
Frankfurt, Germany — Police officers arrest a protester splattered in paint during the clearing of the "Occupy" camp in front of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. Several camp residents had resisted the clearing of the camp and attacked the police with paint.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: BORIS ROESSLER / EPA
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Cannes, France — Bill Murray brings his own camera to a photo call for the movie "Moonrise Kingdom" at the Cannes Film Festival.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images
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Berlin — Actress Charlize Theron poses with a fan during a photo call for the film "Snow White and the Huntsman."
PHOTOGRAPH BY: MICHELE TANTUSSI / AFP / Getty Images
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London — Confetti covers the ground outside Harrods department store as employees celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's upcoming Diamond Jubilee.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: CARL COURT / AFP / Getty Images
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Wolfsburg,Germany — Dancers with the Swiss company Zimmermann and de Perrot perform a scene from their piece "Hans was Heiri" in a large rotating cube. The production will premiere at the 10th Moviementos dance festival in Wolfsburg.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE / EPA
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Duesseldorf, Germany — Exultant (and fully costumed) Duesseldorf fans celebrate after Fortuna Duesseldorf defeated Hertha Berlin to regain a spot in Germany's first-division Bundesliga.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: PATRIK STOLLARZ / AFP / Getty Images
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Duesseldorf, Germany — Duesseldorf fans shoot off fireworks during the German Bundesliga relegation soccer match between Fortuna Duesseldorf and Hertha Berlin. The German football federation has opened an investigation into the end of the match, marred by fans who rushed onto the field.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Sascha Schuermann / Associated Press
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Colombo, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan soldiers rehearse for Saturday's Victory Day parade, part of national celebrations in observance of the third anniversary of the military defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels in May 2009, which ended a 37-year separatist conflict.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: ISHARA S.KODIKARA / AFP / Getty Images
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Bangkok, Thailand — Butchered tiger parts are displayed at a police station after they were found in a raid on a suburban Bangkok home. Police discovered frozen parts of several tigers in a seizure of big cat carcasses thought to be destined to buyers in Vietnam and China.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Police photo / AFP / Getty Images
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Daegu, South Korea — Karin Melis Mey of Turkey is captured in mid-leap in an image taken with a fish-eye lens of the women's long jump competition at the Daegu Championships track and field meet.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Lee Jin-man / Associated Press
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Dhaka, Bangladesh — Aysa Begum cries in front of her burnt shanty after a fire raced through a slum in the Symoli area of Dhaka. At least 150 shanties were completely destroyed. The cause of the fire was under investigation.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: ABIR ABDULLAH / EPA
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