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A man comforts a miner mourning fellow miners killed in an explosion at a coal mine on the outskirts of Quetta, in southwest Pakistan, Thursday, July 30, 2026.
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Cooling tower three with one and two in the background operate at the nuclear reactor facility at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, May 31, 2024, in Waynesboro, Ga.
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