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Published June 16, 2014, 7:28 p.m. ET
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Passengers relax as they watch 2014 World Cup Group F soccer match between Iran and Nigeria, at Guarulhos International airport in Sao Paulo June 16, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCCER SPORT WORLD CUP TRAVEL TRANSPORT)
Passengers rest on plush soccer balls at Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Reuters
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks through a periscope of a submarine during his inspection of the Korean People's Army (KPA) Naval Unit 167 in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang June 16, 2014. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY MARITIME TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PICTURE WAS PROCESSED BY REUTERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY. AN UNPROCESSED VERSION WAS PROVIDED SEPARATELY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA
Kim Jong-un looks through the periscope of a submarine in Pyongyang, North Korea. Reuters
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (front) stands on the conning tower of a submarine during his inspection of the Korean People's Army (KPA) Naval Unit 167 in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang June 16, 2014. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY MARITIME TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA
Kim Jong-un poses on a submarine in Pyongyang. Reuters
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A woman points a plastic gun in a mock suicide as she attends a gathering of part-time and temporary arts workers, known as "intermittents", to protest over government plans to accept the unemployment insurance agreement in Paris June 16, 2014. Performers, technicians and other casual workers in the French arts world are threatening to step up strikes to thwart the country's top summer festivals in protest at cuts to their unemployment insurance arrangements. France's summer festivals draw hundreds of thousands of visitors and include renowned events such as the Avignon Theatre Festival and Aix-en-Provence's opera festival - both of which were cancelled in 2003 during an earlier bout of strike action. Message on gun reads, "No. We don't approve." REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY POLITICS)
A protesting art worker aims a toy gun at her head in Paris. Reuters
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A lion skin is displayed on a table put together by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to show examples of confiscated animal by-products during a tour of a bonded warehouse at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York June 16, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS BUSINESS POLITICS ENVIRONMENT)
The US Fish and Wildlife Service displays a confiscated lion skin at JFK Airport. Reuters
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Tourists view the Iguazu Falls from an observation platform at the Iguazu National Park near the southern Brazilian city of Foz do Iguacu June 16, 2014. Forming a border between Argentina and Brazil, the Iguazu Falls, South America's largest falls, attract more than 1 million visitors a year. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno (BRAZIL - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TRAVEL TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A rainbow forms at Iguazu Falls in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil. Reuters
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A dog stands near a building damaged by shelling from government forces as they fight separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slaviansk June 16, 2014. Ukraine's president said on Monday he had ordered troops to regain control of the frontier with Russia to pave the way for a truce and peace talks after weeks of fighting with pro-Russian separatists. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ANIMALS)
A dog stands near a bullet-riddled building in Slaviansk, Ukraine. Reuters
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An internally displaced woman from Bangui attends a community meeting in Bambari June 16, 2014. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A displaced Bangui woman goes to a community meeting in Bambari, Central African Republic. Reuters
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Women look over the balcony of an apartment near colored ribbons, depicting the colors of national flags, which are used to decorate a street during the 2014 World Cup in Manaus June 16, 2014. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY SOCCER SPORT WORLD CUP)
Women look over a balcony under World Cup-themed decor in Manaus, Brazil. Reuters
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 16: The Vancouver Police Pipe Band arrive at Buckingham Palace to take part in the Changing of the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace on June 16, 2014 in London, England. Vancouver Police Pipe Band are the first non-military unit to perform at Changing of the Guard this honour in the ceremonyÂ’s 350-year history. They are performing a further three times at Buckingham Palaces to celebrate their centennial year. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images)
The Vancouver Police Pipe Band are the first non-military piping band to perform at the Changing of the Guard in London. Getty Images
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SADDLEWORTH, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 16: Floral tributes overlook Saddleworth Moor where the body of missing Keith Bennett may be buried on June 16, 2014 in Saddleworth, United Kingdom. Fifty years ago Keith Bennet was snatched by moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley on June 16, 1964 and they have never disclosed the location of his burial. Brady and Hindley were jailed for life in 1966 for the murders of Leslie Ann Downey, ten, John Kilbride, 12, and Edward Evans, 17. In 1987 they confessed to also killing Keith Bennett and Pauline Reade, 16. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Flowers are left at the possible burial site of Keith Bennett on the 50th anniversary of his disappearance in Saddleworth, UK. Getty Images
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HEBRON, WEST BANK - JUNE 16: Israeli soldiers stand on guard as they clash with Palestinian youth during the fourth day into the search of three missing teenagers June 16, 2014 in Hebron, West Bank. Israeli soldiers have so far detained more than 150 suspects in the search for three teenagers who went missing in Jewish settlements in the West Bank late last week. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)
Israeli soldiers search for three missing teenagers in Hebron, West Bank. Getty Images
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NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 16: People gather for a vigil for the three missing Israeli teens outside of the Israeli Consulate on June 16, 2014 in New York City. According to the Israeli defense Forces (IDF), Gilad Shaar (16) Naftali Frenkel, (16) and Eyal Yifrach (19) have been missing since late Thursday or Friday and were last seen around Gush Etzion. Israeli soldiers have detained over 150 Palestinian suspects in the search for the three teens. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Citizens gather for a vigil for three missing Israeli teens outside the New York City Israeli consulate. Getty Images
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Two men with a horse cart try to make their way during a powerful dust storm in Jammu, India, Monday, June 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Citizens brave a dust storm in Jammu, India. AP
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Iraqis who have fled the violence in their hometown of Mosul reach for a fruit during a food distribution at Khazir refugee camp outside of Irbil, 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 16, 2014. Sunni militants captured a strategic city along the highway to Syria on Monday, moving closer to their goal of linking areas under their control on both sides of the border. The al-Qaida breakaway group leading the push in Iraq also is fighting in the civil war next door in Syria where it controls territory abutting the Iraqi border.(AP Photo)
Refugees reach for fruit at a food distribution center in Khazir, Iraq. AP
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Pakistani army troops ride military vehicles following an operation launched against the Taliban in North Waziristan, in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, June 16, 2014. Pakistani jets pounded targets in the country's northwest on Monday as the military waged an offensive against militant safe havens that killed dozens of fighters, while insurgents fought back with a roadside bomb that killed many soldiers, the first army casualties of the operation, the military said. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
Pakistani troops ride in Karachi after an anti-Taliban mission. AP
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AT-3 jets fly in formation with colored smoke during a ceremony marking the 90th anniversary of Taiwan's military academy in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Monday, June 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
AT-3 jets mark Taiwan’s military academy in Kaohsiung. AP
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In this Saturday, June 14, 2014 photo rhinoceros Manuela and a donkey in the same enclosure at the Tbilisi Zoo, Georgia. The zoo keepers tried to help Manuela the rhino who was feeling depressed by putting the donkey in the same cage. The strategy worked and the animals have been living peacefully together. (AP Photo/ Shakh Aivazov)
A donkey keeps a rhinoceros from feeling depressed at a zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia. AP
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