Sun rises over the Indian ocean as a ship makes its route in Durban, South Africa.
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An Indian soccer fan gets special FIFA World Cup football haircut in Mumbai, India. The World Cup soccer tournament starts Friday as the first match will be played between the host South Africa and Mexico.
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A costumed performer shows his skill in Manila’s financial district of Makati, Philippines, during a victory parade for Philippine Vice President-elect Jejomar Binay and the celebration for the 340th founding anniversary of the city Friday, June 11.
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A washer man beats clothes on a rock in the Daya River as monsoon clouds hover over Bhubaneswar, India. The monsoon season in India begins in June. Last year India’s summer monsoon, vital for agriculture because of the rainfall it brings, was the weakest since 1972.
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Employees display paintings of Edouard Manet’s Self Portrait with a Palette, (C), estimated at 20-30 million pounds or $29-43.4 million, Henri Matisse’s Odalisques Jouant Aux Dames, which is estimated at 10-15 million pounds or $14.5-21.7 million (R), and Andre Derain’s Arbres a Collioure, estimated to fetch 9-14 million pounds or $13-20.3 million, during a photocall at Sotheby’s, in London.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Afghan President Hamid Karzai meet on the sidelines of the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
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A young girl looks on as health officials excavate soil contaminated with lead poison at Dareta village, Anka district in Zamfara State. An outbreak of lead poisoning linked to illegal gold mining that left more 160 people dead in Nigeria is unprecedented, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. More than 100 of those killed in the poisoning in recent weeks are children aged five years or under.
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Relatives of Sergio Adrian Hernandez attend his funeral in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Hernandez, 14, was killed by members of the US border patrol when was attempting to cross the Mexico-US border, under the “Santa Fe International Cross” gate, on June 7.
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Men walk past a burning building in the city of Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan. At least 12 people were killed and 126 were wounded during the violence in southern Kyrgyzstan on Friday.
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A boy spreads sour cream on his face after getting a sunburn in a military training camp in the village of Sengileevskoye. About 30 children between 10 to 18 years old undergo training in this military camp organized by former Russian servicemen where they learn the basics of martial arts and manual of arms. Sour cream is used as a traditional Russian remedy to relieve sunburn.
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A man jumps into the cool water of the Dnipro river in Kiev.
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A view of fish cages in a lake surrounding Taal Volcano south of Manila. Philippine government vulcanologists have raised alert level 2 after the volcano showed restiveness the past two days, encouraging residents living in the volcano’s permanent danger zone to voluntarily evacuate their farms and homes.
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Pilots perform a colourful flight formation with Pioneer Hawk 300s at the International Aerospace Show ILA 2010 in Schoenefeld Germany. AÂ total of 1,153 exhibitors from 47 nations present some 300 airplanes.
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Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, centre, goes for an early morning run with British soldiers, at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, during his two day visit to Afghanistan.
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An abandoned sailboat is seen in wheat field near Ptuj.
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A rainbow illuminates the skyline over Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
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Children play as they cool themselves in a fountain as the air temperature reached 91.4 degrees Fahrenheit in central Kiev.
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‘Lady King Walker’ Peggy Krainz performs acrobatics on the deck of a Boeing Stearman PT 17 during the International Aerospace Show ILA 2010 in Schoenefeld Germany.
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A player performs during the ”ChangSanjiao” International Bodybuilding Invitational Tournament at Xuyi Olmpic Center in Huai’an, Jiangsu province of China.
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An Afghan fireman hoses a burning oil tanker after an explosive device planted underneath it exploded, on the Jalalabad-Kabul highway, east of Kabul, Afghanistan.
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