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Adam Peaty, left, of Great Britain, tested positive for COVID on Monday, a day after he stood with Gold medalist Nicolo Martinenghi, center, of Italy, and dual silver medalist Nic Fink, of the United States. The men competed in the 100-meter breaststroke final at the 2024 Paris Olympics in Nanterre, France.
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Team USA's Brittney Griner (15) played her first international basketball game since her detention in Russia. She helped the USA women power by Japan in the opening game of group play on Monday as the U.S. aims for an unprecedented eighth straight gold medal.
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Consuelo Marquez holds a Venezuelan flag in front of police blocking demonstrations against the official election results declaring President Nicolás Maduro's reelection, the day after the vote in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday.
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Swimmers from Australia celebrate after winning the women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay final at the 2024 Summer Olympics last Saturday in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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Musician Toumani Diabaté of Mali and his 21-string kora, photographed at WOMAD -- the World of Music, Arts and Dance festival held yearly in the United Kingdom. Diabaté died on July 19 at age 58.
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Members of the U.S. men's gymnastics team pose with their bronze medal following the men's team final on Monday. It's the first Olympic medal for the U.S. in the event since 2008.
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Residents and community organizers take the street in the La Vega neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday morning to show support for opposition candidate Edmundo Gónzalez, going door to door to explain the ballot.
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Edith Bouvier Beale at her home "Grey Gardens" in January 1972 in New York. A 1975 documentary by that name explores the reclusive lives of Beale and her mother, living in their dilapidated house with over 50 cats.
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Yolanda Hopkins, of Portugal, wipes out during the second round of the 2024 Summer Olympics surfing competition Sunday.
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Team Great Britain's Thomas Daley and Helen Glover imitate the iconic "I'm flying!" scene from the film Titanic during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on Friday.
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Serbia's Novak Djokovic, right, shakes hands with Spain's Rafael Nadal after the two faced off in the Paris Olympics — their 60th matchup overall. Nadal has been battling injuries for years, but he rallied for a number of dramatic points in front of an appreciative crowd at Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Stadium.
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Gold medalist, Torri Huske, right stands with silver medalist Gretchen Walsh, both of whom are on Team USA, after the women's 100-meter butterfly final at the Paris Olympics on Sunday.
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President Joe Biden speaks at an event commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, Monday, July 29, 2024, at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas.
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Voters head to a polling place in November 2022. Outside money is pouring into a Phoenix-area congressional district in a heated Democratic primary on Tuesday.
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A key protein called Reelin may help stave off Alzheimer's disease, according to a growing body of research.
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Left: President Lyndon B. Johnson announcing he will not seek or accept the nomination for re-election and orders a halt to the bombing of North Vietnam, March 31, 1968. Image is a screen grab. Right: US President Joe Biden delivers a prime-time address to the nation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 24, 2024.
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United States' Diana Taurasi (right) drives around Germany's Leonie Fiebich during a women's exhibition basketball game between the United States and Germany in London on July 23, 2024.
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Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at the 2024 Republican National Convention on July 17 in Milwaukee.
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Hobie Biliouris, 14, of the Arlington Tigers gymnastics team practices on the rings at the Barcroft Sports & Fitness Center in Arlington, Va., on July 2. He recently joined the Tigers after his previous team ended its boys program.
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President Nicolas Maduro addresses supporters after electoral authorities declared him the winner of the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela on Monday.
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