The top photos for June 25, 2011.
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Jun 24 2011 7:40PM
Thibault Camus /
Associated Press
A model wears a creation by Belgian fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck as part of his Spring/Summer 2012 fashion collection presented in Paris.
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Jun 24 2011 7:41PM
Charles Rex Arbogast /
Associated Press
The head of a lawn deer remains above the flood waters from the Souris River in an evacuated western neighborhood of Minot, N.D. About one-fourth of the city's 40,000 residents have evacuated their homes.
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Jun 24 2011 7:40PM
Charles Rex Arbogast /
Associated Press
In this aerial photo, a Conoco gas station is surrounded by sand bags, the flood waters of the Souris River, and an oil slick in Minot, N.D. North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple says the Souris River is flowing over most levees in Minot as it surges past a 130-year-old record level.
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Jun 24 2011 7:40PM
Mayra Beltran /
Chronicle
"I am free to do whatever I want. I don't have any possessions" says Dillor Kerry, 58, as he stands next to destroyed home that was consumed by the Dyer Mills wildfire on Millstone Drive south of Stoneham, TX. Thirty homes are confirmed destroyed, along with three businesses. More than 1,000 homes and businesses were evacuated in Grimes County because of the major wildfire that burned thousands of acres there since the weekend. The evacuation order, however, was lifted Thursday afternoon. Red Cross will begin surveying the damaged and destroyed homes today to determine the amount and type of assistance needed for affected residents.
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Jun 24 2011 7:41PM
Mayra Beltran /
Chronicle
"Keep out, It's all we have" reads a sign made by Linda Shidler, 53, as she leaves her destroyed home for the day on Millstone Drive.
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Jun 24 2011 7:40PM
Mayra Beltran /
Chronicle
April Gensemer looks inside her destroyed vehicle which was parked in her father's garage which was destroyed by the wildfire along Millstone Dr. in Grimes County.
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Jun 24 2011 7:41PM
Patrick T Fallon /
Houston Chronicle
HFD firefighter Julio Villarreal of Station 93 hoses down smoldering embers from a grass fire off Clear Lake City Blvd. and Galveston Rd. in south Houston.
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Jun 24 2011 7:42PM
Craig Hartley /
For the Chronicle
Jim Martin is a 75-year-old Marine veteran and a shooting guard on the Virginia Creepers basketball team. gathers with his team after a recent game to say a prayer.
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Jun 24 2011 7:41PM
Michael Paulsen /
Houston Chronicle
Houston Rocket's head coach Kevin McHale puts his arm around the 14th pick of the 2011 NBA Draft, Marcus Morris, as Donatas Motiejunas looks on during a press conference at the Toyota Center.
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Jun 24 2011 7:41PM
Nick de la Torre /
Houston Chronicle
Cayron Plant, 7, of Houston, jokes with friends as they play volleyball in the new Garden City Boys & Girls Club in Houston. The building was destroyed in 2008 by Hurricane Ike and was rebuilt by the Salvation Army Greater Houston Command.
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Jun 24 2011 7:40PM
Nick de la Torre /
Houston Chronicle
Derrick Adams II, 12, looks to serve the ball as he plays volleyball on the new Garden City Boys & Girls Club's brand new gymnasium in Houston.
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Jun 24 2011 7:48PM
Michael Paulsen /
Houston Chronicle
Biruck Wondwoson, 6, and Carson Hadden, 7, tease each other before the graduating from the 2011 Melinda Webb School at the Center for Hearing and Speech in Houston. Four hearing-impaired children who have persevered and worked diligently, learning to listen and speak without sign language, graduated from the early education program and come next fall, they will join their hearing peers in mainstream kindergarten classrooms.
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Jun 24 2011 7:40PM
Winslow Townson /
Associated Press
A law enforcement official boards the plane carrying Boston mob boss James 'Whitey' Bulger and his girlfriend, Catherine Greig, in a hanger after it arrived in Boston. Bulger and Greig were apprehended Thursday, June 23, 2001, in Santa Monica, Calif., after 16 years on the run.
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Jun 24 2011 7:40PM
Carolyn Kaster /
Associated Press
President Barack Obama greets members of the military before boarding Air Force One at the 171st Air Refueling Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard Base in Coraopolis, Pa.
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Jun 24 2011 7:42PM
Charles Dharapak /
Associated Press
First lady Michelle Obama watches as traditional dancers perform upon her arrival in Gaborone, Botswana. At left is her mother Marian Robinson.
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Jun 24 2011 7:39PM
Justin Sullivan /
Getty
Pigs with the All-Alaskan Pig Racing round the track during a race at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, California. The Alameda County Fair is celebrating its 99th year and features rides, farm animals, carnival food, horse racing and pig races. The fair runs through July 10.
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