June 4 Photo Brief: Surfing Chile, Indian heat wave, angry Mundurukus, Queen’s 60th coronation anniversary, French Open

A close up shows the racket of Sara Errani of Italy hitting a tennis ball as she serves to Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland during their women’s singles quarter-final match at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters)

Brazil Joao de Macedo surfs a wave during the Chile’s Big Waves event at Punta Lobos beach in Pichilemu, about 300 km south of Santiago, Chile. (Martin Bernetti/Getty Images)

Mundurukus natives opposed to the construction of the controversial Belo Monte dam in the state of Para are received by Brazil’s Secretary General of the Presidency, Gilberto Carvalho, at the Planalto Palace. Five indigenous tribes are calling for legislation under which they would have to be consulted prior to any official decision affecting them with respect to the dam’s construction. Belo Monte, which is being built at a cost of $13 billion, is expected to flood an area of 500 square km along the Xingu River, displacing 16,000 people, according to the government. Some NGOs have estimated that some 40,000 people would be displaced by the massive project. Indigenous groups say the dam will harm their way of life while environmentalists warn of deforestation, greenhouse gas emissions and irreparable damage to the ecosystem. (Beto Barata/Getty Images)

The pack rides during the 167 km third stage of the 65th edition of the Dauphine Criterium cycling race between Amberieu-en-Bugey and Tarare. Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen won the stage ahead of Australia’s Michael Matthews and Belgium’s Gianni Meersman. (Jeff Pachoud/Getty Images)

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto poses for photographers with his Serpentine Gallery Pavilion structure at the Serpentine Gallery in London. The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013, designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto will open on 8 June . Fujimoto is the thirteenth and, at 41, youngest architect to accept the invitation to design a temporary structure for the Serpentine Gallery. (Ben Stansall/Getty Images)

People are seen gathered at Victoria Park during a candlelight vigil held to mark the 24th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown at Tiananmen Square, in Hong Kong. More than 100,000 people were expected to attend the candlelight vigil in the former British colony which is the only place in China where the brutal military intervention that ended weeks of nationwide democracy protests in 1989 is openly commemorated. (Philippe Lopez/Getty Images)

Queen Elizabeth II (L) sits amongst members of the Royal family during the service to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London. Queen Elizabeth II marked the 60th anniversary of her coronation with a service at Westminster Abbey filled with references to the rainy day in 1953 when she was crowned. (Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and members of the Royal family leave Westminster Abbey in London after attending a service to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Coronation Service. Queen Elizabeth II, now 87, took the throne on February 6, 1952 upon the death of her father king George VI, but to allow for a period of national mourning she was only crowned on June 2, 1953 in London’s Westminster Abbey. (Anthony Devlin/Getty Images )

Horses head out to the track to train at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

Lightning strikes over the waters of the Lamma Channel during a thunderstorm in Hong Kong on June 4, 2013. The Hong Kong Observatory reported some 181 “cloud-to-ground” lightning strikes over the territory between 8 and 9pm local time. (Richard A. Brooks/Getty Images)

A plain-clothes policeman (L) follows suspected journalists on Tiananmen square in Beijing. Authorities launch a major push every June 4 to prevent discussion of the violently crushed 1989 pro-democracy protests, in which at least hundreds of people died. (Ed Jones/Getty Images)

Iraqi Shiite Muslim pilgrims walk towards the Imam al-Kadim shrine in Baghdad for a commemoration ceremony to be held this week amid a sharp increase in violence. Pilgrims continue to converge on the seventh Imam’s shrine in the Kadhimiya district of northern Baghdad to mark his death in 795 after being poisoned by Iraq’s ruler then, Harun al-Rashid. (Ali Al-Saadi/Getty Images)

Iraqi Shiite Muslim women pray at the shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, to mark the anniversary of the death of the religious figure, in the northern district of Kadhimiya in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Pilgrims are converging on the Imam’s shrine to mark the death of the seventh Imam, who was imprisoned for four years and then poisoned by the then ruler Harun al-Rashid in 795. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/Getty Images)Muslim women pray at the shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, to mark the anniversary of the death of the religious figure, in the northern district of Kadhimiya in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Pilgrims are converging on the Imam’s shrine to mark the death of the seventh Imam, who was imprisoned for four years and then poisoned by the then ruler Harun al-Rashid in 795. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/Getty Images)

An Indian boy cools off under a water tanker in New Delhi. The weather department has forecast India will receive normal rains this year, raising prospects of a stronger performance by Asia’s third-largest economy. (Sajjad Hussain/Getty Images)

Indian school boys cool off in an inflatable swimming pool during a summer camp at a school in Amritsar. Temperatures are already hovering around the 45 degree Celsius mark. (Narinder Nanu/Getty Images)

A Lamborghini Aventador police car is seen near the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The Dubai Police fleet of cars includes Aston Martin, Bentley Continental GT Coupe, Ferrari, and a recently added Bugatti Veyron. (Jumana El Heloueh/Reuters)

An anti-government protester runs away from a burning container in Istanbul’s Taksim square. It was not clear why the container was on fire. Pockets of protesters clashed with Turkish riot police overnight and a union federation began a two-day strike on Tuesday as anti-government demonstrations in which two people have died stretched into a fifth day. (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)

An anti-government protester shouts for help to extinguish a burning container in Istanbul’s Taksim square. It was not clear why the container was on fire. Pockets of protesters clashed with Turkish riot police overnight and a union federation began a two-day strike on Tuesday as anti-government demonstrations in which two people have died stretched into a fifth day. (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)

A masked protestor flashes a V-sign during the clashes near Taksim in Istanbul during a demonstration against the demolition of the park. Turkish police on June 1 began pulling out of Istanbul’s iconic Taksim Square, after a second day of violent clashes between protesters and police over a controversial development project. Thousands of demonstrators flooded the site as police lifted the barricades around the park and began withdrawing from the square. What started as an outcry against a local development project has snowballed into widespread anger against what critics say is the government’s increasingly conservative and authoritarian agenda. (Ozan Kose/Getty Images)

Turkish riot police officer fires tear gas during clashes with protestors between Taksim and Besiktas in Istanbul during a demonstration against the demolition of the park. Turkish police on June 1 began pulling out of Istanbul’s iconic Taksim Square, after a second day of violent clashes between protesters and police over a controversial development project. Thousands of demonstrators flooded the site as police lifted the barricades around the park and began withdrawing from the square. What started as an outcry against a local development project has snowballed into widespread anger against what critics say is the government’s increasingly conservative and authoritarian agenda. (Bulent Kilic/Getty Images)

Serena Williams of the U.S. reacts during her women’s singles quarter-final match against Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 4, 2013. Serena Williams extended her winning streak to 29 matches when she beat Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1 3-6 6-3 in the quarter-finals to continue her run towards a second French Open title on Tuesday. (Stephane Mahe/Reuters)

Sara Errani of Italy celebrates defeating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in their women’s singles quarter-final match during the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. Errani proved her run to last year’s French Open final was no fluke as she toppled Polish fourth seed Radwanska 6-4 7-6 (6) to reach the semi-finals on Tuesday. (Vincent Kessler/Reuters)

June 4 Photo Brief: Surfing Chile, Indian heat wave, angry Mundurukus, Queen’s 60th coronation anniversary, French Open

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