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Friday

Belinda Qaqamba Ka-Fassie poses at a community space where women cook and sell meat. She started drag as an escape from oppression she felt at Stellenbosch University for being "black, Xhosa, poor, queer and effeminate." "It is through pageantry and performance that I became more inclined with my queerness and how boundless expression should be," she says. "Drag became the therapist I never had." Lee-Ann Olwage hide caption

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Water was sold out at a grocery store in North Miami, Fla., on Friday as residents heeded warnings to stockpile a week's worth of food and supplies before Hurricane Dorian arrives on Monday. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption

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Thursday

Colombia's FARC Rebels, in a YouTube video posted Thursday, have accused the government of betrayal and announced that they will take up arms again, breaking a 2016 peace accord. Jacobo Alape via YouTube/Screenshot by NPR hide caption

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, shown here at the Kremlin in Moscow on Thursday, said on Friday that Russia should respond in kind to the testing of a new U.S. cruise missile. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

South Korea has announced it will withdraw from a 2016 military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan. Here, South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, center, and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, trailing at left, walk in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Thursday. HOW Hwee Young/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

Pia Klemp has refused to accept a medal for bravery from Paris' mayor, saying, "We do not need authorities deciding about who is a 'hero' and who is 'illegal.' " Tristar Media/Getty Images hide caption

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President Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday. He said that Russia should be allowed back into the G-7. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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President Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., on Sunday. Among the topics was Trump's interest in buying Greenland from Denmark. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption

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Thursday

A Royal Marine patrol vessel is seen beside Iran's Grace 1 tanker in the British territory of Gibraltar on July 4. The tanker was impounded, and the U.S. Justice Department applied to seize it, according to the Gibraltar government. Marcos Moreno/AP hide caption

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Wednesday

A lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York County Supreme Court alleged an associate of Jeffrey Epstein brought Jennifer Araoz to Epstein's mansion in Manhattan, where Araoz was sexually abused. Scott Heins/Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

A Newark, N.J., resident carries a case of bottled water distributed Monday at a recreation center. The Environmental Protection Agency said residents shouldn't rely on water filters the city gave out to address lead contamination. Kathy Willens/AP hide caption

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Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said Monday at the White House that immigrants legally in the U.S. may no longer be eligible for green cards if they use food stamps, Medicaid and other public benefits. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption

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Immigration Chief: 'Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor Who Can Stand On Their Own 2 Feet'

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Monday

Alejandro Giammattei stands before supporters in Guatemala City on Sunday, before being declared the victor in Guatemala's presidential elections. Santiago Billy/AP hide caption

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Guatemala's Incoming President Faces Tense Migration Talks With The U.S.

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Pro-democracy protesters occupy the departure hall of the Hong Kong International Airport, which was closed on Monday. Anthony Kwan/Getty Images hide caption

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Thousands Of Protesters Storm Hong Kong Airport, Shutting Down Flights

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Thursday

The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Thursday that Facebook users in Illinois can sue the company over its use of facial recognition technology. Richard Drew/AP hide caption

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An Indian paramilitary soldier orders a man to lift his robe before frisking him in Srinagar on Thursday. Dar Yasin/AP hide caption

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Tensions Continue High Over Kashmir, With 500 Arrests And A Communications Blackout

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Tuesday

Monday

An archived screenshot of 8chan, an online message board that shooters have used to post messages before their attacks, describes itself as "the darkest reaches of the Internet." Wayback Machine/Screenshot by NPR hide caption

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'Uniquely Lawless': Security Firm Drops 8chan Website Following El Paso Shooting

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Friday

Robert F. Kennedy's granddaughter, Saoirse Kennedy Hill, places a flower at the Eternal Flame, President John F. Kennedy's gravesite in Arlington, Va., in 2000. Hill died Thursday at age 22. Hillery Smith Garrison/AP hide caption

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in Bangkok on Friday, said the U.S. withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is now in effect. "Russia is solely responsible for the treaty's demise," he said. Jonathan Ernst/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday