World News in Pictures

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Boston Bruins left wing Brad Marchand (63) celebrates his first period goal against the Vancouver Canucks with teammates along the bench in Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup hockey playoff in Boston, June 13, 2011.



Demonstrators beat a man that did not stop driving during a strike in El Alto in the outskirts of La Paz, June 13, 2011.

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GOP Presidential Contenders Square Off in Debate
Seven Republicans running for president met for a debate in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Monday night. From left, Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty and Herman Cain.



Vintage WWII Bomber Crashes in Illinois
An aerial shot shows a B-17 "Flying Fortress" that crashed in Aurora, Illinois, on Monday. Aviation officials said all seven passengers aboard the plane survived.

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Escaping the Crackdown in Syria

A total of more than 10,000 people have now fled Syria's bloody security crackdown, with many seeking refuge in neighboring countries, said the U.N. Here: Syrians arrive at a makeshift camp in Hatay, Turkey, on Monday.

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A Unique Sunset
An ash cloud from Chile's rumbling Puyehue volcano continued to disrupt air travel, grounding flights at two airports in Argentina's capital and elsewhere in the world. Here: An ash-filled sunset in Buenos Aires on Monday



Arizona Blaze Creeps Toward New Mexico
As crews continue to battle the monster wildfire in eastern Arizona that has charred more than 700 square miles and forced thousands from their homes, helicopters work on Monday to stop the blaze from spreading to New Mexico

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Heated Discussion
Jim Sideris, left, a supporter of embattled congressman Anthony Weiner, argues with Kevin Hiltunen and others calling for the New York Democrat's resignation in Queens on Sunday.



If Ya Got It, Flaunt It!
Iselli Echevarria, center, marches up Fifth Avenue during the Puerto Rican Day parade on Sunday in New York City

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Cooling Off in Iraq
A boy jumps into the water to cool off amid soaring temperatures in the town of Abu al-Khasib on Saturday.



Party Politics
Supporters of Turkey's ruling "Justice and Development Party" celebrate with national and party flags after the first results of the parliamentary election in Istanbul on Sunday.

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In tsunami-ravaged Minimasanriku, Japan, new parents are juggling rebuilding their lives and learning the ropes as parents during a time when even the simple things, like buying baby milk and diapers, are hard to come by. But some programs for new parents have resumed, like the health check-up that freelancer Kyle Drubek, who is working with the msnbc.com team in Japan, captured above.



Riyo Takeda (right) and Yuna Sato share a sad moment over a lost toy. In between is Riyo's mother Mai Takeda. They were gathered for a class that covered nutrition, sanitation and also personal consultations for seven mothers and their children.

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Hundreds of people protest in front of a closed gate of the Ciutadella park, where the regional parliament is situated, in Barcelona, Spain June 14. Tens of thousands of mostly young people have set up around-the-clock protest camps in cities and town across Spain since May 15 to complain about the government's handling of the economic crisis and what they see as a corrupted political party system.







Policemen close the doors of the Ciudadela park on June 14.

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Heavy-duty haulers travel an abandoned airstrip at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, Tuesday, June 14. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the National Park Service will develop the nation's largest urban campground at Floyd Bennett Field, a former airport used by Amelia Earhart and Howard Hughes.



In this March 11, 2011 photo, a National Park Service hangar emblazoned with the name Floyd Bennett Field glows orange at sunset at New York City's "ghost airport" in Brooklyn, N.Y. The city is struggling to find space to expand its overloaded airports, but Floyd Bennett Field can't be reactivated permanently because the old airport belongs to the National Park Service.


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18th August 1941: The opening ceremony of the Floyd Bennett Airfield in USA.


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In this Sept. 4, 1936 file photo, Amelia Earhart is talking with her husband George Palmer Putnam, right, and friends in New York, before taking off from Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett field for Los Angeles in the Bendix Trophy race. Floyd Bennett Field was built between 1928 and 1931 and quickly became the preferred launching site for record-setting flights by Howard Hughes, Earhart, Wiley Post and other aviation pioneers. The Navy took over the airport in 1941 and most of the airport closed for good in 1971, but the New York Police Department still uses a corner of it as its helicopter base.


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American industrialist, aviator, and film producer Howard Hughes (1905 - 1976) (left) sits in a car with New York Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia (1882 - 1947), who lights a pipe as the car leaves Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, New York, July 14, 1938. Hughes, who looks very tired and unkempt, had just landed his plane at the field after setting a new speed record for flying around the world (3 days, 9 hours, and 17 minutes--more than four days faster than the old record).

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Pro-Independence protesters march demanding the release of political prisoners in San Juan, Puerto Rico on June 14. Obama's one-day visit marks the first visit to Puerto Rico by a sitting U.S. President since John F. Kennedy's 1961 visit. The sign they hold reads in Spanish: "Independence Now".






From left, Musician Marc Antony, Puerto Rico Mayor Jorge Santini Padilla, President Barack Obama, Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuno, Rep. Pedor Pierluisi, D-Puerto Rico, and Adjutant General of the Puerto Rico National Guard Antonio J. Vicens, walk across the tarmac from Air Force One as Obama arrives at Muniz Air National Guard Base, Tuesday, June 14



People wave flags as US President Barack Obama's motorcade drives past during a visit to San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 14.

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A building displays an 8-story banner welcoming US President Barack Obama during a visit to San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 14.



President Barack Obama waves to a crowd gathered inside a hangar at the Muniz Air National Guard Base, shortly after his arrival in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday June 14. Obama's visit to Puerto Rico marks the first by a sitting U.S. President since John Kennedy. Obama is backed by Puerto Rican and American flags.




President Barack Obama eats lunch with Alejandro Garcia Padilla, a Puerto Rican Senator and President of the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico, at Kasalta Bakery during a visit to San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 14.

