May 9 Photo Brief: Victory Day celebrations in Europe, Tom Cruise in China and Cleveland kidnappers appear in court
World War II Victory Day celebrations across Europe, people jump from a burning high rise in Pakistan, Tom Cruise tours China for his movie “Oblivion,” the Cleveland kidnappers are charged in court and more in today’s daily brief.
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- Traditional dancers perform ahead of the arrival of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at Jackson International Airport in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The trip is the first official visit for Prime Minister Julia Gillard to the Pacific Island Nation and the first visit since former prime minster Kevin Rudd visited in 2007. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
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- A World War II veteran speaks with a little child during Victory Day celebration in the Armenian capital Yerevan. Armenia as well as the other former Soviet republics celebrates the 1945 victory over Nazi Germany, the date of the Nazis’ capitulation to the Soviet Union, which took place in the evening on May 8, 1945 (May 9 by Moscow Time), following the original capitulation Germany agreed earlier to the joint Allied forces on the Western Front. (Karen Minasyan/Getty Images)
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- In this handout image provided by St. Tropez, St. Tropez, the iconic global self-tan brand today announces the appointment of Kate Moss as the new face and body of the brand. (St. Tropez/via Getty Images)
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- A stork chick sits next to eggs in a nest at an animal park in Eekholt, northern Germany. (Carsten Rehder/Getty Images)
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- Sweden’s Andreas Jamtin (C) scores past Norway’s goalkeeper Lars Haugen (R) and Jonas Holos during the preliminary round match Norway vs Sweden at the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships in Stockholm. Sweden won 5-1. (Anders Wiklund/Getty Images)
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- A man and a girl stand next to a sand sculpture titled “Striking Heads” by Ray Villafane during the “Sandwelt 2013” exhibition in Ludwigsburg, southern Germany. (Daniel Bockwoldt/Getty Images)
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- People take pictures of of actor Tom Cruise as he attends a promotional event for his new movie “Oblivion” in Beijing, (REUTERS/China Daily)
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- Ariel Castro (R), Pedro Castro (C) and Onil Castro appear in court in Cleveland, Ohio. Ariel Castro, 52, a veteran school bus driver fired from his job last fall, was formally charged with kidnapping and raping the three women, who were rescued from his house on May 6 evening shortly before his arrest. (John Gress/Reuters photo)
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- A model displays a creation by Schwarzkopf during the Fall/Winter 2013/2014 collection for “Platform Bogota” at Bogota Fashion Week. (John Vizcaino/Reuters photo)
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- Devotees walk on a pathway made of cement bags to offer prayers at a shrine along the Arabian Sea in Mumbai May 9, 2013. (Danish Siddiqui/Reuters photo)
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- A formation of jets fly over St. Basil’s Cathedral during the Victory Parade in Moscow. Russia commemorates the 68th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany on May 9. (Maxim Shemetov /Reuters photo)
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- Mansi, 7, poses with a photograph of her missing three-year-old sister Muskaan inside their house in New Delhi. Muskaan went missing while playing in the neighbourhood on October 30, 2010, according to her family. Between January 1 and May 8, 2013, 725 children in Delhi were reported missing and are untraced, according to data from India’s Zonal Integrated Police Network website. (Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters photo)
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- A man falls from a high floor of a burning building in central Lahore. Fire erupted on the seventh floor of the LDA plaza in Lahore and quickly spread to higher floors leaving many people trapped inside the building. At least three people fell from the high floors trying to avoid fire that engulfed the building, local media reports. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters photo)
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- Birds stand on a sculpture of a snake at the Quinta da Boa Vista park, where Pope Francis is expected to lead a gathering on July 26 during his upcoming visit, in Rio de Janeiro. (Sergio Moraes/Reuters photo)
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- A man walks near a surfboard on Copacabana beach, where Pope Francis is expected to lead a mass during his upcoming visit, in Rio de Janeiro. (Sergio Moraes/Reuters photo)
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- A large European Union flag is displayed in front of Romania’s Parliament Building to mark EU Day in Bucharest. The flag measures 140 by 100 meters (460 by 330 feet) and weighs 800kg (1,764 pounds), according to organizers. (Bogdan Cristel/Reuters photo)
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- Emergency Ministry staff work at the site of an explosion in the Belaya Kalitva station in the south Russian Rostov-on-Don region. The explosion on a freight train carrying chemicals and oil products hurled part of a railcar into a residential block in southern Russia. (Russian Emergencies Ministry photo/via Reuters)
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- Ukrainian cadets enjoy their ice cream after taking part in a festive ceremony in Kiev. Ukraine commemorates the 68th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters photo)
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