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Day in Photos: June 12, 2012

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Nine-time champion Orlando Duque of Colombia, dives from a helicopter next to Ashford Castle during a training session for the 2012 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Cong, Ireland. AFP/Getty Images
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Opposition supporters hold a poster depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin during a rally ‘For honest power, for Russia without Putin!’ in Moscow. EPA
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Children from a local school take part in a mass beach clean up at the world famous Echo beach surfing spot in Bali. The association responsible, Gumi Lestari, is running a pioneering project to get the local community involved in protecting the environment. AFP/Getty Images
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A seagull takes flight at sunset near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Reuters
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A rocket is launched from an M-270A1, multiple launch rocket system, during a combined rocket, live fire training exercise between the US and South Korea in Cheorwon, northeast of Seoul. Reuters
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Tiger Woods hits a tee shot during a practice round for the 112th US Open at The Olympic Club in Daly City, Calif. Getty Images
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Miners launch handmade rockets at riot police officers (out of picture) during a clash in Oviedo, Spain. AP
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Four blindfolded suspects are presented to the media in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Afghan intelligence security forces arrested the suspected Taliban insurgents while they were carrying arms and ammunitions during an operation in Ghazni. AP
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Officers stand next to confiscated toy weapons at a steel plant in Shanghai. Over 100,000 illegal firearms, replica toy guns, machetes and swords collected by the Ministry of Public Security were destroyed in 150 cities all over China. Reuters
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A girl holds a container as she feeds pigeons in Kathmandu, Nepal. Reuters
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Polish and Russian fans clash during a march of Russian supporters to the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, prior to the Group A preliminary round match of the UEFA EURO 2012 soccer match between Poland and Russia. EPA
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Myanmar police walk towards burning buildings in Sittwe, where sectarian violence is ongoing. Gunshots rang out and residents fled blazing homes in western Myanmar on Tuesday as security forces struggled to contain deadly ethnic and religious violence that has killed at least a dozen people and forced thousands to flee. AP
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul. Karzai is taking a defiant stand against NATO airstrikes, saying the military coalition can no longer fire on homes from aircraft in any circumstance even in defense of Afghan and foreign forces. AP
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Demonstrators hold flags of various groups during a massive protest against Putin’s rule in Moscow. AP
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Los Angeles Kings captain Dustin Brown kisses the Stanley Cup after the Kings defeated the Devils 6-1 in Game 6 of the National Hockey League Stanley Cup Final. AP