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The PNC American Flag balloon, the world's largest free-flying American flag, was inflated to honor America on Flag Day, today, Tuesday June 14. The special shaped balloon was flown in preparation for next month's 29th Annual QuickChek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning to be held at Solberg Airport in Readington, NJ. The balloon was tethered to the ground at DeBaun Field, on the campus of Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J.

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In a June 8, 2011 photo, Johnson County Sheriff's Dept. Sgt. Paul Nonnast demonstrates one of the TASER Axon video system cameras. Johnson County sheriff's deputies are among the first officers in the country to wear cameras on their ears, in an effort to provide a better record of what happens during contact between officers and the public.

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Senior Airman Kayla Penn closes a transfer vehicle holding transfer cases containing the remains of Army Capt. Michael W. Newton, Marine Lance Cpl. Sean M. O'Conner, Marine Lance Cpl. Jason D. Hill and Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua B. McDaniels, Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Newton, 30, of Newport News, Va., died June 11, 2011 of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident in Faryab province, Afghanistan; Hill, 20, of Poway, Calif., died June 11, 2011 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan; and McDaniels, 21, of Dublin, Ohio, and O'Conner, 22, of Douglas, Wyo., both died June 12, 2011 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

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A horse with a local Pakistani mobile number painted on it, is left for rent, on a roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, June 14.

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Spectators view a six story building under construction, which collapsed in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday June 14, killing at least two people and leaving 14 missing according to officials. The collapsed building is on Nairobi's outskirts, near the international airport.

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In this photo taken June 12, Samuel McClain, 33, left, comforts his friend Ira Ward, 28, Sunday afternoon in front of the burned out home where Ward and other family members lived on 70th Street in East St. Louis, Ill. Ward's cousin, Darius Addison, 11, was killed in the fire. Ward, who lost two cousins in a fire about ten years ago, said he tried to save Addison but the flames drove him back.

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Doctor Basir Ahmad Jaghori, left, rides a donkey with his medical team to the top of the mountain pass on a two hour trek on June 9, heading to the mountain village of Raquol, in Panjab district, Afghanistan. Dr. Jaghori and his team had to carry everything in by foot and donkey. The team saw 160 patients during the monthly visit to the village, including patients from ten outlying villages.



Doctor Mohammed Rashidi deals with a long line of patients at a mosque serving as a makeshift mobile health clinic on June 12 in the village of Gharmboloq, in Shahidan district, Afghanistan.



Women wait to be seen by a doctor on June 11 in the mountain village of Faladi, in Bamiyan district, Afghanistan

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A home is engulfed by flood water in Hamburg, Iowa, Monday, June 13. The rising Missouri River has ruptured two levees in northwest Missouri, sending torrents of floodwaters over rural farmland toward the Iowa town of Hamburg and the Missouri resort town of Big Lake.

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Palestinian Bedouins shift through their family's belongings after their shacks and tents were destroyed by Israeli army bulldozers in the village of Fasayel, in the Jordan Valley, located in the so-called Area C, a closed military zone where Israel exercises full control, on June 14.

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Airbus unveils its 2050 flying vision

Airbus Industries has unveiled its new concept cabin, its vision of flying in 2050. Think seats that mould to your body shape, a 360-degree panoramic gallery and mid-air golf



The 'vitalising zone' which provides a panoramic view in an 'intelligent' concept cabin that apparently responds to your needs, such as seats that mould to your shape.



An Airbus impression of an X-ray of the 'intelligent' concept cabin for 2050



The exterior view of an 'intelligent' concept cabin, with panoramic views for all passengers flying in 2050, says Airbus



The Airbus vision of its interaction zone, in which passengers can play games, such as virtual golf

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Centenary of the Royal National Institute for Deaf People




June 9, 1911: The national bureau for promoting the general welfare of the deaf is founded by Leo Bonn, a deaf merchant banker. It becomes the National Institute for the Deaf 13 years later.



1948: The national health service (NHS) is founded, introducing the first free hearing aids and batteries. The arrival of the free Medresco hearing aid is announced



1958: HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, becomes patron of the charity

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1961: The Queen approves the addition of 'Royal' to mark the institute's jubilee year. An advert in the same year entitled No Cymbals for Johnny shows a photograph of a small child sitting oblivious as two cymbals clash.



1974: The first NHS 'behind the ear' hearing aid for adults is introduced. For many this replaces earlier body-worn aids.



1975: The first subtitles are transmitted by Ceefax, the BBC's teletext service

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1983: The telephone exchange for the deaf is set up, where telephone and textphone users can communicate through a third-party operator relaying voice and text communication



1999: RNID launches its biomedical research programme to fund medical research into hearing loss and tinnitus.



2003: The NHS newborn hearing screening programme is rolled out across Wales after heavy RNID campaigning. Within three years, it is also introduced in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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2005: The RNID telephone hearing check is launched. It is an immediate success, with 40,000 checks on the first day.



2008: The BBC commits to subtitling all of its programmes on the back of a major RNID campaign. Within three years, all major channels follow suit.



2010: RNID launches the first of 21 hear to help projects, showing people in their own communities how to get the best performance from their NHS hearing aids



2011: RNID becomes Action on Hearing Loss.

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Britain from space




The International Space Station (ISS) and docked space shuttle Endeavour



Blobs of light and dark patches cover the UK and Ireland at night



Great Britain under a clear sky with shoreline clearly visible from space



City of lights: London at night, ringed by the M25



A MERIS (Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) image taken from the International Space Station accentuates the UK against the background of a deep blue sea



A detailed view of London, with river Thames snaking across, taken by an Expedition 10 crew member on the ISS



Southern England and the English Channel. I do believe the huge metropolis of Salisbury can be seen. A big plus for all that visit this thread!