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pics of the day 6th May
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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 06: Actor Bradley Cooper attends Sardi's Caricature Unveiling at Sardi's on May 6, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) (credit:Dimitrios Kambouris via Getty Images)
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This photo provided by Curt Bemson shows smoke and fire coming from an oil train that derailed Wednesday, May 6, 2015 in Heimdal, North Dakota. Officials say ten tanker cars on the BNSF caught fire prompting the evacuation of Heimdal where about three dozen people live. No injuries were reported. (Curt Bemson via AP) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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LANCASTER, ENGLAND - MAY 6: Prime Minister David Cameron lays a brick during a campaign visit to a home building scheme on May 6, 2015 in Lancaster, United Kingdom. Britain's political leaders are campaigning in a final day's push for votes ahead of what is predicted to be the closest General Election for a generation. (Photo by Toby Melville - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:WPA Pool via Getty Images)
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LANCASTER, ENGLAND - MAY 6: Prime Minister David Cameron (R) is joined by his wife Samantha (L) during a campaign visit to a home building scheme on May 6, 2015 in Lancaster, United Kingdom. Britain's political leaders are campaigning in a final day's push for votes ahead of what is predicted to be the closest General Election for a generation. (Photo by Toby Melville - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:WPA Pool via Getty Images)
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Singer Elton John (R), founder of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and Pastor Rick Warren (L) of the Saddleback Church, arrive to testify about global health programs during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, May 6, 2015. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:SAUL LOEB via Getty Images)
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People and a photographer view a beached humpback whale in Pacifica, California on Tuesday, May 05, 2015. This is the second dead whale that has washed ashore in Pacifica this month. (credit:JOSH EDELSON via Getty Images)
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KHANIGAUN, NEPAL - MAY 06: Nepalese villagers wave after collecting aid dropped by an Indian helicopter on May 6, 2015 in Khanigaun, Nepal. A major 7.9 earthquake hit Kathmandu mid-day on Saturday 25th April, and was followed by multiple aftershocks that triggered avalanches on Mt. Everest that buried mountain climbers in their base camps. Many houses, buildings and temples in the capital were destroyed during the earthquake, leaving over 7000 dead and many more trapped under the debris as emergency rescue workers attempt to clear debris and find survivors. Regular aftershocks have hampered recovery missions as locals, officials and aid workers attempt to recover bodies from the rubble. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images) (credit:David Ramos via Getty Images)
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BARPAK, NEPAL - MAY 06: Damaged houses are seen from an Indian Helicopter on May 6, 2015 in Barpak, Nepal. A major 7.9 earthquake hit Kathmandu mid-day on Saturday 25th April, and was followed by multiple aftershocks that triggered avalanches on Mt. Everest that buried mountain climbers in their base camps. Many houses, buildings and temples in the capital were destroyed during the earthquake, leaving over 7000 dead and many more trapped under the debris as emergency rescue workers attempt to clear debris and find survivors. Regular aftershocks have hampered recovery missions as locals, officials and aid workers attempt to recover bodies from the rubble. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images) (credit:David Ramos via Getty Images)
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CHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 06: Prime Minister David Cameron (L) tours the new Chester Zoo Islands site which opens later this year. May 6, 2015 in Chester, England. Britain's political leaders are campaigning in a final day's push for votes ahead of what is predicted to be the closest General Election for a generation. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (credit:Christopher Furlong via Getty Images)
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A Burundian protester wearing a gas mask and holding a sign that reads 'Stop the third mandate' chants near a burning barricade in the Mugasa neighbourhood of Bujumbura on May 6, 2015. Government and opposition rivals are meeting in Burundi in a bid to end deadly demonstrations against a third term bid by the president, as regional foreign ministers arrived to add pressure. (credit:PHIL MOORE via Getty Images)
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For the June 2015 issue of British GQ, the icon on our cover and new ambassador for British film-making David Beckham presents a roll call of home-grown talent
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Harlem Globetrotters' Hi-Lite Bruton, left, Ant Atitkson, second from left, Big Easy Lofton, second from right, look at teammate Flight Time Lang, right, helping Pope Francis spin the ball on his finger as they meet during the general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 6, 2015. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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In this May 2, 2015 photo, skywriter Nathan Hammond works on a peace sign as he writes messages of hope and love over New Orleans, during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (credit:Gerald Herbert/AP)
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Mugs celebrating the birth of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge are pictured on a production line at the Prince William Pottery in Liverpool, north-west England, on May 6, 2015. Queen Elizabeth II met her new great-granddaughter for the first time on Tuesday, visiting the three-day-old and her parents Prince William and Kate at Kensington Palace. Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, who was born on Saturday, was named in tribute to the 89-year-old monarch as well as William's mother Diana, who died in a car crash in 1997. AFP PHOTO/PAUL ELLIS (Photo credit should read PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PAUL ELLIS via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 05: Kim Kardashian is seen in Soho on May 5, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Alo Ceballos/GC Images) (credit:Alo Ceballos via Getty Images)
