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    • A Bahraini girl is carried by her mother during the funeral of Sayed Omran Sayed Hameed in the village of Karzakkan, south of Manama, May 28, 2013.

      Hameed, 26, died at hospital after developing respiratory complications and his relatives claim that his death is due to the inhalation of poisonous tear gas that riot police used during a protest in May 2013.

      Credit: Mohammed Al-Shaikh/AFP/Getty Images

    • People walk on the beach at Coney Island in front of the famed Wonder Wheel in Brooklyn, N.Y., May 27, 2013.

      This was the first weekend that city beaches re-opened to the public following Hurricane Sandy and warm weather drew flocks of crowds on Memorial Day.

      Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

    • A member of "Dressed to Dance" rehearses before their show in Jerusalem's old city, May 29, 2013. The show will feature outfits that were designed by Picasso, Salvador Dali and designers from the last century.

      Credit: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

    • Revelers gather during the first day of "La Patum" Festival in Berga, Spain, May 30, 2013.

      The Patum festival's roots are found in the theatrical performances of the Middle Ages and it is held in the town of Berga each year during the week of Corpus Christi.

      Credit: David Ramos/Getty Images

    • Inuka, the first polar bear born in the tropics, swims in his new enclosure at the Singapore Zoo Wednesday, May 29, 2013.

      Credit: Wong Maye-E/AP

    • Archers of the Purbrook Bowmen, dressed in Tudor-style clothes, fire a volley of flaming arrows from Southsea Castle on the south coast of England, May 30, 2013.

      Credit: Chris Ison/AP

    • Victoria Allen of Green River, Wyo. pauses as she spells the word "alim" correctly during the second round of the National Spelling Bee, in Oxon Hill, Md., May 29, 2013.

      Credit: Evan Vucci/AP

    • Serena Williams, of the U.S, returns the ball to France's Caroline Garcia during their second round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, May 29, 2013.

      Credit: Christophe Ena/AP

    • Firemen battle a fire in Lashio , Northern Shan state of Burma, May 29, 2013. Myanmar's government called for calm after mobs burned down a Muslim orphanage, a mosque and shops during a new eruption of religious violence in the east of the country.

      Credit: AFP/Getty Images

    • The sun sets along 42nd Street in Manhattan during an annual phenomenon known as "Manhattanhenge," when the sun aligns perfectly with the city's transit grid, May 29, 2013.

      Credit: John Minchillo/AP

    • Israeli soldiers of the Home Front Command rescue unit wear protective gear during a drill in Azur, near Tel Aviv, Israel, May 28, 2013.

      Israel has launched a national civil defense drill, which the army said this year will focus on the threat of unconventional weapons at a time of growing regional tensions.

      Credit: Ariel Schalit/AP

    • Afghans ride their horses on a hill overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, May, 27, 2013.

      Credit: Ahmad Jamshid/AP

    • Photographers take pictures of the launch of a Soyuz-FG rocket booster with the Soyuz TMA-09M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station as it blasted off at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, May 29, 2013.

      Credit: Mikhail Metzel/AP

    • Rain and fog don't dampen sailor Rob Millbrandt's mood as he shuttles passengers from the schooner Mary Day for visit to Isle Au Haut, Maine, May 25, 2013.

      Credit: Robert F. Bukaty/AP

    • Pope Francis waves to faithful as he arrives for his general audience at the Vatican, May 29, 2013.

      Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP

    • Women in traditional costumes chat under a dark sky after a Corpus Christi mass in Appenzell, Switzerland, May 30, 2013.

      Credit: Ennio Leanza/AP

    • A man runs through tear gas fired by riot police in Istanbul, Turkey, May 31, 2013.

      Riot police used tear gas and pressurized water to quash a peaceful demonstration by hundreds of people staging a sit-in to try to prevent the demolition of trees at an Istanbul park.

      Credit: AP

    • Sea Cadet Andrew Culp, 13, cleans a war memorial during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Mount Soledad Veteran's Memorial in La Jolla, Calif., May 27, 2013. The ceremony honored Glen A. Doherty and Trone Woods, who were Navy Seals and were killed during the attacks on the U.S. Diplomatic Compound in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012.

      Credit: Sandy Huffaker/AP

    • A plume of ash and smoke rise from the Copahue volcano, as seen from Caviahue, in the Argentine province of Neuquen, May 24, 2013.

      Chile has issued a red alert for the Copahue volcano on the border with Argentina that has become increasingly active.

      Credit: Tony Huglich/Government of Neuquen/AP