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Firefighters extinguish a fire on the wreckage of a B-17 bomber during World War II, after crash landing suntanned in the field in Oswego, Illinois. Retro-plane took off from the airport to Aurora. None of the seven people on board was hurt. (AP Photo / The Beacon-News, Brian Powers)
Shadow of female athletes in the sand during the World Cup in beach volleyball in Rome, which runs until June 19.Pope Benedict XVI after the general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.Prayer Book, "Imhoff" Simon Bening at the exhibition Masterpieces of the auction house «Christie's» in London. The book, valued at $ 2.45 - 3.27 million, represented in the exhibition with works of art of almost all species, which will take place over the next four weeks. Among the artists - Michelangelo, Gainsborough, Goya, Stubbs, Monet, Picasso and Renoir.Dancer with red cloth at the time of execution of patriotic songs in a park in Beijing, one of hundreds, where song and dance began on the eve of the 90th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, which will celebrate on July 1.Players fight for the ball during a match between the Brazilian team, "Larissa Juliana" and the German team "Holtvik-Semmler" in the World Championship in beach volleyball in Rome. A woman with two children on a donkey near the village of Guvechchi, Turkey, on the border with Syria.. Vets take blood from sleeping Przewalski's horse in Tabor, Czech Republic, before it is sent to a military airport, where the animal taken away in Mongolia. Prague Zoo returns four Przewalski horses in their natural habitat. Four-wheel Diego in "Predator" - one of the trucks on display at the fair in Clarksville, Tennessee. People look at a ship anchored off the beach, Juhu in Mumbai. New car «MV Wisdom», detached from the rope, and because of strong winds and waves come ashore at a dangerous distance, has become a major tourist attraction.Cyclists on the fourth stage of the Tour of Switzerland in Spiez. Half-year-old chihuahua Ellie (left) and Gulliver caress each other at a meeting of the Massachusetts community to prevent cruelty to animals in Methuen. These babes have already found their owners. They were born without front legs, but they have provided support from the company apparatomi «Eddie's Wheels of Shelburne» and is now taught to walk and run with them. Aircraft fighting a forest fire in the Raton Pass in northern New Mexico. Large-scale forest fire in eastern Arizona has destroyed a lot of forest, and in some areas of New Mexico fire threatening a small town on the slopes of the mountains.A lover of water skiing on the lake in Duisburg, Germany. Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (right) in the command «Tusk Trust» Prince Harry and the team «Sentebale» at the end of the match in the Cup Polo at Ascot, England. This is the second cup of polo, after Prince Harry and Prince Lesotho organized an event for the first time in 2010, to raise awareness and raise money for the poor people of Lesotho - Orphans and disabled children. The rider tries to cope with the brumby in the Mongolian province of Khovd. Mongolia - a country with the lowest population density, where about one-third of the population live in nomadic or polukochevnicheskoy life.A spectator in an elegant hat on royal races at the racecourse in Ascot. Christopher Winter (center) of the team «Koenig Pilsener» Philip Selkirk and the team «Maus Immobilien» during the World Cup Polo on the beach in Germany. The figure of the Virgin Rocio in the street during a procession in the village of El Rocio, Huelva, southern Spain. Nearly a million people from all over Spain and Andalucia doing a great way to get to the festival at El Rocio in the swampy delta Guadalkuiver, where the statue of the Madonna with the dew worship in 1280. The boy chases the goats to pasture at dawn in Mongolia.Biologist Andy Goldfarb feeds one of two rare clouded leopard cubs at the zoo Tacoma, Washington. After birth, these babes total number of clouded leopard has increased this year in the U.S. to eight. Tanaka-Svenska Anneke in the hat of St. Louis at the opening of the Royal Maretta races at the track «Ascot Racecourse» in Ascot, England.Cop beats demonstrantku who was trying to calm the other protesters during the clashes of the security forces and protesters in the main square of Athens, Syntagma. Hundreds of demonstrators clashed in the center of the Greek capital, when the main anti-government demonstration became violent character at the parliament building, where the government was trying to find new ways to avoid a disastrous default. Participant music festival is trying to cope with an umbrella in the wind on the Isle of Wight Mount Taranaki in New Zealand in a warm flickering, illuminating the snowy peaks, surrounded by ash from the Chilean volcano. Many flights to and from Australia and New Zealand were canceled on Monday morning, when the volcanic ash of the volcano spread for miles.Cyclist on the background of storm clouds in the sky over Munich.Half-year-old chihuahua puppies Echo (left) and Ellie (middle) and Gulliver in the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Methuen, Massachusetts. Costumed