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A mother prays outside MaotanchangMiddle School in Maotanchang town of Luan, Anhui province, China. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Prayers before China's "gaokao" exam seasonLuan, China Jason Lee

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This year about 9.4 million students will appear, the Xinhua state news agency said, roughly the same number since 2014 and down from a peak of 10.5 million in 2010.The fiercely competitive test is seen as a key to social mobility and the best chance for school leavers to land a white-collar job.

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He said the school had taught him endurance, among other life skills."Every time I don't feel like studying, I will not relax, as I see the hardship my mother goes through in caring for me," Xiang said.

Wang Xiaolong does homework in a rented home.2 JUN 2017. LUAN, CHINA. REUTERS/JASON LEE

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"My mother gave up her job and came here to keep me company," said Xiang Licheng(left), a 20-year-old who came to Maotanchang to prepare for a second attempt at the exam.


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Restaurant owner Zhang Xunze said he moved to Maotanchang three years ago so his son could attend the school."We thought life was too boring and had nothing to do. So we gathered some money and started this restaurant," said 49-year-old Zhang, whose business is a short walk from the school gate. 3 JUN 2017. LUAN, CHINA. REUTERS/JASON LEE

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In the lead-up to the exams, students took part in incense-burning ceremonies to pray for good luck. They also released into the sky floating lanterns inscribed with "gaokao" messages.


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China's education ministry has urged exam venues to "create an optimal environment for students", and guard against "extreme weather conditions, natural disasters and disease outbreaks that could occur during the exams," Xinhua added.

The parents of Maotanchang Middle School were doing their part to help. Students cramming on the weekend received tins of steaming soup their parents had queued patiently to deliver.


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"What I am most worried about

now is that I will not perform well in the exam," said Zhang Chenlin, who lives with his mother in a tiny room near the school as he makes his second attempt at the exam.


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Just 40 percent of students are expected to enroll in undergraduate degrees subsequently, however, Xinhua said, citing the 2017 enrollment plan of the education ministry.But the exception is Maotanchang Middle School, whose website says 80 percent to 90 percent of its students have won college acceptances since 2010.


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Thousands of torches are placed in terraced fields by villagers praying for a good harvest in Guilin, China on June 3.China Stringer Network via Reuters

June 3 , 2017


June 5 , 2017


Britain London Bridge AttackPeople queue to lay flowers after a vigil for victims of Saturday's attack in London Bridge, at Potter's Field Park in London, Monday, June 5, 2017. Police arrested several people and are widening their investigation after a series of attacks described as terrorism killed several people and injured more than 40 others in the heart of London on Saturday. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)


June 5 , 2017

Uganda South Sudan RefugeesSouth Sudanese refugee children play on swings during lunch break in the yard of the Ombechi nursery school, which has over 500 pupils and is supported by UNICEF and Save the Children, in Bidi Bidi, Uganda, Monday, June 5, 2017. Bidi Bidi is a sprawling complex of mud-brick houses that is now the world's largest refugee settlement holding some of those who fled the civil war in South Sudan, which has killed tens of thousands and driven out more than 1.5 million people in the past three years, creating the world's largest refugee crisis. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)


June 5 , 2017

Uganda South Sudan RefugeesSouth Sudanese refugee Betty Sakala, from Central Equatoria state, laughs after being shown a photo of her daughter Mary, 2 months, as she waits to have Mary examined at a mobile health clinic run by the International Rescue Committee, in Bidi Bidi, Uganda, Monday, June 5, 2017. Bidi Bidi is a sprawling complex of mud-brick houses that is now the world's largest refugee settlement holding some of those who fled the civil war in South Sudan, which has killed tens of thousands and driven out more than 1.5 million people in the past three years, creating the world's largest refugee crisis. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)


June 5 , 2017

Venezuela CrisisPeople breath in tear gas during clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces, at a 12-hour national sit-in, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 5, 2017. Anti-government protesters shut down main roads to demand new presidential elections after the release of a video in which jailed Venezuela opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez expressed support for the movement. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)June 11, 2017 Pictures of the day - June 5 - 10 , 2017 17

June 5, 2017

Venezuela CrisisA woman affected by tear gas, fired by security forces, is carried away during a 12-hour national sit-in, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 5, 2017. Her sign reads in Spanish "Bombs. Not food. Yes, hunger advances." Anti-government protesters shut down main roads to demand new presidential elections after the release of a video in which jailed Venezuela opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez expressed support for the movement. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)


June 5 , 2017

India World Environment DayToxic froth from industrial pollution floats on BellundurLake on World Environment Day, in Bangalore, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. The World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year by the United Nations to stimulate global awareness on environmental issues. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)


June 5 , 2017

India World Environment DayAn Indian ragpicker boy searches for recyclable

material amid Greater Adjutant stork birds and cows

at a garbage dumping site on the outskirts of

Gauhati, Assam state, India, Monday, June 5, 2017.

Monday marks World Environment Day. (AP

Photo/Anupam Nath)


June 5 , 2017

India World Environment DayAn Indian ragpicker boy searches for recyclable material

as Greater Adjutant stork birds sit at a garbage dumping

site on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam state, India,

Monday, June 5, 2017. Monday marks World Environment

Day. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)


June 5 , 2017

India WeatherIndians reach to get a cold drink being freely distributed by a roadside on hot summer day in New Delhi, India, Monday, June 5, 2017. Most parts of northern India is reeling under intense heat wave conditions with the temperature crossing over 43 degrees Celsius (109.4 Fahrenheit).(AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)


June 5 , 2017

India Dalai LamaAn exile Tibetan Buddhist

monk listens to his spiritual

leader the Dalai Lama's

religious talk at the

Tsuglagkhang temple in

Dharmsala, India, Monday,

June 5, 2017. Each year the

Tibetan leader talks to young

Tibetans on Buddhist

philosophy and religion. The

three-day talk will end

Wednesday. (AP

Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)


June 5 , 2017

Bill CosbyBill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)


June 5 , 2017

France Tennis French

OpenBritain's Andy Murray taps the

clay off his shoes in his fourth

round match against Russia

Karen Khachanov at the French

Open tennis tournament at the

Roland Garros stadium, in Paris,

France. Monday, June 5, 2017.

