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The Lede, Issue #25: The Best Hope for the Democratic Party, Heart Mountain, the End of Locker-Room Talk as We Know It, and More

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Inmate firefighters battle the Ferguson fire in Jerseydale, California, on July 22nd, 2018. A fire that claimed the life of one firefighter and injured two others near California's Yosemite National Park has almost doubled in size in three days, authorities said Friday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the so-called Ferguson fire had spread to an area of 22,892 acres, and was so far only 7 percent contained.

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Viewfinder: Inmate Firefighters Battle Flames in California’s Yosemite National Park

Inmate firefighters battle the Ferguson fire in Jerseydale, California, on July 22nd, 2018.

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Seagulls search for food near a sewage discharge area next to piles of plastic bottles washed away by the water on the seaside of Ouzai, south of Beirut, on July 19th, 2018. Many Lebanese nationals are refraining from heading to the beach this summer after reports about high levels of pollution along the country's Mediterranean coast, despite reassurances from government officials that the beaches remain safe.

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Viewfinder: Plastic Bottles Pile Up on the Coast in Lebanon

Seagulls search for food near a sewage discharge area next to piles of plastic bottles washed away by the water on the seaside of Ouzai, south of Beirut, on July 19th, 2018.

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Activists, including childcare providers, parents, and their children, protest against the Trump administration's family detention and separation policies for migrants along the southern border, near the New York offices of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, on July 18th, 2018, in New York City.

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Viewfinder: Protesting Family Separations Outside the ICE Office in New York

Activists, including childcare providers, parents, and their children, protest against the Trump administration's recent family detention and separation policies.

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We’re Hiring a Digital Product Manager

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People take cover from the rain in Midtown New York on July 17th, 2018, as a sudden storm hit the area with flash food warning in the Tri-State area.

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Viewfinder: Sudden and Heavy Rain in New York

People take cover from the rain in Midtown New York on July 17th, 2018.

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Friends and relatives carry the coffin containing the body of the student Gerald Velazquez, shot dead during clashes with riot police in a church near the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua in Managua on July 16th, 2018. Government forces in Nicaragua on Saturday shot dead two young men at a protest site in a church, the clergy said, on the third day of nationwide demonstrations against President Daniel Ortega, a former revolutionary hero now accused of authoritarianism.

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Viewfinder: Mourning the Death of Young Protesters in Nicaragua

Friends and relatives carry the coffin containing the body of the student Gerald Velazquez, shot dead during clashes with riot police in a church near the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua.

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The Lede, Issue #24: The Ongoing Crisis in Flint, the EPA Under Andrew Wheeler, Plastic Straw Bans, and More

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Presnel Kimpembe and Thomas Lemar of France celebrate in the rain after victory in the 2018 FIFA World Cup final between France and Croatia at Luzhniki Stadium on July 15th, 2018, in Moscow, Russia.

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Viewfinder: Players Celebrate France’s World Cup Final Victory Over Croatia

Presnel Kimpembe and Thomas Lemar of France celebrate in the rain after victory in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

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U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, President Donald Trump, and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May stand on the steps in the Great Court on the first day of Trump's visit to the United Kingdom.

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Viewfinder: President Trump Arrives in the U.K. for a Four-Day Visit

U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, President Donald Trump, and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May stand on the steps in the Great Court on the first day of Trump's visit to the United Kingdom.

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