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In pictures: Eyewitness June 2009

UK weather update: A boy gets buried in the pebbles on Brighton beach
June: A boy gets buried in pebbles on Brighton beach Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA
Eyewitness: The Sarychev volcano in an early stage of eruption
12 June 2009: A photograph taken from the international space station and released by Nasa shows the Sarychev volcano in an early stage of eruption on 12 June. It last erupted in 1989 Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
eyewitness: Man has his head shaved in an open field at Nasir in south Sudan
21 June 2009, Nasir, Sudan: A man has his head shaved in the village. Hundreds of people have been killed in the area in violence caused by farming disputes Photograph: Finbarr O'reilly/Reuters
Eyewitness: Tourists cross the 204-year-old Pontcysyllte aqueduct in Wrexham
16 June 2009, Wrexham, UK: Tourists cross the 204-year-old Pontcysyllte aqueduct. The structure, which is 38m (126ft) high at its centre, is the world's highest navigable aqueduct Photograph: David Levene
Eyewitness: Mousavi supporters protest the result of the election at a mass rally
15 June 2009, Tehran, Iran: Hundreds of thousands of supporters of opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, who claims that Friday’s election was tainted by fraud, gather to protest against the result Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP
Eyewitness: A Pashtun man uses a metal detector
11 June 2009, Peshwar, Pakistan: A man with a metal detector searches through debris at the Pearl Continental hotel in Peshawar, north-west Pakistan, where suicide bombers killed at least 11 people Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters
Eyewitness: Former members of the International Brigade at the Spanish Embassy
10 June 2009, London, UK: Former members of the International Brigade receive their Spanish citizenship and passports in a ceremony at the Spanish embassy in London yesterday. A recent change in Spanish law has allowed volunteer fighters who fought in the 1936-39 Spanish civil war to be granted citizenship Photograph: Graeme Robertson
Eyewitness June 2009: The polling station on the island of Inishfree in Co Donegal
4 June 2009, Ireland: Gardai Damian Mulkearns stands beside the ballot box on Inishfree isle, Co Donegal, yesterday as a resident votes. The island has a peak season population of 30 Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
Eyewitness: A plant factory in Tokyo
2 June 2009, Tokyo, Japan: A plant factory in Tokyo, where lighting, temperature, humidity and watering are controlled to guarantee the stable production of vegetables throughout the year Photograph: Junko Kimura/Getty Images
Eyewitness: Faraja and Pishon Mhewa with their brother Jerminus at their home in Mafinga
Mafinga, Tanzania: Eight-year-old Faraja and 10-year-old Pishon Mhewa with their baby brother Jerminus at their home. Their parents, who are black-skinned but carriers of the recessive albinism gene, have a one in four chance of producing children with the condition. Such children face prejudice in wider society and must stay out of the sun as they are at high risk of skin cancer. This picture was taken by Jackie Dewe Mathews , winner of the 2008 Guardian Royal Photographic Society Joan Wakelin bursary Photograph: Jackie Dewe Mathews
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