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Day in Photos: June 14

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Reid Woodbury, a Sertoma Club member since 1974, places flags along Frederick Avenue in St. Joseph, Mo in honor of Flag Day. AP
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Workers try to clean up algae from the Chaohu lake in Hefei, east China’s Anhui province. China’s environmental authority has warned of the imminent danger of a blue algae outbreak in Chaohu Lake, the country’s fifth largest freshwater lake. AFP/Getty Images
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Children ride toy cars with their fathers at an amusement park on a public square in Jiuquan, China. Reuters
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Kashmiri government employees demonstrate while riot police unleash a purple-dyed water cannon to disperse a protest in Srinagar . Indian police detained dozens of state government employees who are demanding an increase in the retirement age from 58 to 60 and the release of their arrears. AFP/Getty Images
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Brothers in arms stand in the Invalides courtyard in Paris during a national ceremony of remembrance for four French soldiers killed in a suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan, where around 4,000 French troops are serving. AFP/Getty Images
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Bangladeshi policemen detain a garment worker during a protest in Ashulia, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The workers were staging a demonstration demanding a raise in wages. AP
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Brazil’s Santos fans cheer during a Copa Libertadores soccer match against Brazil’s Corinthians in Santos, Brazil. AP
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A child plays between two cartoon military statues on display outside a shopping mall in Beijing. AP
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A Yemeni man walks past cars destroyed during fighting with al-Qaida militants in the city of Zinjibar. Airstrikes and clashes intensified in southern Yemen on Wednesday as army troops followed major victories with more pressure on al-Qaeda militants holding small towns, according to tribal and military officials. AP
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Aung San Suu Kyi, the Myanmar opposition leader, waves as she arrives at the 101st International Labor Organization, ILO, Conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. AP
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A boy of the Guarani Kaiowa tribe poses for a photo at the Kari-Oca village, where indigenous from around the world are staying during the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AP
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Soldiers pay a silent tribute after completing the exhumation of the remains of South Korean soldiers, who are believed to have been killed by North Korean soldiers during the 1950-53 Korean War, at an excavation site on a mountain in Sokcho, east of Seoul. Reuters
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A Mexican Federal Police instructor pushes on the plastic shields of a riot squad forming a barrier in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Thousands of law enforcement officers are rolling into the Los Cabos area for the G-20 Summit to be held June 18-20. AFP/Getty Images
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Nick Franklin of New Zealand performs a demonstration jump in front of the Blue Mosque to announce the third stage of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour in Istanbul. AFP/Getty Images
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A fan plays with a ball in a central street of the old city, during the Euro 2012 soccer championship in Gdansk, Poland. AP
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San Francisco Giants players celebrate after pitcher Matt Cain threw a perfect game against the Houston Astros in San Francisco. Cain pitched the 22nd perfect game in Major League history and first for the Giants, striking out a career-high 14 and getting help from two spectacular catches to beat the Houston Astros 10-0. AP
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A combination of pictures taken shows female supporters from various countries with their faces painted in national colors during the Euro 2012 football championships. AFP/Getty Images
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A model wears a creation from Adriana Degreas summer collection during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil. AP