A deadly wildfire leaves behind little but a burned-out car and the remains of a house in a Yarnell, Arizona, neighborhood on Wednesday, July 3. The fire started a week ago near Yarnell, apparently because of lightning strikes. Nineteen firefighters were killed Sunday, June 30, battling the blaze northwest of Phoenix.
An aerial overview shows the devastation in Yarnell on July 3. Crews have begun making progress on the wildfire, which reportedly was 80% contained by Thursday night, July 4. 
Smoke from the Yarnell Hill Fire is visible from a distance on a road to Yarnell on Monday, July 1. 
Local firefighters embrace July 1 at a Prescott, Arizona, memorial service for the 19 firefighters killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire, northwest of Phoenix. 
A couple embraces during the Prescott memorial service for the fallen fighters on July 1. The elite team members’ deaths on Sunday, June 30, marked the deadliest day for firefighters since the 9/11 attacks.
Members of the community give a standing ovation as local firefighters arrive at the July 1 memorial service at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott. 
Toby Schultz lays flowers on July 1 at the fence of the fire station in Prescott, Arizona, the home base of 19 firefighters who died in the Yarnell Hill Fire. 
Flowers hang on the fence outside the Granite Mountain Hot Shot Crew fire station on July 1. 
Homes burn on Sunday, June 30, in Glenn Ilah, Arizona, near Yarnell. 
A home burns in Yarnell, Arizona, on Sunday, June 30. 
Prescott, Arizona, Fire Chief Dan Fraijo gives a news conference in Prescott confirming that 19 firefighters died while fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire on June 30. 
A wildfire destroys homes in the Glenn Ilah area near Yarnell on June 30. 
A wildfire burns homes near Yarnell on June 30. 
Tanker 910 makes a retardant drop on the Yarnell Hill Fire to help protect the Double Bar A Ranch near Peeples Valley on June 30. 
Firefighters move away from the Yarnell Hill Fire, near the town of Yarnell on June 30. HIDE CAPTION
Deadly wildfire burns in Arizona
Deadly wildfire burns in Arizona
Deadly wildfire burns in Arizona
Deadly wildfire burns in Arizona
Deadly wildfire burns in Arizona
Deadly wildfire burns in Arizona
Deadly wildfire burns in Arizona
Deadly wildfire burns in Arizona
Deadly wildfire burns in Arizona
Deadly wildfire burns in Arizona
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Arizona firefighters continue to battle a blaze that killed 19 of their colleagues
- Pakistan suffered numerous fatalities from militant attacks and a U.S. drone strike
- An earthquake in Indonesia killed at least 30 people and damaged thousands of buildings
- North and South Korea agreed to talks on reopening the Kaesong industrial complex
(CNN) — The dramatic overthrow of Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsy has dominated the news agenda for much of this week.
But away from Cairo’s tanks and protesters, the world has generated other headlines — some of which you may have missed.
Here are five stories potentially drowned out by the noise of Egypt’s unrest:
1. In the U.S. state of Arizona, 19 members of an elite firefighting squad were killed while trying to dig a firebreak to contain a then 6,000-acre blaze on Sunday night local time.
Nearly 600 firefighters and support workers battling the Yarnell Hill fire observed a moment of silence on Wednesday to honor those killed.
Read more: Moment of silence only interruption in effort to end fire
Community grieves for ‘Hotshots’
Twin bombings rock Pakistan
Koreas to resume talks on Kaesong park
Hope for U.S. family lost at sea
By Thursday evening — despite gusty winds and temperatures in the 90s — the blaze was said to have been 80% contained.
2. Pakistan has continued to suffer from deadly attacks throughout the week.
On Thursday, a suicide car bomber killed four soldiers in North Waziristan and four gunmen targeted a tanker carrying fuel for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, killing the driver.
The day before, a U.S. drone struck the compound of the Haqqani Network, killing 15 militants, Pakistani security officials said.
Read more: Militants target checkpoint, fuel tanker
Pakistan’s government — which has called for Washington to end drone strikes in the country — said it strongly condemned the attack. Meanwhile, in the city of Peshawar on the same day, officials said militants killed six members of the Frontier Constabulary, a paramilitary force.
Read more: U.S. drone strike on Haqqani compound
The attacks followed car bombings on Sunday that killed at least 47 people.
3. In Indonesia, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Aceh province on Tuesday, killing at least 30 and injuring almost 300 people.
Most of the victims were children and the elderly, who were struck by falling debris, officials said.
They said thousands of homes, schools and mosques were damaged and that the quake also triggered landslides, cutting off roads.
Read more: Death toll in Indonesia quake rises to 30
4. What is believed to be the final text sent from yacht that went missing in June, with six Americans and one Briton on board, was found in the satellite phone system used by the boat this week.
The schooner Nina was traveling between New Zealand and Australia when it was hit by a storm.
The message sent on June 4, but never delivered, reads: “THANKS STORM SAILS SHREDDED LAST NIGHT, NOW BARE POLES. GOINING 4KT 310DEG WILL UPDATE COURSE INFO @ 6PM.”
The message gave search teams the approximate location and actual time of the last transmission, but the boat and its crew have still not been sighted.
Read more: Last text from missing boat says sails shredded
5. Finally, a hopeful story out of the Koreas. Pyongyang has agreed to Seoul’s request to hold talks on reopening the Kaesong industrial complex.
The complex sits on the North Korean side of the border but houses the operations of several of South Korean companies and is seen as a major symbol of cooperation between the two countries.
It has been closed since April, when North Korea accused the South of seeking “to turn the zone into a hotbed of war.”
Tensions were already high following Pyongyang’s long-range rocket launch in December and an underground nuclear test in February.
Read more: Koreas to hold talks on reopening Kaesong complex
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