Day in Photos: June 5, 2012

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A fan embraces a wax replica of the Portugese soccer star Ronaldo in front of Brandenburg Gate close to the Madame Tussauds museum in Berlin, Germany. Germany will play Portugal at the European Football Championship on Sunday June 10. AFP/Getty Images

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Designer Dieter Senft sits on a handmade tricycle which rolls along on 100 soccer balls. The 60-year-old inventor has created five extraordinary bikes, among them three Guinness record winners, which are on view on the island of Usedom until November in an exhibition called “World of Inventions.” ZUMAPRESS.com

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Former President Bill Clinton and President Obama wave at a fundraiser, at the Waldorf Astoria. REUTERS

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A Kashmiri fisherman throws his net into Dal lake at sunset in Srinagar. Thousands of tourists have arrived in Kashmir Valley to enjoy the beauty of its landscapes, as violence ebbs in the Muslim-majority state wracked by insurgency since 1989. AFP/Getty Images

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People living close to the Arabian Sea try to put down sand bags to protect their house from heavy waves in Kochi, India. AP Photo

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A Palestinian protester uses a sling shot to throw stones at Israeli soldiers as he takes cover behind a burning garbage bin during clashes at the entrance to Ofer prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. AFP/Getty Images

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Nomad women milk buffalos on the outskirts of Amritsar, India. AP Photo

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Russian police detain leader of the Yabloko Party Sergei Mitrokhin, center, outside the parliament building in Moscow. At least two dozen people have been detained outside the Russian Parliament in Moscow as they were protesting against a bill on public rallies. AP Photo

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A surfer takes advantage of wild weather and large swells hitting Newcastle, Australia. AP Photo

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Protesters take part in a demonstration at Tahrir square in Cairo. Thousands of Egyptians poured into Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Tuesday to reclaim a revolt they say has been hijacked after Hosni Mubarak was jailed for life and his top security officials freed in a sign they say his old guard is still in charge. REUTERS

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A woman searches for reusable material at a garbage dump near Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Gauhati, India. The World Environment Day is celebrated June 5 every year by the United Nations to stimulate global awareness on environmental issues. AP Photo

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An explosion is seen in an area near the village of Lozenetz, some east of the Bulgarian capital of Sofia. A series of explosions rocked an arms depot in eastern Bulgaria, injuring seven people and blocking traffic on a major highway. REUTERS

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Athletes ride their jet skis across the Corinth canal in Peloponnese, Greece. The Second International Jet-Raid Corinthian race has begun with pilots from fifteen countries and will continue for five days. EPA

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Faroe Islands residents catch and slaughter pilot whales during the traditional ‘Grindadrap’ (whale hunting in Faroese) near Sandur on Sandoy island. Residents of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous province of Denmark, slaughter and eat pilot whales every year. REUTERS

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The Red Arrows fly over Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in London. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II wraps up four days of celebrations with a thanksgiving service and ceremonial carriage procession in London, a formal contrast to the spectacular pop tribute staged outside Buckingham Palace the day before. AFP/Getty Images

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Russian climber and B.A.S.E. jumper Valery Rozov climbs to the peak of the Shivling in the Indian part of the Himalaya. EPA

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An Israeli border policeman arrests a Palestinian boy who joined a demonstration against the Israeli occupation and to mark “Naksa Day,” the 44th anniversary of the 1967 Six Day War, at the entrance of the old city in the West Bank town of Hebron near the Jewish settlement of Beit Romano. The Palestinian boy was later released by the security forces. AFP/Getty Images

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