Armed guards stand inside the house of Yemeni tribal leader Sadeq al-Ahmar in Sanaa, Yemen. Ammar Awad/Reuters
A Democrat Party supporter plants a kiss on Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thai caretaker prime minister and leader of the ruling Democrat Party, during an election campaign for his party in Bangkok. Thailand will hold general elections on July 3. Stakchai Lali/AP
Smoke from the Wallow Wildfire is seen in the distance along US Route 180 in Luna, N.M. The wildfire has charred more than 350 square miles in eastern Arizona and now ranks as the third-largest fire on record in Arizona. Joshua Lott/Reuters
An employee sweeps up grain in a warehouse in the village of Konstantinovo, Russia. Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters
A man with a Syrian flag draped across his shoulders looks at a man wearing a mask of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a demonstration in front of the International Criminal Court offices in The Hague, Netherlands. Michael Kooren/Reuters
Seal pups enjoy the water in a pool at the common seal station in Friedrichskoog near the North Sea, northern Germany. The pups were abandoned by their mother. They will grow up here before being released back into their natural habitat. Heribert Proepper/AP
Cheerleaders from Spain perform during the Swatch World Tour Beach Volley Ball competition at Chaoyang Park in Beijing. Andy Wong/AP
Palestinian demonstrators hurl stones at Israeli troops during clashes in the northern West Bank village of Nazlet Issa. The Palestinians are marking the anniversary of the Arab defeat in the 1967 Mideast war. Mohammed Ballas/AP
Saint Bernard dogs and staff members of the Barry Foundation walk to the Great St. Bernard Pass after returning from their winter quarters in Martigny, Switzerland. The dogs will spend the summer on the pass and return to Martigny at the end of the year. Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone/AP
Pilgrims from the Gines brotherhood make their way to the shrine of El Rocio in Gines near Seville, Spain. Every spring hundreds of thousands of devotees converge at the shrine to pay homage to the Virgin del Rocio during an annual pilgrimage which combines religious fervor and festive color. Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters
Guardsmen stand at attention as members of an American civil war re-enactment society march past at Wellington Barracks in London. Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
Germany's Simone Laudehr (r.), celebrates a goal against the Netherlands with Celia Okoyino da Mbabi during their women's international friendly soccer match in Aachen, Germany. Alex Domanski/Reuters
A security official stands near oil tankers that were bombed near the main border crossing of Torkham, Pakistan. A bomb blast hit four trucks carrying fuel to US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan in the northwestern tribal region of Khyber, local government officials said. Shahid Shinwari/Reuters
A woman looks through a porthole into a beach hut called 'Sandcastles and Silhouettes' by artist Holly Murray at South Bank in London. The row of beach huts forms part of the Southbank Centre's Festival of Britain celebration. Toby Melville/Reuters
President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel laugh during a joint news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington. Charles Dharapak/AP
Sapo, a three-month-old male pygmy hippo, swims for the first time with his mother, Flora, in a pond at Whipsnade Zoo near Dunstable, England. Chris Helgren/Reuters
Patrick Parry opens the curtain for Osias Garfunkel who just cast his vote in the Union County primary elections at Elmora School No. 12 in Elizabeth, N.J. Julio Cortez/AP
Tennis greats, and husband and wife, Steffi Graf of Germany and Andre Agassi of the US listen to a question during a press conference prior to the exhibition Advantage Tennis IV in Prague, Czech Republic. Katerina Sulova/CTK/AP
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Aleppo was once the economic heart of Syria, with factories ringing the city. But war destruction and a lack of electricity and materials has caused most of them to shut down.
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