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Friday, June 18, 2010

People gather around a television to watch the opening game of the soccer World Cup at the Tembisa neighborhood in the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa

A fan blows a vuvuzela during the Group A first round 2010 World Cup football match South Africa vs. Mexico

A Hungarian gypsy family sits near their tent after the Bodva river flooded their home in Edeleny

Firemen evacuate children in the flooded part of Tarnobrzeg in southern Poland

People walk by damaged cars in the aftermath of flooding in a western district of the French south eastern city of Draguignan

Surfers walk in front of a car stuck on the beach after heavy rains in Verdicio, Spain on June 15, 2010. Heavy rains during the last week caused flooding throughout the northern Spanish regions of Galicia and Asturias, leaving at least two people dead

A local resident carries a fish, just caught on a flooded street, in the village of Felsohamor, Hungary, Sunday, May 16, 2010. The local River Szinva burst its banks flooding residential areas which residents tried to protect with sandbags seen at rear

Cyclists ride through the flooded Danube River in Budapest, Hungary on June 7,2010. The Parliament building sits in the background.

Locals save cattle from the flooding Hernad river in Gesztely, Hungary

Locals form a brigade to carry sandbags for temporary flood defenses in Ocsalanos, Hungary on June 5, 2010. Heavy rains caused the river Hernad to swell, flooding parts of western Hungary

The moon shines over the flooded river Oder next to a single house on May 27, 2010 in Kostrzyn, Poland

An aerial view shows the flooding near the village of Swiniary, in Central Poland,

Farmers help a horse to jump into an amphibious vehicle in flooded Juliszew village in central Poland at Wisla river

A man stands in front of a flooded house by the Vistula River which broke through the embankments in Wiaczemin close to Swiniary near Plock, central Poland

A view of the newly-forming lake formed due to blockage of the Hunza River, seen three days after the landslide

This photograph was taken while a secondary landslide was taking place near Attabad village in northern Pakistan on January 22, 2010, after the original massive landslide of January 4th blocked most of the Hunza Valley and dammed the Hunza River

Nicholas Barry, age 2, waves a small Canadian flag as the funeral procession bearing the body of Private Kevin McKay is brought to the Barrie Armoury May 21, 2010. McKay was killed May 13th by a roadside bomb while serving in Afghanistan

Afghan girls cover their faces as unseen US soldiers from 2nd Platoon Bravo Company 5/2 ID Striker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) 1-17 Infantry Batallion patrol in Shahwali Kot district in Kandahar

An Afghan policeman patrols a street

Members of the Afghanistan women's national boxing team take part in a training session on May 3, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. After facing years of restrictions and oppression during the period of Taliban rule, Afghan women are again able to make use of sports clubs and private gyms and the national boxing team have sets their sights on competing at the London 2012 Olympics

A U.S. Army soldier with the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, and part of the 82nd Airborne Division, takes cover as a Black Hawk chopper takes off from a U.S. military base in Arghandab valley

A Kuchi tribal girl urges a camel to hasten on its way towards their tent as the sun sets on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 23, 2010. As Afghanistan's population grows, competing claims over summer pastures, both for rainfed cultivation and for grazing of the settled communities' livestock, have created conflict over land across central and northern Afghanistan and made life more difficult for this nomadic tribe

An Afghan boy scurries past a burning oil tanker carrying fuel supplies for NATO forces after it was allegedly attacked by Taliban on Jalalabad highway, east of Kabul, Afghanistan


A balloon flies during the International Hot Air Balloon Week in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland

A Palestinian woman prepares to release a bunch of balloons with foreign peace activists, including Israeli leftists, across Israel's separation barrier above the settlement of Givat Zeev during a Nakba rally in the West Bank town of al-Ram, on the outskirts of Jerusalem

This photo taken on April 16, 2010 shows a giant NASA science balloon being inflated at the launch site near Alice Springs, Australia. The same balloon crashed during take-off on April 29, 2010 smashing its multi-million USD payload. The balloon, the size of a football field when inflated is designed to float up to 40 kilometers (25 miles), deep in the stratosphere to measure X-rays and gamma rays sent out by various stars and galaxies, then flutter back down to the Alice Springs launch site

Balloons that have just taken off from the runway of Bristol International Airport fly towards the sun as it rises over Bristol on June 12 2009 in Bristol, England. In total 25 balloons were launched at 5am, before the runway opened to aircraft at the busy airport, as a preview flight for the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta in Augus

Ukrainian soldiers march with a barrage balloon during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade which took place on May 9 to celebrate 65 years of the victory in WWII, in downtown Kiev, Ukraine

The Bullet 580, the world's largest inflatable airship, stands in Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery, Alabama, Wednesday, May 19, 2010, following an inflation test and fit check. The airship will be flight tested later in the summer and will carry a joint NASA and Old Dominion University payload that will measure moisture content in soil. In addition to government research work, the airship can also be used for military, homeland security and disaster relief missions. It is designed to carry payloads of up to 2,000 pounds to 20,000 feet

Thousands of biodegradable balloons released by Sao Paulo's Commercial Association fly over Sao Paulo, Brazil

Hot air balloons fly over the temple-studded plains of Bagan, Myanmar on January 14, 2010. Bagan, the ancient capital of Myanmar, is the main archaeological site and popular tourist attraction of the country

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