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Court Drama
On trial for allegedly killing her young daughter, Casey Anthony reacts to photo evidence showing Caylee's skeletal remains in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday.



Strut Your Stuff
A white peacock opens its feathers in a cage at the Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad, India, on Thursday. The peacock is the country's national bird.

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Australia Has a Beef
On Thursday, Australia announced a suspension of all live animal exports to Indonesia for up to six months after video surfaced showing mistreatment in the country's slaughterhouses, one of which is seen here in Yogyakarta.



A Royal Visit
Prince Harry meets with retired military personnel at the Royal Hospital Chelsea on Thursday, also known as Founder's Day, in London.

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A Shocking Death
Pakistani authorities have arrested five paramilitary soldiers in the shooting death of Sarfaraz Shah, a young man whose recent killing was caught on tape and broadcast on TV. Here: Relatives mourn Shah in Karachi.

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Taking It to the Streets
Hundreds of protesters gather on Wednesday outside Spain's parliament in Madrid to condemn government plans to reform the collective bargaining system.

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Economic Woes in Japan
Japan's economy contracted more than economists estimated in the first quarter, underscoring the damage the recent quake and tsunami inflicted on capital spending and factory production. Here: People in Tokyo on Thursday.



Quake Damage in China
Vehicles pile up in a traffic accident caused by a 5.3-magnitude earthquake in Toksun County, Xinjiang Province of China, on Wednesday.

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Jessica Legorreta poses wearing her self-made RC Transformer motorcycle costume at her home in a working class neighborhood in Mexico City, Wednesday, June 8, 2011. Legorreta whose daytime job is an industrial designer, is, along with her husband, an avid cosplayer and cosmaker, a type of performance art in which participants don and make costumes and accessories to represent a specific character. Their characters of choice are the Transformers and the Star Wars characters.

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Battle for Libya



A Libyan rebel fighter uses a walkie talkie at their position in Misrata's western front line, some 25 km (16 miles) from the city centre June 9, 2011



Fire is seen at Rixos hotel where foreign journalists are staying in Tripoli June 9, 2011

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A Libyan rebel fighter kisses a mortar before firing, at their position in the outskirts of Zlitan near Misrata's western front line, some 30 kilometres (18.6 miles) from the city centre June 8, 2011

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The ruins of Libya

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Some Help From Mother Nature
Firefighters battling the ravenous wildfire in eastern Arizona got some help in the form of cooler temperatures and decreased winds. But the blaze is still only 5 percent contained. Here: A back burn operation near Eagar on Thursday



A Sacred Journey
Wearing traditional outfits and riding in horse-drawn carriages, pilgrims headed for the city of Almonte, which houses the Virgin del Rocio shrine, make their way across the Quema River in Villamanrique, Spain, on Thursday.

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A new series of unpublished images of the Beatles has been unveiled in London. The photos are headed for auction in New York on July 20



Photographer Mike Mitchell shot the images when he was 18 years old, and have been sitting in his basement collecting dust for 40 years. The collection is comprised of 50 lots of unpublished and never-before-seen photographs of the Beatles' first visits to the US in 1964.












Photographer Mike Mitchell stands by some of his photographs of The Beatles where they are being exhibited at a hotel in London, Friday, June 10.

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A Somalia military official says a teen was shot dead after security guards fired at a group demonstrating against the anticipated resignation of the Somali prime minister.

Col. Ahmed Abdinur, a Somali military official, says protesters on Friday approached a heavily guarded hotel where lawmakers were staying. Then the guard fired on the protesters, killing the teen.




Somali protestors set a fire outside the Medina hotel that accommodates Somali MPs, in southern Mogadishu's Hamar Weyne district, Friday, June 10



A Somali protester, armed with an automatic weapon, fires on vehicles believed to belong to Somali Members of Parliament, in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, June 10.

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A lizard clings to a charred tree branch after a blaze affecting over 5 square miles (500 hectares) of Dorset's Upton Heath was brought under control overnight near Poole in southwest England on June 10.

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A vegetable market worker stands beside a police cordon during a protest in front of the labour ministry in Athens, Greece on June 10. Greece's economy shrank far more than expected at the start of 2011, signaling a second wave of austerity measures prescribed by the EU and IMF will pile even more pain on a fractious society.

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Police officers watch the overflowing river Nilahue after the eruption of the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in Los Venados, Chile, on June 9, 2011. The volcano erupted Saturday after remaining dormant for decades, causing the evacuation of about 3,500 people in the nearby area and carrying ash across the Andes to Argentina.

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Muslim women offering prayers cast their shadows on a bus at a pilgrims' camp on the outskirts of Ajmer, India, on June 9, during the annual Urs festival at the shrine of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti. The Urs is observed by hundreds of thousands of worshippers to mark the anniversary of the death of the saint, known for his philosophy on religious tolerance.

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Russian colonel who killed Chechen girl is shot dead



A Russian colonel who was jailed for murdering a Chechen teenager has been shot dead in central Moscow.

Yuri Budanov was killed on Friday by an unidentified gunman on Komsomolsky Prospekt, a busy avenue in the capital, state prosecutors said.

In 2003 a court upheld his 10-year jail sentence for strangling an 18-year-old girl in war-torn Chechnya in 2000.

But he was released early from jail in January 2009 - a move that angered human rights activists.

Russian media say the gunman, wearing a blue jacket and hood, attacked Budanov at about 1230 (0830 GMT), shooting him six times with a pistol, then fled by car.

The Mitsubishi Lancer getaway car was later found abandoned and on fire, the reports said. A pistol and silencer were found inside.

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New title for Duke of Edinburgh as he turns 90



The Queen has conferred the title and office of Lord High Admiral of the Navy on HRH Duke of Edinburgh on the occasion of his 90th birthday.

Earlier the duke told the BBC he was "winding down" and reducing his workload as a senior royal.

In a BBC interview the Queen's husband said: "I reckon I've done my bit."
The Queen has been head of the navy since 1964 but has given the title to the duke, who gave up his naval career to support her as sovereign.

Prince Philip joined the navy in 1939 and was the best cadet at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth that year.



But he quit in 1951 after marrying the then Princess Elizabeth.

On Friday Prince Philip hosted an event for the Royal National Institute for Deaf People at Buckingham Palace, during which he was given a set of ear defenders as a birthday present. Receiving the gift, he joked: "Can you get Radio 3 on this?"

Ironically the charity used the event to drop its royal title and rebrand itself as Action on Hearing Loss.

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Nigel Farage death threat crash pilot given community order



A pilot found guilty of threatening to kill UKIP leader Nigel Farage following a plane crash has been given a two-year supervised community order.

A jury found Justin Adams guilty of making five threats relating to Mr Farage and crash investigator Martin James after the accident in May 2010.

The court heard the recording of a phone call where Adams claimed to have a 9mm pistol.

Adams, 46, of Oxfordshire, said his threats were "a cry for help".

Mr Farage said he intends to "draw a line under this whole affair".

In a statement, he added: "Today's sentencing marks the end of a sad and tragic episode.

"As I have stated previously, it is has always been my belief that Mr Adams was in need of help and support from our mental health services, yet he never got the level of care that he needed."