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Pictures of the day: June 1, 2016

We look at 13 images from events around the world


Multimedia Desk June 01, 2016 2 min read
An Iraqi child who fled with his family the northern province of Nineveh following the advance of militants of the Islamic State (IS) group, plays with a makeshift tricycle in a refugee camp in al-Hawl located some 14 kilometers from the Iraqi border in Syria s northeastern Hassakeh province, on May 31, 2016. The camp houses some 5000 refugees according to its chief Ciwan Sidou. / AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN PHOTO: AFP

A general view shows the northern gates (L) of the NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel near the town of Erstfeld, Switzerland. PHOTO: REUTERS

A worker puts aside handicrafts of bird nests as she sits among them in Linyi, Shandong Province, China. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Chinese worker polishes steel at an offshore oil engineering platform in Qingdao, east China's Shandong province on June 1, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A picture taken from the deck of the new ferry boat Mega Andrea of the French Corsica Ferries company shows Porto-Vecchio on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. PHOTO: AFP

Three boys sit among garbage in Al-Mokattam City, also known as 'Garbage City' in Cairo. Living on the outskirts of Cairo, the Zabalen, which literally means 'garbage people', is a community that has been collecting and recycling Cairo's waste for a long time. The children live and play among the garbage and have dropped out of school to help their family's garbage business. PHOTO: INP

A woman waits for a travel permit to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing after it was opened for four days by Egyptian authorities, in the southern Gaza Strip June 1, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A wild leopard reacts after being tranquilised by a government officer on entering a residential area in Kuleshowor, Kathmandu on June 1, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Iraqi children who fled with their family the northern province of Nineveh following the advance of militants of the Islamic State (IS) group, are seen in a refugee camp in al-Hawl located some 14 kilometers from the Iraqi border in Syria's northeastern Hassakeh province. PHOTO: AFP

A worker carries a part of a used car inside a shop at a second-hand automobile parts market in Mumbai, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

People escape a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Kolkata, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori of the Fuerza Popular (Popular Force) party attends an election rally in Callao, Peru. PHOTO: REUTERS

Amr Zaki, a high ranking member of the Muslim Brotherhood, receives a kiss from his son during the trial of 738 brotherhood members for their armed sit-in at Rabaa square, at a court on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. PHOTO: REUTERS

Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova celebrates after beating Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska during their women's fourth round match at the Roland Garros 2016 French Tennis Open in Paris. PHOTO: AFP

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