World News in Pictures

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A visitor and her dogs at the Thailand International Dog Show in Bangkok.



A woman takes a picture of an exhibition by French photographer Gilles Caron entitled The Internal Conflict, at the Tours castle. Caron was a leading photojournalist of the last century and one of the founders of the Gamma Agency.



Flowers, candles and stuffed dolls are among items placed on Michael Jackson's star on Hollywood Boulevard in California to mark the fifth anniversary of the singer's death.



A mural made of rice plants at a paddy field in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China.

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Jared Smith hangs on to a horse named Night Bells during the bareback riding competition on the first night of the West of the Pecos Rodeo in Pecos, Texas



Kayden Dunaway, 6, falls off a sheep during the Mutton Bustin' competition at the Garrard County Fair near Lancaster, Kentucky. The maximum weight for each contestant is 55 pounds. The sheep were donated by The Bluegrass Stockyards in Stanford, Ky

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A new mammal has been discovered in the remote desert of western African. The elephant shrew (Macroscelides micus) has a long-nose and looks like a mouse but is more closely related genetically to elephants scientists from the California Academy of Sciences who helped identify the tiny creature said



A great white shark breaches from the water in front of tourists in a shark cage in Mossel Bay, South Africa

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Reigning Wimbledon Men’s Champion Andy Murray's portrait has been recreated in flowers. The image was commissioned by Ambius, the world’s largest interior landscaping company. The company set the ‘Academy of Floral Art’, who had five students win medals at Chelsea Flower Show this year, the floral challenge



North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects the test firing of a newly developed, high-precision tactical guided missile at an undisclosed place in North Korea



Josh Maxam (right) watches as playing partner Brian Eggenberger hits an approach shot during a round of FootGolf at Fox Hills Golf Course in Salem Township, Michigan. FootGolf, a football-golf hybrid is helping courses draw younger, more diverse customers. Players 'tee off' (minus the tees of course) by kicking a ball from the tee box. They follow the basic rules of golf from there, advancing the ball until it drops into the oversized hole



Fans of Uruguay's national football team await the arrival of Uruguay player Luis Suarez at Carrasco International Airport in the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay. The Uruguay forward, widely regarded as one of the best players in the world, was banned by FIFA from all football for four months on Thursday for biting an Italian opponent in an incident that marred the team's victory and progression to the second round.

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A tourist jokes in front of an advertisement with the portrait of Uruguay's forward Luis Suarez at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil



Lebanese children and adults march through downtown Beirut, Lebanon in preparation for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan when observant Muslims fast from dawn to dusk

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Russian Navy officers, officials and workers attended a ceremony for the launch of a Rostov-on-Don diesel-electric torpedo submarine at a shipyard where it was constructed in St. Petersburg on Thursday. The state-of-the-art submarine will be delivered to Russia's Black Sea fleet. The sub possesses advanced stealth technology, making it virtually undetectable when submerged, Russian media reported

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At the 1982 World Cup, Germany denied Algeria a place in the second round by playing out an infamous match with Austria that finished 1-0 to the Germans. The result, achieved by just knocking the ball around after the goal had been scored, qualified the European neighbors and sent the Algerians home.

Thursday's 1-1 draw with Russia has not only helped Algeria turn the page on one of the tournament's darkest moments, it has also offered a chance to rip the page out completely with an unlikely revenge victory on Monday

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100 years ago, on June 28, 1914, an assassin in Sarajevo shot dead Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, lighting the fuse for World War I. To mark the anniversary, Bosnian Serbs today unveiled a statue of the gunman, Gavrilo Princip, who many Serbs regard as a hero fighting imperial impression. Ferdinand's pregnant wife was also killed in the attack



Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, shortly before his assassination in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. Thirty days later, Europe embarked on the bloodiest war the world had ever known

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A man makes a funny face as he poses for a photograph next to an advertising placard showing Uruguay's striker Luis Suarez flashing his teeth, at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro June 26, 2014. Suarez was hit with the biggest ban imposed at a World Cup as FIFA threw the book at one of soccer's most tainted players for biting an opponent during the 2014 World Cup soccer match against Italy



A Shi'ite volunteer wearing a mask, who has joined the Iraqi army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), looks on during a parade on a street in Kanaan, Diyala province, June 26, 2014. Iraqi forces launched an airborne assault on rebel-held Tikrit with commandos flown into a stadium in helicopters, at least one of which crashed after taking fire from insurgents who have seized northern cities.

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Couples kiss as they take part in the "The Celebration of Love" grand wedding, where over 100 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) couples got married, at Casa Loma in Toronto June 26, 2014. Toronto is hosting WorldPride, a week-long event that celebrates the LGBT community.



A demonstrator is blocked by riot police as she tries to cross the street during a protest against the 2014 World Cup in Sao Paulo June 26, 2014. The protesters demanded the release of two demonstrators who were detained by police during another protest earlier in the week.

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South Korea's Son Heung-min cries after the 2014 World Cup Group H soccer match between Belgium and South Korea at the Corinthians arena in Sao Paulo June 26, 2014.



