Today in photos
A dog jumps over another in the flooded embankment road of the River Danube in downtown Budapest, Hungary. A Kashmiri boy plays with water in Nigeen Lake on a hot summer day in Srinagar, India. And Dutch Development Aid Minister Bert Koenders, runs past Palestinian children playing at a Summer Games campView a slideshow of these images and more.
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A dog jumps over another in the flooded embankment road of the River Danube in downtown Budapest, Hungary, Monday, June 29, 2009. The River Danube reached its peak in the country's capitol Monday, but several roads remain closed as due to the heavy rains and the unusual wet weather with swollen rivers causing floods throughout Hungary.
Bela Szandelszky Associated Press
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A Kashmiri boy plays with water in Nigeen Lake on a hot summer day in Srinagar, India, Monday, June 29, 2009.
Mukhtar Khan Associated Press
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A Kashmiri boy jumps into Nigeen Lake on a hot summer day in Srinagar, India, Monday, June 29, 2009.
Mukhtar Khan Associated Press
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An Australian tennis fan, left, helps his mate with a hat on a hot day at the outside courts during a fourth round singles match at Wimbledon, Monday, June 29, 2009.
Anja Niedringhaus Associated Press
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A boy, center, prays at Yunju Temple, where a temporary exhibit of two pearl-like crystals, also known as 'Sheli' in China, which are believed to be from the cremation ashes of the Buddha Sakyamuni, are on display on the outskirts of Beijing, China, Monday, June 29, 2009. Buddhism, which has roots going back 2,000 years and endured alternating periods of flowering and official persecution, has undergone a resurgence since the end of orthodox Marxism in the late 1970s in China.
Alexander Yuan Associated Press
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A life-size wax model of U.S. President Barack Obama, rear center, is seen framed by two security personel during its presentation near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Monday, June 29, 2009. The model is to enter the Paris Grevin Wax Museum in Paris later Monday.
Michel Euler Associated Press
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Dutch Development Aid Minister Bert Koenders, runs past Palestinian children playing at a Summer Games camp, run by UNRWA, on the beach of Gaza City, Monday, June 29, 2009.
Hatem Moussa Associated Press
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Nepali farmers smoke cigarettes as they take a break from paddy transplantation at a field in Goldhunga village, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Katmandu, Nepal, June, 29, 2009. Farmers are celebrating "Ashar Pandra" today, the auspicious day for planting paddy in Hindu culture.
Binod Joshi Associated Press
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Pope Benedict XVI, right, blesses Archbishops at the end of a mass in which they received the pallium, a woollen shawl symbolizing their bond to the pope, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Monday, June 29, 2009.
Gregorio Borgia Associated Press
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Displaced Pakistani women with children leave a medical center after receiving medicines at Yar Hussain refugee camp in Swabi, Pakistan, Monday, June 29, 2009. More than 2 million people were uprooted by the fighting in Swat, an exodus international aid agencies say is threatening to become a humanitarian crisis.
Mohammad Sajjad Associated Press
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A South Korean man works in front of portraits of the country's six soldiers lost their lives during a ceremony marking the seventh anniversary of the second inter-Korean naval clash in 2002, near the former president Kim Dae-jung's house in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 29, 2009. Six soldiers were killed and 18 others wounded in the Yellow Sea when their boats clashed with North Korea. More than 30 North Korean soldiers were killed or wounded.
Lee Jin-Man Associated Press
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Two butterflies (aglais urticae) perch on a blossom on the Schauinsland mountain in the Black Forest, southern Germany, Monday, June 29, 2009.
Winfried Rothermel Associated Press