(AP Photo/Petr David Josek)


June 5 , 2017

Germany PentecostA participant rides his horse in traditional Pentecost celebrations during a mounted procession near Bad Koetzing, Germany, Monday, June 5, 2017. Around 900 riders took part in the procession. (Armin Weigel/dpa via AP)


June 5 , 2017

Reuters / Monday, June 05, 2017Willem Grant of Manhattan walks through British artist Lucy Sparrow's installation "The Convenience Store (8 'til Late)," which recreates a New York convenience store but with all the products made of felt at The Standard, High Line in Manhattan. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

June 5 , 2017


Trump HealthcareVice President Mike Pence, center, raises his hand with others after asking how many people around the table think that there is an urgent need to repeal and replace Obamacare, during a meeting on healthcare reform in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, June 5, 2017. With Pence are from left, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, Amy Pope-Wells, owner and founder of Link Staff Services, Kelly Moore, Vice President, GKM Auto Parts and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)June 11, 2017 Pictures of the day - June 5 - 10 , 2017 28

June 5 , 2017

Reuters / Monday, June 05, 2017U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Representative Bill Shuster (R-PA) (2nd R) takes a gentle ribbing from Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) (R) and others, including U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao (L), former Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole (2nd L) and Vice President Mike Pence (3rd L), after Shuster asked President Trump to sign autographs after Trump signed principles of proposed reforms to the U.S. air traffic control system during an event at the White House. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

June 5 , 2017


A hospital staff member teaches primary school children how to perform eye exercises in Handan, China on June 5.AFP - Getty Images

June 5 , 2017


June 6 , 2017


Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, British Home Office Secretary, Amber Rudd (right) and British Shadow Labour Home Secretary (left) Diane Abobtt carry flowers during a vigil for the victims of the London Bridge terror attacks near City Hall.Facundo Arrizabalaga / EPA

June 6 , 2017


Mayor of London Sadiq Khan visits the scene of the attack on London Bridge and Borough Market which left 7 people dead and dozens of injured in central London. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

June 6 , 2017


People hold up signs which spell out 'We Love London' as hundreds gather for a vigil in Potters Fields.Jack Taylor / Getty ImagesJune 6 , 2017


Members of the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community (in white) join others at Potters Fields Park.Daniel Leal-Olivas / AFP - Getty Images

June 6 , 2017


A man holds a Union flag as he kneels near flowers and candles.Daniel Leal-Olivas / AFP - Getty Images

June 6 , 2017


Forensic officers walk along the road at the scene of the attack on London Bridge and Borough Market. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

June 6 , 2017


Two women console each other while looking over floral tributes on London Bridge on June 6.Three attackers drove a van into crowds on London Bridge on June 3 and went on a stabbing rampage at Borough Market. The three attackers wearing fake suicide vests were shot dead by police.Andy Rain / EPA

June 6 , 2017


A woman reacts near the scene of the recent attack during a minute's silence in tribute to the victims of the attack at London Bridge and Borough Market, in central London, Britain. REUTERS/Toby Melville

June 6 , 2017


A man reacts next to floral tributes near the scene of the attack. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

June 6 , 2017


School girls look at floral tributes after a vigil to remember the victims of the attack at Potters Field Park, in central London. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

June 6 , 2017


Britain London Bridge AttackFloral tributes are placed at London Bridge to commemorate the victims of Saturday's attack in London, Tuesday, June 6, 2017. British police on Tuesday named the third London Bridge attacker as an Italian national of Moroccan descent, and Italian officials said they had passed on their concerns about him to British intelligence officials last year. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)


June 6 , 2017

A Muslim man holds a placard during a protest near the site of the attack. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

June 6 , 2017


Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May visits a bakery during an election campaign visit to Fleetwood. REUTERS/Ben Stansall/Pool

June 6 , 2017


White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer reacts as he bumps into a member of his staff as he arrives for his daily briefing at the White House in Washington. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

June 6 , 2017


An evacuated student shows her drawing about what she and other Marawi residents experienced before fleeing the city still under siege during a school day at Pantar elementary school in Lanao Del Norte, Philippines. REUTERS/Neil Jerome Morales

June 6 , 2017


A monkey helps a worker collect garbage on an island at ShiyanhuEcological Park on World Environment Day, in Changsha, Hunan province, China. REUTERS/Yang Huafeng

June 6 , 2017


Russian President Vladimir Putin

speaks with journalist Megyn Kelly

during an interview on the sidelines

of the St. Petersburg International

Economic Forum, Russia.

Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via

REUTERS

June 6 , 2017


India's Geosynchronous

Satellite Launch Vehicle

carrying an Mk III

communication satellite blasts

off from the Satish Dhawan

Space Centre at Sriharikota,

India. REUTERS/Stringer

June 6 , 2017


A U.S. border patrol agent patrols a trail along the Rio Grande river at the border between United States and Mexico, in Roma, Texas. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

June 6 , 2017


A man sorts bottles at a plastic junkyard on World Environment Day, in Chandigarh, India. REUTERS/Ajay Verma

June 6 , 2017


An aerial view shows a train moving along the Trans-Siberian Railway and vehicles driving along the M53 "Baikal" highway in Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

June 6 , 2017


A fisherman holds his fishing net after washing it in the waters of a fish farm as it rains on World Environment Day, on the outskirts of Kochi, India. REUTERS/Sivaram V

June 6 , 2017


A Muslim man calls for the evening prayer after having his iftar (breaking of fast) meal during the holy month of Ramadan at the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla mosque in New Delhi, India. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

June 6 , 2017


Activists lie on the ground under a cloth as they take part in a rally, demanding the adoption of laws on healthcare reform, in front of the building of Parliament in Kiev, Ukraine. REUTERS/ValentynOgirenko

June 6 , 2017


Aerosmith's Steven Tyler

performs at the Royal Arena in

Copenhagen, Denmark.

Scanpix Denmark/Nils

Meilvang/via REUTERS

June 6 , 2017


Actor George Clooney and his wife Amal pose as they arrive at the 42nd Cesar Awards ceremony in Paris, France, February 24, 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes


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Actor George Clooney and his wife Amal pose before the start of the 42nd Cesar Awards ceremony in Paris. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer


GALLERY PHOTOS

Cast member George Clooney and his wife Amal pose on the red carpet for the screening of the film "Money Monster" out of competition at the 69th Cannes Film Festival. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau


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High-tech devices used to cheat China's exams

Reuters / Tuesday, June 06, 2017A man holds a wireless device disguised as a belt during a presentation to the media in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China June 6, 2017. Equipment seized over the years, used in cheating attempts by students sitting for the national college entrance exam known as "gaokao", were displayed to the media by Shanxi Radio Management Bureau. REUTERS/Stringer

June 6 , 2017


A woman holds a pair of earpieces during a presentation to the media. REUTERS/Stringer

June 6 , 2017


Wireless devices in shape of erasers. REUTERS/Stringer

June 6 , 2017


A vendor throws a watermelon that was kept in the waters of a canal to keep the melons cool, towards a customer on a hot summer day in Jammu. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta

June 6 , 2017


Muralist Aniekan Udofia, left, works on his new mural with art director Mia Duvall at Ben's Chili Bowl on U Street NW while the matriarch Virginia Ali, surrounded by the Ali family, is interviewed by members of the media in Washington on June 2, 2017. Melina Mara / The Washington Post via Getty Images

June 6 , 2017


Pedestrians walk past the new mural at Ben's Chili Bowl on June 5, 2017. Selma Baradat / AFP - Getty Images

June 6 , 2017


India WeatherIndians cool off themselves at a fountain near the India Gate monument on a hot day in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 6, 2017. (AP Photo/AltafQadri)


