Manila, Philippines — As fire sweeps through a sprawling squatter's colony on the rim of Manila Bay, a man flees to the water with some of his belongings. Officials say that two people are missing and some 10,000 others are homeless.

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Nablus, West Bank — A member of the Samaritan community holds the Samaritan Torah at Mt. Gerizim, above the West Bank city of Nablus,during a sunrise religious service marking the end of their Passover holiday.

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Moscow — Occupants of a protest camp in the city's center take their morning shower. The camp appeared after the mass detention of those demonstrating against Vladimir Putin's reinauguration as president earlier this week.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: SERGEI CHIRIKOV / EPA

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Funchal, Portugal — Golfter Roope Kakko of Finland warms up for Day 2 of the Madeira Islands Open. The image was made with the use of a selective focus lens.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dean Mouhtaropoulos / Getty Images

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Darlington, S.C. — Danica Patrick sits in her car in the garage area during practice for a NASCAR meet at Darlington Raceway. The race's name is a mouthful: It's the Nationwide Series VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Jamie Squire / Getty Images

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Kiev, Ukraine — The shiny tournament cup for soccer's EURO 2012 is set out for display.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP / Getty Images

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Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — Troy Dumais compresses into a dive during a training session on Day 2 of the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix, held at the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Complex.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Al Bello / Getty Images

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Jakarta, Indonesia — Relatives of passengers on the ill-fated Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 have gathered at Halim Perdanakusuma airport. They watch a television report as bodies are recovered from the mountainous crash site.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ROMEO GACAD / AFP / Getty Images

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Urbino, Italy — Lithuanian bicycle rider Ramunas Navardauskas, wearing the leader's pink jersey, signs in before the sixth stage of the Giro d'Italia.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: LUK BENIES / AFP / Getty Images

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Kafr Qaddum, West Bank — In a village near Nablus, a dispute over settlement in the occupied West Bank erupts into tire-burning and stone throwing. Demonstrators face an Israeli military vehicle.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP / Getty Images

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Lahore, Pakistan — In the midst of a heat wave, a girl cools off in a channel.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ARIF ALI / AFP / Getty Images

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Olympia, Greece — Actress Ino Menegaki, in the role of the high priestess, lights the Olympic torch during the lighting ceremony for the London Summer Olympics in front of Hera Temple.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU / ANA-MPA

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Olympia, Greece — The first torch-bearer, Greek swimming world champion Spyros Gianniotis, runs with the Olympic torch.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ALEXANDROS VLACHOS / ANA-MPA

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Beijing — Emanuel Rego of Brazil in action during the 2012 Swatch FIVB World Tour Beijing Grand Slam.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Lintao Zhang / Getty Images

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Damascus, Syria — Burning vehicles at the site of twin blasts that struck during the morning rush hour, killing scores, wounding dozens and prompting the U.N. observer chief to appeal for help to end the bloodshed ravaging Syria.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: AFP

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Ramallah, West Bank — Palestinian stone throwers clash with Israeli soldiers next to the Israeli military prison of Ofer during a solidarity protest with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. The prisoners launched an open-ended hunger strike, demanding a change in their living conditions.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ATEF SAFADI / EPA

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Guwahati, India — An Indian rag picker girl searches for material near a group of greater adjutant storks a dump near Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: EPA

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Mumbai, India — An Indian devotee puts the impression of vermilion from her hands on the steps as she crawls on the staircase of the Jivdani temple north of Mumbai. The 151-year-old temple is the only temple of Goddess Jivdani throughout the country, located around 1,375 steps above the ground level. The goddess Jivdani is worshiped for giving new life to the dying and relief to the suffering.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: DIVYAKANT SOLANKI / EPA

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Beijing — A slow shutter-speed photo of an amateur rider on a jump course on the sidelines of the Longines Equestrian Beijing Masters inside the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: DIEGO AZUBEL / EPA

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Colombo, Sri Lanka — A pelican swims as decorative lanterns and lights put up for the Vesakha festival are reflected on the surface of a lake. The festival, which was marked on May 5, encompasses the birth, enlightenment and demise of Gautama Buddha.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Gemunu Amarasinghe / Associated Press

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Herat, Afghanistan — An Afghan man looks on a sunset. The number of civilians killed in Afghanistan, in the U.S.-led war against a Taliban insurgency has risen steadily each year for the last five years, reaching a record of 3,021 in 2011, the great majority caused by militants, according to U.N. statistics.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: AREF KARIMI / AFP

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Amsterdam — The National Flipper Race at the Dam square.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ADE JOHNSON / AFP / Getty Images

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Kiev, Ukraine — A boy climbs on a World War II monument at an open-air museum during Victory Day celebrations. Ukraine, Russia and other post-Soviet countries marked the 67th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP / Getty Images

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Moscow — A World War II veteran walks in Red Square after a Victory Day parade.

