Photos of the day

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South Africa Soweto Uprising

A young girl watches the laying of the wreath ceremony, at the Hector Pieterson Memorial, in Soweto, South Africa, Thursday, June 16, 2016, near to a painting depicting the iconic photo showing 13-year-old Hector Pieterson, being carried after being shot by police during the 1976 Soweto uprising, displayed by an artist for commemoration of the 40th anniversary of uprisings. South Africans are commemorating the 40th anniversary of a pivotal moment in the anti-apartheid struggle, a 1976 black student uprising in the Soweto area of Johannesburg that led to a deadly crackdown but launched a new phase of opposition to white minority rule. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

India Daily Life

Posters of deities adorn the wall as a man prepares a meal at a roadside restaurant in Gauhati, India, Thursday, June 16, 2016. These small restaurants are very popular with traders and market goers as they serve fresh food at cheap prices. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)

Thailand Temple Raid

Buddhist monks and devotees sit outside the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, June 16, 2016. Police entered the sprawling Buddhist temple complex after wading through thousands of devotees camped on the grounds to arrest a popular abbot accused of embezzling $14 million. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

China Shanghai Disneyland

Visitors wearing Mickey hats take photos of Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng, left, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, center, and Disney CEO Bob Iger preparing to cut the red ribbon during the opening ceremony for the Disney Resort in Shanghai, China, Thursday, June 16, 2016. Walt Disney Co. opened its first theme park in mainland China on Thursday at a ceremony that mixed speeches by Communist Party officials, a Chinese children's choir and actors dressed as Sleeping Beauty and other Disney characters. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Norway US Kerry

A view of the Blomstrand Glacier, Thursday, June 16, 2016, in Ny-Alesund, Norway. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende toured the glacier, and made remarks about climate change. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Nightclub Shooting Florida

Police stand watch on a corner next to the scene of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting Thursday, June 16, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Bangladesh Eid

Mohammed Rana embroiders a dress to be sold ahead of Eid al-Fitr, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, June 16, 2016. Muslims all over the world buy new clothes or try to wear the best that they have to celebrate Eid al-Fitr. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

Soccer Euro 2016 England Wales

French police take their positions in Lens, France Thursday, June 16, 2016 ahead of the Euro 2016 Group B soccer match between England and Wales at the Bollaert stadium. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

France Police Killed

A French police officer holds a rose and an candle to pay homage to the two slain colleagues during a white march in Mantes-la-Jolie, west of Paris, Thursday, June 16, 2016. French police officials Jean-Baptiste Salvaing and his companion Jessica Schneider were killed Monday by an Islamic State extremist. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

Exonerated Payment

Lawrence McKinney, right, listens as Rep. Mark Pody, R-Lebanon, left, speaks at a news conference at the Legislative Plaza Thursday, June 16, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. McKinney, who spent 31 years in prison for a rape he did not commit, continues to wage a battle with the state of Tennessee to get the compensation he is legally owed. It's been seven years since Lawrence McKinney was released from prison, but he has yet to receive the $1 million the state owes him for robbing him of decades of his life. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Bolivia Protest

Riot police blocking the path to the presidential residence, are given flowers by a woman taking part in a protest to demand an increase in their state benefits, in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday June 16, 2016. Protesters are demanding an increase from the annual 1,000 Bolivianos, to a monthly stipend of 500, or about $73 dollars. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Soccer Euro 2016 Spain

Spain's Hector Bellerin, center right, exercises during training session with his teammates at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, France, Thursday, June 16, 2016. Spain will face against Turkey in a Euro 2016 Group D soccer match in Nice on Friday. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Western Wildfires

In this photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, a firefighter knocks down flames as they approach a ranch near the Las Flores Canyon area west of Goleta, Calif., in the early morning hours of Thursday, June 16, 2016. The wildfire burning in rugged coastal canyons west of Santa Barbara is growing as it feeds on vegetation that hasn't burned in 70 years. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)

El Salvador Gang Prisons

A relative of an inmate prays as more than a thousand inmates in buses ride out of the Cojutepeque prison in El Salvador, Thursday, June 16, 2016. This prison, which houses more than a thousand 18th street imprisoned gang members, will be closed down by the government, since it has been unable to prevent the amount of illegal activities happening inside the prison walls. Inmates will be relocated to other medium-security prisons. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

Indiana Daily LIfe

A team of rowers carry a rowing boat following a practice session at the Indianapolis Rowing Center at Eagle Creek Park Thursday, June 16, 2016, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Soccer Euro 2016 England Wales

England's Daniel Sturridge, center, is mobbed by his teammates after scoring his side's second goal during the Euro 2016 Group B soccer match between England and Wales at the Bollaert stadium in Lens, France, Thursday, June 16, 2016. Surrounding him are Wayne Rooney, top, Dele Alli (20), Marcus Rashford, bottom left, and Adam Lallana (8). (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

US Open Golf

A fan takes shelter during a rain delay during the first round of the U.S. Open golf championship at Oakmont Country Club on Thursday, June 16, 2016, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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