June 6 , 2017

France Tennis French OpenTwo hostesses wait to seat spectators as quarterfinal matches resumed after rain showers suspended matches of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garrosstadium, in Paris, France. Tuesday, June 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)


June 6 , 2017

France Notre DamePolice officers seal off the access to Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, France, Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Paris police say an unidentified assailant has attacked a police officer near the Notre Dame Cathedral, and the officer then shot and wounded the attacker. (AP Photo/Matthieu Alexandre)


June 6 , 2017

Bill CosbyBill Cosby walks from the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial, Tuesday, June 6, 2017 in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)


June 6 , 2017

Bill CosbyAndrea Constand walks to the courtroom during Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting Constand at his home outside Philadelphia in 2004. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool)


June 6 , 2017

China Ivanka Trump Missing InvestigatorsDeng Guilian, the wife of detained Chinese labor activist Hua Haifeng, sheds a tear during an interview in Ganzhou in southeastern China's Jiangxi Province, Tuesday, June 6, 2017. The Chinese government rejected calls to release three activists detained while investigating a Chinese company that produced shoes for Ivanka Trump and other brands and sought to enforce a cone of silence around the men, according to a family member and lawyer who were interrogated and told not to speak to the foreign press. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)


June 6 , 2017

Uganda South Sudan RefugeesSouth Sudanese refugee boys peer through the torn side of a food distribution tent to see when they will start serving a lunch of maize mash and beans, at the Imvepi reception centre, where newly arrived refugees are processed before being allocated plots of land in nearby Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, in northern Uganda Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Bidi Bidi is a sprawling complex of mud-brick houses that is now the world's largest refugee settlement holding some of those who fled the civil war in South Sudan, which has killed tens of thousands and driven out more than 1.5 million people in the past three years, creating the world's largest refugee crisis. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)


June 6 , 2017

Uganda South Sudan RefugeesSouth Sudanese refugees who recently crossed the border leave a bus at the Imvepi reception centre, where newly arrived refugees are processed before being allocated plots of land in nearby Bidi Bidirefugee settlement, in northern Uganda, Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Bidi Bidi is a sprawling complex of mud-brick houses that is now the world's largest refugee settlement holding some of those who fled the civil war in South Sudan, which has killed tens of thousands and driven out more than 1.5 million people in the past three years, creating the world's largest refugee crisis. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)


June 6 , 2017

Uganda South Sudan RefugeesYoung South Sudanese refugees shelter from a sudden rain shower at the Imvepi reception centre, where newly arrived refugees are processed before being allocated plots of land in nearby Bidi Bidirefugee settlement, in northern Uganda Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Bidi Bidi is a sprawling complex of mud-brick houses that is now the world's largest refugee settlement holding some of those who fled the civil war in South Sudan, which has killed tens of thousands and driven out more than 1.5 million people in the past three years, creating the world's largest refugee crisis. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)


June 6 , 2017

Uganda South Sudan RefugeesA South Sudanese refugee girl, right, throws a ball made from tied pieces of cloth as she plays a game of "Tag" with another girl next to their hut at a refugee settlement in Imvepi in northern Uganda, Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Imvepi and nearby Bidi Bidi are sprawling complexes of mud-brick houses that are now the world's largest refugee settlement holding some of those who fled the civil war in South Sudan, which has killed tens of thousands and driven out more than 1.5 million people in the past three years, creating the world's largest refugee crisis. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)


June 6 , 2017

Brazil Political CrisisMilitary police stand guard outside the headquarters of the Superior Electoral Court in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Brazil’s top electoral court began its first day of examining illegal campaign finance allegations that could force President Michel Temer from office. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)


June 6 , 2017

India Kashmir RamadanKashmiri Muslim boys read

verses from the Quran,

Islam's holy book, inside the

shrine of Sufi saint Shiekh

Abdul Qadir Jeelani during

the holy month of Ramadan in

Srinagar, Indian controlled

Kashmir, Tuesday, June 6,

2017. Muslims across the

world are observing the holy

fasting month of Ramadan,

where they refrain from

eating, drinking and smoking

from dawn to dusk. (AP

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June 6 , 2017

An escalator's reflective surroundings create an optical illusion in the lobby of the PUBLIC hotel in New York on June 6.

The new hotel on Manhattan's Lower East Side is the latest project from Ian Schrager, who's known for introducing the concept of boutique hotels and co-founding the legendary disco Studio 54.

Richard Drew / AP

June 6 , 2017


Reuters / Wednesday, June 07, 2017The shadow of a member of the Iraqi Army's 9th ArmouredDivision is seen as he opens a steel gate to a room used as a cell for men, inside a compound used as a prison by Islamic State militants in July 17 district, in western Mosul, Iraq. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis


Inside an Islamic State prison

MOSUL, IRAQ Alkis Konstantinidis

Updated Friday 9 ,2017

Islamic State built prison cells inside an ordinary villa in Mosul as part of the group's tactic of boosting the safety of its jails and security centers by concealing them among regular houses.

Despite their outward appearance, the jails had the regular attributes of state-run detention centers where inmates have their documents and belongings taken away when they arrive, to be given back to them if and when they are released.

A camera hanging in one cell where men were kept was linked to the guards' office. "This is to keep the prisoners subdued," said the Iraqi military intelligence officer showing the villa to journalists.

6 JUN 2017. MOSUL, IRAQ. REUTERS/ALKIS KONSTANTINIDIS

June 6 , 2017


He said former members of the Iraqi armed forces were kept in this cell, along with Yazidis, the religious community who suffered the most under Islamic State because the hardline group considered them devil worshippers."Here they kept 'violators'" of their laws, he said. "But they are the real violators" in the eyes of Iraqi law, he added.

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June 7 , 2017


An opposition protester hides behind a handmade shield in Caracas, Venezuela on June 7.

Protesters have been on the streets near-daily for more than two months demanding elections, foreign humanitarian aid, freedom for hundreds of jailed activists, and autonomy for the opposition-controlled National Assembly.Miguel Gutierrez / EPA

June 7 , 2017


Venezuela CrisisResidents not involved in the protests cover their faces to protect themselves from tear gas, as they cross the street during clashes between security forces and anti-government demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. The protest movement has claimed more than 60 lives as it enters its third month. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)


June 7 , 2017

India KashmirKashmiri relatives cry during the funeral of civilian AdilMagray at Shopian, about 60 kilometers (38 miles) south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Magray, was killed on Tuesday after government forces opened fire on protesters during a search operation to flush out Kashmiri rebels in the southern town of Indian controlled Kashmir, police said. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)


June 7 , 2017

The witness table where former FBI Director James Comey will face the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee and testify on June 8 about his meetings with President Trump sits at the ready in Washington. REUTERS/Jim Bourg


June 7 , 2017

Trump Russia ProbeFrom left, Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, National Intelligence Director Dan Coats, and National Security Agency Director Adm. Michael Rogers are seated during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


