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A woman knelt to pray during Mass at a Uganda Martyrs Day Celebration at St. Mary Church in Waltham.

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People from the Northeastern campus climbed the stairs to a parking garage during the first day of orientation for entering freshmen.

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Jennifer Collins (left) and her wife, Ruth Ewing, both of Maynard, did some step dancing before Saturday's Gay Pride Parade in Boston.

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Delegate Bourdi Apreala of Milton arrived early at the DCU Center in Worcester for the Democratic State Convention.

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Soraya Maisonet, a fifth-grader from the Lincoln School in Brookline, got some water from her teacher, Corey Clifford, at the Old State House in Boston during a field trip on the Freedom Trail.

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Retired Air Force Corporal Max Pelton, a military war dog, was honored by adopted owner Pam Pelton and the Rev. Brian Cullinane at his burial at Hillside Acre Animal Cemetery in Methuen.

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From left, Mitchell Director, 13, his mother, Robin, and neighbor Roberta Fishman walked past the place where Simmons College student Haley Cremer was struck and killed by a motor vehicle while jogging in Sharon.

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Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright showed her "Read My Pins" exhibition to members of the media at Wellesley College's Davis Museum.

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Rainere Martin, a Donna Summer tribute singer, performed "Hot Stuff" during a ceremony at disco star Summers’s alma mater, Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Dorchester.

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Starting pitcher Michael Dragon (16) was greeted at the dugout by teammate Christian Wilson during their Milton Little League playoff game against Team Piatelli at Milton High School.

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Stevan Ridley’s face shield reflected the sun as the Patriots held a minicamp at their practice field at Gillette Stadium.

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Red Sox left fielder Daniel Nava lost a fly ball hit by the Indians’ Carlos Santana in the sun during a game at Fenway Park.

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Red Sox batter Mike Napoli was mobbed by teammates following his game-winning 10th-inning home run against the Minnesota Twins at Fenway Park.