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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan — A Kyrgyz honor guard marches near the Eternal Flame monument during Victory Day celebrations.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP / Getty Images

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Dara, Syria — An injured Syrian army soldier, right, who was wounded after a roadside bomb hit his military truck, is helped by a comrade. The explosion targeted the Syrian military truck just seconds after a team of U.N. observers passed by.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Muzaffar Salman / Associated Press

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Srinagar, India — A Kashmiri government employee falls as a water cannon hits him during a protest in the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. Indian police detained dozens of government employees, used water cannons and resorted to baton-charging the employees during the protest.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: FAROOQ KHAN / EPA

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London — A view of Queen Elizabeth II delivering her speech during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ALASTAIR GRANT / EPA

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Rio de Janeiro — Australia's Owen Wright competes in Round One of the Billabong Rio Pro men's surfing competition.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Silvia Izquierdo / Associated Press

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Bad Ragaz, Switzerland — A sculptures titled "Silent Majority" by Swiss artist Milan Spacek stands in the park. An open-air exhibition with more than 80 works of different artists in Bad Ragaz and Vaduz, Liechtenstein, opens Saturday.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Arno Balzarini / Associated Press

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Kampung Jawa, Indonesia — Fishermen pull a net in a traditional method around Aceh that helps preserve corals and other rare wildlife.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK / EPA

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Celebrations of World War II's V-E, or Victory in Europe, Day are underway in the U.S. and abroad. At the National Mall, members of an honor guard prepare for the start of a wreath-laying ceremony at the National World War II Memorial.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: JIM LO SCALZO / EPA

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Moscow — Newly reinaugurated President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Ivan Sekretarev / Associated Press

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Paris — At the Arc de Triomphe, soldiers parade during a ceremony marking the 67th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

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Bratislava, Slovakia — History enthusiasts dressed as Soviet and Nazi soldiers reenact the liberation of Bratislava.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: SAMUEL KUBANI / AFP

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Katmandu, Nepal — The Nepal government has started to evict squatters who have been residing in various parts of the city. Some of those being uprooted hurl stones in response.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: NARENDRA SHRESTHA / EPA

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Chicago — A sculpture of Marilyn Monroe is dismantled and readied for transport to Palm Springs.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Timothy Hiatt / Getty Images

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Sydney, Australia — At Bronte Beach, a wave crests majestically around the surfer riding its curl.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Ryan Pierse / Getty Images

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Seoul — At Jogye temple, lanterns are readied for celebrations marking the birthday of Buddha.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Lee Jin-man / Associated Press

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Jenin, West Bank — It's time for the wheat harvest.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mohammed Ballas / Associated Press

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Moscow — Policemen detain a man taking part in a protest against Vladimir Putin's inauguration to his third term as Russia's president. A backlash has followed the elections that put Putin back in power after the four years during which his hand-picked successor, Dmitry Medvedev, served as president.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: MAXIM SHIPENKOV / EPA

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Moscow — Russia's President Vladimir Putin enters Andreyevsky (St. Andrew's) Hall at the Great Kremlin Palace during his inauguration ceremony.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ALEXEI NIKOLSKY / AFP / Getty Images

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Moscow — Members of the pro-Putin Nashi youth movement celebrate the Russian leader's inauguration to a third term.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Ivan Sekretarev / Associated Press

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Damascus, Syria — A woman displays her ink-dipped finger after casting her vote in parliamentary elections. Polling stations opened Monday in a time of unrest. During a shaky cease-fire, opposition to the presidency of Bashar Assad continues to press for his ouster.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: JOSEPH EID / AFP / Getty Images

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Paris — Supporters of Francois Hollande, France's Socialist presidential candidate, celebrate his victory in Sunday's election. Hollande surpassed President Nicolas Sarkozy with about 51.7% of the vote.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Balint Pornezci / Bloomberg

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Athens — In Greece, supporters of the leftist Syriza party celebrate its showing in elections that produced a fragmented Parliament as Greece struggles with debt and its membership in the Eurozone.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: Simon Dawson / Bloomberg

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Magelang, Indonesia — Buddhist monks release a lantern after praying at the Borobudur temple during the Vesak festival, celebrating the birth, enlightenment and passing of Buddha.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: CLARA PRIMA / AFP / Getty Images

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Jalalabad, Afghanistan — Poppy buds provide raw opium, likely to be processed into heroin.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: ABDUL MUEED / EPA

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Kiev, Ukraine — Visitors pose for a picture in front of a UEFA EURO 2012 Cup placard displayed in Independence Square, the city's central square. Ukraine is co-hosting Euro 2012.

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