August 1, 2013

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Peter Theo Curtis, 45, stands outside his mother's home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Curtis spent two years as a captive of Nusra Front, an affiliate of al-Qaida in Syria, Aug. 27, 2014.

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Palestinian protesters run as Israeli border policemen fire a stun grenade during a demonstration to show solidarity with Bedouin citizens, near the West Bank village of Hizma, south-east of Ramallah. Some 60 protesters demonstrated against an Israeli cabinet plan to relocate some 30,000 Bedouin citizens who live in unrecognized villages in Israel's southern Negev desert and relocate them to towns built by the government.

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Sailors set up an emergency aircraft barricade during flight deck training drills aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is conducting a tailored ship's training availability and final evaluation problem in the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Brian Stephens)

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Over 400 hot-air balloons take off in Chambley-Bussieres, eastern France, July 31, 2013, in an attempt to set a world record for a collective taking-off during the event "Lorraine Mondial air ballons", an international hot-air balloon meeting.