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Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, June 17

Updated: 2011-06-18 15:58

(chinadaily.com.cn)

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Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, June 17
Pageants pose in swimsuits at the Miss Universe Japan 2011 pageant in Tokyo June 17, 2011. Sales clerk Maria Kamiyama, 24, from Osaka won the contest and will represent Japan in the Miss Universe 2011 pageant in Sao Paulo, Brazil. [Photo/Agencies] 

Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, June 17
Lampre's team rider Damiano Cunego of Italy smiles on the podium with the leader's jersey after the seventh stage of Tour de Suisse cycling race from from Vaduz in Liechtenstein to Davos in Switzerland and then finish in Serfaus in Austria June 17, 2011. [Photo/Agencies] 

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