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Pictures of the Week 31 May to 6 June 2014: Best Photos of Past Seven Days

A selection of photographs, covering a range of topics from injuries during a bomb strike in Aleppo to the Queen's Speech.

By David Sim David Sim
Published 06 June 2014, 5:20 PM BST
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syria girl
A man carries a young girl who was injured in a reported barrel-bomb attack by Syrian government forces in Aleppo AFP
syria mosque
A mosque is damaged after being hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, at Qadi Askar district in Aleppo Reuters
yemen
A boy stands near a destroyed armoured vehicle on a road in the northwestern Yemeni province of Omran, where nearly 140 people have died in three days of fighting Reuters
sikh temple
Sikhs wield swords during a clash at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on the 30th anniversary of a controversial raid by Indian security forces that flushed out separatist militants holed up in the temple Reuters
thai army sing
Thai soldiers dance with residents at a military event organised to 'return happiness to the people' at Victory Monument, the site of recent anti-coup rallies in Bangkok AFP
egypt elections
Egyptians celebrate in Cairo's Tahrir Square after ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won 96.9% of the vote in Egypt's presidential election AFP
tiananmen square hong kong
Tens of thousands of people participate in a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong's Victoria Park to mark the 25th anniversary of the military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989 Reuters
israel
Israeli soldiers and border police detain a Palestinian during a protest in solidarity with prisoners on hunger strike, at Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah Reuters
D-Day reenactment
History enthusiasts wearing World War Two US military uniforms re-enact a D-Day landing on Omaha Beach in Vierville sur Mer, on the coast of Normandy Reuters
D-Day piper
A piper plays a lament on Gold Beach as landing craft from the Royal Marines arrive at Arromanche, Normandy, at dawn Getty
D-Day Veterans Parachute in Again for 70th Anniversary
D-Day veteran
US World War II veteran Jack W Schlegel, 91, who served with the 508 PIR, 82nd Airborne, speaks to history enthusiasts in Sainte-Marie-du- Mont, France. Schlegel parachuted onto the Normandy coast in the early hours of June 6, 1944 Reuters
d-day red arrows
Britain's Red Arrows aerobatic display team perform during D-Day commemorations in Portsmouth AFP
D-Day American cemetery aerial
An aerial view of the American cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, near Omaha beach ahead of D-Day commemoration events on June 6 AFP
JR
Photos by French photographer JR are displayed on the floor of the Pantheon in Paris, a secular temple which contains the remains of distinguished French citizens AFP
new york piano
A woman poses for a photo on a grand piano that has been left beside the East River, during a fashion shoot underneath the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. The piano has been there for about a week, puzzling locals as to how it got there Reuters
rubber duck
A giant rubber duck designed by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman floats at the Xixi National Wetland Park in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China Getty
3d fish
A visitor poses on a 3D installation at the Trick Eye Museum at the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore Reuters
bear hammock
A black bear lies on a hammock in a residential back yard in Daytona Beach, Florida. The bear lay in the hammock for more than 15 minutes before being startled when the back yard lights were turned on Reuters
white lion cubs
Two eight-week old white lion cubs, Mombasa and Nala, settle into their new home, a private zoo in Abony, Hungary AFP
chimpanzees
Phil and Mitchell, two chimpanzee brothers at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, celebrate their 18th birthday with another chimp ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
recycling boy
A Greater Adjutant Stork watches as a rag-picker collects recyclables at a huge rubbish dump in the northeastern Indian state of Assam AFP
world cup rubbish dump
Cardboard cut outs of Argentinian player Lionel Messi are seen at a rubbish recycling centre in Managua, Nicaragua Reuters
world cup england
Frank Lampard and Rickie Lambert of England check on injured Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain during the international friendly match against Ecuador in Miami Gardens, Florida Getty
rafa
Rafael Nadal stretches to hit a return to Dominic Thiem during their men's singles match at the French Open tennis tournament Reuters
prince french open
Prince attends the French Open match between Spain's Rafael Nadal and Serbia's Dusan Lajovic at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris AFP
Rihanna see through dress
Rihanna arrives for the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Awards at Lincoln Centre in New York Reuters/Getty
ermine
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip leave the House of Lords after the Queen's Speech Getty
Syria Rihanna

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