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Pics of the day: Thursday 12th June 2014
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Foreign Secretary William Hague (left), Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie during the End Sexual Violence in Conflict Summit at the Excel centre in east London. (credit:PA)
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Linkin Park Band (Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda and Dave Farrell) meets fans and plays soccer near Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, near Paris, France on June 11, 2014.
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Japan's toy maker Tomy executive vice president and new chief operating officer (COO) Harold George Meij (C) poses with stom troopers as they introduce the new line up of Star Wars toys at the Tokyo Toy Show in Tokyo on June 12, 2014. Some 160,000 poeple are expecting to visit Asia's largest four-day toy trade show.
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The statue of the Christ the Redeemer is seen lit with the colours of England's flag during the changing of all 32 nations' colors participating in the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 (credit:Getty Images)
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Traditional Silat fighters perform as part of a religious art festival in Solok in Sumatra, Indonesia. (credit:Getty)
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Leona Lewis attending the Walking On Sunshine premiere at Vue West End, Leicester Square, London. (credit:PA)
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Dame Vivienne Westwood during a photocall ahead of the "We need to talk about Fracking" panel discussion at Free Trade Hall, Manchester. (credit:PA)
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President Barack Obama (R) hugs head coach Geno Auriemma as center Stefanie Dolson (L) of the University of Connecticut women's basketball team slips off the riser during an East Room event at the White House June 9, 2014 in Washington, DC. President Obama hosted the NCAA Champion UConn Huskies Men's and Women's basketball teams to honor the teams and their 2014 NCAA Championships. (credit:Getty Images)
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Black cab and licensed taxi drivers protest at Trafalgar Square, London over the introduction of a phone app called Uber which allows customers to book and track vehicles (credit:PA)
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In this picture made available Wednesday, June 11, 2014, the feathers of a great grey owl are completely wet after rain showers at the zoo in Eberswalde, northeast of Berlin, Germany, Jun