June 23: Day in pics

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Updated on Jun 24, 2012 10:17 am IST

German defender Philipp Lahm (hidden) celebrates with teammates after scoring during the Euro 2012 football championships quarter-final match Germany vs Greece at the Gdansk Arena.(AFP Photo/Ane-Christine Poujoulat)

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Updated on Jun 24, 2012 10:17 am IST

NRI businessman Lord Raj Loomba and Cherie Blair drive a herd of goats over London Bridge in support of charity for widows on World Widows' Day. HT/Dipankar De Sarkar

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Updated on Jun 24, 2012 10:17 am IST

This photo provided by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shows the fossil remains of a Tyrannosaurus bataar dinosaur. (AP Photo/US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

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Updated on Jun 24, 2012 10:17 am IST

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in handcuffs after his conviction in his child sex abuse trial in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He could be sentenced to hundreds of years in prison. REUTERS/Pat Little

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Updated on Jun 24, 2012 10:17 am IST

Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate Mohamed Morsy pray during a rally against the delay of the Egyptian presidential results and against the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces (SCAF) at Tahrir Square in Cairo. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

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Updated on Jun 24, 2012 10:17 am IST

Students protest a hike in tuition fees in Montreal, Canada. After two weeks of relative calm, tens of thousands of students were back on the streets to protest the rising university fees, now in its fifth month. AFP/Rogerio Barbosa

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Updated on Jun 24, 2012 10:17 am IST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, German football association president Wolfgang Niersbach and German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich celebrate after Philip Lahm scored against Greece during the Euro 2012 football championships quarter-final match Germany vs Greece at the Gdansk Arena. AFP/Fabrice Coffrini

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Updated on Jun 24, 2012 10:17 am IST

Colombian tango dancers Alejandra Sanchez (R) and Alex Moncada perform during the second World Tango Championships semifinals as part of the "VI International Tango Festival", in Medellín, Antioquia department, Colombia. AFP/Raul Arboleda

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Updated on Jun 24, 2012 10:17 am IST

A Balinese man walking across a fire during the Sanghyang jaran ritual dance performed at a temple in Kuta, Indonesia's resort island of Bali. Sanghyang jaran is a dance performed by boys who ride coconut palm hobbyhorses in and around a fire. AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

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Updated on Jun 24, 2012 10:17 am IST

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon delivers a speech during the UN Conference on Sustainable Development Rio+20 closing ceremony, in Rio de Janeiro. AFP/ Antonio Scorza

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Updated on Jun 24, 2012 10:17 am IST

Paraguayan new President Federico Franco leaves the Congress, in Asuncion, after being sworn in on June 22, 2012. AFP/Jorge Romero

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Updated on Jun 24, 2012 10:17 am IST

Fire burns behind homes north of Poudre Canyon in the Glacier View area near Livermore, Colo. The fire is burning on more than 68,000 acres west of Fort Collins and has destroyed at least 189 homes. AP Photo/Ed Andrieski

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Updated on Jun 24, 2012 10:17 am IST

Red Bull Racing's German driver Sebastian Vettel leaves the pits at the Valencia Street Circuit in Valencia during the third practice race of the European Formula One Grand Prix. AFP/Tom Gandolfini

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Updated on Jun 24, 2012 10:17 am IST

Pakistan's stand-in-captain Mohammad Hafeez, second right, and Umar Gul, right, congratulate Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara, who scored an unbeaten 199 runs, during their Test cricket match against Pakistan in Galle, Sri Lanka. Azhar Ali is in far left. AP/Gemunu Amarasinghe

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Updated on Jun 24, 2012 10:17 am IST

Portugal's national soccer player Ricardo Costa attends a news conference during the Euro 2012 at Press Centre Opalenica in Opalenica. Reuters/Bartosz Jankowski

June 23: Day in pics

German defender Philipp Lahm (hidden) celebrates with teammates after scoring during the Euro 2012 football championships quarter-final match Germany vs Greece at the Gdansk Arena.(AFP Photo/Ane-Christine Poujoulat)

NRI businessman Lord Raj Loomba and Cherie Blair drive a herd of goats over London Bridge in support of charity for widows on World Widows' Day. HT/Dipankar De Sarkar

This photo provided by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shows the fossil remains of a Tyrannosaurus bataar dinosaur. (AP Photo/US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in handcuffs after his conviction in his child sex abuse trial in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He could be sentenced to hundreds of years in prison. REUTERS/Pat Little

Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate Mohamed Morsy pray during a rally against the delay of the Egyptian presidential results and against the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces (SCAF) at Tahrir Square in Cairo. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Students protest a hike in tuition fees in Montreal, Canada. After two weeks of relative calm, tens of thousands of students were back on the streets to protest the rising university fees, now in its fifth month. AFP/Rogerio Barbosa

Colombian tango dancers Alejandra Sanchez (R) and Alex Moncada perform during the second World Tango Championships semifinals as part of the "VI International Tango Festival", in Medellín, Antioquia department, Colombia. AFP/Raul Arboleda

A Balinese man walking across a fire during the Sanghyang jaran ritual dance performed at a temple in Kuta, Indonesia's resort island of Bali. Sanghyang jaran is a dance performed by boys who ride coconut palm hobbyhorses in and around a fire. AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon delivers a speech during the UN Conference on Sustainable Development Rio+20 closing ceremony, in Rio de Janeiro. AFP/ Antonio Scorza

Paraguayan new President Federico Franco leaves the Congress, in Asuncion, after being sworn in on June 22, 2012. AFP/Jorge Romero

Fire burns behind homes north of Poudre Canyon in the Glacier View area near Livermore, Colo. The fire is burning on more than 68,000 acres west of Fort Collins and has destroyed at least 189 homes. AP Photo/Ed Andrieski

Red Bull Racing's German driver Sebastian Vettel leaves the pits at the Valencia Street Circuit in Valencia during the third practice race of the European Formula One Grand Prix. AFP/Tom Gandolfini

Pakistan's stand-in-captain Mohammad Hafeez, second right, and Umar Gul, right, congratulate Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara, who scored an unbeaten 199 runs, during their Test cricket match against Pakistan in Galle, Sri Lanka. Azhar Ali is in far left. AP/Gemunu Amarasinghe

Portugal's national soccer player Ricardo Costa attends a news conference during the Euro 2012 at Press Centre Opalenica in Opalenica. Reuters/Bartosz Jankowski

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