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Lions v Australia: first Test

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Australia soak up a lot of Lions pressure before winning a penalty in their own 22. Will Genia taps it quickly to launch a lightning counterattack down the right with a couple of dummies thrown in for good measure ...



… before clipping a glorious short kick to Israel Folau, who collects the ball and then steams over the line. The conversion makes it 7-0

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But that lead doesn't last long. After catching a high kick inside his own half, George North goes on a fabulous run. Bulldozing past two, then sidestepping Berrick Barnes ...



… before skipping past Genia's attempted tap-tackle, to go over in the corner. Leigh Halfpenny gets a conversion to add to his previous penalty and the Lions have a 7-10 lead. Come half-time, it's 13-12



Just after the half-hour mark, North barges past Genia and Folau to go over in the corner. But was his elbow in touch? The video ref studies the footage for nearly two minutes and then rules ... no try



After 35 minutes, there's a third fantastic try. Australia show wonderful hands to flip the ball from left to right before Folau receives it 30 metres out. A try doesn't appear to be on until Folau sidesteps Sexton superbly and then scampers between two to touch down



The fourth try comes in the second half, and it's another beauty. Cuthbert finishes beautifully after receiving a smart pass from Jonathan Sexton 30 metres out, scything through the weakened Aussie midfield, leaving Genia and Kurtley Beale clutching at his jersey in vain. The ref asks the video official to check whether a decoy run by Brian O'Driscoll amounted to obstruction but the video man says nothing doing. After missing a penalty towards the end of the first half, Halfpenny finds his kicking boots again and launches the conversion through the posts. It's now Australia 12-20 Lions



Beale receives a pass from Genia 10 metres inside his own half and then slaloms 50 metres forward before Halfpenny brings him down. Paul O'Connell then smothers the ball to prevent a try, and concedes a penalty. Beale sticks the ball through the posts to add to an earlier James O'Connor penalty and put Australia within two points. Australia 21-23 Lions






There are only five minutes left when Mako Vunipola goes off his feet at the breakdown. It's a penalty 25 metres out; what a chance for Australia to get their noses in front in the closing stages. But nerves get the better of Beale, and he shanks his kick wide



In the last minute of the game, Australia bully the Lions scrum into disarray to win another penalty. Beale has another shot at glory, from about 46 metres ...



… but he slips just as he connects with the ball ...



… and watches forlornly as the ball falls way short



The final whistle goes and Halfpenny and Cuthbert embrace as the Lions win the first Test 23-21. If the next two Tests are as exciting as this one, we're in for a treat

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Thousands evacuated in Canada floods

Widespread flooding in southern Alberta, caused by torrential rains, has washed out bridges and roads and prompted the evacuation of thousands, with the city of Calgary particularly hard hit. Water levels were predicted to peak around noon on Friday

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This NASA Terra and Aqua satellite image from June 19, 2013 shows smoke caused by forest fires, indicated at source by NASA with red graphics, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra (left) blowing east towards southern Malaysia (above, center) and Singapore (below, center) at 2.30pm local time. Indonesia on Friday deployed helicopters to artificially create rain in a bid to fight raging fires that have choked Singapore with smog, which is hitting record-breaking levels that pose a threat to the elderly and the ill



An aerial view of burning lands in Palalawan district in Riau province on June 21, 2013. Indonesia deployed military planes to fight raging forest fires on Friday that blanketed neighboring Singapore in record levels of hazardous smog for a third straight day in one of Southeast Asia's worst air-pollution crises.

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Several hundred thousand Brazilians attend a protest against against corruption and price hikes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 20, 2013.














Brazilian protesters beg to enter a gas station to seek shelter from charging riot policemen (not seen) during riots following a demonstration joined by hundreds of thousands in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 20, 2013.






A couple walks in a fountain in front of riot policemen during a protest of what is now called the 'Tropical Spring' against corruption and price hikes, at National Congress in Brasilia, on June 20, 2013.

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Bartenders hold beverages as they wait for guests before the "Americans In China" fashion show, presenting the creations of former CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America)/Vogue Fashion Fund finalists, at the Ming Dynasty City Wall Relics Park in Beijing June 21, 2013.



Members of Sheikh Ali Khatib battalion use a sewage pipe to peek at Hanano Barracks, which is controlled by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo, June 21, 2013.



