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An Afghan refugee girl stands in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
US Grammy Award-winning singer Jason Mraz performs at Gardens By The Bay in Singapore. Tim Chong/Reuters
Footprints are left by a Nepalese farmer in mud during the celebrations of 'Asar Pandhra,' or the festival of planting rice, in Pokhara, about 125 miles west of Katmandu, Nepal. Niranjan Shrestha/AP
Pro-democracy protesters gather under the rain outside of the Grand Hyatt hotel where Chinese President Hu Jintao is staying in Hong Kong, two days before the 15th anniversary of the territory's handover to China. Carlos Barria/Reuters
US gymnast Joshua Dixon competes on the high bar at the US Olympic gymnastics trials in San Jose, California on Thursday. Brian Snyder/Reuters
A sculpture showing the Euro currency sign is seen through a photo board installed by protestors in front of the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt. Alex Domanski/Reuters
Men play with a ball at a beach in Mogadishu, Somalia. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
Hava Hershkovitz (2nd r.), a Holocaust survivor and winner of a beauty contest for survivors of the Nazi genocide, stands with other contestants in the northern Israeli city of Haifa on Thursday. Avishag Shar-Yashuv/Reuters
People's Liberation Army soldiers stand at attention in the heavy rain during a military parade before the arrival of Chinese President Hu Jintao at Shek Kong airbase in Hong Kong. Bobby Yip/Reuters
A woman enjoys the sun on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France. Eric Gaillard/Reuters
Chandler Hutcherson of Greer, S.C. holds a flag while sitting on the shoulders of his father, Philip Hutcherson, as they watch the body of Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Bradford Thomas leave in a hearse from the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport. Ken Ruinard/The Independent-Mail/AP
A girl walks during a priests and deacons ordination ceremony in Econe, Switzerland. Denis Balibouse/Reuters
A pigeon walks on Court One after the women's singles tennis match between Kim Clijsters of Belgium and Vera Zvonareva of Russia at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London. Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
Indonesian flight demonstration team Jupiter KT1 performs an aerobatic flight demonstration in Bangkok,Thailand, during 100th anniversary of Royal Thai Air Force. Sakchai Lalit/AP
A woman participates in the Asar Pandhra festival in Pokhara valley, west of Nepal's capital Kathmandu. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
People walk in the Cloud Forest Dome in Singapore at the newly opened Gardens By The Bay. The Cloud Forest includes a mountain, complete with the tallest indoor waterfall, covered in lush vegetation. Wong Maye-E/AP
British-Australian swimmer Penny Palfrey smiles as she is flashed a thumbs up at the start of her bid to complete a record swim from Cuba to Florida, in Havana, Cuba. Palfrey aims to be the first woman to swim the Straits of Florida without the aid of a shark cage, opting instead to deter the predators with equipment that surrounds her with an electrical field. Ramon Espinosa/AP
Jamie Penaloza, a member of Sotheby's Auction House staff, poses for a photograph with the Shah of Persia's Elephant Automation Clock, circa 1780, with a guide price of $1.5-3 million in London, June 29, 2012. Paul Hackett/Reuters
Kashmiri Shi'ite Muslims shout slogans during a protest in Lawaypora, Indian-administered Kashmir. Hundreds of Kashmiri Shi'ite Muslims, took to the streets on the outskirts of the region's summer capital on Friday alleging that 'miscreants' set fire to their Alam Sharief (Religious Flag). Danish Ismail/Reuters
Placards and messages placed by supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, are seen outside the Ecuador Embassy in London. Lefteris Pitarakis/AP
Deborah Clark cools off by dipping her feet in the fountain of the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden as a duck swims in Washington D.C. David Goldman/AP
A protester wears a Guy Fawkes mask during a rally against the ratification of a fiscal pact law outside the Reichstag in Berlin. Germany's parliament is due to approve a permanent Euro zone bailout scheme and new budget rules today. Thomas Peter/Reuters
Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy reacts during the men's high jump final at the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Yves Herman/Reuters
A Spanish flag hangs from the balcony of a building under repair in Madrid. Susana Vera/Reuters
Tourists and local residents visit the Dead Sea beach, 34 miles southeast of Amman, Jordan. Mohammad Hannon/AP
Jon Kirkham runs through ticker tape as he carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg between Glapwell and Bolsover, England during Day 42 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay. Yui Mok/LOCOG/AP
A boy uses a piece of styrofoam to stay afloat as he plays in the waters of the Arabian Sea at Juhu Beach in Mumbai, India. Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
In Pictures: Sinkholes around the world
In Pictures: What happened to the green revolution in Iran?
In Pictures: Facing the devastation of the Oklahoma tornadoes
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/20
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
In Pictures: The Israeli separation barrier: A West Bank wall
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/16
In Pictures: Dazzle like Beckham
Burmese are celebrating an end to their long international isolation with the first state visit to the US by a Myanmar president in almost 50 years.
Myanmar President Thein Sein's historic Monday meeting with US President Obama has been well-received at home, with Burmese seemingly happy that the country is gaining some positive recognition on the world stage after decades of isolation.
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