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Day in Photos: May 31, 2012

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A policeman passes by the statue depicting Woody Allen at Milicias Nacionales street in Oviedo, northern Spain. The sculpture has been painted in red by unknown attackers. EPA
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Officials and locals gather around the fallen compartments of Doon Express, a passenger train which derailed in Jaunpur, India. AP
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Passengers crowd to take the train during rush hour in central Sao Paulo, Brazil. ZUMAPRESS.com
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A child jumps into a fountain to beat the heat, in New Delhi, India. The temperature in the Indian capital soared to 113 degrees Fahrenheit. AP
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A group of 13 Chinese nationals seized by police in Sri Lanka over a $11.5 million telecom scam targeting people in China are taken off the plane as they arrive back in Beijing. AFP/Getty Images
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Young schoolchildren wear anti-smoking masks during a “No Tobacco” rally in Kolkata. Worldwide “No Tobacco Day” is observed around the globe every year on May 31. AFP/Getty Images
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The SpaceX Dragon capsule is seen just after the capsule was released from the Canadarm2. The Dragon capsule splashed down today in the Pacific Ocean. AP
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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at a national verification center for Myanmar migrant workers in Samut Sakhon Province, Thailand. AP
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A man kisses a camel at the Pyramids Plateau in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo. Reuters
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Police practice lowering a person, assuming the role of an earthquake victim, with ropes during a safety drill simulating an 8-magnitude earthquake and tsunami, in Lima, Peru. AP
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A boy cools himself off as he sits under a fountain on a hot summer day in New Delhi. Reuters
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Pakistani children, displaced with their families by 2010 floods, sit by a tree on a small hill in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. AP
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Ukrainian heavyweight boxing title holder Vladimir Klitschko plays with a child in Kiev. Reuters
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Tyler Rich casts a big muskie lure from his Seahawk inflatable boat at Lake Shenandoah near Harrisonburg, VA. AP
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A model presents a creation for the Giorgio Armani fashion show in Beijing. Reuters
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People touch a new sculpture in SoHo called “Survival of Serena” by Carol A Feuerman in New York. Tamara Beckwith/New York Post
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A man transports ducks on a motorcycle to a market in Nam Ha province, outside Hanoi, Vietnam. Reuters
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Former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura stand next to his portrait during a unveiling ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. AP