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Armed police officers stand guard on a road outside the perimeter of R.A.F. Fairford air base in southern England, on Monday.
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The Atomic Energy Commission’s nuclear research laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn., in 1952.
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El Callao, the town at the heart of Venezuela’s gold mining industry.
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Gold miners at work in El Callao, Venezuela.
James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas, delivering the commencement address at Paul Quinn College in Dallas in May.
Oksana Abaeva and her husband, Khetag Zaseyev, at the grave of her son, Albert Abaev, in Vladikavkaz, the capital of the Russian region of North Ossetia.
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Police officers at an entrance to the R.A.F Fairford base in England after the arrests on Sunday.
Representative Tom Kean Jr., a Republican, is defending his House seat against the Democrat Rebecca Bennett in a closely watched contest in New Jersey. They debated on Sunday night.
Chris Ransom walking through a flooded street in Sea Bright, N.J., on Sunday. Dozens of the state’s coastal residents were rescued from vehicles, Gov. Mikie Sherrill said.
President Xi Jinping of China arriving for a state visit last week. China has the world’s fastest-growing military.
President Trump boarding Air Force One in Medinah, Ill., on Sunday.
A ball screw prototype designed by Saginaw Precision, based Michigan. Only a handful of American companies are capable of making these screws for the U.S. military.