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Seen in a long exposure photograph, the Park Fire burns along Highway 32 in the Forest Ranch community of Butte County, Calif., on Thursday, July 25, 2024.

California's largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across U.S. West

California's largest active fire exploded in size on Friday evening, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scrambled to meet the danger.

People jump into the Seine River in Paris on July 17, after Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month.

Paris mayor swims in the Seine to demonstrate its safety ahead of the Olympics

After Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the river, she said the Olympics were "a kind of magnet that attracted all our energies towards a single date, July 26, and we did it.”

Residents and community organizers take the street Wednesday to show support for opposition candidate in Venezuela's presidential election, Edmundo Gónzalez Urrutia, in the neighborhood of La Vega, in Venezuela's capital of Caracas.

What to know about Venezuela's election, as Maduro faces stiff opposition

Venezuela is holding a presidential election on Sunday that could bring dramatic change to the nation, if the opposition candidate can really knock out longtime President Nicolás Maduro.

Palestinians carry their belongings on their way to migrate for safer areas following the Israeli army's warning to evacuate the Dawa Faculty of the Ministry of Endowments in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on Monday.

The U.S. urges major changes to Israel's evacuations in Gaza, a leaked memo says

In an internal memo obtained by NPR, U.S. officials warn that Israel's "drastically increased" evacuation orders in Gaza have further displaced Palestinians and could debilitate aid efforts.

Bottles of raw milk from from Raw Farm of Fresno, Calif., are displayed for sale at a store in Temecula, Calif., on Wednesday, May 8, 2024.

Dozens were sickened with salmonella after drinking raw milk from a California farm

The disclosure of the outbreak's size comes as health officials have warned the public to avoid unpasteurized milk due to bird flu circulating in U.S. dairy cows.

Lebanese special forces patrol on a road that leads to the U.S. Embassy in Aukar, a northern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. A gunman was captured by Lebanese soldiers after attempting to attack the U.S. Embassy near Beirut on Wednesday, the military said.

A gunman was captured after a shootout near the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon

The Lebanese military said that soldiers shot an assailant, who they only described as a Syrian national. The gunman was wounded and taken to a hospital. The shooter's motives were not clear.

Supporters of President Luis Arce chase soldiers as they flee from Plaza Murillo, after a failed coup attempt in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024.

Military flees Bolivia government palace, general in custody after coup attempt fails

The Bolivian general who appeared to be behind the rebellion, Juan José Zúñiga, was arrested after the attorney general opened an investigation against him. It wasn't immediately clear what the charges were against him.

Zendaya at the 2024 Met Gala in New York City. The actress is one of many celebrities whose name has appeared this week on social media "block" lists for not speaking out publicly about the conflict in Gaza.

On social media, activists used the Met Gala to call out stars for Gaza silence

A fast-growing social media campaign to block stars for not speaking out escalated this week after the star-studded New York event.

Hayao Miyazaki's "The Boy and the Heron" opens this Friday at Digital Gym Cinema.

Digital Gym Cinema has offbeat holiday fare

San Diego's micro-cinema has diverse offerings for this weekend and beyond.

A victory for opponents of female genital mutilation in The Gambia

On Monday, Gambian lawmakers rejected a bill that would have overturned its ban on female genital mutilation. The vote marks a victory for women's rights activists and comes after months of intense debate.

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