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BRECON, WALES - MAY 6: Kayleigh Jones holds daughter Megan as Prime Minister David Cameron speaks with local members of the farming community during a campaign visit at Whole House Farm, on May 6, 2015 near Brecon, Wales. Britain's political leaders are campaigning in a final day's push for votes ahead of what is predicted to be the closest General Election for a generation. (Photo by Toby Melville - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:WPA Pool via Getty Images)
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ROME, ITALY - 2015/05/05: Thousands demonstrate against Renzi's bill 'Buona Scuola', accusing the party PD of turning the Italian school into a business. Teachers and student gathered to accuse the prime minister of privatizing the education and transforming students into workers. (Photo by Davide Fracassi/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) (credit:Pacific Press via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 05: The Manhattan skyline is viewed on May 5, 2015 in New York City. In an effort to reduce Manhattan's carbon footprint, New York's City Council is considering a bill that would limit the amount of external light commercial buildings may use when empty at night. If approved, the bill could alter the use of lights in nearly 40,000 structures and potentially change the iconic nighttime view of Manhattan. The controversial bill has received support from Mayor Bill de Blasio. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Spencer Platt via Getty Images)
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WARRNAMBOOL, AUSTRALIA - MAY 06: Horses walk in the water during a Warrnambool trackwork session at Lady Bay on May 6, 2015 in Warrnambool, Australia. (Photo by Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images) (credit:Vince Caligiuri via Getty Images)
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Members of the Harlem Globe Trotters basketball team look at Pope Francis as he arrives for his weekly general audience at St Peter's square on May 6, 2015 at the Vatican. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO (Photo credit should read ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ANDREAS SOLARO via Getty Images)
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Indian Bollywood film actor Salman Khan (C) arrives in a car to appear at the sessions court in Mumbai on May 6, 2015. An Indian judge convicted Bollywood superstar Salman Khan of killing a homeless man in a 2002 hit-and-run after a night out drinking, rejecting his claim that his driver was to blame. (credit:PUNIT PARANJPE via Getty Images)
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Canadian Major-General Richard Rohmer, center, arrives for a church service prior to a parade in Wageningen, Netherlands, Tuesday May 5, 2015, marking the 70th anniversary of the surrender of Nazi forces on May 5, 1945. A week of celebrations and remembrances marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands at the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Vincent Jannink) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A police officer walks past a burning barricade in the Cibitoke neighbourhood of Bujumbura on May 5, 2015. Protesters in Burundi dismissed a constitutional court ruling that cleared President Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a controversial third term, as the government offered to release activists if deadly demonstrations stopped. (credit:PHIL MOORE via Getty Images)
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Two young sloth bears play with their mother, Lina, in the zoo in Leipzig,Germany, 05 May 2015. 912 animals were born here in the past year. Photo:LUKASSCHULZE/dpa (credit:Lukas Schulze/DPA)
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Washington Nationals mascot Screech, right, interacts with Miss America 2015 Kira Kazantsev, left, before a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Monday, May 4, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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An airport official looks at the wreckage of a Yemeni air force military transport aircraft on the tarmac of the rebel-controlled international airport of Sanaa on May 5, 2015, a day after it was destroyed by an air strike of the Saudi-led coalition. International relief agencies have voiced concern over Saudi-led coalition air strikes on airports in Yemen, warning they hamper aid delivery, as raids on rebel positions continued. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MOHAMMED HUWAIS via Getty Images)
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BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 05: Nadezhda Nadya Tolokonnikova, founding member of the Russian activist group Pussy Riot, uses a balloon to simulate giving herself an abortion as she attends the re:publica conference on May 5, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The conference revolves around digital culture and society. The three founding members of the group Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in prison in 2012 after they staged an anti-Vladimir Putin protest at a church in Moscow, but were released prior to serving their sentences in their entirety. The group has appealed to erase its members' criminal records, but those efforts have so far not been successful. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) (credit:Adam Berry via Getty Images)
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David Cameron Answers Questions With Business Staff In HendonHENDON, ENGLAND - MAY 05: A man wearing a UK Independence Party rosette is seen amongst a crowd of staff attending a speech by Prime Minister David Cameron at Utility Warehouse on May 5, 2015 in Hendon, England. Campaigning has intensified in the last few days before voters go to the polls in a general election on May 7, 2015. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images)