Best pictures of the week: June 12, 2015 - MSN.com

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Malacka, Croatia
Lightning strikes and rain fill the sky as a storm rolls through Malacka, Croatia on June 8.





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Lyon, France
An artist performs during the dress rehearsal of French director Bartabas' new show, "On achève bien les anges, élégies" (So Do We Finish the Angels, Elegies), as part of the Les Nuits de Fourvière festival on June 8.





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Dublin, Ohio
Tiger Woods of the United States plays a shot on the 17th hole during the final round of The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 7 in Dublin, Ohio.





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Sanliurfa, Turkey
Turkish soldiers help a Syrian woman to cross into Turkey from the borderline in Akcakale district of Sanliurfa on June 10. Hundreds of Syrians who fled from Syria after clashes in Rasulayn region of Al-Hasakah, have crossed into Turkey since last week.





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Bali, Indonesia
Two Tengananese men fight each other using thorny pandanus leaves on June 8 in Tenganan Pagringsingan Village, Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia. Every year Tengananese people on the island of Bali celebrate a month long ceremony called 'Usabha Sambah', to demonstrate respect to Indra, the Hindu god of war. One of the rituals during the ceremony is a Pandanus War or 'Mekare Kare', where two Tengananese men duel using thorny pandanus as weapons.





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Arlington, Virginia
Members of a U.S. Army burial team carry a casket containing the remains of World War II U.S Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Alvin Beethe, of Elk Creek, Nebraska, during Beethe's full military honors burial service at Arlington National Cemetery on June 8.





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Antwerp, Belgium
More than 173,000 pots of plants and herbs form a flower carpet in front of City Hall on June 8.





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Gainesville, Georgia
Carson Ricketts, left, and Jasmine Puett look out over Lake Lanier while sitting in a hammock in Laurel Park on June 8, 2015, in Gainesville, Ga. Lanier is a reservoir in the northern area of Georgia. It was created by the completion of Buford Dam on the Chattahoochee River in 1956.





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Turin, Italy
Juventus FC fans react at the end of their UEFA Champions League final match against FC Barcelona as they watch a live telecast on June 6.





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Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with U.S. President Barack Obama at Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany on June 8 during the G-7 summit.

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Austin, Texas
Tom Schaar begins his descent from the top of the Big Air ramp during X Games at Circuit Of The Americas in Austin, Texas on June 5. Schaar won the bronze medal in the Skateboard Big Air event.





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Partenkirchen, Germany
A helicopter meant to transport delegates traveling with U.S. President Barack Obama to Washington, D.C., lands in the rain.





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New York City, New York
Brendan Ryan #17 of the New York Yankees is hit by a pitch in the fifth inning against the Washington Nationals at Yankee Stadium on June 10 in the Bronx borough of New York City.





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Tlapa, Mexico
Bloody handprints and stains mark the wall of a church where police clashed Sunday night with dissident teachers who were holding 35 police captive, in Tlapa, Guerrero State, Mexico, on Tuesday, June 9.





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Sutamarchán, Colombia
People participate in the annual tomato fight festival, known as 'tomatina,' on June 7.





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Eisenerz, Austria
The start of the 21st Red Bull Hare Red Bull Hare Scramble in Eisenerz, Austria on June 7.





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Cairo, Egypt
A defendant reacts to his 15-year sentence in a retrial over a 2012 soccer riot in Port Said that left more than 70 dead and several hundreds injured, inside a cage in a makeshift courtroom at a police academy on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday, June 9. The riot, Egypt’s worst and among the world’s deadliest, led to the temporary suspension of Egypt’s top flight soccer league. The court sentenced 11 people to death and 40 defendants to up to 15 years in prison.





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Vienna, Austria
Jellyfish swimming in Vienna, Austria on June, 9.





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Manchester, New Hampshire
Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul, left, listens as as N.H. Sen. Andy Sanborn, standing on a chair, makes opening remarks commemorating the opening of Paul's campaign office in Manchester, N.H.,on June 5, 2015.





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Mexico City, Mexico
A young man spray paints "Ayotzi Lives" in reference to 43 missing students, on a kiosk during a march commemorating the 1971 student massacre known as ''El Halconazo'' in Mexico City on Wednesday, June 10. The attack, also known as the Corpus Christi massacre, was carried out by a group of men apparently recruited by the government to break up a pro-democracy student demonstration.

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Tel Aviv, Israel
German 'Magneto' takes part in the annual Israel Tattoo Convention on June 6.





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Tokyo, Japan
A businessman stands behind a frosted glass window of an office high-rise in central Tokyo on June 9.





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Singapore
Patsara Manuya of Thailand reacts during her fight with Novi Susanti of Indonesia in the women's fencing team sabre semifinals at the OCBC Arena Hall during the 28th South East Asian Games on June 7.





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Gaza City, Gaza
Graffiti adorns mounds of rubble bombed buildings continue to scar the landscape of Gaza on June 10 in Gaza City, Gaza.





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New Delhi, India
Buffalos escape a fire, which is spreading on a patch of land by the Yamuna river, on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, on June 9.





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Jianli, China
Family members of Eastern Star cruise ship victims burn offerings as they cry during a ceremony to mark seven days since the ship went down in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province, China, on June 7.





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Barcelona, Spain
A Catalan Autonomous Police officer, known as Mosso d'Esquadra, holds a routine patrol in a sewage tunnel on June 5.





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Paris, France
Serena Williams celebrates match point at the French Open women's singles final against Lucie Safarova of Czech Republic at Roland Garros on June 6.





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Hubei, China
The sunk cruise ship 'Eastern Star, which was later salvaged, arrives at the dock where rescuers in sterilization suits prepare to board the vessel on June 5.





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London, England
An attendant emerges from a shipping container surrounded by dinosaurs during the "Jurassic World" takeover at Waterloo Station on June 8.