June 19, 2013
June 19, 2013
June 19, 2013
June 19, 2013
June 19, 2013
June 19, 2013
June 19, 2013
June 19, 2013
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Harbor ferries cruise past the Opera House as they take part in the annual Ferry Race, during Australia Day celebrations in Sydney. Rick Rycroft/AP
Women and children wait for food from Sri Lankan soldiers at a distribution center for flood victims in Koralai Pattu South, about 199 miles east of Colombo. Food security and livelihoods are at risk after heavy rains caused widespread flooding and drove hundreds of thousands from their homes, leaving 43 people dead, and damaging or destroying close to 30,000 homes. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Reuters
A worker walks by newly dug graves at Tymvos Makedonitissas military cemetery in the island's divided capital Nicosia. The graves will receive the recently identified remains of Greek Cypriots who had been listed as missing since the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Petros Karadjias/AP
An antigovernment protester clashes with a policeman in Cairo. Thousands of Egyptians defied a ban on protests by returning to Egypt's streets today and calling for President Hosni Mubarak to leave office. Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
A black rhinoceros calf stands with his mother at the St Louis Zoo in this undated photograph released to Reuters Tuesday. The calf was born to first-time parents, mother, Kati Rain, and father, Ajabu, at the zoo on Jan. 14. Weighing 120-1/2 pounds, the little male is nursing well and being cared for by his mother, according to zoo staff. This is the first black rhino calf to be born at the St Louis Zoo in 20 years. Eight black rhino calves have been born there. St. Louis Zoo/Reuters
Abril Cadena looks at a bust of her late brother, high school student Rodrigo Cadena, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The busts of four of nine students who were killed when hitmen burst into a party on Jan. 31, 2010, were unveiled by Mexico's first lady, Margarita Zavala. Gael Gonzalez/Reuters
The blue star near the center of this image released by NASA on Monday is Zeta Ophiuchi. When seen in visible light it appears as a relatively dim red star surrounded by other dim stars with no dust. However, in this infrared image taken with NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, a completely different view emerges. Zeta Ophiuchi is actually a very massive, hot, bright blue star plowing its way through a large cloud of interstellar dust and gas. NASA/AP
Pro-democracy protesters chants slogans as they carry portraits of Chinese dissident Wang Dan during a demonstration in Hong Kong against the government's decision to disallow Wang from entering the territory. Wang said he was informed by the Hong Kong government that he has been refused entry to the territory to attend the funeral of leading pro-democracy activist Szeto Wah on Jan. 29, government radio reported. Bobby Yip/Reuters
A member of the Chinese troupe 'Flag Circus of Jiangxi' performs during the awards ceremony at the 35th International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo in Monaco on Tuesday. Lionel Cironneau/Pool/Reuters
Indian soldiers of the Sikh Light Infantry Regiment march during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi. The day marks the anniversary of India's adoption of a democratic constitution. Manish Swarup/AP
A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier for his spring/summer 2011 Haute Couture fashion collection in Paris. Jacques Brinon/AP
People walk past a windmill in Kastellet Park in Copenhagen, Denmark. Yves Herman/Reuters
A flood victim carries a sack of flour on his head from a distribution point in Pakistan's Sindh Province. Six months after the floods raged through Pakistan, victims of one of the country's worst natural disasters are still heavily dependent on aid agencies. Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
People listen to speeches at the grave of Romania's late Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in a Bucharest cemetery on the anniversary of his 93rd birthday. Year after year, nostalgic Communists gather to mourn Ceausescu, who was executed on Christmas Day 1989 with his wife, Elena, following a popular uprising. Bogdan Cristel/Reuters
Georg Schmiederer shovels snow from a car in Lofer in the Austrian Province of Salzburg. Heavy snowfall caused traffic problems in many parts of the country. Kerstin Joensson/AP
Afghan parliamentarians pray during the opening of the new parliament in Kabul. President Hamid Karzai opened the country's second post-Taliban parliament in the wake of political wrangling between himself and lawmakers. S. Sabawoon/Pool/Reuters
Pernelle Carron and Lloyd Jones of France perform during the short dance competition at the European Figure Skating Championships in Bern, Switzerland. Michael Buholzer/Reuters
Opposition supporters wave roses during an antigovernment protest in Sanaa, Yemen. Student protesters, inspired by this month's popular ouster of Tunisia's president, have been demanding that their own president step down. Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
While the German economy is being held up as the model for ailing Europe to follow, some Germans say that the benefits of the boom aren't reaching them.
When President Obama stood in Berlin today and said that budget balancing must not trump the priority of improving lives, some saw a dig at German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has led the call for austerity across Europe.
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