With record-tying temperatures expected to hit 93 degrees, Patrick Devore of Pittsburgh, plays in a fountain on the north shore of Pittsburgh. Gene J. Puskar/AP
Supporters of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and residents throw clay pots onto the ground in protest against the shortage of drinking water in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Amit Dave/Reuters
Workers prepare watermelons for shipment in a farmers' cooperative in El Ejido, near Almeria in southeastern Spain. Horticultural farms in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia have been losing 7-8 million euros ($10-12 million) a day since German authorities linked an E.coli outbreak to contaminated Spanish cucumbers last week. Francisco Bonilla/Reuters
A young Filipino resident washes his face as firefighters distribute water at a temporary relocation area in suburban Navotas, north of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday. Hundreds of residents relocated to this area after fire burned their homes. Aaron Favila/AP
Cows graze as dark clouds appear over a chapel near Murnau, southern Germany, on Tuesday. Matthias Schrader/AP
Backdropped by a night time view of the Earth and the starry sky, the Space Shuttle Endeavour is seen docked to the International Space Station in this photo provided by NASA and taken on May 28. NASA/Reuters
Protesters raise their hands during a rally against a new austerity package at Constitution (Syntagma) square in Athens. The protest was organized for a seventh day through a Facebook group called 'The Indignant,' following similar demonstrations in Spain. John Kolesidis /Reuters
Jonathan VanDyke, right center, performs 'The Long Glance,' as students walk around 'Convergence,' a painting by Jackson Pollock at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY. VanDyke plans to stare at the painting for five-eight hour days. David Duprey/AP
A guide looks in from the entrance of a hall for a Louis Vuitton Voyages exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing. Luxury goods makers may boast familiarity with China, but the pace of change in the world's fastest-growing country still startles them. The world's biggest luxury market within five years has become a second home for brands that tap Chinese appetite for fast super sports cars, 10,000-euro ($14,060) handbags and diamonds. Jason Lee/Reuters
Actors perform in a play titled 'Bibap' during a photo call at a theatre in Seoul. The play is based on a traditional Korean dish called 'bibimbap,' meaning mixed meals, which is served as a bowl of warm white rice topped with vegetables, pepper bean, sliced beef and fried egg. Truth Leem/Reuters
A lantern dedicated to victims of the earthquake and tsunami disaster that struck Japan floats on the water during the Na Lei Aloha Lantern Floating event held by the Shinnyo-en Buddhist at Ala Moana beach park on Memorial Day in Honolulu, Hawaii, on May 30. The event is held in honor of those killed by war, natural disasters and health reasons. Hugh Gentry/Reuters
Alicia Baker looks in the mirror before the Memorial Day bodybuilding contest at Muscle Beach in Venice, Los Angeles, California. The bodybuilding contest is held annually during the Memorial Day weekend. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
A Great Pied Hornbill chick, about 40 days old, is displayed at the Jurong Bird Park on Tuesday in Singapore. This is one of two chicks hatched successfully through artificial incubation and are notoriously difficult species to breed in captivity. Artificial incubation was necessary as the breeding pair of Great Pied Hornbills had cannibalized the chicks the previous year. Wong Maye-E/AP
A man holds out his hand to feed pigeons near the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai. Vivek Prakash/Reuters
A Qantas passenger plane takes off from Sydney airport. Australia is facing what employers say is its worst period of industrial unrest in decades, with disputes hitting airlines, ports and mines as unions use an unprecedented resources boom and labor shortage to fight for a greater share of profits. Tim Wimborne/Reuters
A month and half old female Asiatic elephant walks in Ostrava Zoo in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Petr Josek/Reuters
An Indian window washer is seen though a blind as he is suspended by ropes while cleaning a window in New Delhi, India. Kevin Frayer/AP
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Russian prosecutors say that the Levada Center must register as a 'foreign agent' – a term synonymous with 'spy' in Russian – because 3 percent of its budget comes from abroad.
Russia's only independent polling agency, the Levada Center, may face closure after Russian prosecutors ordered it to register as a "foreign agent" – a term that's synonymous with "spy" in Russian – under a new law designed to clamp down on nongovernmental organizations that receive any amount of funding from abroad and engage in any form of activity that authorities deem political.
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