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Images from the weekend

Images from the weekend

Browse some of the most interesting photos shot from around the world over the weekend.

Thousands celebrate inauguration Mass for Pope Francis

Thousands celebrate inauguration Mass for Pope Francis

Pope Francis urged princes, presidents, sheiks and thousands of ordinary people gathered for his installation Mass on Tuesday to protect the environment, the weakest and the poorest, mapping out a clear focus of his priorities as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.

Hugo Chavez through the years

Hugo Chavez through the years

President Hugo Chavez, the fiery populist who declared a socialist revolution in Venezuela, died Tuesday at age 58.

 
  • Bikram yoga demonstrators take a break for a drink of water in New York's Times Square, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Temperatures across the Northeast are expected to approach triple digits. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
  • Dillon Davis, 1, of Washington, tries to catch some water from a fountain at Georgetown Waterfront Park, in Washington, on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Temperatures across the Northeast are expected to approach triple digits. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
  • Excited children run though water as the fountains are turned on at Georgetown Waterfront Park in Washington, on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Temperatures across the Northeast are expected to approach triple digits. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
  • Sophia Tatton, 7, of Washington, cools off in the fountains at Georgetown Waterfront Park, in Washington, on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Temperatures across the Northeast are expected to approach triple digits. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
  • From top Aney Rodriguez, 9, her sister Nena Rodriguez, 7, and friend Mariely Rodriguez, 8, not related, all of Gaithersburg, Md., cool off under the fountains at Georgetown Waterfront Park, in Washington, on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Temperatures across the Northeast are expected to approach triple digits. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
  • Baseball fan Terry Elias of Atlanta uses a fan to try and keep cool during the Atlanta Braves baseball game against the New York Yankees in 90 degree temperatures at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
  • New York Yankees starting pitcher Phil Hughes pours a bottle of water over his head in the dugout after manager Joe Girard removed him from the mound during the fifth inning of the Yankees baseball game against the Atlanta Braves at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
  • Ten-month-old Leo Erichsen is held up by his mother, Tatjana Eres of Denmark, as she joins thousands of yoga enthusiasts for a class in New York's Times Square to mark the summer solstice, Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Temperatures are expected to be near 100 degrees (37C) Wednesday. (AP Photos/Mark Lennihan)
  • The raging Miller Creek attracting onlookers recording history as it flows through Lincoln Park in West Duluth, Minn., Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Residents evacuated their homes and animals escaped from pens at a zoo as floods fed by a steady torrential downpour struck northeastern Minnesota, inundating the city of Duluth, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Brian Peterson)
  • A car fell into a huge sinkhole in Duluth, Minn. on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Duluth Mayor Don Ness said he would declare a state of emergency after the deluge of up to 9 inches of rain that he said caused extensive damage to the port city of about 86,000. Ness said the order would start the process to obtain federal aid. Gov. Mark Dayton said he would travel to Duluth on Thursday to discuss how the state can help. (AP Photo/The Duluth News-Tribune, Bob King)
  • A car sits in a giant sinkhole in Duluth, Minn. Wednesday, June 19, 2011. Residents evacuated their homes and animals escaped from pens at a zoo as floods fed by a steady torrential downpour struck northeastern Minnesota, inundating the city of Duluth, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Brian Peterson)
  • A man gets dangerously close to the raging Miller Creek as it flows through Lincoln Park in West Duluth, Minn., Wednesday, June 19, 2011. Residents evacuated their homes and animals escaped from pens at a zoo as floods fed by a steady torrential downpour struck northeastern Minnesota, inundating the city of Duluth, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Brian Peterson)
 

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