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Pictures of the day
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Prime Minister David Cameron during a visit to the Tetley factory in Stockton-on-Tees, his first engagement outside London since the election. (credit:Scott Heppell/PA Wire)
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Local people seen in a car as the Assad regime forces attack district of Arbin in Syria on May 12, 2015. (Photo by Muhammed Ala/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Lioness Rani investigates a box of goat bedding at Chessington World of Adventures Resort after they celebrate the increase of Asiatic Lions from 411 to 523
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Army officers stand guard next to the coffin of Turkey's former army chief and president Kenan Evren during his state funeral in Ankara, on May 12, 2015. Evren died aged 97 at a military hospital in Ankara on Saturday -- almost a year after he received a life sentence for his role in the coup, which unleashed a wave of arrests, torture and extrajudicial killings. AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ADEM ALTAN via Getty Images)
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An unidentified man is detained by policemen as he protests during the state funeral of Turkey's former army chief and president Kenan Evren in Ankara, on May 12, 2015. Evren died aged 97 at a military hospital in Ankara on Saturday -- almost a year after he received a life sentence for his role in the coup, which unleashed a wave of arrests, torture and extrajudicial killings. AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:ADEM ALTAN via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 11: Catherine Zeta Jones attends The 2015 Actors Fund Gala at The New York Marriott Marquis on May 11, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic) (credit:Bruce Glikas via Getty Images)
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A child has his head shaved by Buddhist monks during a ceremony entitled 'Children Becoming Buddhist Monks', at the Jogye temple in Seoul on May 11, 2015. Following the ceremony the children stay at the temple where they are taught about Buddhism, for two weeks, until Buddha's birthday on May 25. (credit:ED JONES via Getty Images)
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Rescue team officials search for survivors at a collapsed building in Kathmandu May 12, 2015, after an earthquake struck. A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit has devastated Nepal, sending terrified residents running into the streets in the capital Kathmandu, according to witnesses and the US Geological Survey. The quake struck at 12:35pm local time in the Himalayan nation some 83 kilometres (52 miles) east of Kathmandu, more than two weeks after a 7.8-magnitude quake which killed more than 8,000 people. AFP PHOTO / PRAKASH MATHEMA (Photo credit should read PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PRAKASH MATHEMA via Getty Images)
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CHATSWORTH, ENGLAND - MAY 12: Wedding co-ordinators Laine Seward and Gareth Fletcher pose as they rehearse events prior to the first ever wedding at the historic stately Chatsworth House on May 12, 2015 in Chatsworth, England. The Derbyshire stately home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire has been granted a license to conduct weddings in the grand Painted Hall. Later this year the exclusive venue will see it's first ever wedding inside the house. After the ceremony the bride and groom can indulge in their wedding breakfast in the opulent Great Dining Room which, over the years, has played host to many royal visitors including the young Queen Victoria. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (credit:Christopher Furlong via Getty Images)
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The sun shines over Windsor Castle in Berkshire as the warm weather continues across the UK. (credit:Steve Parsons/PA Wire)
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Smoke rises after a Saudi-led airstrike hit a site believed to be a munitions storage, in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition kept up their airstrikes targeting the positions of Yemen's Shiite rebels and their allies around the capital, Sanaa, hours ahead of a humanitarian cease-fire set to begin on Tuesday evening. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, center left, chairs the first cabinet meeting of the recently re-elected Conservative Party in Downing Street in London, Tuesday May 12, 2015. (Dan Kitwood/Pool Photo via AP) (credit:ap)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 12: Wax figures of Star Wars characters Princess Leia and Jabba The Hut on display at 'Star Wars At Madame Tussauds' on May 12, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images) (credit:Stuart C. Wilson via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 12: A wax figure of Star Wars character Darth Maul on display at 'Star Wars At Madame Tussauds' on May 12, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images) (credit:Stuart C. Wilson via Getty Images)
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A Barbary ape baby is held by a female Barbary ape in the open-air ape enclosure in Salem,Germany, 11 May 2015. The four-day-old Barbary ape baby is the first offspring of the year in Germany's largest open-air ape enclosure. More animal offspring is expected, according to park management. Photo: FELIXKAESTLE/dpa (credit:Felix Kstle/DPA)
