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Baby Zedonk, carnival moon, California wildfires (17 images)
A four-day-old Zedonk, a rare cross between a zebra and a donkey, stands next to her mother at the Chestatee Wildlife Preserve in Lumpkin County, Ga. on Monday. The director of the preserve says it is the first time in 40 years that a zedonk has been born there. (AP Photo/The Times,Tom Reed)
Doug Roberts of the Sculpture Foundation guides the head of the woman into place atop the 25-foot sculpture based on Grant Wood's "American Gothic" painting at the Dow AgroSciences Celebration Park at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis. Titled "God Bless America," the piece was created by J. Seward Johnson. It will tower over this year's fair which is due to start August 6. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Kelly Wilkinson)
Cast members of MTV's "Jersey Shore" reality series, from left, Vinny Guadagnino, Jenni "J-Woww" Farley, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino, Ronnie Ortiz, Angelina "Jolie" Pivarnick. pose for photos after ringing the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
On Tuesday a truck and tractor destroyed by a tornado was found several miles from their original locations after the twister touched down west of Reserve, Mont., on Monday. The tornado that touched down about 7:15 p.m. Monday was reportedly two to three miles wide with winds estimated at 150 mph. (AP Photo/National Weather Service)
An Afghan soldier launches a rocket propelled grenade as US soldiers of the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division duck during a clash with insurgents at COP Nolen, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A woman walks by burning barricades set up during a small protest against the government for the lack of help to rebuild the area after the earthquake in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A man is seen standing on top of the wreckage of a Lufthansa cargo plane which caught fire and split in half as it was landing in the capital Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. The German pilot and co-pilot of Flight 8460, which was carrying about 90 tons of unspecified cargo, were slightly injured, an airport official said. (AP Photo)
The full moon rises behind the Super Shot on the midway of the Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Company carnival in Mount Airy, Maryland on Monday night. (AP Photo/Carroll County Times, Dylan Slagle)
Locals look at the scene of a landslide in Hanyuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province on Tuesday. A landslide caused by rains in southern China left 21 people missing Tuesday, adding to a growing death toll from China's worst flood season in a decade. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Jiang Hongjing)
Oil spews from a wellhead in Barataria Bay on the coast of Louisiana on Tuesday, after it was struck by a tugboat Tuesday morning. A crew capable of capping the well is expected onsite later Tuesday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Believers give flowers to Buddhist monks during a ceremony to mark the Buddhist Lent at Dhasarin Temple on Tuesday, in Bangkok, Thailand, during which all Buddhist monks retreat to the temples for three months. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Fishermen scoop up oil sludge on the coast of Dalian, China, polluted by China's largest reported oil spill, but the crude still fouling the beaches must be removed urgently, a local mayor said Monday. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Jiang He)
People mourn at the tunnel in Duisburg, western Germany, on Tuesday, where a stampede during the Love Parade techno music festival last Saturday killed 20 people and hundreds were injured in a mass panic at the only entrance and exit. (AP Photo / Martin Meissner)
Bright flames light up the side of this hill, north of Kernville, Calif. on Tuesday. A fire in Sequoia National Forest has destroyed six homes, charred eight square miles and forced the evacuation of 122 juvenile offenders attending a forestry camp near the California town of Kernville. (AP Photo/The Bakersfield Californian, Casey Christie)
A fisherman tosses his line in the Kern River, as a wildfire burns in the background, near Kernville, Calif. on Monday. Fire crews faced a 2,000 acre wildfire in the heavy vegetation in Bull Run Creek near Kernville, Calif. (AP Photo/Bakersfield Californian, Casey Christie)
An air tanker drops fire retardant on a large brush fire north of Kernville, Calif. on Monday. Approximately 200 firefighters are battling the fire on the ground with assistance from seven water dropping helicopters and seven air tankers. (AP Photo/Bakersfield Californian, Casey Christie)
Boy Scouts trade patches during the National Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, P. Kevin Morley)
