Sisters Nicole and Natalie Mouzon, who are band members at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Maryland, play a few songs on the flute and violin from their tattered song sheets to generate money for a high school field trip to New York City in the subway next to the White House in Washington, DC.
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Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, right, competes to win the Men’s 100 Meters event during the Diamond League athletics meeting in Rome, Italy.
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Two women walk on unused railway tracks in Beijing. China’s manufacturing activity grew at a markedly lower rate in May, providing further confirmation that the world’s number two economy is slowing rapidly.
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Afghan police destroy poppy (raw material to be used in making heroin) fields in Deshala district and Pol-e-Hisar district, Afghanistan.
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Girls perform to celebrate International Children’s Day at a kindergarten for children of migrant workers in Beijing. China’s Premier Wen Jiabao recently visited several children of migrant workers in central China’s Hunan province and acknowledged the contributions migrant workers have made toward boosting China’s economic growth, reassuring them that their children will be well taken care of in their absence.
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Indian children dive in the River Ganges in Varanasi, India. Varanasi, known as the city of temples and learning, is one of the most sacred places of pilgrimage for Hindus.
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A child points a toy gun at a painting of a US soldier during a game for children on the grounds of Kyongsang Kindergarten in Kyongsang, North Korea as the country marked International Children’s Day.
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Members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Aviation Security Group use an improvised bomb to blast through the main door of a building simulating an airport control tower seized by a mock terrorist group, during the Crisis Action Force anti-terrorism drill inside police headquarters in Camp Bagong Diwa at Taguig, south of Manila.
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Bangladeshi acrobats perform in Dhaka. Street circus, a major part of Bangladeshi culture, is very popular in the countryside.
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A child plays inside a balloon float on water at the Chaoyang park during International Children’s Day in Beijing.
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A worker uses the tapping process to separate nickel ore from other elements at the nickel processing plant owned by PT Vale Indonesia, Sulawesi Province. Newly announced ownership rules for foreign-owned mines in Indonesia are a big worry and greater clarity is needed from the government.
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Buildings are engulfed in fog in Yantai, Shandong Province of China.
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Bicycle designer Dieter (Didi) Senft sits on, according reports by its builder, “largest functional bicycle in the world” in Pudagla, Germany. The bike is part of a special exhibition in the museum ‘World of Inventions’ in Pudagla on Usedom Island.
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Team Russia performs with balls during the group alternating at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Team Russia won the Gold medal.
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