PHOTOS: 15 striking moments caught on camera

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United States President Barack Obama heads a soccer ball at Ubungo Power Plant in Dar es Salaam July 2, 2013. The ball called a "soccket ball" has internal electronics that allows it to generate and store electricity that can power small devices.

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15 striking moments caught on camera

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Recording artist Ciara performs onstage during the 2013 BET Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on June 30, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.

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15 striking moments caught on camera

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Rhys James performs a fire stunt during a publicity event at Luna Park in Sydney July 1, 2013. The stunt show called Stuntmania is being performed daily at Luna Park until July 15.

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15 striking moments caught on camera

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A resident rides an electric tricycle along a street amid heavy rainfall in Bingzhou, Shandong province July 1, 2013.

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A woman weeps during a memorial service for the 19 firefighters who perished battling a fast-moving wildland fire, in Prescott, Arizona July 1, 2013

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A girl sits on her father's merchandise at a street market in Jakarta July 1, 2013.

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The Empire State Building is lit in rainbow colors in honor of the annual Gay Pride Parade, which took place earlier in the day, seen through the fog and rain clouds from the Top of the Rock observation deck at Rockefeller Centre, in New York, June 30, 2013.

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People take part in the Gay Pride Parade in New York June 30, 2013.

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A mourner reacts after praying for Nelson Mandela outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where he is being treated for a lung infection on June 30, 2013 in Pretoria, South Africa.

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A Japanese fireworks performer set off fireworks to celebrate annual opening of Mount Fuji for the public at Sengentaisha Shrine on July 1, 2013 in Fujinomiya, Japan. The newly world heritage listed Japanese icon, Mount Fuji, opened to the public for two months. According to officials, approximately 300,000 climbers visit the mountain in the months of July and August with expectations numbers will reach as high as 350,000.

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Confederate Civil War re-enactors launch an evening attack during a three-day Battle of Gettysburg re-enactment on June 29, 2013 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Some 8,000 re-enactors from the Blue Gray Alliance are participating in events marking the 150th anniversary of the July 1-3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was defeated on the third day of the battle, considered the turning point in the American Civil War and a watershed moment in the nation's history. Union and Confederate armies suffered a combined total of some 46,000-51,000 casualties over three days, the highest of any battle the four-year war.

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Samantha Cameron, the wife of Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, plays a game of Boccia with Paralympians, Daniel Bentley and David Smith at the charity "Vitalise", of which she is a patron, at their care centre in Chigwell, southeast England July 2, 2013.

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Maltese flamenco dancer Francesca Grima performs in Puerto Flamenco's "Isla" during the Malta Arts Festival in Valletta July 1, 2013. The festival, which runs from June 30 to July 14, provides a mix of theatre, dance, music and visual arts.

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A protester opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi holds a sign that reads, "Leave" as he sleeps on a chair during a sit-in protest demanding that Mursi resign at Tahrir Square in Cairo July 2, 2013.

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Uranjargal, a leader of the Mongolian neo-Nazi group Tsagaan Khass, poses for a portrait at the group's headquarters in Ulan Bator June 23, 2013.

The group has rebranded itself as an environmentalist organisation fighting pollution by foreign-owned mines, seeking legitimacy as it sends Swastika-wearing members to check mining permits.

Over the past years, ultra-nationalist groups have expanded in the country and among those garnering attention is Tsagaan Khass, which has recently shifted its focus from activities such as attacks on women it accuses of consorting with foreign men to environmental issues, with the stated goal of protecting Mongolia from foreign mining interests. This ultra-nationalist group was founded in the 1990s and currently has 100-plus members.

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