Casting votes in Syria, attending summer camp in Palestine, remembering in China

England goalkeeper Joe Hart jumps for the ball during his team’s training session at Miami Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on June 3.

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U.S. World War II veteran Jack W. Schlegel (L), 91 years-old from Mount Tremper, New York, who served with the 508 PIR, 82nd Airborne, speaks to history enthusiasts in Sainte-Marie-du- Mont, June 3, 2014. Schlegel parachuted onto the Normandy coast in the early hours of June 6, 1944. World leaders will attend ceremonies in Normandy June 6, marking the 70th anniversary of the allied beach landings on D-Day.

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Spanish riot police remove activists of the group The Madrena during a rally in front of the occupied building in Oviedo, northern Spain June 3. A regional judge has ordered the eviction of The Madrena social centre after the owners of the buildings claimed their rights over the property.

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Pro-republic supporters wave republican flags and carry placards demonstrate in Madrid on June 2, against Spain’s monarchy following the abdication today of Spanish King Juan Carlos de Borbon. The 76-year-old monarch said he would hand over the crown to his son Prince Felipe, 46, hoping to revitalise the palace and the country after years of scandal and recession.

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A Pakistani labourer carries a sack of onions at a fruit and vegetable market in Islamabad on June 3. Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar will present the country’s annual budget for FY 2014-2015 in the National Assembly on June 3.

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An attendee arrives for the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards (CFDA) at Lincoln Center in New York June 2.

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A Syrian man casts his ballot holding a placard bearing a portrait of current President and candidate Bashar al-Assad during the presidential election on June 3, at a polling station in Damascus. Voting offices opened in Syrian regime-held areas for a presidential election that al-Assad is certain to win, and that has been slammed as a “farce” by the opposition.

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Palestinian children take part in a summer camp organized by Hamas on June 3. Thousands of elementary school students in the Gaza Strip are going to Hamas summer camps, in which they take part in recreational activities and participate in political demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.

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A woman visits the exhibition “Au Pantheon !” by French photographer JR displayed on the ground of the Pantheon in Paris, a secular temple which contains the remains of distinguished French citizens, on June 3. The Centre des Monuments Nationaux has chosen to commission contemporary artist JR to create a participatory work inspired by his INSIDE OUT project.

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A young Nepalese girl shades herself with an umbrella at Kirtipur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on June 3. Kirtipur is an ancient city in Nepal and is located in the Kathmandu Valley, 5 kms south-west of the city of Kathmandu.

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Supporters of Pakistan’s Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party hold photographs of their party leader Altaf Hussain as they chant slogans during a gathering outside the headquarter of MQM in Karachi on June 3, following the arrest of Altaf Hussain, in London. The leader of Pakistan’s MQM party, Altaf Hussain, has been arrested in London on suspicion of money-laundering, reports said on June 3 as panic spread through his home city of Karachi and protesters torched vehicles.

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International circus superstar Bello Nock takes over Times Square June 3 in New York City as he spends eight hours on a high wire above New Yorkers in the first of several big stunts he is doing this summer. The stunt, produced by Mandt Bros. Productions, will stream live on TheUltimate.com. Throughout the event, journalists and fans from across the globe will have the chance to speak with Bello directly, while he balances on the wire, via in-person interviews from an adjacent platform or via satellite feeds and/or webcam connections.

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Sri Lankan flood victims cross a narrow access path along a railroad bridge in Puwakpitiya on June 3, after heavy monsoon rans caused havoc in the western, southern and central regions of the island. Official figures show that at least 18 people were killed and two more were missing after stronger than usual monsoon rains lashed the island.

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Local businessman Chan Tat-ching, 70, poses at Victoria Park in Hong Kong May 26, 2014. Chan was the commander of “Operation Yellowbird”, which, under his command, helped over 130 students and dissidents flee from mainland China, after the military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement at Beijing’s Tiananmen Sqaure in 1989. Chan has attended every annual candlelight vigil held at the park to commemorate those who died in the crackdown. Recalling his memory of the time, Chan said, “Initially I thought China was engaged in a big progress to allow student protests at Tiananmen Square for such a long time, but I started worrying when things developed.” Chan further said, “I do not regret what I have done for the Operation. It is lucky that China’s economy has improved since then.” June 4, 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the crackdown. Picture taken May 26, 2014.

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Prisoners participate in the opening ceremony of their own version of the 2014 World Cup at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima, June 2. According to a press release from the prison, about 300 inmates at the Castro-Castro penitentiary are participating in the two-week tournament, which is being held in order to encourage the adoption of sports within the prison population.

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An Ukrainian border post is seen through bullet holes in a truck’s windscreen on the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk June 3. Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine for the second straight day on Tuesday as the army rolled out an offensive against pro-Russia separatists holding the city of Slaviansk and claimed to have inflicted losses on the rebels.

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