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May 28: Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain casts his shadow as he returns the ball to Michael Llodra of France during the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris May 28, 2012.
 

May 28: Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain casts his shadow as he returns the ball to Michael Llodra of France during the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris May 28, 2012.

Photograph by: Benoit Tessier, Reuters

 
May 28: Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain casts his shadow as he returns the ball to Michael Llodra of France during the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris May 28, 2012.
May 28: A diadem, modelled on the one worn by the Queen at her coronation in 1953, is seen at Asprey jewellers ahead of her Diamond Jubilee in central London May 28, 2012. Entitled 'The Diamond Queen', the work has been valued at over 1 million pounds (1,570,460 US dollars). All proceeds of sales will go to charity.
MAY 28 - Venezuelan cadets wave from the flagship "Simon Bolivar" as they leave the port of Cartagena, Venezuelan.
May 28: A participant operates a homemade flying machine during the annual Red Bull Flugtag (Flight Day) event in Mainz May 28, 2012.
May 28: A Kurdish man walks between coffins draped with Kurdish flag containing the remains of victims during a burial ceremony in Sulaimaniya, 260km (162 miles) northeast of Baghdad, May 28, 2012. More than 700 Kurds, killed by former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, were honoured in a ceremony in northern Iraq on Monday. Kurdish officials gathered at the Police Academy in Suleimaniya province to mourn 730 victims of Iraq's notorious 'Anfal' campaign, whose bodies were discovered in mass graves in southern Iraq in July 2011. Rights groups estimate that up to 180,000 people were killed when Saddam Hussein's troops began a military campaign against Iraq's minority Kurds in 1988, razing villages and rounding up local people, forcing many into camps.
May 28: People jostle while holding water pots as they collect water from a lorry from Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) in the outskirts of Dhaka May 28, 2012. Water supply to Dhaka dwellers has dropped drastically in the last one month due to power cuts and the summer heat, local media reported.
May 28: A woman injured during an explosion sits on a police pick-up in Kenya's capital Nairobi, May 28, 2012. A blast struck a shopping complex in Nairobi's business district during Monday's lunch hour, wounding more than a dozen people, but it was not immediately clear what had caused the explosion. Dense black smoke billowed from the badly damaged building and sirens blared as emergency service crews rushed to Moi Avenue, a major road running through the city centre.
MAY 28 - A fan of U.S. pop star Lady Gaga waits outside the Singapore Indoor Stadium for the Lady Gaga Born This Way Ball concert to start on Monday May 28, 2012 in Singapore
A dressed monkey named Shah Rukh sits next to his owner to make a living in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, May 27, 2012.
Smoke is pictured billowing from the site of wildfires at the Whitewater-Baldy Complex in southwestern New Mexico in the Gila National Forest in this May 23, 2012 handout photo obtained by Reuters May 27, 2012. The Whitewater-Baldy Complex fire, started by a lightning strike, has been burning out of control for 11 days, destroying more than 82,252 acres (33,286 hectares) and prompting officials to issue evacuation orders in nearby communities.
A man of African origin wears traditional make-up during the Karneval der Kulturen (Carnival of Cultures), a street parade of Berlin's ethnic minorities, in Berlin, May 27, 2012. Around 4,700 members from 80 communities in the German capital attended the 16th annual parade on Sunday, celebrating the city's cultural diversity.
Indian Army Vajra Corps soldiers perform during their annual training exercise named Ashwamedh at a camp in Jalandhar, India, Sunday, May 27, 2012. Jalandhar is about 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of Indias border with Pakistan.
Canada's Ryder Hesjedal Kisses the trophy after winning the 95th Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, May 27, 2012. Hesjedal won the 95th Giro d'Italia finishing 16 seconds ahead of Joaquin Rodriguez in the general classification after overhauling the Spaniard's lead on the final stage in Milan. Hesjedal started the 21st stage 31 seconds behind Rodriguez, but completed the 28.2-kilometer (17.52-mile) individual time trial in 34 minutes, 15 seconds to finish the race in a total time of 91 hours, 39 minutes and 2 seconds. He becomes the first Canadian to win the Giro. Marco Pinotti won the stage in 33:06.
Nicolas Mahut of France returns the ball to Andy Roddick of the U.S. during the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris May 27, 2012.
Models present creations from Lenny's collection during Fashion Rio Summer 2012/2013 in Rio de Janeiro May 25, 2012.
Revellers attend the Wave and Goth festival in Leipzig May 25, 2012. The annual festival, known in Germany as Wave-Gotik Treffen, features up to 150 bands and musicians playing Gothic rock and other styles of the "dark wave" music subculture attracting a regular audience of up to 20000, according to organizers. The festival runs from May 24 to May 28.
Revellers attend the Wave and Goth festival in Leipzig May 25, 2012. The annual festival, known in Germany as Wave-Gotik Treffen, features up to 150 bands and musicians playing Gothic rock and other styles of the "dark wave" music subculture attracting a regular audience of up to 20000, according to organizers. The festival runs from May 24 to May 28.
Cast member Reese Witherspoon poses during a photocall for the film "Mud", in competition at the 65th Cannes Film Festival, May 26, 2012.
Participants interview each other during a blind date party in Shanghai May 26, 2012. The event, aimed at providing chances for the unmarried under the age of 45, has attracted about 10,000 single young people to participate, local media reported.
