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(01 of25)
LANCASTER, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 29: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Queen Elizabeth II, Duke of Lancaster meets students & cows as she visits the dairy yard at Myerscough College on May 29, 2015 in Lancaster, England. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images) (credit:Max Mumby/Indigo via Getty Images)
(02 of25)
LANCASTER, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 29: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Queen Elizabeth II, Duke of Lancaster watches a sheep shearing demonstration as she visits Myerscough College on May 29, 2015 in Lancaster, England. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images) (credit:Max Mumby/Indigo via Getty Images)
(03 of25)
The Prince of Wales (left) is greeted by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe outside New Scotland Yard, London.Picture date: Friday May 29, 2015. Metropolitan Police officers and staff who tackle everything from major terrorist plots to teenagers running away to Syria have been visited by the Prince of Wales. See (credit:Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)
(04 of25)
LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 29: Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Will Young atend The Final Of BBC2's 500 Words Competition St James Palace on May 29, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Eamonn M. McCormack via Getty Images)
(05 of25)
LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 29: Chris Evans and Alex Jones attend The Final Of BBC2's 500 Words Competitionat St James Palace on May 29, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Eamonn M. McCormack via Getty Images)
(06 of25)
LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 29: Chris Evans and Eleanor Tomlinson attend The Final Of BBC2's 500 Words Competitionat St James Palace on May 29, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Eamonn M. McCormack via Getty Images)
(07 of25)
LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 29: Will Young performs at The Final Of BBC2's 500 Words Competition at St James Palace on May 29, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images) (credit:Eamonn M. McCormack via Getty Images)
(08 of25)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) kisses British Prime Minister David Cameron as she greets him before their meeting on May 29, 2015, at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. Cameron is on a two-day tour of European capitals in a bid to secure EU reforms as his government published a law paving the way for a vote on whether Britain should leave. AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JOHN MACDOUGALL via Getty Images)
(09 of25)
ROME, ITALY - MAY 28: (L-R) Keanu Reeves and Bernardo Bertolucci attend 'Piccolo Buddha' Charity Screening at Auditorium Parco Della Musica on May 28, 2015 in Rome, Italy. With the screening of the film 'Little Buddha', set in the places of Nepal affected by the earthquake, Bernardo Bertolucci invites all participants at the event to support the project Emergency for Nepal and Childrens Village. (Photo by Elisabetta A. Villa/Getty Images) (credit:Elisabetta A. Villa via Getty Images)
(10 of25)
A heron decided to pay a visit to Number 10 Downing street yesterday@Ramsay59 tweeted this picture with the captionGuess what just flew in to No10? Not so much #herongate as knock knock knocking on #heronsdoor http://www.rspb.org.uk/ (credit:RSPB @Natures_Voice/Ramsay Jones @Ramsay59)
(11 of25)
Vanya Shivashankar, second from left, 13, of Olathe, Kan., and Gokul Venkatachalam, right, 14, of St. Louis, are greeted onstage by their families as co-champions after winning the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Thursday, May 28, 2015, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(12 of25)
Vanya Shivashankar, 13, left, of Olathe, Kan., left, and Gokul Venkatachalam, 14, of St. Louis, hold up the trophy as co-champions after winning the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Thursday, May 28, 2015, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(13 of25)
A group of demonstrators burn a paper effigy of a hand representing Chile's president Michelle Bachelet, outside the palace of La Moneda in Santiago, Chile, Thursday May 28, 2015. Thousands of university students marched through the main avenue of the capital to protest against a police action that injured a fellow student. Later in the night demonstrators with their faces covered, erected large fiery barricades and clashed with the police. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The Duchess Of Cornwall Attends The Final Of BBC2's 500 Words Competition(14 of25)
LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 29: Eleanor Tomlinson attends The Final Of BBC2's 500 Words Competition at St James Palace on May 29, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Eamonn M. McCormack via Getty Images)
(15 of25)
FIFA President Sepp Blatter walks past challenger for the FIFA presidency, FIFA vice president Prince Ali bin al Hussein (below,L) and UEFA President Michel Platini (below,R) at the opening of the 65th FIFA Congress in Zurich on May 29, 2015. FIFA president Sepp Blatter heads into a re-election vote amid FIFA's corruption scandal on May 29, 2015 adamant that only he can clean up the world's most popular sport, to the dismay of critics who want to issue a red card to his 17-year rule. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FABRICE COFFRINI via Getty Images)
(16 of25)
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - MAY 29: A general view as FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter talks on stage during the 65th FIFA Congress at the Hallenstadion on May 29, 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images) (credit:Alexander Hassenstein - FIFA via Getty Images)
(17 of25)
Security agents hold a demonstrator holding a Palestinian flag and asking to expel Israel of the FIFA during the 65th FIFA Congress on May 29, 2015 in Zurich. Palestine, which has been a FIFA member since 1998, wants the football governing body to expel Israel over its restrictions on the movement of Palestinian players. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:FABRICE COFFRINI via Getty Images)
(18 of25)
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - MAY 29: Demonstraters disturb the 65th FIFA Congress at Hallenstadion on May 29, 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images) (credit:Philipp Schmidli via Getty Images)
(19 of25)
Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz welcomes British Prime Minster David Cameron, left, for talks in the Palace on the Island in the royal Lazienki Park in Warsaw, Poland, Friday May 29, 2015.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(20 of25)
Singer Ed Sheeran, left, unveils his wax figure at Madame Tussauds on Thursday, May 28, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) (credit:Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
(21 of25)
Singer Ed Sheeran, left, unveils his wax figure at Madame Tussauds on Thursday, May 28, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) (credit:Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
(22 of25)
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR AVAAZ - An Avaaz Stunt in front of the Fifa General Meeting at the Hallenstadion on Thursday, May 28, 2015, in Zurich, Switzerland. Protesters from the global campaign movement Avaaz demanded the resignation of Sepp Blatter over the FIFA corruption scandal and rights abuses of World Cup construction workers in Qatar. (Gian Vaitl/AP Images for Avaaz) (credit:Gian Vaitl/AP Images for Avaaz)
(23 of25)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, speaks with South Sudan's Ambassador Telar Ring Deng at a ceremony of presentation of credentials by foreign ambassadors in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 28, 2015. President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of meddling in FIFA's affairs and hinted that it was part of an attempt to take the 2018 World Cup away from his country. (Sergei Karpukhin/Pool Photo via AP) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(24 of25)
An Emperor Tamarin cub, born on April 26, sits on an adult in their enclosure at Vienna's Schoenbrunn zoo in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, May 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
(25 of25)
David Lee, 78, from Wanstead, dances with a young woman, during the press preview and photo call for the London Jitterbug Championships and the London Swing Festival, at Wilton's Music Hall, London. (credit:Nick Ansell/PA Wire)