Pictures of the Week: July 14-20

In the greenish waters of the Isar River canal in Munich, Germany, teens jump from a bridge to find relief from heat that has baked the entire nation, July 18.
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Firemen look on as an excavator, unseen, removes rubble from the site of a collapsed building at Borivali, Mumbai, India, Thursday, July 19, 2007. At least 22 people were killed and nine others wounded when a building collapsed in Mumbai late Wednesday, officials said Thursday. At least 10 others were feared trapped in the rubble of the residential building, said Gopal Shetty, a state lawmaker.
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A man walks on the handrail of a staircase at a flooded street in southwest China's Chongqing municipality July 17, 2007.
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Seven-year-old Jack Baumert of Savage, Minn., cries for joy after spotting the vehicle carrying his father home from Iraq after 22 months, July 17. Chief Warrant Officer II James Baumert of the Minnesota National Guard was among the 100 or so soldiers returning to the Brooklyn Center, Minn., armory.
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A muddied, bloodied woman is led from the scene of a massive ruptured steam pipe blast near Grand Central Station in New York, July 18. Still scarred by the Sept. 11 attacks, residents now worry about effects of what the blast spewed into the air.
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Under unusual 95-degree heat in northern Germany, two young women in Bremen take a refreshing dip in a local pond.
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Tour de France competitors speed down a pass in the French Alps from the Val d'Isere ski station to Briancon during the tough 99-mile 9th stage of the race, July 17. Michael Rasmussen of Denmark had the lead at the end of the stage.
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A general view of the sleeping zone at the Gurten Festival near Bern July 20, 2007. Some 16,000 people are attending the four-day open-air music festival which takes place on the Gurten hill.
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A three-day-old elephant gets a cooling spritz from caretaker Filipe von Gils at a municipal zoo in Wuppertal, Germany, July 16. The baby's been named Tika.
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Brad Jaeger's car rips in two but he was able to walk away after hitting the wall during the Sunbelt Rentals 100 Indy Pro Series race in Gladeville, Tenn., July 14. Jaeger was taken to a local hospital for examination.
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The CB2, a toddler robot, interacting with student Noda Tomoyuki during a demonstration of "Responsive behavior to others behavior" (by movement and sound), in the Frontier Research Center lab of Osaka University in Osaka, Japan on July 12, 2007.
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