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Our world in photos: August 25

August 25, 2022 Daniel Cody

TURKEY – Strike: Lightning struck over buildings in Istanbul last Wednesday. Photo: Khalil Hamra/AP

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ISRAEL – Nuns walking: Christian Orthodox nuns hold candles and flowers as they walk in a procession to bring an icon of the Virgin Mary to the tomb where it is believed she is buried, along with the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem early on Thursday.
Photo: Mahmoud Illean/AP

BRAZIL – Embalmed emperor: The embalmed heart of Brazil’s former emperor Dom Pedro I displayed in a container of formaldehyde during a press visit for Itamaraty palace in Brasilia last Wednesday.
Photo: Eraldo Peres/AP

WASHINGTON – Student loan forgiveness: President Joe Biden, with Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, spoke about student loan debt forgiveness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House last Wednesday.
Photo: Evan Vucci/AP

JAPAN – Red Diamonds: Japan’s Urawa Red Diamonds’ react during the AFC Champions League semifinal match Urawa Red Diamonds and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors at Saitama Stadium last Thursday near Tokyo.
Photo: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

TEXAS – Arredondo fired: Family, parents and friends file out of a meeting where Uvalde School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo was dismissed by the Board of Trustees of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District last Wednesday.
Photo: Eric Gay/AP

NEW YORK – Wide shot of it all: The New York skyline, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022.
Photo: Julia Nikhinson

PENNSYLVANIA – Oz speaks: Dr. Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, took part in a Republican Jewish Coalition event in Philadelphia last Wednesday. If Oz is elected next fall, he will be the first Muslim to serve in the chamber.
Photo: Matt Rourke/AP

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