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Our best photos from the last 24 hours.

NBA Finals
1:00am EDT

Highlights as the Heat take on the Spurs.

Rage in Brazil
Tue, Jun 18 2013

A massive protest movement sweeps across Brazil, with protesters demanding better public services and a more responsive government.

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.

Battle for Syria
Tue, Jun 18 2013

Images from the fierce fighting in Syria.

Standing in Taksim Square
Tue, Jun 18 2013

Protesters stand in silence in Istanbul.

Royal Ascot's opening day
Tue, Jun 18 2013

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

Inside the G8
Tue, Jun 18 2013

Scenes from the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland.

"Sand, Sea and Spray" festival
Tue, Jun 18 2013

Forty urban artists from around the world have painted murals on buildings across the town center in Blackpool, England.

Evicted from the workforce
Tue, Jun 18 2013

Spanish die-manufacturers are evicted after occupying a factory for nearly two months and blocking an earlier attempt by the company's former owners, and current proprietors of the building, to expel them.

NHL Finals
Tue, Jun 18 2013

Highlights as Chicago takes on Boston for the Stanley Cup.

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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.

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Meeting Pakistan’s female Top Gun

14 Jun 2013

I was glad to hear her simple, humble and confident voice about being the lone combat-ready female fighter pilot.

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