Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai speaks in Kabul. Seeking a second term, he faces 40 candidates in an election to be held Aug. 20. (Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images)
An Afghan border police officer in Spin Boldak guards a post overlooking the neighboring Pakistani city of Chaman, about 63 miles southeast of Kandahar. (Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press)
The Glorious Twelfth, as in Aug. 12, is the official start of red grouse shooting season in Scotland and parts of northern England. In preparation, Ian Elliot, grouse keeper at Horseupcleugh estate in the Lammermuir Hills of southern Scotland, inspects a grouse moor. (Jeff J. Mitchell / Getty Images)
At the ninth International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, a visitor looks at a display of pictures of people infected with HIV. (Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP/Getty Images)
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In Hoboken, N.J., law enforcement officials examine the remains of a sightseeing helicopter pulled from the Hudson River. On Saturday, a small plane carrying three people, which took off from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, collided with the helicopter, owned by Liberty Tours and carrying five Italian tourists and a pilot. The incident is believed to have killed all nine people. (Rick Gershon / Getty Images)
Riot police, in position for the North American Leaders’ Summit in Guadalajara, Mexico, take a break. (Carlos Jasso /Associated Press)
At the Rogers Cup being held in Montreal, Marin Cilic of Croatia serves to Mikhail Youzhny of Russia. (Matthew Stockman / Getty Images)
The sun sets over Bethlehem. (Abbas Momani / AFP/Getty Images)
