The day in photos

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ANNAPOLIS, MD - MAY 13: Members of the United States Naval Academy freshman crawl under one another at the wet and sandy station during the annual Sea Trials training exercise at the U.S. Naval Academy on May 13, 2014 in Annapolis, Maryland. For 14 hours, the United States Naval Academy freshman class, also known as Plebes, worked as a team to complete many grueling physical and mental challenges that help prepare them for real-world experiences and reinforce leadership, bonds, trust, and teamwork. Of the challenges, they endured: a two-mile regimental run, ground fights, water tactics, aquatics challenges, and survival skills, amongst many others. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Members of the freshman class crawl under one another at the wet and sandy station during the annual Sea Trials training exercise at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. The 14 hours of challenges -- which included a two-mile run, ground fights, water tactics, aquatic challenges and survival skills -- reinforces leadership, bonds, trust and teamwork among the freshmen, known as plebes.

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A child drops coins into golden Buddha statues as a symbol of blessings on Vesak Day at the Thai Buddhist Chetawan Temple in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur May 13, 2014. Buddhists across the world on Tuesday celebrate holy Vesak to honour the birth, enlightenment and passing of Lord Buddha 2,550 years ago. REUTERS/Samsul Said (MALAYSIA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A child drops coins into Buddha statues as a symbol of blessings on Vesak Day at the Thai Buddhist Chetawan Temple in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Buddhists across the world on Tuesday celebrate holy Vesak to honor the birth, enlightenment and passing of Buddha 2,550 years ago.

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An effigy of an Ukrainian soldier hangs above a pro-Russian check-point as a local woman cycles through at the entrance of the eastern Ukrainian town of Slaviansk May 13, 2014. Russia said on Tuesday new European Union sanctions will hinder efforts to defuse the crisis in Ukraine and urged the West to persuade Kiev to hold discussions on the country's future structure before a May 25 presidential election. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

An effigy of a Ukrainian soldier hangs above a pro-Russian checkpoint as a woman cycles through at the entrance of the eastern Ukrainian town of Slaviansk.

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Rain drops on a car window distort the Eiffel Tower as a woman takes shelter under a yellow umbrella during a rain shower in Paris May 13, 2014. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes (FRANCE - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TRAVEL TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Raindrops on a car window distort the Eiffel Tower as a woman takes shelter under an umbrella in Paris.

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An Iraqi policeman stands near burning vehicles moments after one in a series of bombs hit the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. A wave of car bombings in mainly Shiite areas of Baghdad killed tens on Tuesday, officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

An Iraqi policeman stands near burning vehicles moments after one in a series of bombs hit the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq.

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Jacob Mueller, 18-month old, enjoys cooling off in the new San Diego County Water Front Park splashing pool as unseasonably warm temperatures reach into the 90's at the water front Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

Jacob Mueller, 18 months old, enjoys cooling off in the new San Diego County Water Front Park splashing pool as unseasonably warm temperatures reach into the 90s.

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Worshippers throw flower petals to the statue of the Our Lady of Fatima at the Our Lady of Fatima shrine, in Fatima, centre Portugal, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Every year on May 12 and 13 thousands of Catholic pilgrims arrive to Fatima Sanctuary to attend Masses and pray in honor of the Virgin Mary, where it is believed she was witnessed by three shepherd children in 1917. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Worshipers throw flower petals toward the statue of Our Lady of Fatima at a shrine in Fatima, Portugal. Every year on May 12 and 13, thousands of Catholic pilgrims visit Fatima to attend Masses and pray to the Virgin Mary, who they believe appeared to three shepherd children there in 1917.

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A bike parked outside the high court where Oscar Pistorius is on trial in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Pistorius is charged with murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

A sign on a motorcycle outside the court where Oscar Pistorius is on trial for murder in Pretoria, South Africa.

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The Danish warship "Esbern Snare" escorting the cargo ships transporting Syriaís most dangerous chemical weapons out of the strife-torn country, is photographed, from a boat, docked outside of Larnaca port, Cyrpus, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Denmarkís foreign minister Martin Lidegaard is urging Syria to give up the last of its chemical weapons agents in the next few days in order to meet a June 30 deadline for completely ridding the war-torn country of its lethal stockpile. A Danish-Norwegian flotilla consisting of two warships and two cargo vessels has been moving the chemicals out of Syria for eventual destruction since January. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

The Danish warship Esbern Snare escorts cargo ships transporting Syria's most dangerous chemical weapons out of the strife-torn country.

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Miners on strike chant slogans as they march in Nkaneng township outside the Lonmin mine in Rustenburg May 13, 2014. South Africa sent more police to the strike-hit platinum belt on Tuesday to protect miners returning to work this week as producers pushed ahead with plans to end the sector's longest and most costly bout of industrial action. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS COMMODITIES CIVIL UNREST EMPLOYMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Miners on strike chant slogans as they march in Nkaneng township outside the Lonmin mine in Rustenburg, South Africa.

