Environment

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Calves are auctioned Friday at the livestock market in Burwell, Neb. With a record drought drying up grazing land and cornfields, ranchers are selling off their cattle early to avoid high feed costs. (Associated Press)

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Women affected by AIDS share stories of survival at the Reach Out clinic near Kampala, Uganda, which receives funding from a U.S.-backed program. Research suggests stemming the spread of the AIDS virus may be possible, even in some of the world’s poorest countries. (Associated Press)

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The Navajo in New Mexico presented Pendleton blankets to welcome the “Lone Ranger” stars, director and producer to their land. (Disney via Associated Press)

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A Fisker plug-in hybrid car is exhibited at the Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany in 2009. (Associated Press, file)

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There will be a private screening in D.C. on Wednesday for “2016: Obama’s America,” a documentary produced by Hollywood heavyweight Gerald Molen. It opens to the public Friday. (Rocky Mountain Pictures)

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A portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin rests on a pile of debris at a flooded house in Krimsk, about 750 miles south of Moscow. Flooding killed more than 170 in southern Russia on July 6 and 7. The president is taking heat for a fumbled early warning. (Associated Press)

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A damaged car suffered by flood seen next to a flooded house in Krimsk, about 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) south of Moscow, Russia, Sunday, July 8, 2012. The death toll from severe flooding in the Black Sea region of southern Russia has risen to at least 150. (AP Photo/Ignat Kozlov)

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Ernie Els’ victory in the British Open at Royal Lytham & St. Annes ended a drought of more than two years. (Associated Press)

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Smoke clings to the trees as fires burn in Boadella, Spain, on Monday. Fires broke out Sunday in several parts of the Catalonia region. A vacationing French family of five in a group of other tourists trying to escape flames went off a cliff and the father and a daughter were killed Sunday night. (Associated Press)

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Officials face an immense challenge of pacifying Rio de Janeiro’s slums as the city prepares to take the global stage for the 2016 Olympics and the 2014 World Cup. Human rights groups have raised concerns about the evictions of thousands of families, especially in poor neighborhoods. (Associated Press)

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Nawal El Moutawakel, head of the coordination commission for the Rio Games, is working with Brazil Olympic Committee President Carlos Nuzman. “There is a large volume of work that needs to be accomplished between now and 2016,” she said. (Associated Press)