World News in Pictures

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during the 70th French-American Commemoration D-Day Ceremony at Sword Beach, Ouistreham, June 6, 2014



French WWII veteran Leon Gautier of the Kiieffer commando (L) and German WWII veteran, paratrooper Johannes Borner (R) embrace as a sign of reconciliation during an international ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Allied landings on D-Day on Sword Beach in Ouistreham, in Normandy, June 6, 2014.

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Still at war?.................






Karen Bettridge of Caledon, Ontario, accompanied by her daughter Jessica Graves (L) scatters the ashes of her late father-in-law, Canadian sniper William "Boots" Bettridge, on the beach where he landed on D-Day in Bernieres sur Mer June 6, 2014






British World War II veteran Major Hugh Pond, 91, who served in the 9th Parachute Regiment, attends a ceremony at the municipal cemetery in Ranville, northern France June 6, 2014.

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Bombing in Kabul




A man stands on the roof top of shops damaged in bomb blasts in Kabul June 6, 2014



People look at a crater caused by a bomb blast in Kabul June 6, 2014

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An election poster of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah is pictured on the broken window of a bus damaged during a bomb attack in Kabul June 6, 2014.



Afghan policemen investigate the site of a suicide attack in Kabul June 6, 2014.

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Manhunt in Moncton




Evidence markers lie on a street at the scene of a shooting incident in the eastern city of Moncton, New Brunswick, June 5, 2014.









RCMP officers guard an exit ramp onto Wheeler Road during a hunt for a suspect in a shooting incident in the eastern city of Moncton, New Brunswick June 5, 2014.

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D-Day assault remembered

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A Palestinian demonstrator falls next to Israeli border policemen after she was detained during a protest near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City June 5, 2014.



A Brazilian army soldier stands during a security plan drill for the upcoming World Cup soccer tournament in front of Mane Garrincha National Stadium in Brasilia June 5, 2014.



Britain's Prince Charles laughs during a lunch with D-Day veterans at a community centre in Ranville, France June 5, 2014

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A boy stands near a destroyed armoured vehicle on a road in the northwestern province of Omran, Yemen, June 6, 2014



Couples pose for photos in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue, after their group wedding at the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 5, 2014.

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US students at Seattle Pacific University mourn after a gunman went on the rampage at the campus, killing a man in his 20s.



The unauthorised collection of over 70 works by UK artist Banksy opened to the press at Sotheby, London, ahead of its public launch next week.

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Spectators watch the Rolling Stones concert in Hayarkon Park, Tel Aviv, Israel.



Members of Scotland Yard work at an area during the search for missing British girl Madeleine McCann in Praia da Luz, Portugal. The child was three when she went missing in the resort in 2007.



Loic Remy of France jumps for the ball during a friendly football match against Paraguay ahead of the World Cup which kicks off in Brazil on 12 June.

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D-Day assault remembered



















The commemoration was held near Gold Beach, where British troops scrambled ashore on D-Day, and included a fly-past by a Dutch B-25 Mitchell and a Spitfire

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Britain's Prince Charles, his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall and French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, right, attend a bell-naming ceremony in Bayeux Cathedral, northern France, on June 6.

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Hundreds of demonstrators gathered and waved Spanish flags around the monument of Charles III, a former King of Spain, during a demonstration in support of the Spanish Monarchy in the landmark Puerta del Sol Square in Madrid Friday.

King Juan Carlos plans to abdicate the throne and pave the way for his son, Crown Prince Felipe, to become the country's next king.

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Sikhs wield swords during their clash inside the complex of the holy Sikh shrine, the Golden Temple, in the northern Indian city of Amritsar June 6, 2014. Sikhs wielding swords clashed inside the compound of their religion's holiest shrine on Friday, the 30th anniversary of a controversial raid by Indian security forces that flushed out separatist militants holed up in the temple



Guarani Indians use their bows and arrows to stop drivers from passing a roadblock they imposed in front of the Sao Paulo State legislature in Sao Paulo, June 6, 2014. The Indians were protesting over a new law project called PEC 215 being debated in the legislature that would transfer the power to demarcate their ancestral lands from the federal government to Congress