Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman receives Lebanese former prime ministers Najib Mikati, Fouad Siniora and Tammam Salam at Al Salam Palace in Jeddah on Monday. — SPA
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Ryne Stanek of the Tampa Bay Rays pitches during the first inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, on Sunday. — AFP
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Manchester United's Paul Pogba looks dejected after the Premier League match against Cardiff City at Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain, in this May 12, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
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Sei Young Kim of South Korea hits her second shot on the 17th hole during the final round of the Marathon Classic at the Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio, on Sunday. — AFP
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University of Colorado Boulder director of NASA/NLSI Lunar University Network for Astrophysics Research Jack Burns, who is working with NASA to put telescopes on the moon by using telerobotic technology, stands for a portrait at the Fiske Planetarium in Boulder, Colorado, in this June 24, 2019 file photo. — Reuters
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A giant manta ray with several fishing hooks caught below its eye appeared to ask two nearby divers for help in removing them, and then waited patiently for them to do so. — Courtesy YouTube
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David Barber, The Queen's Swan Marker, holds a cygnet as officials record and examine cygnets and swans during the annual census of the Queen's swans, known as 'Swan Upping', along the River Thames in London, Britain, on Monday. — Reuters
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