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Indian
Muslims attend the fourth and last Friday prayer of the Islamic holy
fasting month of Ramadan at a mosque near New Delhi Railways station in
New Delhi, India on June 8, 2018. Muslims around the world celebrate the
holy month of Ramadan by praying during the night time and abstaining
from eating and drinking during the period between sunrise and sunset. RAJAT GUPTA, EPA-EFE
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Former
South African President Jacob Zuma reacts as he sits at the dock at the
Durban Magistrate Court in Durban, on June 8, 2018 during a hearing to
face over 16 corruption charges.
The trial of Jacob Zuma has been postponed to July 27, 2018. He is
charged with 16 counts that include fraud corruption and racketeering.
These charges relate to 783 payments which he allegedly received as a
bribe to protect French arms company Thales from an investigation into
the controversial multi-billion rand arms deal. The alleged bribe was
facilitated by Zumas former financial adviser Schabir Shaik. JACKIE CLAUSEN, AFP/Getty Images
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A
Palestinian medic rushes to a a protester who was shot in his mouth by a
teargas canister fired by Israeli troops near the Gaza Strip's border
with Israel, east of Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, June 8, 2018.
Thousands of Palestinians are streaming toward the fence separating Gaza
from Israel for a protest against the decade-long blockade of their
territory. Adel Hana, AP
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People
clear the mud out of their houses in Chaponnay near Lyon, on June 8,
2018, a day after a heavy rainstorm led to flash floods in the region.
Over the past 12 days rescue services have been in action 7,900 times
across France, according to the interior ministry. The series of
thunderstorms have unleashed record amounts of rain in some areas. Meteo
France on June 5 estimated the number of lightning strikes in May at
182,000 nationwide, almost double the record figure for the same month
previously set in 2009. JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK, AFP/Getty Images
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Queen
Elizabeth II, looks through a window at the view as she walks through
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries at Westminster Abbey in London,
June 8, 2018. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries will open to the
public on June 11. The new galleries are set more than 16 meters above
the Abbey's floor in the medieval Triforium, an area that has never been
open to the public before. Pool photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth
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Kim
Jong Un and Donald Trump impersonators, Howard X, left, and Dennis
Alan, second left, pose for photographs during their visit to the
Merlion Park, a popular tourist destination in Singapore, on Friday,
June 8, 2018. Kim Jong Un lookalike who uses the name Howard X said he
was detained and questioned upon his arrival in Singapore on Friday,
days before a summit between the North Korean leader and President
Donald Trump. Wong Maye-E, AP
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