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SURABAYA, INDONESIA - MAY 13: A Borneon orang utan plays in the courtyard at Surabaya Zoo on May 13, 2014 in Surabaya, Indonesia. South East Asian Zoos Association (SEAZA) delegates and animal experts Prof. G. Agoramoorthy of Tajen University Taiwan, Sam Alagappasamy Chelleiyah of Singapore Zoo, and Dr. Kevin Lazarus of Taiping Zoo Malaysia, Jansen Manansang (former SEAZA President), and KRMT Joko Tirtono (Director of Gembiraloka Zoo Yogyakarta) are to share knowledge about how to handle animals properly. There has been an ongoing conflict within Surabaya Zoo internal management that has lead to numerous fatalities over the last four years due to malnourishment and improper housing. (Photo by Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images)

A Borneo orangutan plays in the courtyard at Surabaya Zoo in Surabaya, Indonesia.

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 13: U.S. President Barack Obama (C) awards the Medal of Honor to U.S. Army Sgt. Kyle J. White (R) during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House May 13, 2014 in Washington, DC. White was awarded the honor for conspicuous gallantry for his actions in combat in Afghanistan in 2007 where he saved another soldier's life and assisted in the evacuation of wounded comrades during an ambush. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

President Obama awards the Medal of Honor to Army Sgt. Kyle J. White in the East Room of the White House. White was awarded the nation's highest military honor for conspicuous gallantry during combat in Afghanistan in 2007. He saved another soldier's life and assisted in the evacuation of wounded comrades during an ambush.

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Nigerians take part in a protest demanding for the release of secondary school girls abducted from the remote village of Chibok, in Asokoro, Abuja May 13, 2014. U.S. surveillance aircraft were flying over remote areas of northeast Nigeria as part of an international hunt for about 200 girls kidnapped a month ago by Boko Haram militants who stormed their school. Thousands of Nigerian troops have been sent to the region, while the United States and Britain also have teams on the ground to help with the search. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde (NIGERIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW)

Nigerians take part in a protest demanding the release of some 200 secondary-school girls abducted from the remote village of Chibok, in Asokoro, Abuja, Nigeria.

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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde waits before a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Chancellery in Berlin, May 13, 2014. REUTERS/Maurizio Gambarini/Pool (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde waits for a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.

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U.S. Army honor guard members stand at the gravesite of Army Pvt. William Christman, who was the first military burial at the cemetery, marking the beginning of commemorations of the 150th anniversary of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Christman, 20, enlisted in the 67th Pennsylvania Infantry and was hospitalized for measles five weeks later, dying on May 11, 1864 and buried at Arlington on May 13. (AP Photo)

U.S. Army honor guard members stand at the gravesite of Army Pvt. William Christman, who was the first military burial at the cemetery, marking the beginning of commemorations of the 150th anniversary of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Christman, 20, enlisted in the 67th Pennsylvania Infantry and was hospitalized for measles five weeks later, dying on May 11, 1864, and was buried at Arlington on May 13.

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Christ the Redeemer statue is silhouetted against the glow of the moonset in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. As opening day for the World Cup approaches, people continue to stage protests, some about the billions of dollars spent on the World Cup at a time of social hardship, but soccer is still a unifying force. The international soccer tournament will be the first in the South American nation since 1950. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

The statue of Christ the Redeemer is silhouetted against the glow of the moonset in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Plantiffs in the federal suit over Virginia's ban on gay marriage, Mary Townley, left, Emily Schall-Townley, center, and Carol Schall, right, react to comments during a news conference after a hearing on Virginia's same sex-marriage ban in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, May 13, 2014. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday on a judge's ruling that Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. The case is one of a handful that could ultimately make it to the U.S. Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Plantiffs in the federal suit over Virginia's ban on gay marriage, Mary Townley, left, Emily Schall-Townley, center, and Carol Schall, right, react to comments during a news conference after a hearing on Virginia's same sex-marriage ban in Richmond, Virginia. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday on a judge's ruling that Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. The case is one of a handful that could ultimately make it to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Keith Maupin, father of Sgt. Matt Maupin, is photographed, Arlington, Va.,Tuesday, May 13, 2014. A man in Iraqi custody has confessed to killing Sgt. Matt Maupin whose remains were found in 2008. Sgt. Matt Maupin, of Batavia in southwestern Ohio, was captured when insurgents with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms ambushed his fuel convoy near Baghdad on April 9, 2004. Keith Maupin decided to grow his beard until his son came home. He has never cut it. (AP Photo)

Keith Maupin, father of Sgt. Matt Maupin, in Arlington, Va. A man in Iraqi custody has confessed to killing Sgt. Maupin, whose remains were found in 2008. Sgt. Maupin was captured when insurgents ambushed his fuel convoy near Baghdad on April 9, 2004. The soldier's father, who decided to let his beard grow until his son came home, has never cut it.

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White House press secretary Jay Carney listens to a reporter's question during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo)

White House press secretary Jay Carney listens to a reporter's question during the daily press briefing at the White House.