A Civil Defence member extinguishes a fire at the site of an explosion outside Syria’s highest court in central Damascus. The explosion tore through the car park outside the court, torching at least 20 cars.
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Kids jump in the new pool at the McCarren Park during the reopening ceremony in Brooklyn. The pool closed in 1983 and it’s located on Lorimer Street, between Driggs Avenue and Bayard Street.
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A Indian mahout moves an elephant to higher ground as villagers padddle with their belongings through flood waters in India’s Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary.
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People carry a huge Chilean flag during an anti-government rally demanding changes to the public state education system in Santiago.
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Royal Air Force Tornado fighter jets perform a flyby during the opening of the Bomber Command Memorial commemorating the loss of 55,573 airmen during the Second World War, in Green Park, London.
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A mechanic works on a bicycle of the BMC cycling team of 2011 Tour de France winner Cadel Evans at a hotel in Liege, Belgium.
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Pakistani children living in Islamabad’s slums play a game late in the afternoon.
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Charred homes that were destroyed by the Waldo Canyon wildfireare seen in the Mountain Shadows residential area of Colorado Springs, Colo. More than 30,000 have been displaced by the fire, including thousands who frantically packed up belongings Tuesday night after it barreled into neighborhoods in the foothills west and north of Colorado’s second-largest city.
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Svitlana Shmidt of Ukraine (5) clears a water jump on her way to winning the women’s 3000 metres steeplechase semifinal at the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland.
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Models pose next to a Chrysler 300, decorated with 400,000 D.A.D crystals worth about $157,000, on display during the 11th Shenyang International Automobile Expo in Shenyang, China.
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Greek police officers search for two armed suspects who earlier robbed, and briefly abducted a man in the upscale northern Athens suburb of Kifissia, Greece.
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Scott Redding of Britain rides his Kalex during the Moto2 Free Practice of the Dutch Grand Prix, in Assen, northern Netherlands.
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Cypriots living in Greece clash with the police during a protest against the visit from the leader of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement party in Thessaloniki. MHP’s leader, Devlet Bahceli, visited the Turkish consulate which is the birthplace of Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey.
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With the Capitol in the background, Republican presidential candidate, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks about the Supreme Court’s health care ruling in Washington.
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Supporters of President Barack Obama’s health care law celebrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington after the court’s ruling.
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A general view of the illuminated Supertrees Grove at the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore. The 101-hectare gardens, situated at the heart of Singapore’s new downtown at Marina Bay, have two greenhouses and 220,000 plants from almost every continent.
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Smoke rises from the site of bomb explosion in the garage of the Justice Palace in Damascus, Syria. According to SANA, a bomb injured three people and caused material damage.
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Liam Joyeux-Macmillan (left), comes out of the water with his dad Bruce after Liam’s first surfing lesson at Doheny State Beach, Calif.
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Ivet Lalova of Bulgaria celebrates winning the Women’s 100 Metres Final during day two of the 21st European Athletics Championships at Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland.
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