June 30: Left fielder Juan Rivera, #20, of the Los Angeles Angels makes a fly out against Nelson Cruz, #17, of the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas.
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July 1: A Scottish highland dancer participates on 'Tartan Day' in Sydney. Tartan Day is celebrated each year in many countries including Australia, to commemorate the repeal of the Act of Proscription 1747, which forbade Scots from wearing tartan. The Act was repealed on July 1, 1782.
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June 30: Shemar Williams, 8, imitates Michael Jackson's "moonwalk" dance outside of the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York, where the deceased pop star first performed at age 9.
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June 30: Michael Jackson fans wait outside the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Thousands of people lined up outside the famous theater to pay tribute to Jackson, bringing flowers, singing, and performing impromptu dances.
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June 30: U2 fans prepare for the first night of their 360 tour held at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain.
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July 1: Winner of "The Best Job in the World" competition, Ben Southall, of Britain, carries his girlfriend Breanna Watkins in their house on Hamilton Island, Australia. Southall beat 15 other finalists in the tourism promotion competition aimed at attracting visitors to Queensland.
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June 30: Sabine Lisicki of Germany wraps herself in cold towels at Wimbeldon during her women's singles quarterfinal against Dinara Safina of Russia.
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June 30: Sen. Al Franken, D- Minn., celebrates with his wife Franni Franken in front of his home Minneapolis. The Republican incumbent Norm Coleman conceded the election today following the Minnesota Supreme Court's ruling that Franken is the winner of the state's Senate race.
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June 30: Tony Sains, a cricket bat maker with Warsop Stebbing Bats, sands down the face of a bat in his small workshop in Chelmsford, England. Warsop Stebbing has been making hand-made cricket bats since it was founded in 1870.
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June 30: Lady Alice Douglas swims in Llyn Mymbyr at sunset in the shadow of the Snowdon Horseshoe in Capel Curig, United Kingdom.
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June 30: A local construction worker, suspended from a crane, rescues a woman who fell into the Des Moines River in Iowa. A man also fell into the water and did not survive.
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July 1: Dancers perform a Kecak dance during a parade with a model of incumbant Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the island of Bali. Indonesia will hold presidential elections on July 8 with opinion polls varied but most give Yudhoyono a lead.
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June 30: Tai Lihua, art director of China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe, leads deaf dancers to perform "Thousand-hand Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva", or "Guan Yin", a Chinese goddess, in Suining. Since forming in 1987, the troupe has performed in more than 40 countries and raised money for disabled people's charities.
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July 1: Lion dance performers look on before a parade to celebrate the 12th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China.
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June 29: A batik craftswoman applies melted wax with a candle to a fine cotton textile to produce characteristic figurative designs at a workshop in Solo city, Indonesia.
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July 1: Citizens hold portraits of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at a rally demanding her release in front of the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, Japan. Visiting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said military-ruled Myanmar should release all political prisoners in a press conference in Tokyo on June 30.
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June 30: A demonstrator puts up photos of victims during a march against forced disappearances in Guatemala City. 250,000 people, many indigenous Mayans, either disappeared or were killed during Guatemala's 36-year civil war that ended in 1996.
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June 29: A protester clashes with soldiers near the presidential house in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Interim leader Roberto Micheletti imposed a nationwide 48-hour curfew after the army ousted elected President Manuel Zelaya on June 28.
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June 30: Recently ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya addresses the UN General Assembly in New York. Zelaya appealed to the United Nations to help him return to office after military coup removed him from his post.
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June 30: Honduras' congressional leader Roberto Micheletti, right, whom Congress appointed president on Sunday, raises the hand of Gen. Romeo Vasquez, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Vasquez was fired by Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya last Thursday and reappointed by Micheletti. The U.N. General Assembly demanded the immediate restoration of ousted president Zelaya but Micheletti said Zelaya could be arrested if he returns.
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June 30: Unidentified relatives of passengers react at Marseille airport in France after a jet from Yemen crashed into the Indian Ocean early Tuesday. It was reported that there was one survivor.
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June 30: Tawanda Brown and Delshonda King sign the casket during the funeral service of metro crash victim LaVonda King Tuesday afternoon in Landover, Md.
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July 1: A red river hog runs in its enclosure at the zoo of Wuppertal, Germany.
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June 21: A young girl leads her llama as she walks on the Isla del Sol on the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca.
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June 30: A mannequin's hand explodes during a demonstration about the dangers of fireworks by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on the Mall in Washington.
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July 1: Eros Bendato, by Polish-born sculptor Igor Mitoraj, is one of 24 modern and contemporary works by world-renowned sculptors at the new Citygarden in downtown St. Louis. The garden, also features a waterfall, one of the largest play fountains in the country, native trees, plantings and a glass-pavilion cafe.
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June 25: Marines spar with each other during a workout following a run with their flak jackets and rifles at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Dwyer in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
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June 30: Dust billows from behind a Marine military convoy as it drives to Camp Dwyer from Camp Leatherneck on a re-supply mission in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The Marines are part of a stepped up effort by American troops fighting the Taliban.
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June 30: IPolicemen celebrate as they mark the U.S. withdrawal from Iraqi cities, in Kerbala.
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June 30: U.S. Army Spc. Anthony Decamp, 22, from Roseburg, Ore. plays a video game in his barracks at Forward Operating Base Warhorse in Baqouba, Iraq. US troops completed their last patrols on Monday after their deadline to withdraw from Iraqi cities.
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June 30: A woman gives a flower to an Iraqi soldier at an army checkpoint in Basra, Iraq. U.S. troops pulled out of Iraqi cities on Tuesday in the first step toward winding down the American war effort by the end of 2011.
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June 30: People celebrate in Barsa follwing the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraqi cities.
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June 30: People stand by a fire at the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, Iraq. The bombing occured hours after U.S. troops handed over full control of Iraq's cities to its domestic security forces, and it killed at least 32 people and wounded over 100.
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June 30: A detail of Michelangelo's Conversion of St. Paul after the restoration of the fresco. The Cappella Paolina, which is not open to the public, contains Michelangelo's depiction of the Conversion of St. Paul and the Crucifixion of St. Peter.
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July 1: A worker for Israel's Antiquities Authority washes a part of a 600 square foot Roman mosaic, circa 300 A.D., after it was unveiled in Lod, Israel. Israeli authorities unveiled this as one of the largest and best preserved mosaics ever found in the country for only the second time since it was discovered more than a decade ago.
Sebastian Scheiner-AP
June 30: Workers in climbing harnesses replace the roof of the Denver Art Museum in downtown Denver, Colorado. The Daniel Libeskind-designed building features a highly sloped roof and walls.
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June 30: An Army Corps team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Sgt. Timothy A. David of Gladwin, Mich. during a dignified transfer ceremony. The soldier was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Gallery Credits:
Producer, Photo Editor Dan Murano
Text Editor Sarah Mead
