Today in Pictures: Wednesday, Aug. 03, 2005

RADU SIGHETI / REUTERS

Untimely Tragedy

Soldiers of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement guard the flag-draped coffin of their leader, John Garang, the led the south-Sudanese rebel movement through decades of civil war against the government in Khartoum. A peace deal implemented in January brought the war to an end and installed Garang as the country's vice president. He died when his helicopter went down in bad weather

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