June 4, 2012

Posted June 4th, 2012 at 1:43 pm (UTC-4)
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Hong Kong Tiananmen

People attend a candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's Victoria Park to mark the 23rd anniversary of the Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing. The background shows a picture taken from Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989. (AP)

 

China Forbidden City Tiananmen

Paramilitary police officers march in front of Duanmen Gate of the Forbidden City, north of Tiananmen Square, in Beijing. China's censors blocked internet access to the terms 'six four', '23', 'candle' and 'never forget' on Monday, broadening extensive efforts to silence talk about the 23rd anniversary of China's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. (Reuters)

 

Baghdad Iraq Bombing

Iraqi's search for survivors amid rubble following a car bomb attack in the central Bab al-Muadham area of Baghdad. A suicide bomber detonated explosives outside the main religious affairs office for Shiite Muslims, tearing down part of the three-story building and killing at least 23 people, wounding scores of others. (AP)

 

Nigeria Plane Crash

People stand on top of a house viewing the site of a deadly plane crash in Lagos, Nigeria. A passenger plane carrying more than 150 people crashed in Nigeria's largest city on Sunday, killing all on board and possibly more on the ground in a densely-populated neighborhood . (AP)

 

Thailand Buddha Vesak Day

Buddhist monks pray during a ceremony on Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok, Thailand. This year marks the 2,600th anniversary of Buddha's enlightenment. (Reuters)

 

Egypt Tahrir Square

Protesters wave Egypt's flags during a demonstration against the verdict for deposed leader Hosni Mubarak at Tahrir Square in Cairo. On Sunday Egyptian pro-democracy campaigners called for a new uprising, saying justice was not served by the trial. (Reuters)

 

I'll Have Another

Triple Crown hopeful I'll Have Another, led by Benjamin Perez, pauses to look out a window following a morning workout at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. I'll Have Another will attempt to become the first horse since Affirmed in 1978 to win racing's coveted Triple Crown when it runs in the 2012 Belmont Stakes June 9. (Reuters)

 

Spain Financial Crisis

People are reflected on a commercial advertisement as they line up outside an unemployment registry office in Madrid, Spain. The Labor Ministry reported a drop of 30,313 people claiming benefits, to a total of 4.71 million unemployed people in May. (AP)

 

Britain Queens Jubilee

Angelika Wagner, from the U.S. state of Ohio, sits on the Mall while waiting for the start of a pop music concert at Buckingham Palace to help celebrate Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's 60-year reign during Diamond Jubilee celebrations in London. (AP)

 

India Hindu Festival

Married Hindu women devotees are seen through sacred threads being tied around a banyan tree (a divine wishing tree) in a ceremony considered to bring good luck during the Hindu religious festival of Vata Savitri Purnima in Ahmedabad, India. (Reuters)

 

Manila Typhoon Ambo

A girl reacts as a wave splashes over her on a seawall at a Manila bay. Typhoon Mawar, locally known as Ambo, continued to move away from the country, leaving at least 16 people hurt while five remain missing in the wake of floods and rain from the storm. (Reuters)

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