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Thursday July 9, Our World In Pictures

July 9, 2015 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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SOUTH CAROLINA — Supporters of Bill Rejoice: Rep. Carl Anderson (D-Georgetown), left, embraces Rev. Jesse Jackson after the House approved a bill removing the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds, early Thursday in Columbia.

MANHATTAN — Girl Runs Through Sprinkler: A girl attending a Police Athletic League summer camp runs through a sprinkler from an open fire hydrant on Wednesday.

PAKISTAN — Muslims Practice Mourning Ritual: Shiite Muslims beat themselves to mourn during the anniversary of the death of Hazrat Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad and the first Imam of the Shiite Muslim sect, on Thursday in Lahore.

NEW YORK — Hasidic Girls Leave Summer Camp: In this July 1, 2014, file photo, girls walk to waiting buses after summer day camp in Kiryas Joel. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vetoed legislation that would have made it more difficult for the Hasidic Jewish village to expand its borders. The village is now overseeing an environmental review of a politically controversial request to annex 507 acres from the Town of Monroe, about 50 miles north of New York City.

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