Today in photos (June 7)

View a gallery of photos from around the world on Tuesday, June 7, 2011.

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Tue., June 7, 2011

Seven years old Afghan girl Persia looks up as she flies onboard a Medevac helicopter from the US Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment to the next military hospital outside Sangin, in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Persia received head injuries after falling off a truck and was taken by her father to the next ISAF outpost seeking medical help.

Anja Niedringhaus Associated Press
Sri Lanka's Farveez Maharoof drops a catch from a shot played by England's Ian Bell during the 5th day of the second test match at Lord's cricket ground, London, Tuesday June 7, 2011.

Tom Hevezi Associated Press
Israeli border police fire tear gas at Palestinian protesters during clashes in the northern West Bank village of Nazlet Issa, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. The Palestinians are marking the anniversary of the Arab defeat in the 1967 Mideast war.

Mohammed Ballas Associated Press
A child reacts as a dog reaches for a plastic bottle in Beijing, China, Tuesday, June 7, 2011.

Ng Guan Associated Press
Tennis greats and husband and wife Steffi Graf of Germany, left, and Andre Agassi of the U.S. listen to a question during a press conference prior to the exhibition Advantage Tennis IV. in Prague on Tuesday, June 7, 2011.

Katerina Sulova Ctk
A doctor treats an E. coli patient at the intensive care unit of Asklepios Hospital in Hamburg-Altona, Germany, Monday, June 6, 2011. Doctors at the Asklepios Hospital started to treat their E. coli patients with unorthodox therapies including antibiotics and antibodies, despite warnings by WHO and the German government.

Gero Breloer Associated Press
A Somali soldier passes through a destroyed house during clashes between Somali government soldiers backed by African Union Peacekeepers and Islamic insurgents in north of Mogadishu's Bondhere district Tuesday June, 7, 2011.

Farah Warsameh Associated Press
Seal pups play at the pool at the common seal station in Friedrichskoog near to the North Sea, northern Germany, on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. The seal pups left by their mother animals by any reason, grow up here before being released to their natural habitat.

Heribert Proepper Associated Press
Seal pups enjoy the water in the pool at the common seal station in Friedrichskoog near to the North Sea, northern Germany, on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. The seal pups left by their mother animals by any reason grow up here before being released to their natural habitat.

Heribert Proepper Associated Press
ALTERNATE CROP TO DEL102 - Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev displays how much weight he has lost as he performs yoga with his followers at his ashram in Haridwar, India, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. The television star and yoga guru leading tens of thousands of people protesting Indian corruption said he resumed a hunger strike Monday in the northern Hindu pilgrimage city after police ousted him from the capital. Baba Ramdev, along with tens of thousands of supporters, had earlier began fasting Saturday in a massive tent camp in New Delhi, despite reaching an 11th-hour agreement with the government on his demands to battle graft.

Gurinder Osan Associated Press
A Palestinian demonstrator hurls a stone at Israeli troops, during clashes in the northern West Bank village of Nazlet Issa, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. The Palestinians are marking the anniversary of the Arab defeat in the 1967 Mideast war.

Mohammed Ballas Associated Press
A Pakistani vendor displays his dolls on a roadside as he waits for customers on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, June 7, 2011.

Muhammed Muheisen Associated Press
Oriskany Falls fire police block access to Knoxboro Road on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 in Knoxboro, N.Y. A sheriff's deputy was fatally shot during the gun battle at the end of a six-hour standoff. Deputy Kurt Wyman, 24, died after being rushed to a Utica hospital following the shootout, according to Oneida County Sheriff Robert Maciol. The four-year veteran was shot once with a shotgun by 40-year-old Christian Patterson as officers tried to take him into custody. The sheriff said three other offices returned fire and hit Patterson several times. Patterson was in critical condition at the same hospital and will be charged with aggravated murder, authorities said.

Mark Diorio Observer-Dispatch
Saint Bernard dogs and staff members of the Barry Foundation walk to the Great St. Bernard Pass after returning from the winter quarters in Martigny, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. The dogs will spend the summer on the pass and return to Martigny at the end of the year.

Jean-Christophe Bott Keystone
Danish Queen Margrethe shakes hands with five-year-old Rose Gallay during a visit to the National Museum of American History in Washington, Tuesday, June 7, 2011.

Evan Vucci Associated Press