June 7 , 2017

Trump Russia ProbeDeputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein answers a question during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Washington. The nation's intelligence chiefs, facing questions from Congress one day before former FBI Director James Comey provides his first public account of the events leading up to his firing, declined to describe conversations with President Donald Trump but said they had not been directed to do anything they considered illegal or felt pressured to do so. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


June 7 , 2017

South Africa Cape Town StormA car is washed over by a huge wave that slammed into the promenade during heavy storms in the Sea Point neighborhood of Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. South African media are reporting that several people have been killed in a storm that swept into the area around Cape Town. The region has been suffering a severe drought. News24 says four people were killed in a fire caused by lightning and another person died when a house collapsed. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)


June 7 , 2017

Uganda South Sudan RefugeesA young South Sudanese refugee girl carries a baby on her back as she walks to the Ombechi nursery school, where she will look after the baby during the school day, in Bidi Bidi, Uganda Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Bidi Bidi is a sprawling complex of mud-brick houses that is now the world's largest refugee settlement holding some of those who fled the civil war in South Sudan, which has killed tens of thousands and driven out more than 1.5 million people in the past three years, creating the world's largest refugee crisis. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)


June 7 , 2017

Indonesia Singapore Rocket PlotSuspected militants attend their sentencing hearing at East Jakarta District Court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. The men who Indonesian police accused of plotting to fire a rocket at downtown Singapore from a nearby island have been sentenced to prison ranging from three to four years for harboring other extremists. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)


June 7 , 2017

Soggy South FloridaJohn and Cammie Harding look out onto flooded SW 5th St., in Sunshine Village, Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Davie, Fla. Several days of constant rain has caused flooding throughout Broward and Palm Beach Counties. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)


June 7 , 2017

Israel Wigstock 2017A Drag Queen prepares to go on

stage to perform during

Wigstock 2017 in Tel Aviv, Israel,

Wednesday, June 7, 2017. The

Wigstock is drag festival in Tel

Aviv that raises money for AIDS

services in Israel. (AP

Photo/Ariel Schalit)


June 7 , 2017

Israel Wigstock 2017A Drag Queen prepares to go on

stage to perform during Wigstock

2017 in Tel Aviv, Israel,

Wednesday, June 7, 2017. The

Wigstock is drag festival in Tel

Aviv that raises money for AIDS

services in Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel

Schalit)


June 7 , 2017

TrumpPresident Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, June 7, 2017, to travel to Cincinnati, Ohio to give remarks on healthcare and infrastructure. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)


June 7 , 2017

Pakistan HeatwaveA Pakistani father and his son cool off in a spray from a broken water pipe during a heat wave, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)


June 7 , 2017

Los Angeles Accessible HousingPatricia Gomez, from left, Mei Ling, and Ling's attorney Scott Moore roll their wheelchairs toward the media for a news conference outside U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. The federal government has joined a lawsuit that alleges Los Angeles received hundreds of millions of dollars to develop housing accessible to the disabled, failed to do so and lied about it to keep the money rolling in. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


June 7 , 2017

Germany Daily LifeFour young people walk through a forest in Wachenbuchen near Frankfurt, Germany, with the skyline of the Frankfurt banking district in the background, Wednesday, June 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)


June 7 , 2017

MYANMAR - A still image taken from video released on June 7, 2017 shows the photograph of a Y-8-200 F military aircraft. via Reuters TV


June 7 , 2017

Philippine security forces search for guns and weapons in empty houses in Marawi City on June 7. Government forces have been battling ISIS-linked militants who seized the city on May 23. The government has said several times that it is close to retaking the town.

Jes Aznar / Getty Images

June 7 , 2017


A disabled dog in a homemade wheelchair is seen at a shelter in Tainan, Taiwan. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu


June 7 , 2017

A man runs from sea spray as storms hit Cape Town, South Africa. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings


June 7 , 2017

Floral tributes are seen near the scene of the recent attack at London Bridge and Borough Market, in central London, Britain. REUTERS/Toby Melville


June 7 , 2017

Canada's Prime Minister Justin

Trudeau speaks with former United

States President Barack Obama at a

restaurant during Obama's visit to

address the Montreal Chamber of

Commerce, in Montreal, Quebec,

Canada. Prime Minister's

Office/Handout via REUTERS


June 7 , 2017

A bed at an abandoned field hospital used by Islamic State militants in western Mosul, Iraq. REUTERS/AlkisKonstantinidis


June 7 , 2017

A man plays with his son as light shines on the wall of a maritime museum at the Citadel of Qaitbay on the Mediterranean sea, Alexandria, Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh


June 7 , 2017

A boy prepares a bag of scrap bottles collected from a dump for sale on a dust street, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. REUTERS/Samrang Pring


June 7 , 2017

Reuters / Wednesday, June 07, 2017A still image taken from a video released by Armed Forces of the Philippines, shows Islamist militant leaders discussing plan during their meeting in an unknown location, Philippines. The subtitles read, "so that the Mujahideen there will not be able to enter". Armed Forces of the Philippines/via REUTERS TV


June 7 , 2017

An Israeli policeman patrols in the grounds of a police station that police said, was stormed by hundreds of protesters during clashes which erupted overnight, in the Arab town of Kafr Qassem in central Israel. REUTERS/Ammar Awad


June 7 , 2017

A woman, who fled with others from an Islamic State-controlled area, greets Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters near Raqqa city, Syria. REUTERS/Rodi Said


June 7 , 2017

Reuters / Wednesday, June 07, 2017Raphael and Mirjam (R) pose as first guests in the bedroom of the Null-Stern-Hotel (Zero-star-hotel) land art installation by Swiss artists Frank and Patrik Riklin on an alp in front of the peak of mount Saentis near Gonten, Switzerland. Guests can order overnight stays in the Null-Stern-hotelroom with no walls and roof located on some 1,200 metres(3,937 ft) altitude in the eastern Swiss Alps. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann


June 7 , 2017

An aerial view shows single-handed dinghy boats of the Optimist international class around a motorboat of a coach during a training session of young yachtsmen in the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin


June 7 , 2017

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June 7 , 2017

Forensics investigators work at the south end of London Bridge, near Borough market following an attack which left 7 people dead and dozens of injured in central London. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls


June 7 , 2017

Police officers sweep the street outside a restaurant in Borough Market behind the police cordon around the scene of the attack in London. REUTERS/Hannah McKay


June 7 , 2017

A forensics investigator works at the south end of London Bridge, near Borough market following an attack which left 7 people dead and dozens of injured in central London. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne


June 7 , 2017

Tables and chairs are seen outside a restaurant in Borough Market behind the police cordon around the scene of the attack in London. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne


June 7 , 2017

Children in flight from western Mosul

A man and his daughter, displaced by fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants, run to a safer area. REUTERS/Erik De Castro


June 7 , 2017

A man carries his daughter on his back after fleeing their home due to fighting between the Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants in Mosul's al-Zanjili's district in Iraq. REUTERS/Erik De Castro


June 7 , 2017

Civilians displaced by fighting between the Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants walk past destroyed houses in Mosul's al-Zanjili's district. REUTERS/Erik De Castro


June 7 , 2017

A displaced boy who fled his home walks next Iraqi security forces in al-Zanjili district in western Mosul, Iraq. REUTERS/Erik De Castro


June 7 , 2017

A man displaced by fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants carries his daughter in Mosul's al-Zanjili's district. REUTERS/Erik De Castro


June 7 , 2017

Civilians who fled their homes due to fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants walk to a safer place. REUTERS/Erik De Castro


June 7 , 2017

Soldiers help civilians who were displaced by fighting between Iraqi forces. REUTERS/Erik De Castro


June 7 , 2017

Serbia's Novak Djokovic looks dejected

during his quarter final match against

Austria's Dominic Thiem.

REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes


June 7 , 2017

Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko in action

during her quarter final match against

Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki.

REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol


June 7 , 2017

France's Alize Cornet in action during her fourth round match against France's Caroline Garcia. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann


June 7 , 2017

Members of Iranian forces run during a gunmen attack at the parliament's building in central Tehran, Iran. TIMA via REUTERS


June 7 , 2017Iran parliament attacked

Security personnel take position in front of parliament in Tehran.The Islamic State group claimed the attacks, marking the first time the Sunni extremists have taken responsibility for an assault in Shiite-majority Iran. The militants are at war with Iranian-backed forces in Syria and Iraq, and view Shiites as apostates.Omid Vahabzadeh / Fars News Agency via AP


June 7 , 2017

Members of Iranian forces take cover during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran, June 7, 2017. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS


June 7 , 2017

Members of Iranian forces take cover during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS


June 7 , 2017

Women are seen inside the parliament during an attack in central Tehran, Iran. TIMA via REUTERS


June 7 , 2017

A boy is evacuated during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran. Omid Vahabzadeh/TIMA via REUTERS


June 7 , 2017

A woman is evacuated during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS


June 7 , 2017

A member of the security forces looks out of a window at Iran's parliament in Tehran on June 7, 2017.Gunmen and suicide bombers attacked Iran's parliament and the shrine of its revolutionary leader on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people, wounding dozens and igniting an hours-long siege at the legislature that ended with four attackers dead.Omid Vahabzadeh / Fars News Agency via AP


June 7 , 2017

Smoke is seen during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS


June 7 , 2017

Security forces look out of a window of the parliament's building during a gunmen attack in central Tehran, Iran. TIMA via REUTERS


June 7 , 2017

Iranian lawmakers sit inside

the parliament during an

attack in central Tehran,

Iran. TIMA via REUTERS


June 7 , 2017

Members of Iranian forces are seen during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS


June 7 , 2017

Blood is seen at the scene of an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS


June 7 , 2017

An Iranian policeman takes cover during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS


June 7 , 2017

A member of Iranian forces runs during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS


June 7 , 2017

Members of Iranian forces run for cover during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS


June 7 , 2017

A man takes cover during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS


June 7 , 2017

Members of Iranian civil defence run during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS


June 7 , 2017

Members of Iranian forces run during an attack on the Iranian parliament in central Tehran, Iran. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS


June 7 , 2017

Security forces stand guard in central Tehran.

Omid Vahabzadeh / TIMA via Reuters


June 7 , 2017

Police officers control the scene outside the Mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini in southern Tehran.About 30 minutes after the parliament siege began, a suicide bomber and other assailants targeted the shrine to the Islamic republic's founder.

Ebrahim Noroozi / AP


June 7 , 2017

Police officers control the scene after gunmen and suicide bombers attacked the shrine of Iran's revolutionary leader.

Ebrahim Noroozi / AP


June 7 , 2017

The body of a man suspected of having attacked the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in southern Tehran on Wednesday. Credit EbrahimNoroozi/Associated Press


June 7 , 2017

June 8 , 2017


ComeyFormer FBI Director James Comey is sworn in during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


June 8 , 2017

ComeyFormer FBI director James Comeyspeaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)


June 8 , 2017

Argentina GermanyGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and Vera Jarach, of the humans rights organization Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, center, throw flowers into La Plata river to honor victims of Argentina's dictatorship, at the Memory Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Merkel is visiting Argentina as part of a series of trips ahead of July's G-20 summit in Germany. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)


June 8 , 2017

Britain ElectionBritain's Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn gestures after voting in the general election at a polling station in London, Thursday, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)


June 8 , 2017

Britain ElectionBenedictine nuns from Tyburn Convent leave after voting in Britain's general election at a polling station in St John's Parish Hall, London, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. (0600GMT to 2100GMT) Thursday as voters choose 650 lawmakers for the House of Commons. Prime Minister Theresa May called the snap election in hopes of increasing the Conservative Party's slim majority in Parliament, and strengthening her hand in European Union exit talks. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)


June 8 , 2017

Myanmar Military PlaneA soldier weathers monsoon rain as bodies are recovered of the waters off San Hlan village, in Laung Lone township, southern Myanmar, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Fishermen have joined navy and air force personnel in recovering bodies and aircraft parts from the sea off Myanmar, where a military plane carrying 122 people including 15 children crashed a day earlier. (AP Photo/Esther Htusan)


June 8 , 2017

India Fish MedicineA member of the Goud family inserts uses a pen to keep the mouth of a young asthma patient open as she administers 'fish medicine' in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Every year thousands of asthma patients arrive here to receive from Hyderabad's Bathini Goud family the fish therapy which is a secret formula of herbs, handed down by generations only to family members. The herbs are inserted in the mouth of a live sardine, or murrel fish, and slipped into the patient's throat. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)


June 8 , 2017

Germany DocumentaPeople walk in the work 'The Parthenon of Books' by Argentinian artist Marta Minujin, which is under construction, during the press preview of the documenta14 exhibition of contemporary art, in Kassel, Germany, Thursday, June 8, 2017. The installation shows books wrapped in plastic. documenta14 , which is held once every five years, will be open to the public from June 10, 2017, and lasts until Sept. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)


June 8 , 2017

India Hindu RitualIndian Hindu married women tie cotton threads around a banyan tree as they perform rituals on the occasion of Vat Savitri festival in Mumbai, India, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Vat Savitri is celebrated on a full moon day where women pray for the longevity of their husbands.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)


June 8 , 2017

South Africa FiresFires smoulder in Knysna, South Africa, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Fires fanned by high winds spread to nearby Plettenburg Bay and Knysna in the Western Cape Province killing three people, destroying homes and forcing the evacuation of up to 10,000 people. (AP Photo/Halden Krog)


June 8 , 2017

Venezuela CrisisA woman sits under an image of protester Neomar Lander near the site where he died, during a vigil in his honor in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Lander, 17, is one of the latest victims of Venezuela's unrest. He died during anti-government protests on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)


