The week in photos

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Members of law enforcement wearing body armor and helmets prepare to what ATF sources describe as a"water shot" in the apartment of alleged gunman James Holmes Saturday, July 21, 2012 in Aurora , Colo. The "water shot" is exploded and used to disrupt the device. Authorities reported that 12 died and more than three dozen people were shot during an assault at a movie theatre midnight premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Jacob Stevens, 18, hugs his mother Tammi Stevens after being interview by police outside Gateway High School where witness were brought for questioning after a shooting at a movie theater, Friday, July 20, 2012 in Denver. A gunman wearing a gas mask set off an unknown gas and fired into a crowded movie theater at a midnight opening of the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises," killing at least 12 people and injuring at least 50 others, authorities said. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)

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Golfers look for a ball in the bed of a dried up pond next to the fairway on No. 7 during the Junior City Golf Tournament Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at Lafayette Golf Course in Lafayette, Ind. The ball disappeared in a deep crack in the parched soil of the former water hazzard. (AP Photo/Journal & Courier, John Terhune)

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Kim Ranck touches the arm on the Joe Paterno statue as she walks away in tears Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Ranck, a 2006 Penn State University graduate and current Penn State employee, was out of town when the controversy surrounding the statue broke and came to visit before something happened to it. The Joe Paterno statue, on the Penn State campus, in State College, Pa., has become a highly debated topic since the release of the Louis Freeh report. (AP Photo/Centre Daily Times, Nabil K. Mark) MANDATORY CREDIT

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The outline of part of a football statue is visible on the wall after its removal on Sunday July 22, 2012, in State College, Pa. The famed statue of former coach Joe Paterno was taken down from outside the Penn State football stadium on Sunday, eliminating a key piece of the iconography surrounding the once-sainted football coach accused of burying child sex abuse allegations against a retired assistant. (AP Photo/John Beale)

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Northern Lights illuminate the sky over Lake Elora in northern Minnesota early Sunday morning, July 15, 2012. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Brian Peterson)

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The sun rises over a corn field in rural Springfield, Neb., Thursday, July 19, 2012. The drought gripping the United States is the widest since 1956. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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The pack with Bradley Wiggins of Britain, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, passes a field with sunflowers during the 18th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 222.5 kilometers (138.3 miles) with start in Blagnac and finish in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, Friday July 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

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Fans keep one of owner Jonathan Sheppard's horses cool in the stables at Colonial Downs in New Kent County, Va., Tuesday, July 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Alexa Welch Edlund)

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Iraqi adventurer Fareed Lafta, right, and Bend, Ore., gas station owner Kent Couch lift off Saturday, July 14, 2012, from Couch's gas station in Bend, Ore., as they attempt to fly some 360 miles to Montana. The flight is a warm-up for a future flight planned in Iraq. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)

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British Royal Marine Martyn Williams, right, rappels down from a Royal Navy Sea King helicopter into the Tower of London with the Olympic torch, Friday, July 20, 2012, in London. The Olympic Torch arrived in London after it was carried around England in a relay of torchbearers to make its way to the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony on July 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, takes his family for a boat ride on Lake Winnipesaukee on Saturday, July 14, 2012 in Wolfeboro, N.H. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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In this Friday, July 20, 2012 photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Food Network personality Paula Deen, left, tugs at her husband Michael Groover's beard outside Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla. Groover is participating in the "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest during Key West's Hemingway Days festival that each year honors the late author Ernest Hemingway. Groover is among 25 finalists, culled from 140 entrants, who are to compete in the final round Saturday night. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Andy Newman)

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San Diego Padres' Everth Cabrera, right, slides hard into Colorado Rockies catcher Jordan Pacheco while scoring on a single by John Baker during the fourth inning of a baseball game on Sunday, July 22, 2012, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)