World News in Pictures

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We have lift-off! The Long March 2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou 10 capsule blasts off from the Jiuquan satellite launch centre in Gansu province

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French President François Hollande and government members look on as pallbearers carry the flag-draped coffin of former French prime minister Pierre Mauroy, during a ceremony in the courtyard of the Invalides in Paris. Mauroy, who pushed through a string of worker benefits as the head of modern France's first Socialist government, died aged 84 last week.

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Students wave flowers and national flags as astronaut Wang Yaping leaves the Jiuquan satellite launch centre for the launch site, near Jiuquan in western China's Gansu province. If weather permits, three Chinese astronauts will take flight today aboard their spacecraft to dock with China's Tiangong 1 space lab

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A petrol bomb explodes in front of riot police during clashes in Taksim Square. Hundreds of Turkish police officers in riot gear forced through barricades in Istanbul's central square early this morning, pushing many of the protesters who have occupied the area for more than a week.

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A wild macaque monkey eats fruit dropped by pedestrians in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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What a hygienic primate!

Countdown to G8

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Istanbul clashes intensify

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A flying sushi service tray known as the "itray", created using miniature remote-controlled helicopter rotor blades, is demonstrated by staff at a "Yo! Sushi" restaurant in London June 10, 2013.

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Supporters of Houthi shout slogans during a march to demand the government to dissolve foreign intelligence service in Sanaa June 10, 2013. The march came in the wake of clashes between the supporters and the National Security on Sunday that killed seven and wounded dozens, according to the official Yemeni news agency (SABA)

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U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning (L) departs the courtroom after day four of his court martial at Fort Meade, Maryland June 10, 2013. Computer forensic experts testified on Monday that they traced a break-in to a secret U.S. government website to Manning, the U.S. soldier charged with the biggest leak of classified files in the nation's history

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A partially submerged billboard on a tramstop is seen on the flooded embankments of the Danube River in Budapest June 10, 2013. The Hungarian capital escaped damage from the swollen river Danube, which peaked at record high levels in Budapest overnight and started receding slowly on Monday morning

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Farmers collect dead fish from their fishponds in Xinjin county of Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, June 9, 2013. More than 400 tonnes of fish were found dead on Saturday morning in 55 fishponds in Xinjin. Local environmental protection administration said no industrial pollution was found, and the fish were killed by insufficient of oxygen in the river, local media reported

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Egyptian riot police look on as Salafis, ultra-conservative Muslims, chant pro-government slogans in front of the Culture Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, on June 11. Fears that protests on June 30 will result in bloodshed were heightened when opposition protesters nabbed at least six pro-Morsi supporters outside the Culture Minister's office in Zamalek on Tuesday. An Associated Press reporter witnessed the protesters beating bearded men with their fists, kicking them and stoning them as they outnumbered riot police trying to intervene.

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Afghan men assist an injured man at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on June 11.

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A suicide attacker rammed his car into a bus packed with staff members from the Afghanistan Supreme Court killing 14 and wounding 38 other civilians, mostly court employees leaving work, police said

Turkish protesters clash with police in Istanbul - more pics

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Turkey's prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses parliament in Ankara. In his speech, Erdoğan made it clear that he has reached the end of his tolerance with the protesters

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Ambulances stand by to evacuate injured protesters after riot police flooded the Gazi Park with tear gas during clashes in Taksim Square

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Originally Posted by Mr Lick

Turkey's prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses parliament in Ankara. In his speech, Erdoğan made it clear that he has reached the end of his tolerance with the protesters

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Yes, how dare they inconvenience the man . . .

Thanks for your effort, Mr Lick

A breather from all the confrontation and fighting :mid:

British & Irish Lions v Combined Country XV


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British & Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland looks subdued before the match. Perhaps he feels a tad awkward about the hammering that the Combined Country team seem sure to suffer today

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An early try in the corner from Alex Cuthbert (pictured) opens the scoring for the Lions ...

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... before an incisive central run from the Welshman opens the hosts up once more and allows Conor Murray in for another try. It's 14-0 inside 10 minutes; this scoreline is going to get heavy

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Jamie Roberts of the Lions is tackled by two opponents as the Australians – including a carpenter, plumber and engineer – try to stem the scoring

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Justin Tipuric breaks the opposition line

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That's now half a dozen tries, including two for George North (pictured) and it's only half time. The Lions have had 68% of possession and, consequently, lead 38-0

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Proof of the aforementioned resistance (Brian O'Driscoll is the player being tackled hard)

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The last of the Lions' ten tries is scored by this man, Jonathan Davies, in the 79th minute

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Final score: 64-0. A satisfactory showing for Brian O'Driscoll and his men

NBA Finals

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Miami Heat's LeBron James (R) is guarded by San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan in the first half during Game 3 of their NBA Finals basketball series in San Antonio, Texas June 11, 2013.

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Miami Heat's Chris Andersen dunks against the San Antonio Spurs in the first half during Game 3 of their NBA Finals basketball playoff in San Antonio, Texas June 11, 2013.

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Final score on game 3 - Spurs 113 Heat 77

Hang on, there is something wrong with the photos in #22118 . . . there was a white guy playing!

Australia row over PM Gillard 'small breasts' menu

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Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the menu followed a pattern of opposition behaviour


Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said a menu for an opposition party fundraiser that made crude comments about her body was "grossly sexist".

It offered up "Julia Gillard Kentucky Fried Quail - Small Breasts, Huge Thighs and a Big Red Box".

The menu was for a dinner for Liberal National Party candidate Mal Brough - the restaurateur later said it had been "a joke" and was not used at the meal.

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A participant reacts as he competes in a dragon boat race to mark the annual Tuen Ng or Dragon Boat Festival at Hong Kong's Aberdeen fishing port June 12. The festival is commemorated in memory of Chinese patriotic poet Qu Yuan, who drowned himself on the day in 277 B.C.

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Uwe Peterle moves across an area flooded by the river Mulde with a boat made out of a bathtub in Niesau, eastern Germany, on June 11, 2013. Residents of Niesau are completely surrounded by the floods.

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Yowzer! This rare copy of the first edition of Action Comics from 1938 was found after 70 years of being used as wall insulation in an old house in Minnesota in the US. The comic, featuring Superman's first appearance, has just sold for $175,000

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This is going to revolutionise your commute. Three Czech companies have teamed up to make a prototype of an electric bicycle that can fly. Controlled remotely, the bike carrying a test dummy successfully took off inside a large exhibition hall in Prague and landed safely after a five-minute flight.

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A giant chrome brushed aluminium skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur by French sculptor and painter Philippe Pasqua, stands on the pier of riverboat company Bateaux-Mouches in Paris

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Razor wire surrounds the Lough Erne Golf Resort in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland where the G8 summit is being held next week.

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Riot policemen stand on a building overlooking Taksim square, decorated with Turkish flags and a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, in Istanbul