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Deadly flooding in El Salvador

  Three days of heavy rains in El Salvador touched off floods and slides that have killed at least 91 people.

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Rise and fall of the Berlin Wall

  An archival look at the iconic barrier that became a symbol of the broader Cold War conflict.

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Afghanistan
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A Georgian man cries near the body of his relative after a bombardment in Gori
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U.S., world, and environment
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Deadly flooding in El Salvador

Three days of heavy rains in El Salvador touched off floods and slides that have killed at least 91 people.

Image: A fan in Times Square reacts to a play while watching the New York Yankees play the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6 before going on to win the 2009 Major League Baseball World Series in New York
Lucas Jackson / Reuters
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Image: A boy fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, Pakistan
Faisal Mahmood / Reuters
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Image: Atleast 70 mostly women and children killed in a bomb blast in Peshawar
Arshad Arbab / EPA
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Image: Thousands of gay and lesbian activists converge on the White House and Capitol demanding civil rights protections
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Entertainment photos

Celebrity, music, movie, TV and fashion
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Celebrity sightings

Ginnifer Goodwin gets serious at the “Single Man” screening, Beyonce wows Berlin at MTV awards, Claire Danes is a BAFTA beauty and more.

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Mark Arbeit / AP
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Chris Pizzello / AP
Image: Actress Kristin Chenoweth kisses her Emmy award.
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Image: Kanye West, Taylor Swift
Jason Decrow / AP

Sports photos

Big matchups, sports stars and history
Image: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim v New York Yankees, Game 6
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Baseball playoffs: Day 15

Check out all the best action from the MLB playoffs.

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Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers sm
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Michael Turner
John Bazemore / AP
Mardy Gilyard, Robert McClain
Al Behrman / AP
Darron Cummings / AP
PGA Championship - Final Round
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US golfer Tom Watson chips onto the 18th
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Reed Saxon / AP
Washington Capitals v New York Islanders
Jim Mcisaac / Getty Images
Stanley Cup Finals - Pittsburgh Penguins v Detroit Red Wings - Game Seven
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Minnesota Twins v Kansas City Royals
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Stanley Cup Finals - Detroit Red Wings v Pittsburgh Penguins - Game Four
Harry How / Getty Images

Travel photos

U.S. and worldwide destinations
Image: The Empire State Building at night
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The Big Apple

Long referred to as the center of American business, New York is a melting pot of cultures and landscapes. Take a visual tour of some of the Big Apple’s most famous attractions.

Image: Reflection of Autumn Trees in Vltava River
Filip Singer / EPA
A reveler of Grande Rio samba school per
Antonio Scorza / AFP/Getty Images
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Albert Normandin / Tourism British Columbia via AP
Image: Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland
Paul Hiffmeyer / Disneyland
Las Vegas Strip Exteriors
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Revellers from Salgueiro samba school dance during the second night of the Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome
Sergio Moraes / Reuters
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The Myrtles Plantation
Peter Morrison / AP
Athens, Greece
Julian Finney / Getty Images
Image: Taj Mahal
Prakash Singh / AFP/Getty Images
Obama Family To Spend Summer Vacation On Martha's Vineyard
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Image: The Sacred Heart (Sacre Coeur) is seen in Paris
Benoit Tessier / Reuters

Technology and science photos

Space, technology, gadgets and science
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Month in Space

Catch a blast from the sun, a clash between galaxies and other outer-space highlights from October.

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Thomas Shahan
Image: US Department of Energy hosts the 2009 Solar Decathlon at the National Mall in Washington DC
Michael Reynolds / EPA
Image: Lucky the turtle
TODAY Show
Image: Cat Ba leopard gecko, Vietnam
Thomas Ziegler / WWF via EPA
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NASA
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"Earthrise" seen by the Apollo 8 astronauts in December 1968. Credit: NASA.
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Mehgan Murphy / Smithsonian's National Zoo
Steve Richards / Conservation International
Russ Hopcroft / AP

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Pets, health and business slide shows
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Unlikely friends

A pig and a tiger, a monkey and a rabbit, a duck and a dog – these best buddy pairs make some very odd couples.

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Image: Tuffy, sports a mohawk while competing in the fifth annual Times Square Dog Day Masquerade, in New York
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Image: Madoff's Palm Beach home
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US Playboy Magazine publisher Hugh Hefne
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Image: Spanish matador Antonio Ferrera reacts after killing a fighting bull during a bullfight at the Plaza de Toros at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona.
Eloy Alonso / Reuters
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Image: A cat during the Pets Fashion Week Russia in Moscow
Alexander Natruskin / Reuters
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Image: Soldiers celebrate their return from Iraq.
Evan Vucci / AP
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