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A rare winter flood caused severe problems for residents along the Illinois River. A resident of Rome, just outside Peoria, rows by his home which he was forced to evacuate.

An earthen dike was reinforced with thousands of sandbags when it turned mushy and it was feared it would break and flood 900 more homes. These people are standing at the top of the reinforced dike.

A grocery store clerk works along a flooded isle after the Lawn Lake Dam gave way, flooding the business district of Colorado's Estes Park in July.

Some 50 to 100 small planes damaged by the flooding of the Little Blue River at the Independence Memorial Airport in Independence, MO sit in lake-like surroundings. Jackson, Clay, Platte and Cass counties were declared disaster areas by Missouri…

At Oktoberfest Festival, a member of one of the bands plays a strum fiddle for the crowd.

Punk guitarist Deedee Ramone stands highlighted by a single stagelight during a recent performance of the group, Ramones.

Mother Teresa prays at the Missionaries of Charity. Mother Teresa arrived in Lebanon by boat from Cyprus.

It may have been because it was getting near quitting time, or it may have been because there weren't many people at the Seneca Park Zoo that day...This Japanese Snow Monkey seemed to be having a hard time staying awake in his cage. He let loose…

During an animal blessing at an Episcopal church in Shreveport a pet monkey gives a stranger a friendly lick.

Photograph of a coal miner.