Today in pictures (June 2)
Photographs from around the world for Monday, June 2, 2008.
Section:Gallery
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Family members cry after they found a dead body among the rubbles of a collapsed karaoke bar at badly stricken town of Yingxiu in Wenchuan County of Sichuan province Tuesday June 3, 2008. The confirmed death toll for China's worst disaster in three decades was raised Tuesday to 69,107, an increase of about 90 from the previous day, with more than 18,200 people still missing, the government said. The quake also left 5 million people homeless. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) ORG XMIT: XEH108
Eugene Hoshiko The Spokesman-Review
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A Balinese woman dries rice during a harvest in Jati Luwih, Bali, Indonesia on Tuesday, June 3, 2008. Indonesian government recently revised its 2008 budget, increasing the amount it will spend on food subsidies by 2.7 trillion rupiah, or about US$290 million. Total government spending on fuel, electricity and food subsidies this year will total US$20 billion. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati) ORG XMIT: BALI101
Firdia Lisnawati The Spokesman-Review
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Audubon Zoo keeper Alison Randel puts Lischinka, an Amur leopard cub, into a carrier at the zoo Tuesday, June 3, 2008, in New Orleans. The leopard cub had just received her final round of inoculations in preparation for her being put on public display later this month. (AP Photo/Bill Haber) ORG XMIT: LAWH103
Bill Haber The Spokesman-Review
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A pony rider watches from his mount as racehorses train on the track Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. Big Brown will make a bid for the Triple Crown when he runs in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ORG XMIT: NYJJ116
Julie Jacobson The Spokesman-Review
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In this photo provided by NASA, space shuttle Discovery's Remote Manipulator System (RMS), docking mechanism, vertical stabilizer and orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods are featured in this image photographed by a Discovery crewmember Sunday June 1, 2008. The blackness of space and Earth's horizon provide the backdrop for the scene. (AP Photo/NASA) ORG XMIT: NY130
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Former Mayor of Madrid Alvarez del Manzano, first row, second left, shows his emotions as a bull jumps over the barrier during a San Isidro bullfight in Madrid Tuesday June 3, 2008. (AP Photo/EFE, J.J. Guillen) ** NO SALES, LATIN AMERICA, CARIBBEAN AND SPAIN OUT ** ORG XMIT: FSX801
J. Guillen The Spokesman-Review
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A worker stands next to the wreckage of an eastbound Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed north of Barry, Ill., Tuesday, June 3, 2008. The rail cars were carrying coal and corn syrup according to Pike County Sheriff Paul Petty. The cause of the derailment is under investigation. (AP Photo/The Quincy Herald-Whig, Philip Carlson) ORG XMIT: ILQHW101
Philip Carlson The Spokesman-Review
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Laramie Junior High School student Ashley Lane, right, smears shaving cream all over her classmate, C.J. Way, during graduation celebration at Washington Park in Laramie, Wyo. Tuesday, June 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Laramie Boomerang, Ben Woloszyn) ORG XMIT: WYLAR101
Ben Woloszyn The Spokesman-Review
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A construction worker battles flames from a wildfire Tuesday afternoon June 3, 2008 in Killeen, Texas. The fire burned about 75 acres and forced the evacuation of about 100 homes. (AP Photo/ Killeen Daily Herald, John A. Bowersmith) ORG XMIT: TXKIH102
John Bowersmith The Spokesman-Review