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Photos of the Week for June 7, 2013

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    Firefighters make their way through the water on a street in Kritzendorf near Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, after the village was flooded by the river Danube. Heavy rainfalls cause flooding along rivers and lakes in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. (AP Photo/Hans Punz)

    AP Photo/Australian Antarctic Division

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    A Houston firefighter is comforted during a memorial service for fallen Houston firefighters Wednesday. Four firefighters searching for people they thought might be trapped in a blazing motel and restaurant last Friday were killed when part of the structure collapsed and ensnared them. Full story (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

    AP Photo/Las Vegas Fire and Rescue

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    Ambulances parked outside a subway station in downtown Moscow on Wednesday. A rush-hour fire in Moscow’s subway injured dozens of people, forced the evacuation of thousands of commuters and closed parts of the network. (AP Photo/Ruslan Safin)

    AP Photo/John Javellana

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    Fire gutted a building on the Carthage, Mo., square on Saturday as fire crews from four departments battled the blaze and managed to keep it from spreading to an adjacent building. Full story (Image YouTube)

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    Firefighters prepare bags that appears to contain the remains of victims from a poultry processing plant that was engulfed by a fire in northeast China’s Jilin province’s Mishazi township on Monday. The massive fire trapped workers inside a cluttered slaughterhouse and killed over a hundred people, reports and officials said. Full story (AP Photo)

    AP Photo/Matt Rourke

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    A volunteer fire station in Keswick, Va., is rolling out its new high-tech fire-fighting truck. The East Rivanna Volunteer Fire Company hosted an open house and dedication ceremony Sunday for the new engine. Full story (Image NBC 29)

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    A firefighting plane drops fire retardant on a wildfire in Lancaster, Calif. on Monday. Firefighters working in darkness doubled containment of a massive wildfire north of Los Angeles to 40 percent overnight, as cool, moist air moved in Monday to replace torrid weather. Full story (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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