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Another look at stories you might have missed this week.
Kim Jong Un said, "I Do," Mitt Romney flexed his foreign policy chops overseas, and anticipation for the start of the Olympic games reached fever pitch. No matter how you cut it, it's been a big week for the world. Here's a sampling of the most important stories from GlobalPost and a look at some of the news you might have missed.

In-Depth Series: London Olympics
GlobalPost takes you from London to far-flung training grounds where some of the most inspiring contenders began their Olympic journeys.

The Drylands: Exporting America's drought
GlobalPost takes a look at how the parched fields and prairies of America's Midwest are affecting people, prices and political stability around the world.

Highway 2012: Status quo you can believe in
The American dream is alive and well in the Northwest — and available from Amazon.com.

Commentary: Swallowing the big lie on Syria
Reporting massacres that didn’t happen and other media sins.

Mr. Romney goes to Israel
The Republican candidate heads to the Jewish state to shore up his Christian base.

GlobalPulse Blog: Conversations from AIDS 2012
USAID's administrator shares his perspective on the fight against AIDS.

Could Peru and Chile go to war?
Tensions — and weapons purchases — rise over territorial disputes in South America.

The Earth Project: Flying High
Video: In San Ferancisco, a radical redesign of the wind turbine.

Planet Pic: Kim Jong Un-Predictable
Photos: Kim Jong Un through the years

Rethinking virtual violence
Movies don't kill people, but they make us more likely to do so.

Call me 'Excellent Horse-Like Lady' Maybe?
GlobalPost reviews the music of Kim Jong Un’s new wife.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/offbeat/120727/great-weekend-reads
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Jaume Plensa's "Tel Aviv Man" at Art Basel, the world’s premier trade fair for leading galleries and collectors focused on modern and contemporary art.
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The front of the Art Basel building. This year’s show attracted 303 of the world’s top galleries from 36 countries, showing the works of more than 2,500 artists. It drew more than 62,000 visitors, a new record.
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Platform Gallery's Chen Wei and one of his "Recovery Room" series at Liste Young Artist's show. By the time the week was over he had sold more than 10 works, with prices ranging from $1,800 to nearly $3,000.
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A performance spectator admires some of the pieces at Basel Art.
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A performance piece at Basel Scope, done by an unidentified nearly naked man who moved in slow motion up and down the aisles dressed like a Greek version of Mars, the god of war.
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A performance piece at Scope. The man clutched a staff, on which a plastic container for motor oil with the BP logo was impaled.
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An installation piece at Basel Art.
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An installation piece with paper tubes at Basel Art.
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A gallery scene at the Scope Basel show.
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A sculpture of Sperone Westwater Gallery's employee, Michael Short, by Evan Penny.
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Evan Penny's sculpture of Michael Short.
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A woman views Jaume Plensa's "Tel Aviv Man," (Study) 2010, Galerie Lelong, Paris.
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"Medusa marinara," 1997 — a photographic representation of the Medusa in spaghetti and tomato sauce by New York-based Brazilian artist, Vic Muniz.
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Children play around Ai Weiwei's piece, "Field," 2010.
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Heimo Sobernig's "Black Cube" sits on display outside outside.
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A piece by Yayoi Kusama titled "Pumkin."
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