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Hot Shots Photos of the Day: Pope Balloon, Syria Missile, Buddha Birthday

By David Sim David Sim
Published 15 May 2014, 10:23 AM BST
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pope balloon
A balloon flies past Pope Francis during his general audience in St Peter's Square at the Vatican AFP
bussha
A sky lantern flies past a statue of Buddha during celebrations for Vesak (Buddha's birthday) at Borobudur temple in Magelang, Java, Indonesia Getty
buddhists
Buddhists walk around a temple to celebrate Vesak in Mojokerto, Indonesia Getty
fire moon
The rising moon is turned orange by smoke from wildfires as an emergency vehicle travels along a burned-out hillside near San Marcos, California Reuters
eiffel
A couple dance in front of the Eiffel Tower in the early morning AFP
jr
A woman walks through a display of portraits which were made as part of the Inside Out art project by French artist JR in Shanghai Reuters
rain
Farmers lie on the ground with sticks as they pray for rain during the Manda Festival at a temple on the outskirts of Ranchi, India AFP
lebron
LeBron James of the Miami Heat acknowledges the crowd's adulation after the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the 2014 NBA Playoffs against the Brooklyn Nets in Miami, Florida Getty
kim
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the Korean People's Army and Air Force Unit 447 Reuters
queen
The Queen studies the programme at the Royal Windsor Horse Show Getty
west bank
An illegal structure is demolished in the West Bank Jewish settler outpost of Maale Rehavam, near Bethlehem Reuters
syria
A missile is fired by Free Syrian Army fighters towards forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the eastern Hama countryside Reuters
syria boy
Emergency workers help rescue a boy stuck under the rubble following a bombing on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo AFP
miner
A miner is carried out after searching for co-workers after an explosion and fire in a coal mine in Turkey AFP
nigeria
A woman shouts during a vigil in Abuja calling for the release of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram in the remote village of Chibok Reuters
thai laugh
An anti-government protester jokes with a military officer during a rally at an Air Force base in Bangkok Reuters
thai
Anti-government protesters cast shadows around the bloody footprint of a wounded person at the site of an attack at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok. Unidentified gunmen attacked anti-government protesters in Bangkok, killing two people Reuters
venezuela
National guards take aim at anti-government protesters during a demonstration against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas Reuters
Syria Boko Haram

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