June 8 , 2017

Japan Daily LifeA man is reflected on glass windows of a building as he walks in Tokyo Thursday, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)


June 8 , 2017

A man aims his weapon toward demonstrators (not pictured)as they attack a Supreme Justice Court branch during riots at a rally against Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela. REUTERS/Marco Bello


June 8 , 2017

A girl wears thanakha powder on her

face in a Rohingya refugee camp

outside Kyaukpyu in Rakhine state,

Myanmar. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun


June 8 , 2017

Police investigate the scene of an explosion in the U.S. embassy compound in Kiev, Ukraine. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko


June 8 , 2017

A family member of an inmate tries to stop a truck used to transfer prisoners, outside a prison where a riot took place on Tuesday, in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico. REUTERS/Josue Gonzalez


June 8 , 2017

Sand artist Marc Treanor creates a work on the North Beach at Tenby Harbour, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Britain. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden


June 8 , 2017

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Philip arrive at the count centre for her seat for the general election in Maidenhead. REUTERS/Toby Melville


June 8 , 2017

Stephen Kinnock of the Labour Party poses with his father Neil Kinnock, and his wife Denmark's former Prime Minister HelleThorning-Schmidt at the count for his seat in Britain's general election in Aberavon, Wales. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden


June 8 , 2017

Sharon Hodgson of the Labour Party smiles next to Conservative Party candidate Jonathan Gullisafter winning the seat of Washington and Sunderland West at a counting centre for Britain's general election in Sunderland. REUTERS/Ed Sykes


June 8 , 2017

Members of The Official Monster Raving Loony Party react as votes are counted for Britain's election in London. REUTERS/Darren Staples


June 8 , 2017

Ballots are counted at a counting centre for Britain�s general election in Maidenhead. REUTERS/Toby Melville


June 8 , 2017

Ballot boxes arrive for counting, at a counting centre for Britain's general election, in Brighton. REUTERS/Adam Holt


June 8 , 2017

Ballots are counted at a counting centre for Britain�s general election in London. REUTERS/Darren Staples


June 8 , 2017

Nuns leave after voting at a polling station in Hyde Park, London. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne


June 8 , 2017

Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Philip leave a polling station in Sonning. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh


June 8 , 2017

The Fox and Hounds public house is used as a temporary polling station in Christmas Common, Watlington. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh


June 8 , 2017

A police officer stands on duty outside a polling station in Tower Hamlets, London. REUTERS/Hannah McKay


June 8 , 2017

A dog sits on a bench outside a polling station at the Anglesea Arms in central London on June 8.Political turmoil gripped Britain on Friday after an election in which no party won enough seats to form a government — forcing Prime Minister Theresa May to cozy up to ultra-conservative lawmakers to retain power.

Will Oliver / EPA

June 8 , 2017


FC Barcelona trains with refugee kids on Lesbos

Reuters / Thursday, June 08, 2017Veteran player of FC Barcelona Juliano Belletti trains refugee children during an event to honour the citizens of Lesbos for their contribution to the refugee crisis, organised by the Municipality of the island, the Barcelona Football Club Foundation and the Barcelona player's Association in the city of Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesbos, June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Costas Baltas


June 8 , 2017

A girl plays football during an event. REUTERS/Costas Baltas


June 8 , 2017

Veteran of FC Barcelona Juliano Belletti (C) poses for a picture with refugee children at the municipality-run camp of Kara Tepe. REUTERS/Costas Baltas


June 8 , 2017

Veteran player of FC Barcelona

Juliano Belletti trains refugee

children. REUTERS/Costas Baltas


June 8 , 2017

Comey testifies

Former FBI Director James Comeyprepares to testify before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. REUTERS/Jim Bourg


June 8 , 2017

Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst


June 8 , 2017

Former FBI Director James Comeytestifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst


June 8 , 2017

Former U.S. attorney Preet Bharara

listens during former FBI Director

James Comey's appearance before a

Senate Intelligence Committee hearing.

REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein


June 8 , 2017

Former FBI Director James Comey is sworn in to testify before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing. REUTERS/Jim Bourg


June 8 , 2017

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats testifies at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on his interactions with the Trump White House and on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in Washington. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque


June 8 , 2017

The road to Raqqa

A Syrian Democratic Forces fighter takes a position inside a building in the al-Mishlabdistrict at Raqqa's southeastern outskirts. REUTERS/Rodi Said


June 8 , 2017

Smoke rises from the al-Mishlabdistrict at Raqqa's southeastern outskirts. REUTERS/Rodi Said


June 8 , 2017

Syrian Democratic Forces fighters on their way to Raqqa. REUTERS/RodiSaid


June 8 , 2017

Syrian Democratic Forces fighters unload boxes of ammunition near Raqqa city. REUTERS/Rodi Said


June 8 , 2017

A Syrian Democratic Forces fighter uses a tablet as he sits inside a room in the al-Mishlab district at Raqqa's southeastern outskirts. REUTERS/Rodi Said


June 8 , 2017

Syrian Democratic Forces fighters gather near Raqqa city. REUTERS/Rodi Said


June 8 , 2017

Syrian Democratic Forces fighters stand atop of a building near Raqqa city. REUTERS/Rodi Said


June 8 , 2017

Syrian Democratic Forces female fighters gather at the eastern outskirts of Raqqa city. REUTERS/Rodi Said


June 8 , 2017

A Syrian Democratic Forces fighter takes a position as smoke rises from the al-Mishlab district at Raqqa's southeastern outskirts. REUTERS/Rodi Said


June 8 , 2017

Syrian Democratic Forces fighters unload boxes of ammunition near Raqqa city. REUTERS/Rodi Said


June 8 , 2017

A Yazidi female of Sinjar Resistance

Units (YBS) holds her rifle at Sinjar

mountain, Iraq. REUTERS/Stringer


June 8 , 2017

Fighters from the Kurdish People's Protection Units stand atop a building at the eastern outskirts of Raqqa city. REUTERS/Rodi Said


June 8 , 2017

Syrian Democratic Forces spokesman Talal Silo speaks during a news conference in Hukoumiya village in Raqqa. REUTERS/Rodi Said


June 8 , 2017

Riot security forces

members catch fire during

riots at a rally against

Venezuelan President

Nicolas Maduro's

government in Caracas,

Venezuela. REUTERS/Carlos

Garcia Rawlins


June 8 , 2017

Japan's Kei Nishikori in action during his quarter final match against Great Britain's Andy Murray. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes


June 8 , 2017

France Tennis French OpenRomania's Simona Halep plays a shot

in her semifinal match against Karolina

Pliskova of the Czech Republic at the

French Open tennis tournament at the

Roland Garros stadium, in Paris,

France. Thursday, June 8, 2017. (AP

Photo/Petr David Josek)


June 8 , 2017

Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko

in action during her semi

final match against

Switzerland's Timea

Bacsinszky.

REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes


June 8 , 2017

Visitors rest on deck chairs during the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, Sunday, June 4, 2017 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

June 4 , 2017

France Tennis French Open

GALLERY PHOTOS


In this Sunday, June 4, 2017 photo, tennis lovers wait for players to exit courts during the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. Nadal won 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

June 4 , 2017

GALLERY PHOTOS


In this Tuesday, June 6, 2017 photo, a rainbow sits in the sky

over covered courts as rain showers suspended the quarterfinal

match of Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki and Latvia's Jelena

Ostapenko of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland

Garros stadium, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

June 6 , 2017

GALLERY PHOTOS


A spectator applauds after Latvia's Jelena

Ostapenko defeated Timea Bacsinszky of

Switzerland during their semifinal match of the

French Open tennis tournament at the Roland

Garros stadium, Thursday, June 8, 2017 in

Paris. (AP Photo/David Vincent)

June 8 , 2017


June 9 , 2017


Britain ElectionBritish Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Philip stand on the doorstep of 10 Downing street, London, after addressing the press Friday, June 9, 2017 following an audience with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace where she asked to form a government. May's gamble in calling an early election backfired spectacularly, as her Conservative Party lost its majority in Parliament. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

June 9 , 2017


Trump US RomaniaPresident Donald Trump

with Romanian President

Klaus Werner Iohannis

during their joint news

conference in the Rose

Garden of the White House

in Washington, Friday, June

9, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo

Martinez Monsivais)

June 9 , 2017


Uganda South Sudan RefugeesSouth Sudanese refugee children look up as a truck pumps water into a reservoir on top of a high water tower, in a section of the sprawling complex of mud-brick houses and tents that makes up the Bidi Bidi refugee settlement in northern Uganda Friday, June 9, 2017. Bidi Bidi is now the world's largest refugee settlement holding some of those who fled the civil war in South Sudan, which has killed tens of thousands and driven out more than 1.5 million people in the past three years, creating the world's largest refugee crisis. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

June 9 , 2017


Greece BailoutBoxes of fish are seen after protesters from a communist-backed labor union threw them at police outside parliament, during a protest against an upcoming vote on new austerity measures in Athens, on Friday, June 9, 2017. The latest cuts were added to draft legislation on fishing regulation in attempt to speed up its passage through parliament. Greece's left-wing government is trying to reach a deal with international bailout lenders to try and restart rescue loan payouts. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

June 9 , 2017


IranIranians attend the funeral of victims of an Islamic State militant attack on Wednesday, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 9, 2017. Iranian leaders on Friday accused the United States and Saudi Arabia of supporting the Islamic State-claimed dual attacks that killed 17 people in Tehran this week, as thousands of Iranians attended a funeral ceremony for the victims. (AP Photo/EbrahimNoroozi)

June 9 , 2017


India Kashmir StrikeA Kashmiri protester throws an exploded tear gas shell back at Indian police men during a protest in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, June 9, 2017. Parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir remained under curfew Friday, while general strikes were being staged in other areas after Kashmiri separatists called for strike to protest the Tuesday killing of a civilian by government forces during a search operation to flush out Kashmiri rebels in the southern town of Indian controlled Kashmir. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

June 9 , 2017


Mexico GermanyMexico's President Enrique Pena

Nieto, center left, and German

Chancellor Angela Merkel, center

right, embrace during a welcoming

ceremony at the National Palace in

Mexico City, Friday, June 9, 2017.

Angela Merkel is in Mexico for an

official visit. (AP Photo/Eduardo

Verdugo)

June 9 , 2017


Indoensia RamadanMuslim men nap as they wait for

the time to break their fast after

Friday prayer at the Istiqlal

Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia,

Friday, June 9, 2017. Muslims

across the world are observing

the holy fasting month of

Ramadan, where they refrain

from eating, drinking and

smoking from dawn to dusk. (AP

Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

June 9 , 2017


Venezuela CrisisOpponents of President Nicolas Maduro hold a Venezuelan flag during a rally to protest censorship and a government proposal to regulate social networks in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, June 9, 2017. The protest movement against President Nicolas Maduro has claimed more than 60 lives as it enters its third month. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

June 9 , 2017


Italy Migrants SoccerA migrant warms up during a game of a friendly

soccer tournament for migrants and refugees at

a sporting event to promote social integration,

organized by CONI (Italian National Olympic

Committee) with local migrant centers, at

Rome's Olympic stadium, Friday, June 9, 2017.

(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

June 9 , 2017


Belmont Stakes Horse RacingAn exercise rider guides a race horse around the track during a workout, Friday, June 9, 2017, in Elmont, N.Y. The 149th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race is on Saturday. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

June 9 , 2017


New Jersey Daily LifeA full moon rises hides behind clouds as it rises over the New York City skyline, including One World Trade Center, center, Friday, June 9, 2017, in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

June 9 , 2017


Reuters / Thursday, June 08, 2017A woman kneels at the place where Neomar Lander died. The sign reads: "No more blood." At least 66 people have died, with victims including government and opposition supporters, bystanders and members of the security forces, since demonstrations began against President Nicolas Maduro more than two months ago. Each side blames the other for the violence. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

June 8 , 2017


Zugeimar Armas, mother of

Neomar Lander, is comforted

during her son's funeral in

Guarenas, Venezuela.

REUTERS/Carlos Garcia

Rawlins

June 9 , 2017


A woman reacts at the place where 17-year-old

demonstrator Neomar Lander died during riots

at a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas

Maduro's government. The sign reads:

"Neomar, entertainer for ever". REUTERS/Ivan

Alvarado

June 9 , 2017


Opposition supporters sit next to graffiti

of 17-year-old protester Neomar Lander,

as they attend a rally against Venezuelan

President Nicolas Maduro's government

in Caracas. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia

Rawlins

June 9 , 2017


China's Friday Night Lights

Friends and relatives watch an Eagles training session of the Future League American football youth league team in Beijing. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

June 9 , 2017


An Eagles player has his shoelaces tied before he plays the Sharklets in a Future League American football youth league match in Beijing. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

June 9 , 2017


Sharklets players (blue shirts) defend against the Eagles during their Future League American football youth league match in Beijing. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

June 9 , 2017


Friends and relatives take pictures of the Future League American football youth league match between the Sharklets and the Eagles in Beijing. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

June 9 , 2017


Protestor wearing a Theresa May mask is seen the day after Britain's election in London. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

June 9 , 2017


Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, arrives at the Labour Party's Headquarters in London. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

June 9 , 2017


First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon addresses journalists in Edinburgh. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

June 9 , 2017


Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May's closest advisors, leave the Conservative Party headquarters, in London. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

June 9 , 2017


Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, and LabourParty candidate Emily Thornberry gesture at a counting centre for Britain's general election in London. REUTERS/Darren Staples

June 9 , 2017


Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May waits for the result of the vote in her constituency at the count centre for the general election in Maidenhead. REUTERS/Toby Melville

