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Day in Photos: June 24, 2010

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Stunt pilot Sean Tucker performs aerobatic stunts in his Team Oracle bi-plane over the Thames River off New London, Conn. to promote his appearance at this weekend's Rhode Island Air Show at Quonset Air National Guard Base.

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Frank Wallace, who has been unemployed since May of 2009 is seen during a rally organized by the Philadelphia Unemployment Project. Initial claims for jobless benefits fell by the most in two months last week, but remain above levels consistent with healthy job growth.

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Ethnic Uzbek children play near their burnt house in the Osh district Unadyr, southern Kyrgyzstan.

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An aerial view of a flooded road and houses in ruins of the city of Palmares, Pernambuco state in Brazil. The Brazilian goverment started a rescue operation in the north east of the country, similar to the one carried out in Haiti for the earthquake in January 2010.

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Patients take part in a yoga class at a female compulsory drug rehabilitation clinic in Taiyuan, Shanxi province.

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A jet flies past the moon in Durban, South Africa.

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The Capital Gate building is seen in Abu Dhabi. The tower, which is believed to be the most inclined in the world, is approximately 545 feet high, built with a westward incline of 18 degrees, and is scheduled for completion at the end of the year.

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A "clown doctor" entertains a patient at Itaci Hospital in Sao Paulo. The Brazilian clown is a member of the "Doutores da Alegria", a non-profit organization that aims to cheer up sick children.

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An overturned car sits after clashes near Charlety Stadium in Paris, after team Algeria lost during the 2010 FIFA World Cup match against USA.

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Ultra Orthodox students gesture as they pray during a reading class at the Kehilot Yaacov Torah School for boys in Ramot, Jerusalem.

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First lady Michelle Obama uses a jump- rope during exercise activities at an event highlighting the work of the Physical Fitness Council at the Columbia Heights Education Campus Bell Multicultural High School in Washington.

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Pakistani firemen try to extinguish fires on Afghanistan bound NATO oil tankers allegedly attacked by militants in Peshawar, Pakistan.

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Bryan Jones, of Elko, Nev., holds on as a bucking horse flips over at the Reno Rodeo in Reno Nev. The horse flipped over, slamming the cowboy against the ground, got up, and fell on him again. Jones suffered bruising to his hip and back but no serious injuries.

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Young people get in a fountain to cool down celebrating their school graduation at the Kremlin in Moscow.

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Lightning appears to strike the spire of Trump Tower in downtown Chicago. Tornado sirens were heard in the Chicago Loop as a severe weather system moved through central Cook County.

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A rider on horseback races through a cheering crowd in the Balearic town of Ciutadella during Menorca's traditional Fiesta of Saint John.

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A Health Ministry's worker sprays insecticides against the Aedes Aegypti mosquito (dengue fever vector) inside a house in Guatemala City.

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Mexican performers of the Teenek ethnic group from San Luis Potosi State swing from a 'Fliers Pole' in a ritual to the Lord of Corn with the Washington Monument in the background, on The Mall, in Washington DC. The ritual, performed on special feast days to bring blessings to the fields, is part of the Smithsonian Institution's 44th Annual Folk Life Festival.

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Apple chief executive Steve Jobs shows an iPhone 4 to Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev during his visit to Silicon Valley in Cupertino. Medvedev was "inspired" by a tour of Silicon Valley and left determined to replicate the U.S. technology hub at home, despite pessimism that Russia could create a sufficiently open environment to nurture success.

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A Paraguayan fan bites her nails as she watches her national soccer team play New Zealand during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, in downtown Asuncion.