlin, right, stands with compatriot and silver medalist Christian Coleman following the medal ceremony for the Men's 100 meters at the World Athletics Championships in London Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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Boston Red Sox's Craig Kimbrel, left, and Christian Vazquez, right, celebrate after defeating the Chicago White Sox in a baseball game in Boston, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Toronto Blue Jays' Jose Bautista strikes out during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Marco Estrada delivers during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
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Toronto Blue Jays' Kevin Pillar runs to third on Darwin Barney's single during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
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Houston Astros' Josh Reddick throws his bat after striking out to end the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)
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Miami Marlins center fielder Christian Yelich, left, catches a fly ball from Atlanta Braves' Kurt Suzuki as shortstop Miguel Rojas (19) backs away in the sixth inning of a baseball game Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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Chicago White Sox's Tim Anderson (7) celebrates his solo home run in front of Boston Red Sox's Christian Vazquez during the first inning of a baseball game in Boston, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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United States' Justin Gatlin, second left, celebrates as he wins the Men's 100 meters final during the World Athletics Championships in London Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017. United States' Christian Coleman, second right was second and Jamaica's Usain Bolt, right, was third. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
