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A sick child is comforted by her mother at a field hospital for refugees of the Indonesian tsunami that killed ten of thousands of people.
A bench in memory of 9/11 Pentagon victim Janice Scott, a U.S. Army civilian employee.
A new memorial honors the 184 people who died at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
For some people, air travel still carries the allure of adventure.
For some people, air travel still carries the allure of adventure.
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Habitat for Humanity rebuilds a house in the Upper Ninth Ward of New Orleans. (Jim Lo Scalzo for USN&WR)
Streetlights illuminate what remains after Katrina.
Big Cypress National Preserve in the Florida Everglades. (Jim Lo Scalzo for USN&WR)
Endangered Places: Farming and development to blame
A polar bear. (Jim Lo Scalzo for USN&WR)
A visit to Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain and his wife Cindy leave the stage amid cheers at the end of the Republican convention.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., and wife, Jill, wave to the crowd with presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., his wife, Michelle on the last day of the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field in Denver.
Tom Van Hoe is rescued from his Iowa home June 12 by Justin Jensen (left) of the Cedar Rapids Fire Department and Jake Siggins of the Lisbon Fire Department. Residents of Cedar Rapids were evacuated after rain had swollen the Cedar River over its banks.
Boston Latin is the country's oldest high school; ranked 19th on our list of Gold Medal Schools.
(Charlie Archambault for USN&WR)
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