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  1. German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
  2. In this Tuesday, June 26, 2012 photo, Jordanian soldiers stand guard near a giant cross prior to the arrival of Russian President Vladimir Putin, not shown, to inaugurate the Russian guesthouse in North Shuna, Jordan. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon)
  3. South Korean athletes and coaches write their messages wishing their team's success on a national flag during media day marking the 30-day countdown to upcoming the London Olympics at the National Training Center in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. The South ...
  4. Hindu priests offer prayers for monsoon rains at the Osman Sagar Lake on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, June 27, 2012.The monsoon rains which usually hit India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people.( ...
  5. In this still image taken from an undated video released by the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, an image created through medical imaging technology shows an X-ray-like image of 2-year-old Jesus Rodriguez, prior to having a benign tumor ...
  6. This image used by LOCOG shows Alan Ellinson abseiling with the Olympic Flame down the side of the Royal Dock Tower in Grimsby, England at the beginning of Day 40 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Joe Giddens/LOCOG)
  7. The Olympic rings are seen atop the iconic Tower Bridge in London, after they were lowered into position, coinciding with one month to go until the start of London 2012 Games, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. The giant rings, which are fully retractable to allow for tall ships ...
  8. U.S. aircrafts sit on the U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington at a navy port in Busan, South Korea, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. The carrier visited South Korea to join the ongoing South Korea and U.S. joint military drill. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Jo Jung- ...
  9. Homes are destroyed by the Waldo Canyon fire in the Mountain Shadows area of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, June 26, 2012. A stubborn and towering wildfire jumped firefighters perimeter lines in the hills overlooking Colorado Springs, forcing frantic mandatory ev ...
  10. People attend a campaign rally of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, presidential candidate of the Democratic Revolution Party, PRD, in Toluca, Mexico, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Mexico will hold presidential elections on July 1. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
  11. A dead fish is seen on the cracked ground of a reservoir due to a severe months-long drought on the Korean Peninsula, in Bongdam in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
  12. Soldiers and bystanders look on as elephant tusks are burned on a pyre of ivory tusks and thousands of pieces of worked ivory, corresponding to ivory culled from roughly 850 dead elephants, in Libreville, Gabon, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Conservation organization WWF lau ...
  13. A tin figure of an American Indian stands in the new section 'Native Americans' in the model railway miniature world exhibition named 'The USA from East to West' in Wiehe, central Germany, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
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