Photos of the Week (photo gallery)

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A Racine firefighter carries Pete Lui from the balcony of his burning home in Racine, Wis., on Tuesday afternoon, July 24, 2012. Lui was transported to the hospital and his condition is unknown. (AP Photo/Journal Times, Gregory Shaver)

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Laura Lovins, a Penn State University sophomore from State College, Pa., center, reacts while listening to a television in the HUB on the Penn State University main campus in State College, Pa., as the NCAA sanctions against the Penn State University football program are announced Monday, July 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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Samantha Yowler, right, pays her final respects to boyfriend Matt McQuinn, at the Maiden Lane Church of God, Saturday, July 28, 2012, in Springfield, Ohio. McQuinn shielded his girlfriend, Yowler, from gunfire during the shooting at the Aurora, Colo., movie theater on July 20. Twelve people were killed and dozens were wounded in the shooting attack at the movie theater during a showing of the Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises." Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. (AP Photo/The Springfield News-Sun, Marshall Gorby) MANDATORY CREDIT

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A pedestrian rushes through a torrential downpour in Times Square, Thursday, July 26, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Many hands join in to help as an anaconda snake at the Oklahoma City Zoo has dental floss taped to it's head and along it's body as it is measured at the zoo in Oklahoma City, Thursday, July 26, 2012. The floss and tape are necessary because it would be nearly impossible to stretch out the snake. The anaconda weighed 152 lbs. and measured 16 feet. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Grain bins are silhouetted against approaching storm clouds that unfortunately contain very little water Thursday, July 26, 2012 in Pleasant Plains, Ill. The widest drought to grip the United States in decades is getting worse with no signs of abating. This week's U.S. Drought Monitor report highlights that the drought's severity is rapidly expanding across the nation. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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A man walks on a hill near crosses set up at the memorial to victims of the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting, early Friday, July 27, 2012. It was a week ago Friday that a gunman opened fire during a late-night showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" Batman movie, killing 12 and injuring dozens of others. Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney places a prayer note as he visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 29, 2012.

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney places a prayer note as he visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Poland's Aleksandra J Klejnowska-Krzywanskareacts during the women's 53-kg, group A, weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London.

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In this photo taken with a fisheye lens, the Red Arrows perform a fly past over the Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 27, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

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James E. Holmes appears in Arapahoe County District Court, Monday, July 23, 2012, in Centennial, Colo. Holmes is being held on suspicion of first-degree murder, and could also face additional counts of aggravated assault and weapons violations stemming from a mass shooting last Friday in a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., that killed 12 and injured dozens of others. (AP Photo/Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool)

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Kailyn Vigil, the second cousin of Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting victim Micayla Medek, cries as the door to the hearse is closed following Medek's funeral, Thursday, July 26, 2012, in Denver. Micayla Medek was one of 12 people killed when a gunman opened fire in a movie theater last Friday. Police have identified the suspected shooter as James Holmes, 24. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Emily Huchingson, 6, watches as an American Painted Lady butterfly rests on her nose during a butterfly release event at the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History in Bryan, Texas Saturday, July 28, 2012. The event, during which about 280 butterflies were released, was a fundraiser for the museum. (AP Photo/Bryan-College Station Eagle, Stuart Villanueva)

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Jingbiao Wu of China reacts after failing to complete his final lift and falling into silver position during the mens 56-kg, group A, weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 29, 2012, in London.