Today in photos (June 3)

View a gallery of photos from around the world on Tuesday, June 3, 2014.

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Tue., June 3, 2014

Bello Nock, a seventh-generation circus performer, in an attempt to set a record for "The Longest Continuous Interview on a Wire," sits 27 feet above New York's Times Square, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. This eight hour stunt kicks off the "Summer of Bello" which will culminate on Aug. 30, when he will attempt to perform fifteen death defying stunts in Las Vegas.

Richard Drew Associated Press
Exercise rider Willie Delgado hot walks California Chrome after a workout at Belmont Park, Tuesday, June 3, 2014, in Elmont, N.Y. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner will attempt to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978 when he races in the146th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.

Julie Jacobson Associated Press
French street artist and photographer JR poses on his creation during the presentation to the press at the Pantheon in Paris, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. French Government named JR to decorate with portraits of Paris' Pantheon, that is the final resting place for 72 of France's renowned men, and just one woman, as the monument is undergoing a 2 year renovation.

Francois Mori Associated Press
Bruce Braley talks with local voters Judge Lybbert, right, as Bill Sinnott, back, listens in at Morg's Diner Tuesday, June 3, 2014, in Waterloo, Iowa. The outcome of Tuesday's five-way Senate primary is significant because Iowa, a traditional swing state, is expected to play a key role in the race for U.S. Senate control this fall. Republicans need six seats to gain a majority, and Iowa is seen as a prime opportunity because neither party will have the power of incumbency and because the GOP views Democratic U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, his party's assured nominee, as vulnerable.

Tiffany Rushing Waterloo Courier
Internally displaced Pakistanis from tribal areas and Afghan refugee children, play in and around a polluted stream, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. For more than three decades, Pakistan has been home to one of the world's largest refugee communities: hundreds of thousands of Afghans who have fled the repeated wars and fighting in their country. Since the 2002 U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan some 3.8 million Afghans have returned to their home country, according to the U.N.'s refugee agency, thousands of them still live without electricity, running water and other basic services.

Muhammed Muheisen Associated Press
Residents seek refuge in an underground bomb shelter in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Ukrainian troops on Tuesday launched an offensive against pro-Russian insurgents in the eastern city of Slovyansk and advanced through the city's outskirts, the nation's interior minister said, adding that government troops broke through rebel positions around the village of Semenovka on the eastern fringe of Slovyansk.

Vadim Ghirda Associated Press