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Arthur Flores Aleman salutes as the Honor Guard makes its way into the Sacramento County Office of Education chambers on Tuesday evening, May 21, 2013 before he and seven other veterans were bestowed long-awaited diplomas in a ceremony at the Sacramento County Board of Education. The county office of education began its Operation Recognition Program in 2001 and has bestowed 163 diplomas since then. To see a gallery of images from the ceremony, click here. -
Thomas Layton surveys the remains of a friend's house in Moore, Oklahoma, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. A massive tornado swept through the south Oklahoma City suburb Monday afternoon. View a photo gallery of Oklahoma digging out from rubble. -
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. -
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. -
This photo taken Tuesday, May 21, 2013 shows damage caused by Monday's tornado in the area near 4th and Bryant in Moore, Okla. View a photo gallery of the devastation. -
Storm clouds form over central Illinois corn and soybean grain bins Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Pleasant Plains, Ill. Farmers and rural residents are paying close attention to weather forecast predicting destructive weather and tornados in the Midwest. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening an entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. -
Stanford players dump water over head coach Lele Forood's head as she gives an interview to Dave Kozlowski in the NCAA division 1 women's team tennis championship at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex Tuesday, May 21, 2013 on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana, Ill. Stanford defeated Texas A&M 4-3. -
Halifax Mooseheads defenseman Trey Lewis, left, checks London Knights center Alex Broadhurst during the first period of a Memorial Cup hockey game in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. -
A protester hurls rocks at a police vehicle that fires tear gas near Congress where President Sebastian Pinera delivered his final state of the nation address, in Valparaiso, Chile, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Thousands gathered to protest against Pinera's public policy on education, work and health. -
Toronto Blue Jays Brett Lawrie gets out of the way of an inside pitch during the ninth inning of a baseball against the Tampa Bay Rays in Toronto on Tuesday May 21, 2013. -
Auburn's Ryan Tella makes a diving catch in center field off the bat of Alabama's Mikey White during the second inning of a Southeastern Conference NCAA college baseball tournament in Hoover, Ala., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. -
Chicago Cubs right fielder Scott Hairston, right, and Cubs center fielder Julio Borbon (20) collide on the outfield wall as a fan comes up with the catch on a grand slam by Pittsburgh Pirates' Travis Snider during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. -
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.
