Lia Neal celebrates during the medal ceremony for the Women’s 100 m Freestyle during Day Six of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Swimming Team Trials at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Europe’s tallest skyscraper, the Shard, is inaugurated in a dazzling sound and light show. The Shard is 1,016 feet tall and features high quality offices, a 5-star hotel with more than 200 rooms and suites and 3 floors of restaurants.
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Niklas Ajo of TT Motion Events Racing team crashes during the second training session of the Moto3 of Germany at the Sachsenring Circuit in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, eastern Germany.
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Revelers hold up traditional red neckties during the “Chupinazo” the official opening of the 2012 San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, Spain. Revelers from around the world kick off the San Fermin festival with a messy party in the Pamplona town square, one day before the first of eight days of the running of the bulls.
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Afghan security officials stand guard outside the Kandahar University in Afghanistan. A suicide car bomber blew himself up at the gate of the university, killing seven people and injuring 23, an official said.
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Gene Holmes beats the heat with a splash into a quarry lake at the Beaver Dam Swimming Club in Cockeysville, Maryland.
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Giovanny Alvarez, a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, leaves after delivering mail to a residence in Washington that was damaged by the powerful storm that swept through the region.
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Francesca Schiavone of Italy bites a tennis ball after missing a shot against Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic during a fourth round women’s singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon.
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A boat carries flood relief materials as monsoon clouds surrounded Gagalmari village in Assam state, India.
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“Supertrees” light up the financial skyline from the newly open Gardens By The Bay during a light and sound show in Singapore.
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U.S. gymnast Gabrielle Douglas performs her floor exercise at the U.S. Olympic trials in San Jose, Calif.
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A model wears a creation by fashion designer Zahia during her Women’s Fall Winter 2013 haute couture fashion collection in Paris.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and wife Ann Romney jet ski on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, NH.
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A model walks the runway during the Zahia Couture show as part of Paris Fashion Week.
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Rubble lies strewn over the sidewalk after a building collapse in Brooklyn.
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Buildings lie ruined following clashes between Syrian rebel fighters and government forces in the Al Qusour neighborhood in Homs.
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A woman sits with her child in a boat during heavy rains at a flooded village in Kurigram. At least 100 people have died and hundreds of thousands of people are marooned as floods triggered by heavy rains spread across Bangladesh.
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A model wears a creation by Italian designer Giorgio Armani as part of his presentation for Women’s Fall Winter 2013 haute couture fashion collection, in Paris.
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A boy jumps in to the Arabian Sea during a high tide after monsoon rains in Mumbai, India.
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A Pakistani laborer works at a small iron factory in Karachi.
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A man walks across the tops of tankers, which were used to carry fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, parked at a compound in Karachi.
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A microscopic view shows smooth muscle cells derived from human embryonic stem cells showing the nuclei (blue) and proteins of the cytoskeleton (green) in this photo from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
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A model presents a creation of Austrian fashion designer Lea Hoschek at the Fashion Week for spring/summer 2013 in Berlin.
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Former President George W. Bush, flanked by his wife Laura, holds a baby at Ngundu health center, a clinic which was refurbished with his help, in Kabwe, North of Lusaka, in Zambia.
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A full moon is seen behind the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Two women sit on the side of a street next to a pile of recyclable items in front of to a poster advertising luxury apartments on a street in Hanoi.
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French skipper Gildas Morvan lowers his spinnaker after winning on his monohull “Cercle vert” in the second stage of the 43rd edition of La Solitaire du Figaro-Eric Bompard solo sailing race in Saint-Gilles-Croix de Vie, western France.
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An airplane drops flame retardant to stop the Quail Wildfire from advancing in Alpine, Utah. Fire officials say a wildfire in Utah County destroyed a barn and forced the evacuation of Alpine neighborhoods.
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Lillian Miller of Washington, D.C., reacts as she is escorted by police officers outside a courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Miller was jailed May 21 on charges that she was violating an immigration law. The charges were later dropped but the aid worker is still being held on criminal association charges.
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U.S. soldiers cut a cake during U.S. Independence Day celebrations in Kabul.
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People admire a giant kinetic structure at the Changi International Airport in Singapore. Claiming to be the world’s largest kinetic art installation, “Kinetic Rain” is made up of 1, 216 bronze droplets that transforms into multiple shapes through slow fluid movements.
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Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of female punk band “Pussy Riot”, stands behind bars during a court hearing in Moscow. Three members of the all-woman band were detained February 21 after they stormed into Moscow’s main cathedral to sing a protest song against Vladimir Putin.
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Venezuela’s Gregory Vargas (center) is challenged by Lithuania’s Linas Kleiza (left) and Darius Songalia during their 2012 FIBA Olympic qualifying tournament in Caracas.
