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Outreach worker registering a displaced Syrian family in Lebanon.

Army Sgt. Lewis Howard, a CH-47 Chinook crew chief assigned to the Mississippi National Guard's Company B, 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment, looks over cargo paperwork for a scheduled pick up of supplies at the next forward operating base in Afghanistan, July 20, 2012. Company B transitioned to Afghanistan from Iraq after military operations ended in Iraq.

Army Sgt. Lewis Howard, a CH-47 Chinook crew chief assigned to the Mississippi National Guard's Company B, 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment, looks over cargo paperwork for a scheduled pick up of supplies at the next forward operating base in Afghanistan, July 20, 2012. Company B transitioned to Afghanistan from Iraq after military operations ended in Iraq.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued complaints seeking civil penalties against three companies for alleged violations of the reporting and recordkeeping requirements under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

Several violent attacks ripped through Iraq, killing at least 110 people and wounding more than 200 in the deadliest day of attacks this year.

A veterinary technician from an FAO project in Padukka, Sri Lanka, tests blood samples from cattle to ensure the rinderpest virus has not returned.

Special Representative Bert Koenders (left) with UNOCI peacekeepers.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is prepared to act to neutralize the threat posed by Syrian weapons of mass destruction in a post-Assad era. The prime minister was interviewed by two U.S. television networks.

Spc. Anthony Buran, a member of the Illinois Army National Guard's 1544th Transportation Company, conducts a vehicle maintenance check July 15, 2012 before leaving for a mission during eXportable Combat Training Capability at Camp Ripley, Minn. XCTC is an Army exercise that provides realistic training for deploying units during their Ready phase of the Army Force Generation cycle. This training incorporates the most current tactics, techniques, and procedures used in theater.