A woman places flowers near a coffin during a funeral ceremony before the burial of sound engineer Anton Voloshin in Moscow, June 26, 2014. Two Russian state television journalists were killed in Ukraine when they were shelled in clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists near the eastern city of Luhansk, the Rossiya-24 channel said on June 17. Sound engineer Anton Voloshin was killed at the scene and correspondent Igor Kornelyuk died in hospital after they came under fire while covering fighting in Ukraine's easternmost province, near the border with Russia, it said on its website.

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Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks places her hand on her heart as she makes a statement to the media alongside her husband Charlie in London June 26, 2014. Brooks, the former boss of News Corp.'s British newspaper arm, said she felt vindicated after being found not guilty this week of hacking phone messages and other crimes while editing Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids.



Members of the Kurdish peshmerga stand guard at a checkpoint at Tuz Khurmato village in Salahuddin Province June 26, 2014. The Kurdish peshmerga is fighting against militants from Sunni radical group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for control of Tuz Khurmato village.



Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada speaks with his lawyer Hussein Mubadeen after his trial at the State Security Court in Amman June 26, 2014. Jordan's state security court acquitted Qatada of charges of conspiring to commit acts of terrorism, a reporter at the hearing said. The cleric, who was extradited from Britain after a lengthy legal process, will continue to be held because of separate charges related to a plot to attack tourists during Jordan's New Year celebrations in 2000.

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Algeria's coach Vahid Halilhodzic reacts as he and his players celebrate making it through to the World Cup knockout stages for the first time at the end of their 2014 World Cup Group H soccer match against Russia at the Baixada arena in Curitiba June 26, 2014.



Festival-goers are pictured in front of the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm in Somerset, Britain, on the second day of the Glastonbury music festival June 26, 2014.

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Flooding in Recife, Brazil hampers the World Cup.



I predict a riot: Ricky Wilson of Kaiser Chiefs performs on the Other Stage during Day One of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm.



Almost there: Chinese honour guards prepare for the arrival of Burmese President U Thein Sein and Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.



High dining: diners are suspended from a crane as they enjoy a meal organized by the 'Dinner in the Sky' over Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai. Dinner in the sky kicked off in Shanghai with 22 diners enjoying their meal in a sky box suspended from a crane about 50m above the ground.

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From left, British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel watch as paper poppies fall though the air during a ceremony to mark the Centenary of World War I at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium on Thursday, June 26, 2014. Where their countrymen once slaughtered each other with machine guns, artillery and poison gas, the leaders of Britain, Germany and the other member states of the European Union gather Thursday to solemnly mark the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I and rededicate themselves to peace and working together



Tristan Robertson-Jeyes, aged 3, plays with a 'Teksta T-Rex' toy dinosaur outside Hamley's toy shop on June 26, 2014 in London, England. The toy dinosaur, which retails for 75 GBP, is included in Hamleys' predictions for the top selling toys for Christmas 2014.



A U.S. soccer fan pretends that Uruguay's soccer striker Luis Suarez is biting him as he takes a selfie next to an Adidas advertisement featuring Suarez near Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 26, 2014. FIFA banned Suarez from all football activities for four months on Thursday for biting an opponent at the World Cup, a punishment that rules him out of the rest of the tournament



Flames rise during the incineration of seized illegal drugs to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse in Lahore, Pakistan, 26 June 2014. Pakistani law enforcement agency burnt a large quantity of narcotics and alcohol that was seized from different parts of the country, on 26 June, to mark the international day against drug abuse



Polar bear Giovanna plays with her twin polar bear cubs Nela and Nobby outside in their new enclosure at Tierpark Hellabrunn zoo in Munich June 26, 2014

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Glastonbury 2014 in the rain – in pictures

Festivalgoers don their waterproof clothing during the first rain showers at the Glastonbury festival

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A jogger claims to have captured a photograph of the elusive Bristol crocodile lurking in the murky waters of the River Avon

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Glastonbury 2014:

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Jarvis Cocker

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Around 120,000 went on sale, with more than one million people registering for the event, seen as the mother of all festivals

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Palestinian protesters run in front of an Israeli military bulldozer during clashes with Israeli troops following a weekly protest against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum, in the occupied West Bank, on Friday.

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The northbound section of the main road into Scotland was closed on Saturday following a crash involving two coaches and a lorry.

The accident happened on the A74(M) northbound, between junctions 14 and 15 in Moffat, at about 10.15.

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A security officer was killed when a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb near a Lebanese army checkpoint in the capital, Beirut. The blast, which caused a huge fire, occurred in a southern suburb mainly inhabited by Shia Muslims.



Anti-eviction activists embrace and cry after the eviction of a family in Madrid June 27, 2014. Jorge Manuel Aviles, 57, and his wife Yolanda De Diego, 26, lived in the home that belongs to Kutxabank with their three sons, who are nine and three years and about 20 days old. The family has been occupying the house for the last nine months. Both parents are currently unemployed and are living on subsidies.