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Week in pictures: 1 - 7 June

8 Jun 2014

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A British veteran of D-Day visits a military cemetery in Normandy

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A British veteran of D-Day visits the military cemetery above Omaha Beach in Normandy in 2014 on the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings, which led to the Allied liberation of France

Attila Kisbenedek

HUNGARY, TUESDAY:

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 04:Queen Elizabeth II and the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh proceed through the Royal Gallery during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords at the Pal

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY:

Sri Lankan flood victims cross a narrow access path along a railroad bridge in Puwakpitiya on June 3, 2014 after heavy monsoon rans caused havoc in the western, southern and central regions o

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SRI LANKA, TUESDAY:

Andy Murray celebrates his victory over France's Gael Monfils

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PARIS, WEDNESDAY:

Seminarians of the International Seminary of Saint Pius X vie wearing their cassocks for the ball during a football game on May 25, 2014 in Riddes, Western Switzerland. After a whole week ded

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SWITZERLAND, SUNDAY:

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PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY:

A Pakistani youth wheels his bicycle past a burning vehicle on a street in Karachi on June 3, 2014 following the arrest of Altaf Hussain, head of Pakistan's Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) par

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KARACHI, TUESDAY:

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NEW YORK CITY, MONDAY:

A Greater Adjutant Stork stands as a rag-picker collects recyclables at the biggest garbage dump in the northeastern state of Assam on the eve of World Environment Day at the Boragoan area in

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ASSAM, WEDNESDAY:

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LONDON, MONDAY:

What next for Barbados as it becomes a republic?

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Behind the scenes

The race to test if vaccines hold up against Omicron

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Tall Tales

Pac-man made from frog cells may solve plastic pollution

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Today’s newspapers

‘Rush jab’

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Why we’re talking about . . .

Ghislaine Maxwell: the allegations examined

A healthcare worker vaccinates a woman in Soweto, South Africa

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Expert’s view

Did vaccine inequity cause the emergence of Omicron?

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Tall Tales

Researchers pinpoint when babies develop sense of humour

Boris Johnson leaves No. 10 to attend Prime Minister’s Questions

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Quizzes and puzzles

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Woman diagnosed with ‘climate change’

Vladimir Putin and his now ex-wife Lyudmila Putina

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Profile

Vladimir Putin and his mysterious love life

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Tall Tales

Trump ‘upset his son won’t say he loves him’

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