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A scorched logging truck rests on Interstate 5 as the Delta Fire burns in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Calif., near Shasta Lake on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. Parked trucks lined more than two miles of the highway as both directions remained closed to traffic.Photo: AP
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Buildings destroyed by a landslide block a road after an earthquake in Atsuma town, Hokkaido, northern Japan, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. Several people were reported missing in the nearby the town, where a massive landslide engulfed homes in an avalanche of soil, rocks and timber.Photo: Kyodo News/AP
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Protesters hold placards and shout slogans outside the Myanmar consulate in Hong Kong, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, after a Myanmar court sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison Monday on charges of illegal possession of official documents, a ruling met with international condemnation that will add to outrage over the military's human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims.Photo: AP
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A model looks into the camera as she gets ready backstage during the Tom Ford show at the Fashion Week in New York.Photo: AP
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Members of the Official Party depart after the dignified transfer of the remains U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy A. Bolyard, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Diobanjo S. San Agustinat at Dover Air Force Base, Del.Photo: AP
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Protesters pull down concrete walls outside the governor's building during protests demanding better public services and jobs in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, Iraq.Photo: AP
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People burn the governor's building during protests demanding better public services and jobs in Basra, 340 miles (550 km) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. Photo: AP