Ducks, searching for escaped killers, Chile education protests | June 10
Ducks on the streets, searching for the escaped killers in New York and teachers protest education reforms in Chile That, and more, in the day in photos around the world.
- Pedestrians walk along Washington Avenue across the street from a news conference for the Child Safe Products Act that featured a giant inflatable duck in Albany, N.Y. (Mike Groll/Associated Press)
- A mother duck draws a crowd as she leads her ducklings across a parking lot at the Countryside Village shopping center past a restaurant and towards a retention pond in Tampa, Fla. (Jim Damaske/The Tampa Bay Times via AP)
- Battle of Waterloo reenactors travel the escalators at Waterloo Station after they attended the unveiling of a memorial plaque by the current Duke of Wellington, Brigadier Arthur Wellesley in London, England. The bronze plaque, measuring 65cm across, depicts Nike the Greek goddess of Victory and has been cast by the London Mint Office to commemorate the soldiers that died on the battlefield at Waterloo in its 200th anniversary year. (Mary Turner/Getty Images)
- Law enforcement officials check the back of trucks at a check point near the border of Dannemora, N.Y. Police were resuming house-to-house searches near the maximum-security prison in northern New York where David Sweat and Richard Matt , two killers escaped using power tools. (Seth Wenig/Associated Press)
- Two law enforcement officers make their way across a lawn and onto Pleasant Street in Dannemora, N.Y., as police searched houses near the maximum-security prison in northern New York where two killers escaped using power tools. State Police said the fifth day of searching will entail going from house to house in Dannemora, where David Sweat and Richard Matt cut their way out of the Clinton Correctional Facility. (Rob Fountain /The Press-Republican via AP)
- Law enforcement officers question a woman in Dannemora, N.Y., while searching houses near the maximum-security prison in northern New York where two killers escaped using power tools. State Police said the fifth day of searching will entail going from house to house in Dannemora, where David Sweat and Richard Matt cut their way out of the Clinton Correctional Facility. (Seth Wenig/Associated Press)
- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gives remarks during the Latino Coalition’s 20th anniversary luncheon at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. The coalition held a luncheon to celebrate its 20th anniversary during its 2015 Small Business Summit. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
- Brendan Ryan of the New York Yankees is hit by a pitch in the fifth inning against the Washington Nationals at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
- Cincinnati Reds’ Todd Frazier (21) is safe at home against Philadelphia Phillies catcher Cameron Rupp in the seventh inning of their baseball game in Cincinnati. The Reds won 5-2. (John Minchillo/Associated Press)
- Antonio Ruediger of Germany reacts during the International Friendly match between Germany and USA at RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany. (Simon Hofmann/Bongarts/Getty Images)
- Michelle Wie of the U.S. during her practice round for the 2015 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship on the West Course at Westchester Country Club in Harrison, New York. (David Cannon/Getty Images)
- Young fans plead for baseballs next to the Cincinnati Reds dugout during a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Cincinnati. The Reds won 5-2. (John Minchillo/Associated Press)
- An injured person is carried on a stretcher to an ambulance at the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel in New York. A New Jersey transit bus rear-ended a private bus carrying Canadian schoolchildren inside the Lincoln Tunnel, injuring 31 people and slowing traffic on one of the busiest routes for commuters entering and leaving New York City, authorities said. None of the 26 students and two adults from the Toronto school was hurt, according to Anna Caputo, spokeswoman for the Toronto District School Board. (Mark Lennihan/Associated Press)
- A convoy of hearses drives on the highway in Duisburg, Germany, taking home 16 school children who died in the Germanwings plane crash in March. The coffins, that arrived at the airport in Duesseldorf Tuesday evening, are brought to their families in the city of Haltern. (Martin Meissner/Associated Press)
- A girl plays with a ribbon in the colors of the Russian flag as she waits to see Russian President Vladimir Putin at the 2015 Expo, in Rho, near Milan, Italy. Putin was meeting Wednesday with Italian officials and Pope Francis as the U.S. sought to encourage the Vatican to join the West in condemning Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. (Luca Bruno/Associated Press)
- Master Painter Tom Mason works on a figurine designed by artist Neil Faulkner of HRH Princess Charlotte of Cambridge held by her mother Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, standing alongside Prince George, at Waterford Wedgewood Royal Doulton factory in Barlaston in Stoke-on-Trent, England.The hand painted bone china figure, which is produced by Royal Doulton, will be launched as a limited edition of 3000 pieces and will be available from September 2015. (Dave Thompson/Getty Images)
- Pope Francis exchanges his skull cap with one donated to him by a child as he leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (Alessandra Tarantino/Associated Press)
- A police vehicle sprays tear gas as a protester throws a stick at it during a march demanding more participation in the education reform discussions, in Santiago, Chile. Teachers began on June 1 an indefinite strike in protest against the newest education reforms that are being discussed in Congress and promoted by Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet’s government. (Luis Hidalgo/Associated Press)
- Demonstrators shout slogans as they clash with the police at the end of a march of students and teachers protesting against what they call inadequate education reforms, in Santiago on the eve of the start of the 2015 Copa America continental football tournament here in Chile. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Santiago to condemn President Michelle Bachelet’s reforms, claiming they fall short of overhauling an unequal education system inherited from the 1973-1990 dictatorship of late ruler Augusto Pinochet. (Juan Barreto/AFP-Getty Images)
- A protester wears a Homer Simpson mask during a march, demanding more participation in the education reform discussions, in Santiago, Chile. Teachers began on June 1 an indefinite strike in protest against the newest education reforms that are being discussed in Congress and promoted by Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet’s government. (Luis Hidalgo/Associated Press)
- A demonstrator clashes with the police at the end of a march of students and teachers protesting against what they call inadequate education reforms, in Santiago, on June 10, 2015 on the eve of the start of the 2015 Copa America continental football tournament here in Chile. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Santiago to condemn President Michelle Bachelet’s reforms, claiming they fall short of overhauling an unequal education system inherited from the 1973-1990 dictatorship of late ruler Augusto Pinochet. (Luis Acosta/AFP-Getty Images)
- A protester throws a petrol bomb towards the police during a march, demanding more participation in the education reform discussions, in Santiago, Chile. Teachers began on June 1 an indefinite strike in protest against the newest education reforms that are being discussed in Congress and promoted by Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet’s government. (Luis Hidalgo/Associated Press)