visitors to the park for the annual festival of gothic music in Leipzig. The five-day festival includes performances 200 groups.Police dog attacks a person in the role of the armed terrorist, during a demonstration of abilities in the Police Day in Belgrade, Serbia.Tibetan Buddhist nun in exile prays at a temple Tsuglakhang in Dharamsala, India. Tibetan Buddhists celebrate the holy month of Saka Dawa.Fishermen prepare food directly on a boat on the river Brahmaputra near Guwahati city in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam. China is developing a new plan on how to redirect the Brahmaputra river from the top ways to overcome the problem of drought. Dzhanri Balaving (center) smiles as his measure juror Guinness World Records Craig Glendey (left) in the Municipality Sindangana Province of Zamboanga del Norte in southern Philippines, the day of the 18th anniversary of the boy. Balavinga officially recognized by the lowest living person - his height is 59, 7 cm Bolivia is a dancer at the Carnival of Cultures in Berlin. Thousands of people in costumes from around the world have come to the annual parade in the capital of Germany.Actor in the costume of Darth Vader lures tourists during a downpour at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Indian teenagers playing football in the rain in the dirt in Mumbai. Car halfway in the water in the street Ferry Road after 6 and 5.5-point earthquake in Christchurch. Earthquakes occurred four months after the main earthquake in the city on February 12 that killed 181 people.Gourmet Girl in a hat at the annual race at Ascot. Danelis Viera, a spokeswoman for Miss Maya Puerto Rico, during a parade in honor of Puerto Rico to New York.Volunteers, florists start decorating with flowers Salisbury Cathedral for the annual five-day festival in Salisbury. Statues of angels in the St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg against the background of the full moon.About 500 volunteers came to decorate the interior of Salisbury Cathedral on the eve of the annual five-day festival in Salisbury. Diocese of florists and churches all over Wiltshire and Dorset came at dawn into the cathedral for the entire day to devote to decorating. The cathedral will be around 30 thousand colors, and it will open to the public tomorrow.The reaction of the fans Destiny Mills during a match in the Stanley Cup between «Boston Bruins» and «Vancouver Canucks» in Vancouver. «Bruins» won with a score of 5-2. Workers carry sand, unloaded from a ship on the scene in the outskirts of Yangon, Thanlyin, Myanmar.The five-year Adjei collects recyclables for sale in a residential area of Mumbai.A team «South African Kings» (in green and white form) against the Romanian team players (in blue) during the Cup of Nations in Bucharest, Romania.Shepherds lead the herd to pastures in the district Fuhay, China.Syrian children start on the bricks, pending repair of the road in a refugee camp during an unscheduled protest against Syrian President Bashar Assad. The camp is located in Turkey near the border with Syria. Indian in the field of sunflowers near the village of Kunvarpur, 70 km east of Allahabad.Syrian children start on the bricks, pending repair of the road in a refugee camp during an unscheduled protest against Syrian President Bashar Assad. The camp is located in Turkey near the border with Syria. Stephen Kitson Klassirovschik wool coat sorts in the UK warehouse in Bradford, UK. Prices of wool rose by 35% this year, joining the race for other agricultural products such as wheat. Young Honchang, head of the company engaged in breeding snakes, and one of his pupils in Tszysytsyao, China. Villagers Tszysytsyao, also known as the "snake village", is grown about three million per year for snake food and medicinal uses. Woman sunbathing near the demonstration organized by firefighters demanding higher wages, on the beach of Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro. The organizers brought 439 red balloons - one for every firefighter who was arrested after several days of protest. As a result, firefighters were released.Afghan girl with a disability, a member of the Center of the disability community, juggling tennis balls on the show in honor of International Day against Child Labour in Kabul. Butterfly on a background of smoke from forest fires in national forests of Arizona. Around 7000 residents of two eastern cities of Arizona, evacuated last week were allowed to return home on Sunday, when the government announced that moved in an attempt to overcome leechnye fires.. Filipino dancers thrown in the air-colored pieces of cloth during the 113th Philippine Independence Day in the Park in Manila, Rizal. Country's independence from Spain was declared June 12, 1898. Syrian refugee camps in the territory of Turkey, near the border with Syria. According to the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, the number of refugees fleeing from Syria and asylum seekers in Turkey, to six thousand people, prompting the Turkish government to begin to organize campgrounds.The robin with a beak full of worms in the nest with its hungry baby birds in North Andover, Massachusetts.
