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Jury member Pascal Barillon sniffs a baguette, French bread, in competition for the 'Grand Prix de la Baguette de la Ville de Paris' (Best Baguette of Paris 2013) annual prize at the Chambre Professionnelle des Artisans Boulangers Patissiers in Paris, April 25, 2013. The baguette is a French cultural symbol par excellence. (Charles Platiau/Reuters)

France matters

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A newly emerged adult cicada dries its wings on a tree in Arlington, Virginia on May 12, 2004. Starting this week, across much of the eastern United States, from Georgia north to southern New York and as far west as Illinois, the cicadas will emerge from their 17 years of sucking on tree roots underground to engage in a two-week orgy of calling, mating, laying eggs and then dying. (John Pryke/Reuters)

Bugged in Biblical Proportions

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Members of the Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nation, National Socialist Movement, and the Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club ride a MATA bus to the Shelby County Courthouse in Memphis, Tenn. March 30, 2013 for a rally to protest the renaming of three parks in Memphis. (Jim Weber/The Commercial Appeal/AP)

Neo nazis, nationalists and right wing extremists

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Horticulture Hall on Massachusetts Avenue, where the offices of 'Boston' magazine are located, is seen in this photo sent to Instagram on April 10, 2013. The magazine provides daily coverage of Boston's restaurants, shopping, politics, entertainment, and lifestyle. (Alicia Pflaumer)

Postcard Boston

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A horse breaks free during a morning workout at Churchill Downs May 3, 2013, in Louisville, Ky. Saturday will be the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby. (Charlie Riedel/AP)

Off to the races! The Triple Crown

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Workers walk past the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York. Located in Manhattan's financial district, it is the biggest stock exchange in the world in terms of market capitalization. (Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff)

Walking on Wall Street

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Rincon Valley fire captain Fred Leunberger watches as a pine tree torches out on the head of the Yellow fire above Knights Valley, Calif., May 1, 2013. The fire started in the early morning on the rugged border between Napa and Sonoma counties and roared through tall stands of pine trees. (Kent Porter/Santa Rosa Press Democrat/AP)

Wildfires 2013

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James Wallace wears a kilt as he stands outside the entrance to Edinburgh castle in Scotland, January 25, 2012. Scotland's nationalist leader Alex Salmond marked Burns Night, when Scots toast their national poet, by unveiling his plans for an independence referendum in defiance of British government proposals. (David Moir/Reuters)

Goodbye UK! Scotland's bid for independence

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Workers of Indian garment manufacturers shout slogans during a protest in New Delhi, March 15, 2011. Thousands of garment manufacturer workers protested against the imposition of 10 percent excise duty on the industry in the union budget, a media release said. (Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

Where Our Clothes Come From

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SOURCE: World Bank (Research: Ryan Lenora Brown/STAFF, Graphics: Rich Clabaugh/STAFF)

Millenium Development Goals: GLOBAL PROGRESS REPORT