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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs, pictured at a basketball game in May, announced their engagement in August 2025.
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The casket of slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's granddaughter, Zahra Mohammadi Golpayegani, is displayed alongside the caskets of Khamenei and other members of his family during a viewing ceremony ahead of the dayslong funeral ceremonies at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 3, 2026.
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Revelers hold American flags as they watch fireworks explode during the annual Independence Day Celebration in the predominantly Latino community of Bell Gardens on July 2, 2026 in Bell Gardens, Calif. The event was canceled last year due to resident safety concerns amid widespread ICE raids across Los Angeles County.
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