20 Of The Most Powerful Photos Of This Week

These are the most beautiful, impactful, and sorrowful pictures from the past week.

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Dylann Storm Roof appears by closed-circuit television at his bond hearing in Charleston, South Carolina. The 21-year-old white man has been charged with nine counts of murder in connection with an attack on a historic black South Carolina church, police said on Friday, and media reports said he had hoped to incite a race war in the United States.

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Gary and Aurelia Washington, the son and granddaughter of Ethel Lance who died in Wednesday's shooting, leave a sidewalk memorial in front of Emanuel AME Church comforted by fellow family members.

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U.S. President Barack Obama pauses during a statement regarding the shooting in Charleston, South Carolina.

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The faces of a motorcyclist and a pillion rider are seen covered by ash spewed by the Mount Sinabung volcano as he rides his vehicle in Karo district, North Sumatra province, on June 13, 2015. Nearly 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes after Indonesia upgraded the threat posed by a volcano on Sumatra island to the highest possible level.

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A firefighter from the Plumas Hotshots sets a backfire while battling the Saddle Fire in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest near Hyampom, California. An out-of-control wildfire raging through a Northern California forest as the state battles a devastating drought has forced authorities to warn about 250 people to evacuate or prepare to leave their homes in a remote town. Sparked by lightning, the wildfire has scorched more than 1300 acres in drought-parched Northern California.

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to supporters during a rally in Des Moines, Iowa. Seeking an army of volunteers, Clinton is trying to build an organizational edge in Iowa as some of her lesser-known Democratic rivals clamor for attention in the state that tripped up her first presidential campaign.

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Members of the Allied army practice their square formation to counter cavalry charges on June 19, 2015 in Waterloo, Belgium. Around 5000 historical re-enactors will amass this evening to stage the 1st battle re-enactment, the 'French attack', in front of around 200,000 spectators from around the world. The event will mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. The 1815 battle saw the overthrow of Napoleon Bonaparte and the restoration of Louis XVIII to the French throne.

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A hippopotamus walks along a flooded street in Tbilisi on June 14, 2015. Tigers, lions, jaguars, bears and wolves escaped on June 14 from flooded zoo enclosures in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, the mayor's office said. Some of the animals were captured by police while others were shot dead, the mayor's office told local Rustavi 2 television. At least eight people have drowned and several others are missing in the Georgian capital Tbilisi in serious flooding.

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A gibbon drinks from a soft drink bottle, given by a tourist, at a zoo in Kunming, Yunnan province, China, on June 18, 2015.

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Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane and Andrew Shaw help C.J. Reif hold up the Stanley Cup during a rally celebrating the NHL hockey clubs' Stanley Cup championship, Thursday, June 18, 2015, at Soldier Field in Chicago. C.J.'s father Clint Reif was the equipment manager for the team and passed away in December 2014.

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Istvan Levai (red) of Slovakia and Denys Dem'Yankov (blue) of Ukraine compete in the Men's Wrestling 66kg Greco Roman bronze final during day two of the Baku 2015 European Games at Heydar Aliyev Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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Golden State Warriors Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala celebrate with the Larry O'Brien Trophy after Game 6 of basketball's NBA Finals in Cleveland. The Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 105-97 to win the best-of-seven game series 4-2.

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Racegoer Larisa Katz attends Ladies Day at Royal Ascot Racecourse on June 18, 2015 in Ascot, England. The Royal Ascot horse race meeting runs from June 16, 2015 until June 20, 2015, and has taken place since 1711.

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Palastinian men ride their horses in the sea at Gaza beach in Gaza City, Gaza. On June 12, Palestinians were taking the opportunity to relax and enjoy picnics on Gaza beach before the holy month of Ramadan starts. Thousands of Palestinians descend on the 75km sandy beach of Gaza each day to relax, fish and escape the noise and heat of the city.

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A French anti-riot police officer tries to prevent illegal migrants from hiding in trucks heading for England in the French northern harbor of Calais.

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A Syrian child fleeing the war is lifted over border fences to enter Turkish territory illegally, near the Turkish border crossing at Akcakale in Sanliurfa province on June 14, 2015. Turkey said it was taking measures to limit the flow of Syrian refugees onto its territory after an influx of thousands more over the last days due to fighting between Kurds and jihadists. Under an "open-door" policy, Turkey has taken in 1.8 million Syrian refugees since the conflict in Syria erupted in 2011.

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Men hold an injured girl saved from under rubble, at a site hit by what activists said was heavy shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus June 16, 2015.

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Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian protester during clashes following a protest against Jewish settlements, in Jalazoun refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Ramallah.

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A woman prays at a mosque on the first day of Ramadan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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A woman lights candles for the nine victims of the shooting at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.