Red Devils parachute team, World Environment Day, and Maria Sharapova | June 6
The day in photos around the world.
- A young Myanmar elementary student holding her umbrella as she walks home in a village in the Hlegu township on the outskirts of Yangon. (Soe Than Win/AFP/Getty Images)
- A boy hugs a tree as he prepares to take part in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most number of people hugging trees for two minutes in Kathmandu June 5, 2014. According to the event organizer, 2,001 people took part in the event, held on World Environment Day, to spread the message of saving the environment. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)
- The Royal Air Force aerobatic team, the Red Arrows, perform during a D-Day event in Portsmouth June 5, 2014. Ceremonies in Portsmouth, the embarkation point of much of the invasion force in June 1944, marked the 70th Anniversary of D-Day on Thursday. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe plastic statues, designed by Ottmar Hoerl stand in front of the Goethe University in Frankfurt June 4, 2014. On the occasion of the centenary of the Goethe University German concept artist Hoerl is presenting his installation project that can be seen from June 11 to July 20, 2014. (Ralph Orlowski/Reuters)
- Ivory Coast’s goalkeeper Boubacar Copa Barry warms up before a World Cup preparation match between Ivory Coast and El Salvador at the Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, on June 4, 2014. The west Africans have been drawn in Group C along with Colombia, Greece and Japan for World Cup 2014 and kick off their campaign in Recife, Brazil, on June 14 against the Japanese. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)
- Local women traders sell their goods at the colorful Siti Khadijah market in Kota Bharu on June 5,2014. The colorful market known locally as Pasar besar Siti Khadijah, is named after Prophet Muhammad’s wife, known for her entrepreneurial skills and is primarily run by women traders. (Manan Vatsyaya/AFP/Getty Images)
- Pope Francis blesses the coffin during the funeral ceremony for late Indian Cardinal D. Simon Lourdusamy, in Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, on June 5, 2014. (Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images)
- An Indian peafowl spreads its tail feathers at a zoo in Tbilisi, June 5, 2014. (David Mdzinarishvili/Retuers)
- Indigenous rights activist and Amazonian Indian tribe Kayapo chief Raoni Metuktire takes part in a press conference at the Quai Branly museum in Paris, on June 5, 2014. Raoni warned that even as the World Cup approaches and takes place, massive deforestation is taking place in many parts of Brazil, including in the Amazon. Raoni and his successor tribal leader Megaron Txucarramae are taking part in an environmental awareness campaign and tour across several European countries, to raise the issue of deforestation ahead of the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil. (Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images)
- Romanian soldiers look out from a bus after the welcoming ceremony for U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in the Black Sea port of Constanta June 5, 2014. Hagel will visit the U.S. cruiser Vella Gulf on rotational duty in the Black Sea, before making his way to Normandy to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. (Bogdan Cristel/Reuters)
- A worker uses a rope to move through a pile of empty plastic bottles at a recycling workshop in Mumbai June 5, 2014. According to the United Nations Environment Programme website, World Environment Day is celebrated annually on June 5 to raise global awareness and motivate action for environmental protection. (Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
- Maria Sharapova of Russia reacts during her women’s semi-final match against Eugenie Bouchard of Canada at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 5, 2014. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters)
- U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and British Prime Minister David Cameron look at each other as they speak at a joint news conference after their meeting at the G7 summit in Brussels June 5, 2014. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
- Chile’s Mauricio Isla (C) fights for the ball with Northern Ireland’s goalkeeper Roy Carroll and player Shane Ferguson during their international friendly soccer match at Elias Figueroa stadium in Valparaiso June 4, 2014. (Edgard Garrido/Reuters)
- Members of the British Army’s Red Devils parachute team perform a manoeuvre during a display in Ranville, France June 5, 2014. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the Normandy coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history seventy years ago to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War. (Chris Helgren/Reuters)
- Félix Lambey of France (C) takes part in a team training session at Dilworth College in Auckland ahead of their second match in the Junior Rugby World Championship on June 5, 2014. France will play their second match against Fiji on June 6. (Michael Bradley/AFP/Getty Images)
- An Afghan man rides a horse as he heads home at the end of a day in Kabul June 5, 2014. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)