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Austin Brock holds cat Tutti, shortly after the animal was retrieved from the rubble of Brock's home, which was demolished a day earlier when a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 21, 2013.View a gallery at The Frame photo blog. -
This aerial photo shows the remains of houses in Moore, Okla., following a tornado Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. View a gallery at The Frame photo blog. -
A boy is pulled from beneath a collapsed wall at the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as half a mile (1.6 kilometer) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on the elementary school. View a gallery at The Frame photo blog. -
A tornado passes across south Oklahoma City, Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. View a gallery at The Frame photo blog. -
Pamela Martinez, grandmother of Selena, Antonio, Andrew and Mackenzie Martinez, huddle on Monday evening, May 20, 2013 as they say a prayer for Elvira Campos,10, who was shot to death Saturday night while watching TV in the living room of her North Highlands home on Channing Way. Sacramento county sheriff's investigators said Sunday. The barrage of bullets that penetrated the house from outside also wounded the girl's father and mother. -
Residents pass a destroyed car as they walk through a tornado-ravaged neighborhood Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. View a gallery at The Frame photo blog. -
FILE -In this Nov. 29, 2012 file photo, Congolese government troops patrol near Minova in eastern Congo. Fighting between M23 rebels and the army continued for a second day Tuesday, May 21, 2013, near Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma, in clashes that have so far killed 20 people, all of them either soldiers or rebels, officials said. Peace talks reached a dead end in recent weeks, and after a six-month lull, the Congolese army and the M23 started fighting again on Monday. -
Wildlife biologist Chris Nadareski, foreground, of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, assisted by Port Authority structural specialist Pete Mizialko, holds one of four peregrine falcon chicks for banding, at a nest at the east tower of the George Washington Bridge, over the Hudson River, in New York, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The chicks hatched three weeks ago on a girder six feet below the bridge's lower level. Their parents are among 20 pairs of peregrine falcons living in New York City. -
An Afghan refugee girl walks back to her home in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Pakistan hosts over 1.6 million registered Afghans, the largest and most protracted refugee population in the world, according to the U.N. refugee agency. -
Athletes compete in men's 3000 meter steeplechase during the IAAF World Challenge competition held in China's National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. -
The pack pedals through mountain landscape during the 16th stage of the Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, from Valloire, France, to Ivrea, Italy, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Benat Intxausti of Spain won the 16th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday, and favorite Vincenzo Nibali retained the overall lead as the race entered the final week. -
Japanese wartime flags are reflected in a protester's sunglasses during a rally against Japan in front of the Japanese ambassador's residence in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The protesters denounced Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's previous pledges to revise Japan's past apologies for wartime atrocities and another Japanese outspoken nationalist for commenting that the Japanese military's forced prostitution of Asian women before and during World War II was necessary to "maintain discipline" in the ranks and provide rest for soldiers who risked their lives in battle. The letters read " Oppose visit to Yasukuni Shrine." -
A woman and child walk watch a dog sculpture in Beijing, China, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. -
Divers are silhouetted as they enter a giant aquarium at the Marine Life Park at Resorts World, one of the city-state's newest tourist attractions opened late 2012, in Singapore, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The Marine Life Park offers certified divers a chance to participate in an "Open Ocean Dive" for a fee, to explore the 18.2 million liter Open Ocean habitat which is home to manta rays, sharks and other marine life species in a bid to attract more tourists, as well as educating the public about marine wildlife and its conservation efforts in the process. -
Relatives of victims of a garments building collapse cry at a graveyard in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Over 290 unclaimed bodies were buried after DNA samples were taken, all victims of the worst tragedy in the history of the global garment industry which claimed 1,127 lives. -
This Saturday, May 19, 2013 photo shows a Fennec fox, the smallest species of fox, and a native to the Sahara desert in Africa, in the White desert, about 500 kilometers (310 miles) southwest of Cairo, Egypt. The area, with its white and cream color and massive chalk rock formations, was a popular excursion for visitors to Egypt. The 2011 uprising that toppled Egypt's longtime autocratic ruler, Hosni Mubarak, dealt a blow to tourism with tourists still scared away by unrest and political turmoil. -
A five meters high sculpture "Pentateuque," created by Contemporary French artist Fabien Merelle, is displayed in Central, business district of Hong Kong, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The artwork brings to real life the fantastical and seemingly impossible act of an average man balancing a gigantic elephant. The elephant and the man are modeled on one at the Singapore Zoo and on the artist himself. -
A woman carries a child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. The relationship between the woman and the child was not immediately known. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. View a photo gallery. -
Bullet holes are seen in the front window, Monday, May 20, 2013, of the home, where Elvira Campos, 10, was shot and killed in North Highlands, Calif. Campos had been watching television with her parents Saturday night, when at least two gunmen walked up to the door of the home and began shooting. About a dozen shot were fired, killing Campos' and wounding her father and mother. -
A Burrowing owl sit on its perches in a public park in Cooper City, Fla. Monday, May 20, 2013 as rain drops streak across the sky. -
Italian businessman Marcello di Finizio stands by his banner with writings against the Italian Government and the Euro as he protests on St. Peter's 130-meter-high (42-feet-high) dome, at the Vatican, Monday, May 20, 2013. Di Finizio eluded Vatican security Monday and scaled the dome of St. Peter's Basilica to protest against the Italian government and European Union policies. The man, who identified himself as the owner of a beach resort, had already done a similar protest last year. -
Ben Goldfarb of New York checks his phone during commencement at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., Monday, May 20, 2013. Goldfarb, is receiving a degree from the School of Forestry with a focus on Marine Conservation.
