
Calcutta, India — Rescued Indian child laborers sit inside a tram for the city ride in Calcutta. A nongovernment organization organized the ride for a few rescued child laborers to observe the World Day Against Child Labor.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP
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Sittwe, Myanmar — Muslim women and children from villages gather before being relocated to secure areas in Sittwe, capital of Rakhine state in western Myanmar, where sectarian violence is ongoing. Gunshots rang out and residents fled blazing homes in western Myanmar as security forces struggled to contain deadly ethnic and religious violence that has killed at least a dozen people and forced thousands to flee.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Khin Maung Win / Associated Press
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Sittwe, Myanmar — Myanmar policemen walk toward burning buildings in Sittwe, capital of Rakhine state in western Myanmar, where sectarian violence is ongoing. Gunshots rang out and residents fled blazing homes in western Myanmar as security forces struggled to contain deadly ethnic and religious violence that has killed at least a dozen people and forced thousands to flee.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Khin Maung Win / Associated Press
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Los Angeles — Kings players Drew Doughty, left, Jonathan Quick and Colin Fraser celebrate winning the Stanley Cup at the end of the game against the New Jersey Devils in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final at Staples Center on Monday.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
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Kiev, Ukraine — Ukrainian forward Andriy Voronin, right, vies with Swedish defender Andreas Granqvist during the Euro 2012 championships football match Ukraine vs. Sweden on Monday at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP
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Amritsar, India — An Indian firefighter attempts to extinguish flames at the Khanna Paper Mill on the outskirts of Amritsar. No casualties were reported in the blaze.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: NARINDER NANU / AFP
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Moscow — An elderly woman holds a white umbrella as a symbol of protest, as she walks past a line of police officers after a massive opposition rally in central Moscow. Tens of thousands of Russians flooded Moscow's tree-lined boulevards in the first massive protest against President Vladimir Putin's rule since his inauguration, as investigators sought to raise the heat on the opposition by summoning some of its leaders for questioning just an hour before the march.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Alexander Zemlianichenko / Associated Press
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Campomanes, Spain — Miners launch handmade rockets at riot police officers, unseen, during clashes following a demonstration after blocking a motorway in Campomanes, Spain. Strikes, road blockades and mine sit-ins continue as 8,000 mineworkers at more than 40 coal mines in northern Spain continue their protests against government action to cut coal subsidies.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press
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Laporte, Colo. — A Sikorsky S-64 Aircrane firefighting helicopter drops water on a hotspot burning close to some homes near Horsetooth Reservoir on Monday in Colorado. The High Park Fire in Larimer County has burned almost 37,000 acres and damaged or destroyed more than 100 structures. There is no containment of the fire, which is burning in the mountains about 15 miles west of Fort Collins.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Marc Piscotty / Getty Images
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Kathmandu, Nepal — A macaque monkey with its baby hangs upside down as they drink water from a pond at the Swayambhunath Stupa area in Kathmandu. The Stupa, west of the city, is among the oldest religious sites in Nepal.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP
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