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AP Photo/LM Otero
A Dallas police officer, who did not wish to be identified, takes a moment as she guards an intersection in the early morning after a shooting in downtown Dallas, Friday, July 8, 2016. Snipers opened fire on police officers in the heart of Dallas during protests over two recent fatal police shootings of black men. -
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AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
Cameron Sterling, son of Alton Sterling, is comforted by hands from the crowd at a vigil outside the Triple S convenience store in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, July 6, 2016. Alton Sterling, 37, was shot and killed by Baton Rouge police outside the store where he was selling CDs. -
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REUTERS/Eric Miller
Marques Armstrong chants in support of Philando Castile, who was fatally shot by Minneapolis area police during a traffic stop on Wednesday, at a "Black Lives Matter" demonstration, in front of the Governor's Mansion in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., July 7, 2016. -
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Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP
Tia Williams, left, and her daughter Aissa create a display on the street outside the Minnesota governor's official residence Thursday, July 7, 2016, in St. Paul, Minn., as people gathered to protest the shooting death of Philando Castile by police. -
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Ting Shen/The Dallas Morning News via AP
A Dallas Area Rapid Transit police officer receives comfort at the Baylor University Hospital emergency room entrance Thursday, July 7, 2016, in Dallas. Police say one rapid-transit officer has been killed and three injured when gunfire erupted during a protest in downtown Dallas over recent fatal shootings by police in Louisiana and Minnesota. -
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AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
People hold hands and raise them up in the air at a vigil outside the Triple S convenience store in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, July 6, 2016. Alton Sterling, 37, was shot and killed outside the store by Baton Rouge police, where he was selling CDs. -
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Pastor Johnny Young blesses Kaleigh Yates, a first cousin of Alton Sterling, outside the the convenience store where he was shot and killed, July 7, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisianna. Sterling was shot by a police officer in front of the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge on Tuesday, July 5, leading the Department of Justice to open a civil rights investigation. -
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AP Photo/Jim Mone
Diamond Reynolds, the girlfriend of Philando Castile of St. Paul, cries outside the governor's residence in St. Paul, Minn., on Thursday, July 7, 2016. Castile was shot and killed after a traffic stop by police in Falcon Heights, Wednesday night. A video shot by Reynolds of the shooting went viral. -
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REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman
A boy sits next to a makeshift memorial outside the Triple S Food Mart where Alton Sterling was fatally shot by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. July 7, 2016. -
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Pastor Danny Givens listens to a press conference about the killing of Philando Castile outside Governor's Mansion on July 7, 2016 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Castile was shot and killed last night, July 6, 2016, by a police officer in Falcon Heights, MN. -
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Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images
Protesters block traffic and dance on the hood of a car near theTriple S Food Mart where Alton Sterling was shot and killed, July 6, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sterling was shot by a police officer in front of the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge on Tuesday, July 5, leading the Department of Justice to open a civil rights investigation. -
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Minneapolis NAACP president, Nekima Levy-Pounds, leads a chant of "Hands up, don't shoot," for Philando Castile outside Governor's Mansion on July 7, 2016 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Castile was shot and killed last night, July 6, 2016, by a police officer in Falcon Heights, MN. -
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A couple hold a sign protesting the killing of Philando Castile outside the Governor's Mansion on July 7, 2016 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Castile was shot and killed the previous night by a police officer in Falcon Heights, MN. -
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REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman
A protester holds a sign out of the window of a car near the Triple S Food Mart where Alton Sterling was shot dead by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. July 7, 2016. -
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Pastor Brian Heron leads a prayer for Philando Castile outside Governor's Mansion on July 7, 2016 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Castile was shot and killed last night, July 6, 2016, by a police officer in Falcon Heights, MN. -
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Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP
A woman rings the doorbell at the gate of the Governors Mansion as demonstrators gather in St. Paul, Minn., protesting a police involved shooting early Thursday, July 7, 2016. A Minnesota officer fatally shot a man in a car with a woman and a child in Falcon Heights, an official said. St. Anthony Police interim police chief Jon Mangseth said the incident began when an officer pulled over a vehicle Wednesday in the St. Paul suburb. Mangseth said he did not have details about the reason for the traffic stop, but that at some point shots were fired. The man was struck but no one else was injured, he said. -
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AP Photo/Susan Walsh
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REUTERS/Eric Miller
A man kneels at a make-shift memorial at the site of the police shooting of Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, July 7, 2016. -
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REUTERS/Eric Miller
Diamond Reynolds is recorded on a cell phone as she recounts the incidents that led to the fatal shooting of her boyfriend Philando Castile by Minneapolis area police during a traffic stop on Wednesday, at a "Black Lives Matter" demonstration, in front of the Governor's Mansion in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., July 7, 2016. -
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AP Photo/LM Otero
Dallas police stop a driver in downtown Dallas, Thursday, July 7, 2016, following shootings of police officers. Snipers apparently shot police officers during protests and some of the officers are dead, the city's police chief said in a statement. -
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Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via AP
Investigators search a car at the scene of a police involved shooting on Wednesday, July 6, 2016 in Falcon Heights, Minn. A Minnesota officer fatally shot a man in the car with a woman and a child, an official said. St. Anthony Police interim police chief Jon Mangseth said the incident began when an officer pulled over a vehicle Wednesday in the St. Paul suburb. Mangseth said he did not have details about the reason for the traffic stop, but that at some point shots were fired. The man was struck but no one else was injured, he said. -
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EPA/RALPH LAUER
Dallas police officers face protesters on the corner of Ross Ave. and Griffin street after eleven police officers were shot during a peaceful protest in Dallas, Texas, USA, 08 July 2016. Police report that five officers have died as a result of their injuries as it appeared that two snipers shot the police from elevated positions during a protest rally in Dallas on 07 July. -
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EPA/CRAIG LASSIG
Clarence D Castile (2-L), uncle of deceased Philando Castile, talks about his nephew during protests outside the governors residence in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, 07 July 2015. Philando Castile was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, a suburb of Minneapolis. -
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REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
People take part in a protest for the killing of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile during a march along Manhattan's streets in New York July 7, 2016.
What a week it has been, to say the least. The Photo Bomb this week is completely dedicated to the events that took place in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Falcon Heights, Minnesota, and Dallas. There has been a lot of pain and anger, but also a lot of strength and unity shown.