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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

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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:

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Curtailing abortion rights: will Republicans rue their victory?

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Today’s newspapers

‘Can we now just focus on the big issues?’

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Tall Tales

George W Bush performs ‘history’s greatest Freudian slip’

The flagship McDonald's on Pushkin Square in Moscow

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The latest on . . .

Russian roulette for McDonald’s, Unilever and Renault

The tombs of the Caliphs in el-Arafa necropolis

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In Depth

Inside Cairo’s City of the Dead

Is Vladimir Putin seriously ill?

Vladimir Putin has previously deployed ‘extreme measures’ to crush opposition

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Why we’re talking about . . .

The mysterious Russian oligarch deaths

Rebekah Vardy arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice

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Profile

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