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Throughout much of New Orleans, recovery from Katrina has been hindered by the city's many prestorm weaknesses and delayed by false starts. Nearly three years after the hurricane struck, there are signs of progress across the Crescent City, but it is difficult to avoid the lingering evidence of devastation in many neighborhoods. (Jim Lo Scalzo for USN&WR)
While touring the East Community Ministry in Zanesville , Ohio, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama bends over to listen to a student in a youth program.
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Charles Schneider, diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, at his home in O'Fallon, Mo. After being diagnosed with the disease in his early 50s, Schneider had to retire from his job as a firefighter and moved from his house to a small apartment in O'Fallon. (Jeffrey MacMillan for USN&WR)
Jeffrey MacMillan, a California native, joined the staff of U.S. News & World Report in 1991.
Military Naturalization (Jeffrey MacMillan for USN&WR)
Service members from 15 countries take oath of citizenship. (Jeffrey MacMillan for USN&WR)
A member of the Border Patrol's tunnel team patrols the Grand Tunnel, a 15-foot-high storm drain running under Grand Avenue in Nogales, into Sonora, Mexico, in May . Last year between July and October alone, Border Patrol agents made 1,704 arrests in tunnels; they also picked up more than a ton of marijuana. Although the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection has begun filling them in, the Grand Tunnel, one of the largest on the border, must remain intact to allow water to gush north from Sonora during summer monsoons.
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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. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
A torn election poster of President Robert Mugabe hangs on a wall in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai beat Mugabe in general elections held in March but did not win the majority necessary to avoid a runoff. That vote is scheduled for June 27. (John Moore/Getty Images)
The destroyed section of the Pentagon after the terrorist attack of September 11. Smoke is rising. The US Capitol is on the left, in the background. (Jim Lo Scalzo for USN&WR)
Supporters listen to Sen. Hillary Clinton during a campaign event at Yankton High School in Yankton, S.D. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama addresses a crowd during a rally at Waterfront Park in Portland, Ore. An estimated 75,000 people came out to hear the Illinois senator, who would go on to win the state's primary and inch closer to the party nomination. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) is showered with confetti during a primary-night celebration at the Charleston Civic Center May 13, 2008 in Charleston, West Virginia. Early returns in the West Virginia primary showed Clinton leading Sen. Barack Obama, (D-IL) by a wide margin. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Rescuers carry an injured man from a collapsed building in Beichuan county. An earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale jolted Wenchuan and Beichuan counties of southwest China's Sichuan province on May 12, with the death toll expected to perhaps reach 50,000, according to Chinese officials. Unknown numbers of people remain trapped or missing. (Wang Jiaowen/AP)
A week of intermittent sectarian violence in Beirut has pushed the nation dangerously close to all-out civil war. An antigovernment gunman, loyal to a pro-Syrian group, throws a molotov cocktail toward a TV-broadcasting building that was set on fire, engulfing a poster of slain former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. (Nasser Nasser--AP)
A woman waits for free rice provided at the Bari Imam Shrine on April 30, 2008, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Food prices throughout Pakistan and around the world continue to escalate while staple produce, such as rice, are in short supply placing developing countries at great risk. ( (Warrick Page/Getty Images)
Soldiers remove rubble and debris in front of the Big Buddha in Kyacek Tan, south of Yangon, Myanmar. International aid agencies are continuing efforts to deliver aid to Myanmar in order to assist as many as 1 million people made homeless. (Chumsak Kanoknan/Getty Images)
Supporters listen to Sen. Hillary Clinton during a campaign event at Fire Station No. 2 in Merrillville, Ind. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
Supporters celebrate after hearing CNN projections of Hillary Clinton’s win during the primary night party in Philadelphia. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Supporters applaud as they listen to Barack Obama speak in Reading. (Jae C. Hong/AP)
Anti-China protestors hang banners as they scale the cables of the Golden Gate Bridge April 7, 2008 in San Francisco, California. Protestors are staging demonstrations against the Chinese government as the city of San Francisco prepares to host the Olympic torch relay on Wednesday. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A stranded traveler uses the courtesy phone at a self-service rebooking center in a Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport terminal Wednesday. The issue stems from an order that the Federal Aviation Administration gave airlines in September 2006 about the bundling of wires in the backup power system for the fuel pump on MD-80 airplanes. The fear is that improperly bundled wires could rub, leading to an electrical short or even fire. The FAA reports that no serious incidents have been blamed on the bundles. (Rich Gershon/Getty Images)
LONDON - APRIL 06: Police officers restrain a protester along the route of the Olympic Torch outside Downing Street on April 6, 2008 in London, England. The torch for the 2008 Beijing Olympics is to be carried by respected athletes and celebrities from Wembley Stadium to the O2 Dome, passing China Town, Trafalgar Square, the Houses of Parliament and London Bridge, amid crowds of spectators. Demonstrations over China's human rights record and actions in Tibet are expected along the route. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Policemen drag away Tibetans protesting against China outside the Chinese Embassy in Katmandu, Nepal.
Iraqi Shiite fighters wave their weapons as they celebrate an end to clashes with Iraqi government troops in Basra. Moqtada al-Sadr told his fighters to stand down following a week of fighting with government forces in March. The cease-fire, said to have been brokered in Iran, calmed the violence but left al-Sadr's militia intact--a blow to the credibility of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who had flown to Basra to personally oversee the crackdown on militias and gangs. (Essam Al-Sudani/AFP/Getty Images)
A composite of satellite images of the World shows light pollution in populated areas. (NASA)
Boston Latin is the country's oldest high school; ranked 19th on our list of Gold Medal Schools.
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