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This combination of pictures shows the series of events leading to a Spanish miner getting engulfed in flammes after pouring petrol from a bridge on a tires and trees fire to cut a road during a miner’s demonstration in El Entrego, northern Spain.
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Opposition protesters spray tear gas against riot police in front of the Ukrainian House in central Kiev, Ukraine, during clashes over a controversial bill that would allow the use of Russian in official settings in Russian-speaking regions.
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People dressed as pandas stand in London’s Trafalgar Square to launch Panda Awareness Week.
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A man pulls the tail of a bull to stop it during a bullfighting festival at Tucheng village in Gao’an, Guizhou province, in China.
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People enjoy a high tide on the shore of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India. The monsoon rains, which usually hit India from June to September, are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people.
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A lightning strikes over the Danube river in the city of Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Free Syrian Army soldiers standing near a destroyed military tank in northern Syria.
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South Korean Ro Su-hui, center, vice-chairman of the South Headquarters of the Pan-national Alliance for Korea’s Reunification, waves toward North Koreans before crossing the concrete border at the truce village of Panmujom in the demilitarized zone, south of Pyongyang.
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Brazil’s Corinthians’ team members celebrate at the end of the Copa Libertadores final soccer match against Argentina’s Boca Juniors in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Animal rights protesters lie covered in fake blood and black paint as they form the words “Stop bullfighting” during a demonstration calling for the end of bull runs and bullfights.
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Wing walkers practice their routine at Silverstone race track, Britain. The 2012 Great Britain Formula One Grand Prix will take place on July 8.
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Pakistani Allah Ditta Jandool, 76, right, who sells camel milk, tickles his grandson Nasser, 7, while waiting for customers, on a roadside on the outskirts of Pakistan.
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Firefighters monitor flames in Wyoming. Over 800 firefighters are working 15-hour shifts battling the fire that has exceeded 56,000 acres.
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A hot air balloon takes part in the inaugural flight of the 16th European Balloon Festival in the city of Igualada, in Barcelona, Spain.
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Cyclist Mike Hallecook rides his bike along Barker Reservoir in George Bush Park, Houston.
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Workers on Boeing’s 747-8 assembly line work inside the nose cone of a plane, in Everett, Wash.
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A village woman carries a basket and walks on a road damaged by floodwaters at Pobitora village, east of Gauhati, India.
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A young girl plays in the water as she cools herself near the Royal Square in Warsaw, Poland.
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A crane lies collapsed on the Butte des Morts bridge project on Thursday in Winnebago County, Wis., killing one person and injuring another.
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A tourist jumps on a Yolyn Am ice canyon in the Gurvan Saikhan Mountains south of Dalanzadgad, Mongolia.
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Schenectady firefighters battle a two-alarm fire at the former Luigi’s Restaurant on Barrett Street. The property has been vacant for years and there were no injuries.
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An Afghan boy jumps down from a vehicle in Afghanistan.
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A woman carries water through the flooded Jamam refugee camp at the Upper Nile in South Sudan.
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Tibetan exiles perform a mask dance as they mark the birthday of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at a monastery in Nepal.
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Spanish miners burn tires to cut a road during a miner’s demonstration in northern Spain.
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A reveller jumps from a fountain at the Plaza de Navarreria during the start of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona.
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A woman yawns next to a partially-submerged vehicle at a flooded street in Chongqing municipality. Floods triggered by strong rainfall that has been battering many parts of China have left 50 people dead and 42 missing.
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The pack passes pine trees during the sixth stage of the Tour de France cycling race.
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Workers weld a wind tower in Gdansk Shipyard in Poland.
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Roger Federer reacts after winning a set against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during a semifinals match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon.
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Models take a break outside a former aircraft hangar at Temepelhof Airport at the Bread & Butter fashion trade fair in Berlin, Germany. Bread & Butter is the world’s largest trade fair for street fashion.
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The tops of trees grow between on-ramps of the Autobahn 40 in Essen, Germany.
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Women wearing nylon masks rest on the shore during their visit to a beach in Qingdao, Shandong province. The mask, which was invented by a woman about seven years ago, is used to block the sun’s rays.
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An Israeli border policeman fires teargas towards Palestinian demonstrators during a protest against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Kdumim.
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A reveller gets soaked in water thrown from a balcony during the start of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, Spain.
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Pole dancing teacher Wang Jing (right) conducts a class at her dance studio in southwest China’s Chongqing municipality. Pole dancing with clothes kept on is nudging its way into the mainstream Chinese exercise market, with increasing numbers of gyms and dance schools offering classes.
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Ten finalists for the 10th Rayli cover girl contest in Tokyo. Twenty-year-old Japanese model Kaede Aono (top left) was selected as the Japanese representative for China’s famous fashion magazine beauty contest, which will be held in October in Beijing.
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