June 17, 2013
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Demonstrators hold a rally to protest against a proposed new tax code in central Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine. Political tension is rising over the fate of the proposed new tax reform plan which has brought thousands of small business owners out onto the streets in protest. Gleb Garanich/Reuters
Highland cattle search for feed in a snow covered field in Perthshire, Scotland. Heavy snow caused travel chaos across much of northern Europe on Thursday, keeping London's Gatwick airport closed for a second day and disrupting road and rail travel in France, Germany, and Switzerland. Russell Cheyne/Reuters
Diver Thorsten Hoeppner, dressed as Santa Claus, feeds fishes during a marketing event at the SeaLife aquarium in Timmendorf on the Baltic Sea near Luebeck, Germany. Christian Charisius/Reuters
A girl celebrates at Souk Waqif in Doha after the announcement that Qatar will host the 2022 World Cup. Summer temperatures which can soar to above 50 degrees Celsius and a concern about lack of infrastructure did not deter FIFA on Thursday from awarding the 2022 World Cup to the tiny Gulf state of Qatar. Fadi Al-Assaad/Reuters
A daily wage laborer speaks on a mobile phone while sitting on a handcart in Mumbai, India. Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
Vermont National Guard Spc. Travis Cook, of Bellows Falls, Vt., sits with his wife, Jennifer, who holds their son Travis II during a homecoming ceremony in South Burlington, Vt. Eighty more Vermont National Guard soldiers are back home after a year long deployment, which included about nine months in Afghanistan. Toby Talbot/AP Photo
South Korean marines patrol in a vehicle hit by shrapnel from the North Korean shelling of Yeonpyeong Island near the western maritime border between the two Koreas. North Korea could carry out shelling attacks against mainland South Korea before the year-end, the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper said on Thursday, citing an unnamed source knowledgeable about the North who had spoken with a North Korean official. Seo Jae-hun/Reuters
Buddhist monks process to mark 900 years of the Karma Kagyu Lineage at the Karmapa international Buddhist monastery, in New Delhi, India. This year marks the 900th year since the birth of first Karmapa Dusum Khyenpa, who founded the lineage of Kagyu which is the second oldest reincarnate lineage in Tibetan Buddhism. Manish Swarup/AP Photo
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men look at a forest fire that broke out near kibbutz Beit Oren in the northern Israel. The huge forest fire swept northern Israel on Thursday, killing up to 40 people, many of them prison guards who were trapped in a bus trying to flee the flames, security officials said. Nir Elias/Reuters
Local residents and opposition party supporters look through a window into the local opposition party office where a deadly overnight attack occurred in the Yopougon neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Gunmen attacked an office of presidential candidate Alassane Ouattara, killing at least four people, authorities said Thursday as Ivory Coast tensely waited for election results whose release was blocked by the president's followers. Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo
A street performer dressed as Darth Vader from the film 'Star Wars' stands in front of the Brandenburg Gate during snowfall in Berlin. Heavy snowfalls over the past hours caused serious traffic jams and numerous minor traffic accidents all over Germany on Thursday. Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters
Manchester schoolgirl Rosaleen Sheenhan reacts to a screen in central Manchester, England, as FIFA announces which bids have won the right to stage the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Russia won the vote and will host the 2018 World Cup. Jon Super/AP Photo
Spain's Defense Minister Carme Chacon (r.) visits an emergency response drill simulating the aftermath of a dirty bomb explosion outside Madrid. Andrea Comas/Reuters
The roofs in the old town of Bern, Switzerland, are covered by snow after heavy snowfalls hit large parts of central Europe. Peter Klaunzer/AP Photo
A woman plays with her dog on snow-covered Brighton beach, England. More heavy snow caused havoc across Britain on Thursday, keeping Gatwick airport closed for a second day, disrupting rail services, and leaving travelers stranded. Commuters struggled to get to work as Britain's worst early winter weather in almost two decades showed no sign of easing its icy grip. Clive Gee/AP Photo
A beach-goer goes to collect gol gappa, a traditional Pakistani snack, from a vendor on Karachi's Clifton beach at sunset. Athar Hussain/Reuters
Newly elected Uhuru Kenyatta, with Microsoft's help, wants universal e-literacy for students in this East African nation. Critics call it ill-conceived, costly.
New president Uhuru Kenyatta plans to decrease Kenya's digital divide with the rest of the world by starting in January to hand out more than 400,000 free laptops to Kenyan first graders.
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