Today's Photos | May 23, 2013

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A boy drinks water dripping from a government tanker supplying water to residents of a colony in New Delhi, India, which is facing an acute water shortage.

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The Annual Weighing of the Animals

Thursday marks World Turtle Day.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, Israel.

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President Obama Makes First Trip to Israel

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, Israel.

An injured South Korean Vietnam War veteran is helped by his colleagues during a rally in front of Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea. The group was protesting Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's remarks on the historic perception of 'comfort women', who were forced into the Japanese military brothels during World War II.

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Tension Rises Between North, South Korea

An injured South Korean Vietnam War veteran is helped by his colleagues during a rally in front of Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea. The group was protesting Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's remarks on the historic perception of 'comfort women', who were forced into the Japanese military brothels during World War II.

People heckle London Mayor Boris Johnson as he leaves the scene of a terror attack in Woolwich. A member of armed forces was attacked and killed there by two men.

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London's Subway Marks 150th Anniversary

People heckle London Mayor Boris Johnson as he leaves the scene of a terror attack in Woolwich. A member of armed forces was attacked and killed there by two men.

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A Sri Lankan man takes blessings after offering alms to Bangladeshi Buddhists monks on the eve of Vesak, also known as "Buddha's Birthday," in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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The 66th Cannes Film Festival

Actresses Adele Exarchopoulos, left, and Lea Seydoux embrace before the screening of La Vie D'Adele at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in France.

High school students celebrate in Tokyo after Yuichiro Miura, 80, a Japanese climber and the principal of their school who reached the summit of Mt. Everest and became the oldest person in the world to climb it.

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French 'Spider-Man' Climbs 27-Story Building in Cuba

High school students celebrate in Tokyo after Yuichiro Miura, 80, a Japanese climber and the principal of their school who reached the summit of Mt. Everest and became the oldest person in the world to climb it.

President Barack Obama declared America at a 'crossroads' in the fight against terrorism and revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes during a speech at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington D.C.

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The Expansion of the Drone

President Barack Obama declared America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism and revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes during a speech at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington D.C.

Activists from the Irish Anti-War Movement protest for the closure of Guantanamo Bay at the Leinster House in Dublin, Ireland.

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The Prison at Guantanamo Bay

Activists from the Irish Anti-War Movement protest for the closure of Guantanamo Bay at the Leinster House in Dublin, Ireland.

Lightning from a thunderstorm strikes amid the wreckage of twisted cars and structures at Plaza Elementary School, where seven children were killed earlier in the week when a tornado hit Moore, Okla.

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Heroic Oklahoma Tornado Rescues

Lightning from a thunderstorm strikes amid the wreckage of twisted cars and structures at Plaza Elementary School, where seven children were killed earlier in the week when a tornado hit Moore, Okla.

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