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Day in photos: June 20, 2013

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A reserved sign holds the table at Holsten’s ice cream parlor in Bloomfield, NJ, where the final scene of ‘The Sopranos’ was filmed. The show’s star, James Gandolfini, died Wednesday of a heart attack. He was 51. EPA
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Kids displaced by the heavy monsoon rains that have doused India over the past week waddle back to their tents lugging jugs of drinking water. Reuters
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Laid-off steel workers rush a line of riot cops during a rally in Quezon City, Manila, Philippines during a rally demanding their jobs back during which they also tried to stop trucks from leaving the factory. Reuters
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Sixteen-month-old Pebble gives her keeper Luke Simmonds a hug. Pebble’s staying at home with Simmonds until she’s big enough to mix with the rest of the resident ‘roos at the Ballarat Wildlife Park in Victoria, Austria. David Caird/Newspix/Rex / Rex US
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Angry-looking storm clouds begin to form in the twilight on the edge of Melsungen, Germany. EPA
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Iraqi men line up for the requisite pat-down before casting their votes in the country’s provincial elections in Fallujah. AP
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An tiny Afghan refugee catches a nap on a bench outside the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees registration center in Peshawar, Pakistan, before his family heads back to Afghanistan. ZUMA Press
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European helicopter maker AgustaWestland shows off its Project Zero, the which it says is the world’s first electric tilt-rotor aircraft during the Paris Air Show. Reuters
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A Brazillian military officer fires — seemingly from point-blank range — a tear gas gun to disperse protestors during in Niteroi. Clashes between cops and demonstrators continued despite the nation’s two biggest cities rolling back the transit fare hikes that triggered the protests. AFP/Getty Images
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India’s Virat Kohli leaps in what would turn out to be a failed attempt to snag a ball hit by Sri Lanka’s Angelo Matthews at Cardiff Wales Stadium. In the end, it was India pulling off the win and moving on to the ICC Champions Trophy final. Reuters
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A hazed and confused group of Indonesian children cover their faces as they look out over a burnt field outside Pekanbaru, Riau province. One island over, the haze from the fires is blanketing Singapore, and officials there are worried it could persist for weeks. Reuters
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Spurs veteran Tim Duncan stretches out while chatting with coach Greg Popvichat the team’s morning practice in Miami ahead of the deciding game of the NBA finals. AFP/Getty Images