Today in photos (July 18)
View a gallery of photos from around the world on Wednesday, July 18, 2012.
Section:Gallery
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Stage winner and new best climber Thomas Voeckler of France avoids being sprayed with water by a spectator as he climbs Peyresourde pass during the 16th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 197 kilometers (122.4 miles) with start in Pau and finish in Bagneres-de-Luchon, France, Wednesday July 18, 2012.
Christophe Ena Associated Press
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Aircraft drop water over a forest fire as a firefighter gives directions to a colleague during a wildfire at Magoula village, near the western Greek port city of Patras on Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Greek authorities declared a state of emergency near the country's third-largest city Wednesday due to raging wildfires, but officials said no inhabited areas were under immediate threat.
Thanassis Stavrakis Associated Press
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An Iranian woman visitor prays at the Great arch of Ctesiphon, a Persian ruin on the Tigris River near Salman Pak, once one of Iraq's most dangerous towns south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 18, 2012.
Karim Kadim Associated Press
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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.
Nabil Mark Centre Daily Times
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Former South African President Nelson Mandela, center, has tea with his wife Graca Machel, left, as he celebrates his birthday with family in Qunu, South Africa, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Across the country, and even abroad, people are doing good deeds to honor the country's most famous statesman on his 94th birthday Wednesday.
Schalk Zuydam Associated Press
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A dead fish lies in Mitchell Lake in the Ballard Wildlife Management Area near Barlow, Ky., as lack a of rain and excessive heat deplete oxygen from the water Wednesday, July 18, 2012.
Stephen Dennee Ap Fre 170568