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Day in Photos: June 7, 2012

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Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant raises the Western Conference championship trophy after his team defeated the San Antonio Spurs in Game 6 of the NBA Western Conference finals in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. REUTERS
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A stuntman practice the “Wheels of Destruction” at the Myrtle Beach Speedway in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. ZUMAPRESS.com
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Striking miners that block the N-630 road in Cinera de Gordon use slingshots to aim stones at Civil Guard agents. Coal miners continue their strike after eight days of protests against the cuts in public aid to the sector. According to trade unions, this reduction of the public economic aid to the sector will lead to the inevitable closure of mines in the country. EPA
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Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber of Australia practices indoor skydiving in a vertical wind tunnel during the filming of the second installment of Infiniti’s Inspired Performers’ series in Montreal. AFP/Getty Images
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A Kashmiri boatman removes weeds from the waters of Dal Lake during early morning in Srinagar. REUTERS
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A Chinese military officer watches members of a honor guard march into a hall for a welcome ceremony for Mongolian President Elbegdorj Tsakhia, unseen, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. AP Photo
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Paddlers row in the early morning autumn mist on the Emmarentia Dam in Johannesburg. The city is known for it’s many parks and gardens , and it claims to be home to one of the world’s largest made forests. AP Photo
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An F-16 drops chaff cartridges during the “Lien Yung” annual joint forces exercises in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan. AP Photo
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Bavarian inhabitants pray on boats as they take part in a Corpus Christi procession on Lake Staffelsee in the southern German village of Seehausen. REUTERS
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Firefighters trying to control a huge fire at a market in Peshawar, Pakistan. Reports state that seven people were injured after fire broke out in the market in Peshawar. EPA
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Locals are seen on the beach opposite the “Rock of Monemvasia.” Greece’s sandy resorts, azure waters and ancient temples remain popular, but will not, it seems, be enough to pull it out of a fifth year of recession. REUTERS
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Hindu devotees take holy dips on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India. Varanasi is among the world’s oldest cities, and millions of Hindu pilgrims gather annually here for prayers and ritual bathing in the river considered holiest among Hindus. AP Photo
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England’s national football team manager Roy Hodgson appears in a 108 foot tall reproduction of Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue above the White Cliffs of Dover. Irish bookmakers Paddy Power, who commissioned the statue, say it is visible from the coast of France, sixteen miles away. England play their opening group match of the Euro 2012 soccer tournament against France on Monday. REUTERS
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Betsy McBride performs her classic dance in the third and final round of Helsinki International Ballet Competition in Helsinki, Finland. EPA
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People stand by a cave-in in a road in which lies a minibus in Guilin, China. The driver was injured and hospitalized. Barcroft Media