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Passengers walk through a TSA checkpoint area at Los Angeles International Airport. Security experts say making airports safer is a huge challenge because public areas are designed for commerce. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Found in Botswana, the Lesedi la Rona diamond is up for auction and valued at $70 million. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
Traders at work at ETX Capital work in central London on Monday. Financial markets in the U.K. and around the world have been in turmoil since the Brexit vote last week. Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Volkswagen Reaches $14.7 Billion Settlement In Emissions Cheating Scheme
Union flags fly as banners across a street in central London on Tuesday. EU leaders attempted to rescue the European project and Prime Minister David Cameron sought to calm fears over the U.K.'s vote to leave the bloc as ratings agencies downgraded the country. Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
President Obama is interviewed by NPR's Steve Inskeep at the White House on Monday. Mito Habe-Evans/NPR hide caption
A Japanese mother and her 2-year-old pick up free groceries in Tokyo at the charity Second Harvest. Japan has a limited safety net for the poor and the economy is still struggling to gain traction under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Elise Hu/NPR hide caption
Halfway Around The World, Brexit Hits Japan's Already Soft Economy
British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, the United Kingdom's head financial official, leaves after making a statement at the Treasury in London on Monday. Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A wind turbine stands over a farmhouse in Adair, Iowa. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption