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reportagebygettyimages: ‘You get mixed emotions, that they would travel so far to look for work. Hundreds of miles through perils. The fence doesn’t really stop them. As long as they think there’s employment in the United States, they will continue to do that, just like anyone trying to better themselves for a better job.’ The United States’ border with Mexico is nearly 2000 miles long and is blocked by numerous natural and man-made barriers. Reportage Featured Contributor Charles Ommanney journeyed along the border and met the residents, border patrol agents, and immigrants who pass back and forth across it. See his film: The Fence, Part 1 on MSNBC Photos. Image: After walking for days a Honduran man appears overwhelmed after being caught in a drainage ditch by Border Patrol. McAllen, TX. Photo by Charles Ommanney

reportagebygettyimages:

‘You get mixed emotions, that they would travel so far to look for work. Hundreds of miles through perils. The fence doesn’t really stop them. As long as they think there’s employment in the United States, they will continue to do that, just like anyone trying to better themselves for a better job.’

The United States’ border with Mexico is nearly 2000 miles long and is blocked by numerous natural and man-made barriers. Reportage Featured Contributor Charles Ommanney journeyed along the border and met the residents, border patrol agents, and immigrants who pass back and forth across it. See his film: The Fence, Part 1 on MSNBC Photos.

Image: After walking for days a Honduran man appears overwhelmed after being caught in a drainage ditch by Border Patrol. McAllen, TX. Photo by Charles Ommanney

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Pride parades bring rainbows and rights to cities across country

Millions of people took to the streets across the country this weekend to champion gay rights, culture, and creative costumes celebrating all of the above.

This year’s attendees have a lot to celebrate: this year has seen judge after judge strike down gay marriage bans in states like Arkansas, Indiana, Utah, and Idaho, giving momentum to the movement and enabling the unions of thousands across the country.

The parades are scheduled annually to mark the anniversary of the Stonewall riots; this year is the 45th year since patrons of the Stonewall Inn bar violently protested the regular raids that shut down gay bars and arrested patrons. Those protests are largely seen as the mother of the modern gay rights movement.

Here are snapshots from three of the largest parades, in San Francisco, New York, and Chicago: http://on.msnbc.com/1voiYgF

Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Olivier Fitoussi/AP Lukas Barth/Reuters Amr Nabil/AP Albert Gea/Reuters Sefa Karacan/Anadolu/Sipa Bruce Thorson/USA Today/Sipa

This Week in Pictures: June 21-27 06/27/14 

As summer officially began this week, the FIFA World Cup continued to hold a grip on the attention of fans across the world.

Spain – the defending champion – was defeated from the tournament. And Costa Rica made history, beating England, Italy and Uruguay.

In Iraq, Sunni extremists continued their push toward Baghdad. Tensions heightened between Israel and Palestine over the kidnapping of three Israeli boys and the killing of a Palestinian man.

For more feature photography, go to msnbc.com/photography