June 9 , 2017


June 9 , 2017 Philippines battles Islamist fighters for besieged city

Black smoke comes from a burning building is seen after government troops' continuous assault with insurgents from the so-called Mautegroup, who has taken over large parts of the Marawi City, Philippines. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco


Philippines Escaping MarawiDebris fly as Philippine Air Force fighter jets bomb suspected locations of Muslim militants as fighting continues in Marawi city, southern Philippines Friday, June 9, 2017. It's unclear how many people remain trapped in Marawi as government troops battle Muslim militants led by the so-called "Maute" group but army officers have put the figure this week at anywhere from 150 to 1,000. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

June 9 , 2017


June 9 , 2017

A joint group of police and military forces kick a door while conducting a house to house search as part of clearing operations in different sections of Marawi city. REUTERS/Stringer


June 9 , 2017

Government soldiers watch an air strike while manning a checkpoint as troops from the government carry the continuous assault with insurgents from the so-called Maute group, who has taken over large parts of the Marawi City. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco


June 9 , 2017

A joint group of police and military forces on positions while conducting a house to house search as part of clearing operations in different sections of Marawi city. REUTERS/Stringer


June 9 , 2017

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June 9 , 2017

Reuters / Friday, June 09, 2017Soldiers and residents carry the body of a Muslim boy who was hit by a stray bullet while praying inside a mosque, as government troops continue their assault against insurgents from the Maute group, who has taken over large parts of the Marawi City. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco


June 9 , 2017

A joint group of police and military forces use a mallet to open a door while conducting a house to house search as part of clearing operations in different sections of Marawi city. REUTERS/Stringer


June 9 , 2017

Black smoke comes from a burning building after the government troops' continuous assault with insurgents from the so-called Maute group, who has taken over large parts of the Marawi City. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco


June 9 , 2017

A joint group of police and military forces conduct a house to house search as part of clearing operations in different sections of Marawi city. REUTERS/Stringer


June 9 , 2017

A joint group of police and military forces guard while conducting a house to house search as part of clearing operations in different sections of Marawi city. REUTERS/Stringer


June 9 , 2017

This combination

photo shows

graduates' mortar

board emblazoned

with decorations and

sayings during a

commencement for

Medgar Evers College

in the Brooklyn

borough of New York

City, June 8, 2017.

REUTERS/Carlo

Allegri

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A graduate's mortar board is pictured during a commencement for Medgar Evers College . REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

June 9 , 2017


A graduate's mortar board is pictured during a commencement for Medgar Evers College. REUTERS/Carlo AllegriJune 9 , 2017


June 9 , 2017

A graduate's mortar board is pictured during a commencement for Medgar Evers College. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri



June 9 , 2017


A boy reads the Quran during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan, on June 9, 2017.Muslims around the world celebrate the holy month of Ramadan by praying during the night and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts between sunrise and sunset. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the Quran's first verse was revealed during its last 10 nights. PHOTOS: Ramadan Around the WorldBilawal Arbab / EPA

June 9 , 2017


France Tennis French OpenSwitzerland's Stan Wawrinka is reflected in the windows of the TV commentary positions as he returns a shot against Britain's Andy Murray during their semifinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garrosstadium, in Paris, France. Friday, June 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

June 9 , 2017


June 10 , 2017


A tank of the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division is seen at the frontline at the al-Zanjili district in Mosul, Iraq June 10, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

An Iraqi girl is carried by a man as civilians displaced by fighting between the Iraqi forces and Islamic State flee the al-Zanjili district in Mosul, Iraq June 10, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

An Iraqi man (C) is ordered to raise his hands for a check as civilians displaced by fighting between the Iraqi forces and Islamic State flee the al-Zanjili district in Mosul, Iraq June 10, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

June 10 , 2017

IRAQI FORCES REPEL ISLAMIC STATE OFFENSIVE SOUTH OF MOSUL, 38 KILLED


An Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division vehicle moves among destroyed cars and damaged buildings at the frontline at the al-Zanjili district in Mosul, Iraq June 10, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Members of the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division are seen inside a building at the frontline during the ongoing fighting between the Iraqi forces and Islamic State in Mosul, Iraq June 10, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Members of the Iraqi Army's 9th Armoured Division inspect a damaged building at the frontline during the ongoing fighting between the Iraqi forces and Islamic State at the al-Zanjili district in Mosul, Iraq June 10, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

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An elderly Iraqi woman is carried off in a wheelbarrow as civilians displaced by fighting between the Iraqi forces and Islamic State flee the al-Zanjili district in Mosul, Iraq June 10, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis


An evacuee carries pieces of wood for use in cooking at an open area of the evacuation center at Saguiran village in Lanao Del Sur, Philippines June 10, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

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A U.S. P3 Orion surveillance aircraft is seen flying over the town of Marawi city, as government troops continue their assault against insurgents from the Maute group, who has taken over large parts of the city, Philippines June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

FILE PHOTO: Smoke billowing from a burning building is seen as government troops continue their assault on insurgents from the Maute group, who have taken over large parts of Marawi City. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

Philippine National Police Special Action Force personnel man a checkpoint in Marawi city, as government troops continue their assault against insurgents from the Maute group, in Philippines June 10, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

Evacuees carry their pots after cooking in an open area of the evacuation center at Saguiranvillage in Lanao Del Sur, Philippines June 10, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

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Evacuees blow soap bubbles as they play in a open area of the evacuation center at Saguiran village in Lanao Del Sur, Philippines June 10, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

June 10 , 2017


Plankton is not a species. It's a collective name for all the tiny marine and freshwater life that exist in a floating state. Too small or weak to fight the currents, they drift where the water takes them. Apart from bacteria, these plants, animals, and other types of organisms are the most abundant life form on Earth and play a critical role in the marine food chain. Above: Aglaura hemistoma, a very small jellyfish that's no more than about 4 millimeters in diameter.Ryo Minemizu

STUNNING UNDERWATER PHOTOS EXPLORE THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANKTONJune 10 , 2017

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To create his photographs, Minemizu spends about eight hours a day underwater, drifting and waiting for the right moment to press the shutter. He shoots during the day and night using a lighting system he developed to highlight the vivid colors and fantastic shapes of plankton as small as 2 millimeters.

Above: Larva of Limidae, a bivalve mollusk.

Ryo Minemizu

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The sunlit upper layers of the ocean, the epipelagic zone, are home to many young fish that will live at greater depths when they are adults. This zone is like a cradle for the plankton where they are constantly nurtured and fed.

Above: A larval fish of Arnoglossusyamanakai.

Ryo Minemizu

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A larval flying fish. Ryo Minemizu

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Larva of a sipunculid worm. Adults are long, slender, live on the ocean floor, and, according to Minemizu, are "grotesque."

Ryo Minemizu

GALLERY PHOTOS THE ENDPictures of the dayJune 5 – 10 , 2017

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