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A monkey cools off in a water tub in the premises of a Hindu temple on a hot summer afternoon in Jammu, India, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. Severe heat conditions are prevailing across northern India with temperatures soaring past 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) at several places. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
A monkey cools off in a water tub in Jammu, India. AP
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Pope Francis shows a brochure of world day against child labour as he leads his weekly general audience at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 11, 2014. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito (VATICAN - Tags: RELIGION)
Pope Francis supports World Day Against Child Labor at the Vatican. Reuters
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Protesters burn tyres during a demonstration against Yemen's fuel shortages in Sanaa June 11, 2014. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Yemeni president's house in the capital Sanaa on Wednesday to call for the fall of the government, angry at a city-wide power cut about to enter its third day and severe petrol shortages. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS BUSINESS)
Protesters burn tires in Yemen. Reuters
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Cases containing T-shirts which display images of Russia's President Vladimir Putin, are on display at GUM department store in central Moscow, June 11, 2014. Creators of the new collection, which went on sale on Wednesday, produced T-shirts with images of Putin as they were inspired by triumphs of Russian sportsmen at the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the men's ice hockey World Championship 2014 and Russia's annexation of Crimea, according to local media. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS BUSINESS)
T-shirts emblazoned with Russian President Vladimir Putin are on sale in Moscow. Reuters
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People participate in an attempt to break a world record of most people jumping on trampolines simultaneously in Manhattan, New York June 11, 2014. A total of 310 people jumped for five minutes straight, defeating the previous record of 302 set in the U.K. in 2012. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY)
New Yorkers break the world record for most people jumping simultaneously on trampolines. A total of 310 people jumped for five minutes straight. Reuters
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A participant attends a rally supporting the pro-Russian people living in Ukraine's eastern regions, and the self-proclaimed People's Republics of Donbass and Luhansk, in Moscow, June 11, 2014. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
A demonstrator attends a rally in Moscow. Reuters
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Palestinian workers rake a pile of wood during the process of making charcoal for sale, in the West Bank village of Yabad near Jenin June 11, 2014. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: SOCIETY ENERGY)
Palestinian workers rake wood for charcoal in Yabad, West Bank. Reuters
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A member of Scotland Yard works with a sniffer dog (not pictured) during the search for missing British girl Madeleine McCann in Praia da Luz, near Lagos, June 11, 2014. McCann was three when she disappeared from her room at the Praia da Luz holiday resort in the Algarve in May 2007 while her parents were dining with friends at a nearby restaurant, prompting a global hunt and worldwide headlines. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante(PORTUGAL - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW)
A member of Scotland Yard searches for Madeleine McCann’s remains in Praia de Luz, Portugal. Reuters
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Switzerland's national flag (front) is placed together with the flags of other participants of the FIFA Brazil 2014 World Cup over a street in the town of Santa Cruz Cabralia north of Porto Seguro June 11, 2014. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (BRAZIL - Tags: CITYSCAPE SOCCER SPORT WORLD CUP TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
National flags cover a street in Santa Cruz Cabralia, Brazil. Reuters
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A family fleeing the violence in Mosul waits at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Arbil, in Iraq's Kurdistan region, June 11, 2014. Sunni insurgents from an al Qaeda splinter group extended their control from the northern city of Mosul on Wednesday to an area further south that includes Iraq's biggest oil refinery in a devastating show of strength against the Shi'ite-led government. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT)
A family fleeing violence in Mosul, Iraq, waits at an Arbil checkpoint. Reuters
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France's President Francois Hollande (C) looks at a robot after a meeting with French high tech investors at the Elysee Palace in Paris June 11, 2014. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS)
French President Francoise Hollande watches a robot in Paris. Reuters
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Olympic Gold Medallist Jenn Suhr celebrates clearing a height of 15 feet 6 inches and taking victory in a promotional Pole Vaulting event in Herald Square in Manhattan, New York June 11, 2014. The event was held to draw attention to this weekend's annual Adidas Grand Prix track meet, being held on 14 June in New York. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT ATHLETICS SOCIETY CITYSCAPE TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Olympic gold medalist Jenn Suhr celebrates clearing a 15-foot, 6-inch jump in New York City. Reuters
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U.S. President Barack Obama departs Joint Base Andrews aboard Air Force One in Washington June 11, 2014. Obama will deliver the commencement address at the Worcester Technical High School graduation ceremony in Worcester, Massachusetts REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)
President Obama leaves Joint Base Andrews on Air Force One in Washington. Reuters
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 11: Graham Banton, an Aquarist at the SEALIFE London Aquarium, introduces their new herd of baby Seashorses which were born to Male Adult Seahorses ahead of Father's Day at The Sealife Centre on June 11, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images)
Aquarist Graham Banton shows off baby seahorses in a London aquarium. Getty Images
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MADRID, SPAIN - JUNE 11: Protester argue with police as they are removed from Canovas del Castillo square during a protest calling for a Referenderum surrounding the Spnish Parliament on June 11, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. Since King Juan Carlos of Spain announced his decision to abdicate on June 2, multiple demonstrations have taken place within the country and even abroad calling for a referendum to decide whether the country should be a Monarchy or a Republic. Today Spain's Parliament will debate and vote on a new law which would allow the abdication of King Juan Carlos of Spain and the coronation of his 46-year-old son, Prince Felipe of Spain. (Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images)
Anti-monarchy protesters clash with police in Madrid, Spain. Getty Images
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NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - JUNE 11: Kevin Roper arrives for a court appearance at Middlesex County Courthouse on June 11, 2014 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Roper is the Walmart truck driver accused of causing the accident that critically injured comedian Tracy Morgan on Saturday, June 7. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)
Truck driver Kevin Roper arrives in court in New Brunswick, New Jersey, following the collision that critically injured Tracy Morgan and others. Getty Images
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2014, to testify before the House Armed Services Committee. Hagel will face angry lawmakers as he becomes the first Obama administration official to testify publicly about the controversial prisoner swap with the Taliban. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrives at Capitol Hill in Washington. AP
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Former Blackwater Worldwide guard Nicholas Slatten leaves federal court in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2014, after the start of his first-degree murder trial. Slatten and three other Blackwater Worldwide guards are on trial for the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians and the wounding of 18 others in bloodshed that inflamed anti-American sentiment around the globe. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Former Blackwater Worldwide guard Nicholas Slatten leaves his first-degree murder trial in Washington. AP
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A member of a guard of honor stretches his leg as he and his comrades prepare for a welcome ceremony for visiting Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi held outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
A member of a Chinese honor guard stretches during a ceremony for Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in Beijing. AP
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Aspiring young Indian soccer players continue with their practice during a dust storm in Jammu, India, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. Soccer fans around the world are gearing up to watch the Soccer World Cup that begins in Brazil Thursday. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Aspiring soccer players practice in a dust storm in Jammu, India. AP
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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio hosts a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Wednesday, June 11, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House Speaker John Boehner hosts Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott in Washington. AP
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Sixteen-month old Indian elephant Asha and its mother Angele are sprinkled with water to cool them in their enclosure in the Budapest Zoo as the temperature reaches 33 degrees Celsius (91 Fahrenheit) in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (AP Photo/MTI, Attila Kovacs)
Elephants are sprinkled with water in a zoo in Budapest, Hungary. AP