A torch relay runner receives a torch flame during a torch kiss event in Sammu, Japan, July 1, 2021, in celebration of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Issei Kato, Reuters)A child watches the Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks in New York City July 4, 2021. (CNS photo/Andrew Kelly, Reuters)Pope Francis descends the steps under the main altar to the tomb of St. Peter in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican July 1, 2021, during a prayer service at the beginning of a day dedicated to praying for and reflecting on the situation in Lebanon. Walking alongside the pope is Msgr. Guido Marini, master of papal liturgical ceremonies, and behind them is Cardinal Bechara Rai, the patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)Donald Rumsfeld is seen in this 2003 file photo. He was the secretary of defense for Presidents Gerald R. Ford and George W. Bush. Rumsfeld died June 29, 2021, at age 88 “surrounded by family in his beloved Taos, New Mexico,” said a June 30 tweet by his family announcing his death. Rumsfeld was a Navy aviator, 1954-57, served in Congress and was one of the key architects of the decades-long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan under Bush.(CNS photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)Pope Francis distributes palliums after celebrating Mass on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican June 29, 2021. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)A makeshift memorial is seen near the partially collapsed residential building in Surfside, Fla., June 29, 2021, as emergency crews continued to search for survivors. (CNS photo/Marco Bello, Reuters)People in Portland, Ore., sleep at a cooling shelter June 27, 2021, which was set up during an unprecedented heat wave. (CNS photo/Maranie Staab, Reuters)
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