Christ the Redeemer statue on the Corcovado mountain stands out from the Guanabara Bay in the background at daybreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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The luxury cruise ship “Pearl 7” bumps the Wenzhou bridge in Wenzhou, China. No injuries were reported, but the deluxe liner lost its chimney which left a mark on the bridge. The cruise was being dragged by four tugboats to a downtown terminal ahead of opening to the public during the National Day holidays in October.
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Britain’s female beach volleyball team brought rush-hour traffic to a halt today to highlight how busy the capital’s roads will be during the Olympics. The team went through their paces in Parliament Square in an event that was also held to launch Transport for London’s online tool, Temporary Road Changes, which will allow drivers to plan their route around road closures.
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A police officer and a dog stand guard near packages of marijuana seized in Cali. Narcotics police seized eight tons of marijuana at checkpoints on roads in Valle del Cauca.
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Balinese youth play football at the beach in Jimbaran on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali.
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Yemeni officers and soldiers carry coffins of soldiers who were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a parade square during their funeral procession in Sanaa, Yemen. A Yemeni soldier detonated a bomb hidden in his military uniform during a rehearsal for a military parade, killing tens of fellow soldiers and wounding at least 200.
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Brian Banks becomes emotional as his attorneys Justin Brooks and Alissa Bjerkhoel stand by, as Banks’ rape conviction is dismissed in Long Beach, Calif. It has been 10 years since Banks, then 16, pleaded no contest to a rape charge brought after a childhood friend falsely accused him of attacking her on their high school campus, shattering his dreams of a pro career.
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Some of the buildings of Sydney skyline are lighted up in pink as part of the Vivid Festival in Sydney. Vivid Sydney, a festival of light, music and ideas, will run until June 11.
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Miners stand behind burning barricades in Montico, Spain. Spanish coal miners are staging a protest underground as part of nationwide strike action by unions opposed to cuts in government subsidies to the sector.
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People walk through a portion of the Boston Common covered with American flags, in Boston. Relatives and volunteers planted the 33,000 flags in the historic park in advance of the Memorial Day weekend, in tribute to Massachusetts soldiers killed in conflicts as far back as the Civil War.
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Lawmakers from pro-presidential and oppositional factions in the parliament session hall in Kiev, Ukraine. A violent scuffle erupted in Ukraine’s parliament over a bill that would allow the use of the Russian language in courts, hospitals and other institutions in the Russian-speaking regions of the country.
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A Cal Fire aircraft drops flame retardant on the Topaz Ranch Estates Fire in Wellington, Nevada. Evacuations were lifted today as the fire moved north into the canyons.
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A full-size replica of the space shuttle departed Kennedy Space Center for Texas riding on top of a barge. The space shuttle mockup was known as “Explorer” and formerly displayed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor complex. The barged mock-up was making its way through Port Canaveral after going through Canaveral Lock.
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Students take their seats for the diploma ceremony at the John F. Kennedy School of Government during the 361st Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Spanish swimmers Ona Carbonell and Andrea Fuentes compete in the synchronised duets technical routine during the 31st LEN European Swimming Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
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