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Hot Shots Photos of the Day: Rocket Blast-Off, Boris Turban, Motorised Suitcase

By David Sim David Sim
Published 29 May 2014, 9:43 AM BST
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suitcase car
He Liang rides his home-made suitcase vehicle along a street in Changsha, Hunan province, China. He spent 10 years modifying the suitcase into a motor-driven vehicle. The suitcase has a top speed of up to 20km/h and the power capacity to travel up to 50-60km on one charge, according to local media Reuters
West Point cadets
Underclassmen listen as US President Barack Obama [Out of picture] speaks at a commencement ceremony at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York Reuters
West Point cadets hats
Cadets throw their hats in the air at the conclusion of their graduation ceremony at the US Military Academy in West Point, New York Getty
Boris Johnson Hindu temple turban
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson wears a traditional headdress during a visit to the Shree Swaminarayan Mandir, a major new Hindu temple being built in Kingsbury, London Getty
Brazil World Cup indigenous FIFA Nao
An indigenous Brazilian man heads a football during a protest against the policies of President Dilma Rousseff's government and the costs of the 2014 World Cup in front of the Brazilian congress in Brasilia Reuters
baby baptised
An Orthodox priest baptises a baby at a church inside the Doctor Voino-Yasenetsky Saint Luka train, which serves as a free medical centre, at a railway station in Divnogorsk, outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk Reuters
russia border guards day
Russian border guard service veterans cheer in a fountain while celebrating Border Guards' Day at Gorky Park in Moscow AFP
fountain silhouette
A couple sit in front of a fountain at Lincoln Centre on a chilly evening in Manhattan, New York Reuters
soyuz astronaut
Reid Wiseman of the US, a member of the International Space Station crew, waves to his daughters from a bus before departure for a final pre-launch preparation at the Baikonur cosmodrome
soyuz lift off
Russia's Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft carrying the International Space Station crew of German astronaut Alexander Gerst, Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev and US astronaut Gregory Wiseman blasts off from the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan AFP
Singapore trees
Visitors walk along an elevated walkway connecting giant concrete tree-like structures called Supertrees at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore Reuters
mountain climber
A circle shows the location of where Samuel Frappier was found on the east face of Longs Peak in the Rocky Mountain National Park. Frappier, 19, was rescued after becoming stranded on Broadway Ledge, at roughly 13,000 feet in elevation, while descending from the summit of Long Peaks Reuters
candle light vigil Nepal
People take part in a candle light rally in Kathmandu, organised by the Nepal Mountain Association to pay tribute to those killed in a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest. The April 18 avalanche killed 16 Nepali guides, who were fixing ropes and ferrying supplies for their foreign clients to scale the 8,850-metre (29,035-foot) peak Reuters
barcelona burns
A man photographs people protesting against the eviction of squatters from the Can Vies building in the Sants area of Barcelona Reuters
thailand coup protests
A protester against military rule throws a rubbish bin at soldiers during a scuffle at the Victory Monument in Bangkok Reuters
thai coup protest army
Soldiers protect themselves with shields as objects are thrown at them during a confrontation with anti-coup protesters at the Victory Monument in Bangkok Reuters
car bomb iraq
A girl examines the site of a car bomb attack in the Sadr City district of Baghdad. Violence rocked Iraq when at least 54 people died in car bombings, suicide attacks and assassinations around the country Reuters

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