A police officer finds the rifle used by a gunman from a rooftop in a Finnish town centre in Hyvinkaa May 26, 2012. The gunman opened fire from the rooftop in the early hours of Saturday, killing an 18-year-old woman and wounding eight other people, police said. An 18-year-old man has been detained after the shooting outside bars and restaurants in Hyvinkaa just before 2 a.m. (2300 GMT). Police said the suspect was believed to have used two rifles.
Eldery women look at revellers dressed in their subculture attire outside a venue at the Wave and Goth festival in Leipzig May 26, 2012. The annual festival, known in Germany as Wave-Gotik Treffen, features over 150 bands and artist in venues all over the city playing Gothic rock and other styles of the dark wave music subculture. The event that counts as one of the biggest of its kind attract a regular audience of up to 20,000 the organisers said.
A worker takes a nap on sacks filled with wheat at a wholesale grain market at Dadri town in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh May 26, 2012. Six companies, including global traders, bid for wheat from India's stocks to sell overseas at prices between $150-$230 per tonne, trade sources said, prices that might tempt the world's second-biggest producer as it tries to cut its huge stockpiles.
Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) listen while Contingent Commander for Uganda, Brigadier Paul Lokech (not seen), briefs members of 09 Battalion before an advance on the town of Afgoye to the west of the Somali capital Mogadishu, in this handout photo released on May 25, 2012. At least five people were killed when a shell hit the minibus they were using to flee fighting in a town north west of the capital, as African Union and government soldiers intensify their fight against al Shabaab militants. Earlier this week, African Union and Somali government troops stepped up their attacks on al Shabaab militants in Mogadishu's northern outskirts, forcing hundreds of families to flee their makeshift homes and head for the city centre.
Sauber Formula One driver Sergio Perez of Mexico loses a tyre following contact against a wall during the qualifying session at the Monaco F1 Grand Prix May 26, 2012. Australian Mark Webber will start Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix on pole position for Red Bull after Mercedes' Michael Schumacher set the pace in qualifying but was subject to a five place grid penalty.
New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur (C) celebrates with teammates Anton Volchenkov, Ryan Carter (20) and Johan Hedberg (1) after the Devils defeated the New York Rangers in Game 6 of their NHL Eastern Conference Final hockey playoff game in Newark, New Jersey, May 25, 2012.
New Jersey Devils' Adam Henrique (R) celebrates after scoring the game winning goal in overtime against the New York Rangers in Game 6 of their NHL Eastern Conference Final hockey playoff game in Newark, New Jersey, May 25, 2012.
Barcelona's Xavi Hernandez lifts the Spanish King's Cup trophy after winning the final against Athletic Bilbao at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, May 25, 2012.
Barcelona's Gerard Pique (L) and his team mate Carles Puyol celebrates after winning the Spanish King's Cup final against Athletic Bilbao at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, May 25, 2012.
Kites are flown at an open-air ethnographic museum during a kite festival in Kiev May 26, 2012.
A woman walks along the Hudson River as the sun sets on One World Trade Center (C) and the skyline of Lower Manhattan in New York as seen from Hoboken, New Jersey, May 25, 2012.
May 25: Abseilers secure a giant canvas along the River Thames of a photograph showing Britain's Royal Family during the 1977 Silver Jubilee, London May 25, 2012. Queen Elizabeth will mark her Diamond Jubilee by travelling in a 1,000-boat regatta on the river on June 3.
May 25: Pooja, 17, a potter, makes an earthen pot inside a workshop in Jammu May 25, 2012.
May 25: An immigrant pushes a shopping trolley past a wall covered with a graffiti in Athens May 25, 2012. Greece has no need for external financing currently so it would not be a problem if the next aid tranche for the debt-plagued country were delayed by a few weeks, a German finance ministry spokesman said on Friday.
May 25: A U.S. Army soldier from the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, minesweeps with a metal detector in an abandoned compound during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation with Afghan security forces in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012.
University of British Columbia Bachelor of Arts student Gavin Kennedy waits to receive his diploma during a graduation ceremony at the university in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday May 24, 2012.
A member of the U.S. Army Old Guard places a flag at one of the over 220,000 graves of fallen U.S. military service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery, May 24, 2012. Memorial Day will be commemorated this weekend across the United States.
A model presents a creation from Nica Kessler's collection during Fashion Rio Summer 2012/2013 in Rio de Janeiro May 24, 2012.
Swimmer Brent Hayden, of Mission, B.C., trains at the UBC Aquatic Centre in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday May 24, 2012.
Officials count the ballots after the polls are closed in Cairo May 24, 2012. Egyptians, choosing their leader freely for the first time in history, voted for a second day on Thursday in an election that is a fruit of last year's popular revolt against Hosni Mubarak.
A plume of smoke rises from the Popocatepetl volcano as seen from Cholula, in the Mexican state of Puebla, Mexico, Thursday May 24, 2012. Popo, as the volcano is commonly known, has put out small eruptions of ash almost daily since a round of eruptive activity began in 1994. The Nuestra Seora de los Remedios or Our Lady of Remedies church stands in the foreground.
 
 
 
 
 

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