Police detain a student protester after he and fellow protesters attempted to enter the governor's office to oppose hikes in fuel prices in Surabaya, East Java province June 21, 2013.

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A racegoer poses in his top hat on the fourth day of the Royal Ascot horse racing festival at Ascot in southern England June 21, 2013



A fan cries after she unveiled a wax figure of pop singer Justin Bieber in Vienna June 21, 2013



A demonstrator (C) wearing a Guy Fawkes mask holds a flower during an anti-government protest in Fortaleza June 21, 2013.

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Floods shut down Calgary

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Tropical Storm Barry



A man stands next to a car stuck on a flooded street in Xalapa, capital of the state of Veracruz June 20, 2013. The Mexican state of Veracruz was hit by torrential rains during the early afternoon on Thursday after Tropical Storm Barry made landfall and traveled inland, away from Mexico's major oil installations.

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Walle, a Beagle-Boxer-Basset mix wins the 2013 Ugliest Dog competition.



Some competitors

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Some more contestants

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South Korean soldiers perform as North Koreans in a re-enactment of the battle of Chuncheon, which took place at the beginning of the Korean war, in 1950



Waste towers over residents in Manila. The city has just banned disposable plastic shopping bags to curb the tide of rubbish in the city, which exacerbates its flooding problem

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A protester prepares to throw stones at riot police on a street near Taksim Square in Istanbul June 22, 2013.



Italy's Mario Balotelli (L) reacts as Brazil's David Luiz fouls him during their Confederations Cup Group A soccer match at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador June 22, 2013.



Palestinians watch the result of "Arab Idol" in the West Bank city of Ramallah June 22, 2013.

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The Bow River over flows its banks into the downtown core and residential areas in Calgary, Alberta June 22, 2013



A man holding a Brazilian flag walks near soccer balls marked with red crosses planted by members of NGO Rio de Paz (Rio Peace) as a protest in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro June 22, 2013.

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Protesters try to stop an armored crowd control truck from which the riot police fire water cannon at Taksim Square in Istanbul June 22, 2013.



A demonstrator embraces a police commander in a gesture of peace during a protest in Salvador, June 22, 2013.



An emergency rescue worker assists an actor posing as an injured passenger during the Full-Scale Exercise aircraft disaster simulation training drill at LaGuardia Airport (LGA), in the Queens borough of New York June 22, 2013.

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Youths throw flour at each other during the "Battle with Flour" flash mob on the banks of the Dnipro River in Kiev June 22, 2013.



Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane (C) celebrates his goal on the Boston Bruins with teammates Duncan Keith (L) and Jonathan Toews (R) and a group of fans behind the glass during the second period in Game 5 of their NHL Stanley Cup Finals hockey series in Chicago, Illinois, June 22, 2013.



Protesters clash with law enforcement troops during a demonstration outside Mineirao stadium, where the Confederations Cup soccer match between Japan and Mexico is taking place, in Belo Horizonte June 22, 2013



Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C), Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (L, front) and Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration Sergei Ivanov (R, front) attend a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany in 1941 at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin walls in Moscow, June 22, 2013.



A protester tries to calm down another as they stand in front of a riot police line near Taksim Square in Istanbul June 22, 2013



Soldiers try to repair a temporary footbridge over River Alaknanda after it was destroyed, during rescue operations in Govindghat in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand June 22, 2013.

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A traffic jam forms on a highway blocked because of a fire at a military depot near Chapaevsk in the Samara region of southern Russia, on June 18. Exploding shells set off a fire that triggered explosions Wednesday at a military depot in southern Russia, injuring about 30 people and causing the evacuation of more than 6,000 from a nearby village, investigators and emergency workers said.

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Calgary evacuation and Canadian floods







The Calgary Stampede Rodeo grounds

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Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest in front of Rio de Janeiro's Legislative Assembly building on June 17. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of major Brazilian cities protesting the billions of dollars spent on the Confederations Cup --and preparations for the upcoming World Cup-- and against the hike in mass transit fares.



The Sphynxcat Amhara's Mira of German breeder Sabine Braeuer waits prior to competition during the International pedigree dog and purebred cat exhibition in Erfurt, central Germany, JUne 16. Four thousand dogs and 150 cats from 20 countries are shown at the exhibition.

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'Supermoon' lights up night sky



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