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Day in Photos: June 14, 2012

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President Barack Obama has lunch with two active-duty members of the armed services and two local barbers at Kenny’s BBQ on Capitol Hill in celebration of Father’s Day in Washington, DC. Getty Images
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A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer (right) and fisheries officer stand guard as the tide comes in over a humpback whale that beached itself in White Rock, British Columbia. The whale, which showed signs of injuries on its body, was alive when fisheries officials arrived but died soon after. Reuters
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Spanish coal miners protest with their lamps lit through the streets of Leon, Spain. Spanish coal miners are staging a nationwide strike action organized by unions opposed to subsidy reductions. AFP/Getty Images
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Greek Presidential Evzoni perform a changing of the guard in central Athens, Greece. AFP/Getty Images
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Rohingya Muslims who attempted to flee Myanmar to escape religious violence, sit in a boat after being intercepted crossing the Naf River near the Bangladesh border. Bangladesh has turned back more than 1,500 refugees in recent days. AP
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A man paddle surfs as a Mexican navy ship patrols the bay waters off the coast of San Jose del Cabo in Mexico’s Baja Peninsula. Security has been beefed up in preparation for the upcoming G-20 that will be held in Los Cabos. AP
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Yemeni army soldiers and tribesmen loyal to the army celebrate after they retook the city of Zinjibar from al-Qaeda militants. The terror network had held the city for more than a year. AP
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A resident exercises early in the morning on a fog-enveloped square in Hangzhou, the capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province. ZUMAPRESS.com
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A statue of Christ the Redeemer is vandalized with the name and number of Atletico-MG’s football player Ronaldinho in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. ZUMAPRESS.com
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An Australian Ballet dancer performs on the Brooklyn Bridge while promoting a performance at Lincoln Center in New York. The Australian Ballet/Lisa Tomasetti
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A woman takes part in a SlutWalk protest in central Seoul. A Thomson Reuters Foundation survey, polling 370 gender specialists, found Canada to be the best place to be a woman amongst G20 nations, excluding the European Union economic grouping. Saudi Arabia was the second worst, after India. Reuters
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A resident rides her bicycle past burned houses amid ongoing violence in Sittwe, capital of Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine. Dozens of people have been killed in a surge in sectarian violence in Myanmar, as international pressure grew for an end to the bloodshed. A state of emergency has been declared in western Rakhine state, which has been rocked by a wave of rioting and arson, posing a major test for the reformist government which took power last year. AFP/Getty Images
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Constance Malcolm (L) and Frank Graham (R), parents of 18-year-old Ramarley Graham cry as they attend the arraignment of New York Police officer Richard Haste at Bronx Supreme Court, in New York. Haste pleaded not guilty to charges of first- and second-degree manslaughter for the February shooting in the death of 18-year-old Graham, who was shot at close range as his grandmother and 6-year-old brother stood nearby. REUTERS