Marilyn Monroe and the garbage dump, Bavaria’s mountain rescue, Tibetan prayer papers

A view of the al-Saleh mosque in Sanaa June 19, 2014. A power struggle between President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and his predecessor escalated this week, with government forces raiding a pro-Saleh TV station. They have also surrounded the mosque in central Sanaa they say his supporters were planning to use as a base to attack the presidential palace. (Mohamed al-Sayaghi/Reuters)

A fisherman casts his fishing net into the waters of a lake at Panangad, on the outskirts of the southern Indian city of Kochi June 19, 2014. (Sivaram V/Reuters)

A 21-foot tall model of the Transformers character Optimus Prime is displayed on the red carpet before the world premiere of the film “Transformers: Age of Extinction” in Hong Kong June 19, 2014. (Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

Bavaria’s mountain rescue team “Bergwacht Bayern” carry injured researcher Johann Westhauser out of the Riesending cave in Untersberg, south of Munich June 19, 2014. The 52-year-old speleologist was finally brought to the surface after a complex rescue operation. He has been trapped for twelve days after a rock fell and hit him while inside the 1,000 metre-deep cave system in southern Germany. (Bergwacht Bayern/Handout via Reuters/Reuters)

Tibetans throw praying papers on horseback as they gather for a traditional praying festival called “Wei Sang”, in Hongyuan county of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province June 18, 2014. The festival is usually held in every May or June, when Tibetans burn tree branches to create smoke and throw praying papers to wish for good fortunes and a better pasture season. Picture taken June 18, 2014. (China Daily/Reuters)

A man walks past the feet of a giant statue of U.S. actress Marilyn Monroe at the dump site of a garbage collecting company in Guigang, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region June 18, 2014. The eight-metre-tall stainless steel statue, which weighs about eight tonnes, was made by several Chinese artists for over two years, based on the famous scene from her movie “The Seven Year Itch”. The statue was transported to the garbage collecting company early this week for unknown reasons after being showed outside a business centre in the city for only 6 months, local media reported. (China Daily/Reuters)

A Christie’s employee poses with Albert Giacometti’s “Le Main” at Christie’s auction house in London June 19, 2014. The piece is estimated to achieve 15 million pounds ($25million) when it comes to auction as part of the Christie’s Impressionist and Modern art evening sale on Tuesday. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)

Divers explore inside the upturned blockship Tabarka in Burra Sound, in the Orkney Islands, Scotland May 8, 2014. Tabarka was deliberately sunk during WWII to try and block the path of German U-Boats. During both World Wars, Scapa Flow was an important British naval base, and the site of significant loss of life. Following the end of World War One, 74 German warships were interned there, and on June 21, 1919 most were deliberately sunk, or scuttled, at the orders of German Rear Admiral Ludwig Von Reuter, who mistakenly thought that the Armistice had broken down and wanted to prevent the British from using the ships. Now Scapa Flow is a popular site for divers, who explore the few wrecks that still remain at the bottom. The year 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. Picture taken May 8, 2014. (Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

A dummy is sticked out of the window as a part of installation in an abandoned office building, occupied by squatters, in the centre of Sao Paulo, June 18, 2014. This building located in Sao Paulo downtown was abandoned for twelve years and occupied by squatters about two months ago. According to City Hall, there are some 400,000 people in need of stable housing, including some 4,000 families who are members of the Roofless Movement, and are squatting in abandoned or vacant buildings from apartment blocks to hotels in Sao Paulo, the largest city in South America. Picture taken June 18, 2014. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)

A poodle wearing a Brazilian national soccer team shirt sits on the beach of Porta Negra prior to the World Cup 2014 soccer match between Japan and Greece in Natal June 19, 2014. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)

Tourists take a “selfie” during sunset in Salvador, Brazil, on June 18, 2014. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images)

A Tibetan throwing “longda”, pieces of prayer paper, into the air as they gather to celebrate the wei sang festival, in Hongyuan of Aba town, southwest China’s Sichuan province. The festival of wei sang , which means “burning incense”, is a traditional Tibetan festival that falls in May or June, during which people burn cypress branches, throwing longda, to worship their gods and pray for another year of good harvest, health, and peace. (China Out/AFP/Getty)

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