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Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis (L) greets his British counterpart George Osborne on May 12, 2015 during an Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting at the European Council in Brussels. AFP PHOTO / EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:EMMANUEL DUNAND via Getty Images)
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Auctioneer Jussi Pylkkanen talks about Pablo Picassoâs Women of Algiers (Version O), (1955), which sold for $179.4 million, making it the most expensive artwork sold at auction, during a sale of 20th century art at Christie's Rockefeller Center in New York, Monday, May 11, 2015. Experts say the once unthinkable prices are driven by artworksâ investment value and by wealthy new and established collectors seeking out the very best works.(AP Photo/Kathy Willens) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 12: Wax figures of Star Wars characters Luke Sykwalker and Darth Vader on display at 'Star Wars At Madame Tussauds' on May 12, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images) (credit:Stuart C. Wilson via Getty Images)
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Three cars are stuck in the dirt after a parking lot slipped down a slope in Dresden, eastern Germany, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. (Arno Burgi/dpa via AP) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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CHICAGO, IL - MAY 11: Kanye West receives an honorary doctorate at School Of Art Institute Of Chicago on May 11, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/WireImage) (credit:Daniel Boczarski via Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 12: A wax figure of Star Wars character Han Solo on display at 'Star Wars At Madame Tussauds' on May 12, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images) (credit:Stuart C. Wilson via Getty Images)
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CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - MAY 12: Prince Harry meets the public at Cashel Street Mall on May 12, 2015 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Prince Harry is in New Zealand from May 9 through to May 16 attending events in Wellington, Invercargill, Stewart Island, Christchurch, Linton, Whanganui and Auckland. (Photo by Tim Rooke - Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Pool via Getty Images)
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Debris of the destroyed buildings are seen in Nepal's Kodari near the Tibet Autonomous Region of China on May 10, 2015 after Nepal eartquake-induced landslides. It has been more than two weeks since the Nepal quake disaster on April 25, the aftershocks trigger landslides near Tatopani and Kodari regions near Tibet. The number of the dead in the aftermath of Nepal's devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake has risen to 7,914 and more than 16,035 were injured according to figures from the Nepali police. (Photo by Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Britain's Prince Harry (C) hands out cupcakes during a visit to the University of Canterbury's Student Volunteer Army in Christchurch on May 12, 2015. Prince Harry arrived in New Zealand on May 9 for a week-long visit. AFP PHOTO / POOL / Martin Hunter (Photo credit should read MARTIN HUNTER/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:MARTIN HUNTER via Getty Images)
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 12: A general view as a double rainbow forms overhead during a Melbourne Victory A-League training session at Gosch's Paddock on May 12, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. Melbourne Victory will play Sydney FC in the A-League grand final in Melbourne on Sunday. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images) (credit:Scott Barbour via Getty Images)
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SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - MAY 11: Kim Kardashian West attends the Kim Kardashian West for C&A launch event at Morumbi Shopping on May 11, 2015 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Daniel Vorley/Getty Images) (credit:Daniel Vorley via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 11: Actress Charlize Theron is seen on 'Good Morning America' on May 11, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Raymond Hall/GC Images) (credit:Raymond Hall via Getty Images)
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Kim Kardashian West attends the Kim Kardashian West for C&A press conference at Shopping Iguatemi on May 11, 2015 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Daniel Vorley/Getty Images) (credit:Daniel Vorley via Getty Images)
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Author, Professor and Human Rights advocate Salman Rushdie receives the honorary degree during the 2015 Emory University Commencement Ceremony at Emory University on May 11, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Marcus Ingram/Getty Images) (credit:Marcus Ingram via Getty Images)
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A seal sunbathing beside a river 40 miles from the sea. Nathaniel Gore, 33, was out walking near his home in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, on Sunday when he spotted the creature splashing around in the water. (credit:Nathaniel Gore/PA )