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Afghan protesters shout anti-American slogans during a protest in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 12 after international troops opened fire on a bus carrying Afghan civilians, killing at least five people. Allauddin Khan/AP hide caption
A satellite captured the erupting of the Okmok Caldera volcano on Umnak Island in Alaska in July 2008. The volcano spewed both steam and ash. NASA/AP hide caption
Traffic passes on Interstate 15 along the eastern Mojave Desert in California. Reed Saxon/AP hide caption
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No One Knows About Persian Cats is about a band trying to find a place to make music in a country where popular music is banned. Mijfilm hide caption
Bob Lewis contracted a rare fungal disease called Crytococcus gattii in 2007 that is spreading through the Pacific Northwest. He and his wife, Joan, live in Portland, Ore. Jane Greenhalgh/NPR hide caption
Denzel Washington and Viola Davis play Troy and Rose Maxson, a couple who have been together for 18 years. Rose, who is loyal to Troy despite his past infidelity, is helping to raise his illegitimate daughter, Raynell. Joan Marcus hide caption