A child is made-up with face paint during the celebrations of the International Day of the African Child in Koumassi, Abidjan. June 16, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]
Chinese armed police display their anti-terrorism skills during a performance in Beijing June 16, 2011.
A woman dresses up as Smurfette in a village near Malaga, southern Spain, on Thursday. Houses in the village have been painted blue as part of a global promotion for the film The Smurfs, which will be released in late June.
Russian scientist Natalia Avseenko prepares to get into the water to swim naked with two beluga whales in the White Sea off the coast of northern Russia, June 16, 2011. Scientists believe whales could be friendlier to humans without clothing.
Agustin Carstens, governor of the Mexican central bank, said on Thursday that China promised to take his bid to be the first non-European managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) seriously and that the Chinese government is in the process of making a final decision.
China and Russia deepened their strategic relationship on Thursday by vowing to support each other on core security issues.
Osama bin Laden's longtime second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, has taken control of al-Qaida, the group declared Thursday, marking the ascendancy of a man driven by hatred of the United States who helped plan the 9/11 attacks.
Defying police water canon and tear gas, tens of thousands of students marched in Chile's capital and main cities on Thursday, the latest in a series of protests seen obstructing the government's legislative agenda.
Wu Baoxin, 60, prepares for his performance of pulling two cars with just his fingers at a square in Jiaozuo, Central China's Henan province, June 16, 2011. Wearing a pair of iron shoes which weigh 128 kg, Wu dragged two cars, weighing 2 tons in total, three meters by two fingers. The man himself weighs less than 60 kg.
Violinist Shenzo Gregoria plays an electric violin while suspended from the roof of Sydney's Queen Victoria Building as part of his public performance June 16, 2011. Gregoria performed various pieces of contemporary and classical music for onlookers while spinning and tumbling through the air as he hangs from a steel chain many storeys above the ground.
Vancouver Canucks fan show experss their anger after the Canucks lost Game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs to the Boston Bruins June 15, 2011.
The USS Carl Vinson returned from a seven month deployment that became historic last month when the aircraft carrier buried Osama bin Laden at sea.
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