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Joanna Ruck

Photo highlights of the day

A model presents a creation by the French Lejaby lingerie house during a fashion show marking the 130th anniversary of the company's creation, at the Lido in Paris, France.
A model presents a creation by the French Lejaby lingerie house during a fashion show marking the 130th anniversary of the company's creation, at the Lido in Paris, France. Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images
President Barack Obama holds a Model used to show how polymers expand as he learns how sandless sandbags work that are the invention of Peyton Robertson, 12, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., while touring the 2014 White House Science Fair exhibits on display in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington.
US President Barack Obama holds a Model used to show how polymers expand as he learns how sandless sandbags work that are the invention of Peyton Robertson, 12, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., during the 2014 White House Science Fair exhibits on display in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP
Personnel from the Iraqi security forces detain suspected militants of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, during a raid operation in Jurf al-Sakhar. The operation led to the arrest of wanted figures in Jurf al-Sakhar south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, according to an Iraqi security forces officer.
Personnel from the Iraqi security forces detain suspected militants of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, during a raid operation in Jurf al-Sakhar. The operation led to the arrest of wanted figures in Jurf al-Sakhar south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, according to an Iraqi security forces officer. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters
A horse and exercise rider train during sunrise at Belmont Park on May 27, 2014 in Elmont, New York.
A horse and exercise rider train during sunrise at Belmont Park on May 27, 2014 in Elmont, New York. Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images
A Bahraini anti-government protester jumps over a tear gas canister fired by riot police as another protester in the background grabs another canister to throw aside during clashes in Sitra, Bahrain, south of the capital, Manama.
A Bahraini anti-government protester jumps over a tear gas canister fired by riot police as another protester in the background grabs another canister to throw aside during clashes in Sitra, Bahrain, south of the capital, Manama. Photograph: Hasan Jamali/AP
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond
Practising the Highland fling? No, Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond is kicking a football during a Street Soccer Scotland photocall with Scotland under-21 midfielder Kenny McLean. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond heads a ball
On the head: someone end this photocall, now. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA
A bloodstained icon of Jesus is seen among shattered glass atop a wrecked Kamaz truck near the Donetsk airport May 27, 2014. Ukrainian forces fought with separatists in the city of Donetsk for a second day on Tuesday after inflicting heavy losses on the rebels while the government vowed to press on with a military offensive
A bloodstained icon of Jesus is seen among shattered glass atop a wrecked Kamaz truck near the Donetsk airport. Ukrainian forces fought with separatists in the city of Donetsk for a second day after 30 people were killed yesterday. See more images in our gallery. Photograph: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
Kashmiri Muslims pray as a head priest, unseen, displays a holy relic believed to be the hair from the beard of Prophet Mohammed, on Mehraj-u-Alam at the Hazratbal Shrine on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Thousands of devotees thronged the Hazratbal shrine during Mehraj-u-Alam, believed to mark the ascension of Prophet Mohammed to Heaven. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) plg
Kashmiri Muslims pray as a head priest displays a holy relic believed to be the hair from the beard of Prophet Mohammed at the Hazratbal Shrine on the outskirts of Srinagar, India. Thousands of devotees thronged the Hazratbal shrine during Mehraj-u-Alam, believed to mark the ascension of Prophet Mohammed to Heaven. Photograph: Mukhtar Khan/AP
Ashraf-ul-Shiekh holds on to a newly made artificial leg at an artificial limb making center on May 27, 2014 in Kolkata, India. Eight-year-old slum kid Ashraf-ul-Shiekh lost his left leg in a tragic road accident two years ago. The incident had left his impoverished parents - who live in a slum in Kolkata, West Bengal - shattered. But now, Ashraf has got a new prosthetic leg from an artificial limb centre free of cost. Ashraf can now walk again, bringing joy to his family. The centre medic who helped Ashraf with a new leg has lost a leg himself. At the milv centre, one can also see people with prosthetic arms helping patients, and even carrying equipment.
Ashraf-ul-Shiekh holds his newly made artificial leg at an artificial limb making centre in Kolkata, India. Photograph: Arkaprava Ghosh/Barcroft India
A Thai soldier screams at anti-military protestors during a rally against the coup in Bangkok Military coup in Thailand - 25 May 2014 plg
A Thai soldier screams at anti-military protestors during a rally against the coup in Bangkok. Photograph: Zuma/Rex
Actor Hugh Jackman attends the 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' premiere at Roppongi Hills Arena on May 27, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan.
The claws are out: everyone wants a chance to get near Hugh Jackman at the 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' premiere in Tokyo, Japan. Photograph: Jun Sato/WireImage
In this May 21, 2014 photo, a painting of Portugal's soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo decorates a tap-tap passenger bus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The capital's public busses are getting covered by the faces of soccer stars ahead of the World Cup that starts in June in Brazil. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) plg
Portugal's soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo decorates a tap-tap passenger bus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The capital's public buses are getting covered by the faces of soccer stars ahead of the World Cup. Photograph: Dieu Nalio Chery/AP
He must 'bee' crazy: Gao Bingguo is covered with bees during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for being covered by the largest number of bees, in Taian, China. Luckily for him he set a new record a for having 326,000 bees on his body at one time.
He must 'bee' crazy: Gao Bingguo is covered with bees during an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for being covered by the largest number of bees, in Taian, China. Luckily for him he set a new record a for having 326,000 bees on his body at one time. Photograph: China Stringer Network/Reuters
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg arrives to St Andrew's Youth Club in Westminster, London. Clegg is under pressure following disappointing results in the European elections.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg arrives to St Andrew's Youth Club in Westminster, London. Clegg is under pressure following disappointing results in the European elections. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA
An Afghan labourer poses at an aluminium workshop in Herat.
An Afghan labourer poses at an aluminium workshop in Herat. Photograph: Aref Karimi/AFP/Getty Images
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