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Day in photos: May 14, 2013

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A man snaps a shot of the atmospheric phenomenon known as a “sun dog” as he stands on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, NJ. Reuters
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Evacuated Rohingya boys shiver in rain at a makeshift camp in Sittwe, Myanmar, for those affected by Cyclone Mahasen. The UN warned the approaching storm could swamp makeshift camps sheltering tens of thousands of Rohingya. AP
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Russia’s Soyuz space capsule (carrying US astronaut Tom Marshburn, Canadian spaceman Chris Hadfield and Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko home from the International Space Station) lands in the turf about 90 miles outside Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. AFP/Getty Images
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A US helicopter drops a diver into the Persian Gulf during a 40-nation exercise meant to drill participants on destroying submerged mines. AFP/Getty Images
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A Kenyan policemen beats a protestor (who’s covered in pig’s blood, not his own) during a demonstration against Parliament members who’ve demanded higher wages outside the Pariliament building in Nairobi. AFP/Getty Images
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The giant inflatable Rubber Duck we showed you last week (a creation of Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman) floats deflated in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour after breaking. Reuters
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One of the Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System drones launches from the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush over the Atlantic Ocean. The carrier is the first to sucessfully catapult-launch an unmanned aircraft from its flight deck. Getty Images
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Mexico’s second highest peak, the Popocatepetl volcano, spurts clouds of ash into the sky. The country’s National Disaster Prevention Centre raised the alert level for nearby residents over the weekend. AFP/Getty Images
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Bangladesh army soldiers stand solemly amid the wreckage of the a garment factory building, where they offered prayers for the 1,127 who died in the Savar structure’s collapse last month. AP
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Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist and Steve Eminger celebrate New York’s game 7 win over the Capitals in the first round of the NHL playoffs. UPI
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A member of Les Souffleurs Poetic Commandos (right) whispers a poem to a passerby during a performance at the Corona market in Guadalajara, Mexico. AFP/Getty Images
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Boston bombing survivor Roseann Sdoia gets a hug from Shores Salter, of Reading, Mass., as she leaves the hospital. Salter, a Northeastern University student, helped Sdoia with a tourniquet after the blast. AP