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Hot Shots Photos of the Day: Thunderbolt Craziness, Pepe Headbutt, Kim Jong-un Sub

By David Sim David Sim
Published 17 June 2014, 10:13 AM BST
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Thunderbolt Craziness
A member of the Thunderbolt Craziness band wearing a metal suit balances a football on his head as electricity is discharged from Tesla coils during a performance to celebrate the 2014 Brazil World Cup, in Changle, Fujian province, China Reuters
Thunderbolt Craziness
Members of the Thunderbolt Craziness band wearing metal suits kick a football between them as an electric arc is discharged from Tesla coils Reuters
pepe headbutt
Portugal's Pepe headbutts Germany's Thomas Muller, earning him a red card, during their World Cup match at the Fonte Nova arena in Salvador Reuters
world cup germany portugal
Germany's Toni Kroos and Portugal's Joao Moutinho fight for the ball during their World Cup match at the Fonte Nova arena in Salvador, Brazil Reuters
world cup USA Ghana
Ghana's John Boye vies for the ball with Jermaine Jones of the US during their World Cup match Reuters
world cup USA MLK
Fans of the USA hold up pictures of Martin Luther King Jr and President Barack Obama before their World Cup match against Ghana at the Dunas arena in Natal, Brazil Reuters
World Cup Germany Merkel
Chancellor Angela Merkel visits the German national team in their dressing room after they beat Portugal at Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, Brazil Getty
kim jong-un submarine
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stands in a hatch on the conning tower of a submarine during his inspection of the Korean People's Army Naval Unit 167 Reuters
kim jong-un submarine
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un looks through a periscope of a Soviet-era submarine as he visits Korean People's Army's Naval Unit 167. The sub is believed to be a 1,800-ton Soviet Romeo-class vessel from the 1950s Reuters
iguazu falls
Tourists view the Iguazu Falls from an observation platform at the Iguazu National Park on the border between Argentina and Brazil Reuters
typhoon china
Stranded cars are partially submerged on a flooded street after Typhoon Hagibis hit Xiamen, Fujian province, China Reuters
tornado nebraska
A man talks on the phone in front of tornado-damaged buildings in Pilger, Nebraska. A swarm of tornadoes, some appearing two at a time, struck several farming communities in northeastern Nebraska, obliterating the tiny town of Pilger Reuters
israeli teenagers
An Israeli soldier blindfolds a Palestinian suspected of throwing stones as he detains him during clashes in the West Bank City of Hebron. Israeli armed forces swept through half a dozen Palestinian town and arrested more Hamas officials, expanding a search for three teenagers into a crackdown on the Islamist group accused of abducting them Reuters
israeli teenagers
Israeli soldiers walk in lines during an operation in the West Bank town of Hebron during the search for three teenagers believed to have been kidnapped by Hamas militants AFP
kenya attcks
A boy peers into a burnt car after gunmen attacked the coastal Kenyan town of Mpeketoni. Somali-linked Islamists killed at least 50 people in the town, executing men in front of their families and killing others who had gathered to watch World Cup football on television Reuters
kenya attcks
Residents gather to identify their relatives outside a mortuary containing bodies of people killed when gunmen attacked the coastal Kenyan town of Mpeketoni Reuters

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