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The World in Photos This Week
A truck bomb brings carnage to the streets of Kabul; Bangladeshis seek shelter during a cyclone; and Muslims celebrate the beginning of Ramadan.
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- June 2, 2017
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This undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on May 30 shows a test-fire of a ballistic missile at an undisclosed location.
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- June 2, 2017
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Members of the public take part in a vigil on St. Ann's Square in Manchester, England on May 29, exactly one week after a bomb attack at Manchester Arena after a pop concert killed 22 and injured dozens more.
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- June 2, 2017
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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks around in the Galerie des Batailles as he arrives with French President Emmanuel Macron for a joint press conference following their meeting at the Versailles Palace, near Paris, on May 29.
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- June 2, 2017
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A Muslim boy arranges rows of food for Iftar, the time for breaking the fast during the first day of the month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Chennai, India, on May 28.
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- June 2, 2017
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On May 29, a woman holding a dog walks past the 37,252 flags placed on the Boston Common, a Memorial Day tradition to honor the number of lost Massachusetts military members.
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- June 2, 2017
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A woman looks at Copenhagen's world famous statue of The Little Mermaid that had been vandalized and painted red on May 30.
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- June 2, 2017
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A Nigerian policewoman in Owerri gives an order as she marches in front of officials and members of the public during a Democracy Day parade on May 29, in Freedom Square.
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- June 2, 2017
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A couple protects themselves with an umbrella while walking under heavy rain in Moscow's Alexander Garden on May 29.
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- June 2, 2017
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Afghan security forces and residents stand near the crater left by a truck bomb attack in Kabul's diplomatic quarter on May 31. At least 80 people were killed and hundreds wounded.
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- June 2, 2017
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Wounded Afghan women and men gesture at the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul that shattered morning rush hour and brought carnage to the streets of the Afghan capital on May 31.
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- June 2, 2017
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This photo taken on May 30 shows crowds celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival on a beach in Haikou, China.
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- June 2, 2017
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A young man embraces his mother at a demonstration and concert calling for direct presidential elections on May 28, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The current president, Michel Temer, is enmired in a bribery scandal that threatens to bring down his brief presidency.
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- June 2, 2017
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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta sees off a cargo train as it leaves the container terminal of Mombasa on its inaugural journey to Nairobi on a new Chinese-built route on May 30.
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- June 2, 2017
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The world's first operational police robot stands at attention in Dubai as police prepare a military cannon to mark sunset and the end of the fasting day for Muslims observing Ramadan on May 31.
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- June 2, 2017
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Thousands of protestors crowd the steets of Al-Hoceima, Morocco, during a demonstration on May 31, demanding the release of a detained activist.
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- June 2, 2017
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Students demonstrate near the Congress as Chilean President Michelle Bachelet delivers her annual message in Valparaiso, Chile, on June 1,.
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- June 2, 2017
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An woman and child cross a road in heavy rain brought by Cyclone Mora, in Agartala, India, on May 30.
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- June 2, 2017
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Pilgrims walk followed by wagons prepare to cross the Quema river during the annual El Rocio pilgrimage in Villamanrique, Spain, on June 1.
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- June 2, 2017
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A member of the Iraqi forces loads a mortar as displaced residents evacuate from western Mosul on May 31. Government forces are advancing in the area during their ongoing battle against Islamic State group fighters.
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- June 2, 2017
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Residents look on from a shop surrounded by floodwaters in Nagoda, Sri Lanka, on May 29.
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A Bangladeshi villager evacuates to a shelter on the coast in Cox's Bazar district on May 30 as Cyclone Mora hit the coast.
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- June 2, 2017
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A security guard poses for a photo in an empty ally way in Ogbaru Market in Onitsha, Nigeria, on May 30, during a shutdown in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Nigerian Civil War.
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- June 2, 2017
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A man carries a sewing machine as he offers his tailoring services in Ojudu Berger, Nigeria, on June 1.
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- June 2, 2017
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A woman with a boy walk in a flooded area on May 31 in Panther, South Sudan. An estimated 63 percent of the area's population is experiencing severe food insecurity and famine.
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- June 2, 2017
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Indian children play on makeshift swings suspended from a tree on the outskirts of New Delhi on May 30.
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- June 2, 2017