Flowers and tributes are placed on the star for Aretha Franklin on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in California on Thursday, August 16. The iconic "Queen of soul" died of pancreatic cancer on Thursday at her home in Detroit. She was 76. See her legendary career in photos
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Victims of clergy sexual abuse and their family members react as Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference at the state Capitol in Harrisburg on Tuesday, August 14. A Pennsylvania grand jury says its investigation identified more than 1,000 children abused by more than 300 priests. The grand jury report released Tuesday says that number comes from records in six Roman Catholic dioceses. A lifetime of trauma and broken trust
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A lioness takes a swipe at Bhanu the Asiatic lion during an event marking World Lion Day at the London Zoo on Thursday, August 9.
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Former US White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman is interviewed in New York about the release of her book "Unhinged" on Thursday, August 14. Trump's chief of staff John Kelly fired Manigault Newman in December from her job as director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison. In recent days, she has released numerous recordings from her time in the White House.
Children's backpacks lay discarded on Friday, August 10, a day after an airstrike in Saada, Yemen. The children were on a field trip when their bus was struck at a market, the first stop of the day; 50 were killed and 77 injured, according to the Houthi-controlled Health Ministry.
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A man points a light at the Milky Way during the peak of the Perseid meteor shower at Mavrovo National Park in Macedonia on Saturday, August 12.
Dancers of the National Dance Company perform during a rehearsal of Swan Lake at the Palacio de Bellas Artes on Wednesday, August 15, in Mexico City.
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The border fence between the United States, left, and Mexico that extends into the Pacific ocean is seen from above on Saturday, August 10.
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Christine Hallquist speaks to supporters in Burlington, Vermont on Tuesday, August 14, after winning the state's Democratic gubernatorial primary. Hallquist became the first transgender candidate to be a major party's nominee for governor.
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This photo taken from video shows a stolen Horizon Air turboprop plane flying over Eatonville, Washington, on Friday, August 10. Officials say airline employee Richard Russell stole a Horizon Air turboprop plane with no passengers aboard and took off from Sea-Tac International Airport on Friday night before crashing into a small island.
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Utah firefighter Matt Burchett, who died fighting a wildfire in California, is honored by a motorcade detail as his body is returned home on Wednesday, August 15. Burchett died after being hit by a falling tree while fighting the blaze. Photos: Massive wildfires scorch California
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A newborn endangered silvery gibbon is held by its mother, Alangalang, at the Prague Zoo in Czech Republic on Tuesday, August 14.
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The front page of the Thursday, August 16, edition of the Boston Globe newspaper reads "Journalists are Not the Enemy" at a newsstand in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hundreds of US newspapers joined together and published editorials decrying President Donald Trump's description of the media as the "enemy of the people."
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First responders step into floodwaters outside a home in Darby, Pennsylvania, on Monday, August 13. Heavy rains in the Northeast have increased the amount of flood warnings throughout the region.
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Opponents of a white nationalist-led rally marking the one-year anniversary of the 2017 Charlottesville "Unite the Right" protests celebrate in downtown Washington on Sunday, August 12.
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A man rides a motorcycle as he chases down a sheep that has run away in Tunisia on Saturday, August 11.
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US President Donald Trump meets with supporters from a group called Bikers for Trump at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Saturday, August 11.
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Indian milkmen carrying milk overhead make their way through a flooded street as a boy hangs on to a cycle rickshaw after heavy rains in India on Sunday, August 12.
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A protester walks by a riot police line outside the government headquarters in Bucharest, Romania, on Friday, August 10. Crowds showed up to protest Friday in front of the Government House in the capital's Victory Square.
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In this handout provided by NASA, The United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launches NASA's Parker Solar Probe from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Sunday, August 12. The probe will explore the sun's atmosphere.
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Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, center, celebrates with her children after her congressional 5th District primary victory on Tuesday, August 14, in Minneapolis.
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People watch Su-30 jet fighters of the Russian Knights aerobatic team at the International Army Games 2018 in Alabino, outside Moscow, on Saturday, August 11.
