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Our best photos from the last 24 hours.

Celebrity portraits
12:06pm EDT

Up close and personal with famous faces.

Obama in Berlin
12:05pm EDT

Obama delivers a speech at the Brandenburg Gate.

Battle for Syria
11:50am EDT

Images from the fierce fighting in Syria.

NBA Finals
11:50am EDT

Highlights as the Heat take on the Spurs.

Hats of the Royal Ascot
11:17am EDT

The Royal Ascot races are a highlight of London's social calendar.

Rage in Brazil
11:16am EDT

Protests continue in some cities across the country.

Somali rebels attack UN base
8:50am EDT

A suicide bomber and gunmen attack the United Nations compound in Mogadishu.

Assange's year at the embassy
Tue, Jun 18 2013

Talks between Britain and Ecuador ended with no breakthrough over Julian Assange, nearly a year after the WikiLeaks founder fled to the Ecuadorean embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden.

Standing in Taksim Square
Tue, Jun 18 2013

Protesters stand in silence in Istanbul.

Inside the G8
Tue, Jun 18 2013

Scenes from the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland.

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Last days in a Siberian prison

6:35am EDT

I have never understood such people, the way they think, the way they live.

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Poolside floods

15 Jun 2013

When the world in which we are ensconced so happily with all our man-made facilities becomes submerged by dirty water, everything assumes an unreal quality.

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Scraping by as a French pensioner

14 Jun 2013

One evening while returning home I came upon a scene that I had never imagined in a country as rich as France - people rummaging through supermarket trash bins looking for food.

Weekly Gallery Showcase

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Kiribati, gone in 60 years

Scenes from a vanishing Pacific Island nation.  Slideshow 

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Pakistan's female Top Gun

The only female combat-ready Pakistan pilot.  Slideshow 

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Floods from above

Germany's worst flood in a decade from above.  Slideshow 

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Turkey's lady in red

The image that became the leitmotif in Istanbul.  Slideshow