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Queen Elizabeth II views a plaque commemorating the official reopening to the public of the Cutty Sark during a visit Wednesday to Greenwich, London, where the famed 19th-century clipper is on display. The ship was badly damaged by a fire in 2007.

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Exhibitor Ray Beckwith removes dust with a sable brush from the petals of a seedling daffodil as horticulturalists prepare their displays for the Harrogate Flower Show on Wednesday in Harrogate, England. More than 100 nurseries are staging displays of their flowers and plants at the Harrogate Spring Show, the premier gardening event of northern England.

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Students are sprayed by police water cannons during a protest near the Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, on Wednesday. The students were protesting alleged police brutality that led to a death during the demolition of squatters' houses in Paranaque, south of Manila, two days earlier.

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Children pick up their hats during a vigil protesting Arizona's controversial immigration law, SB 1070, at the Arizona state Capitol on Tuesday in Phoenix. The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over the 2010 law intended to crack down on illegal immigration.

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Workers toil with real building materials at the construction site of Legoland Malaysia in the southern state of Johor Bahru on Wednesday. Asia's first theme park dedicated to the popular toy bricks will open in September with more than 35,000 annual passes already sold, the company said.

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Jaroenrattanatarakoon Prapawadee of Thailand drops the bar in the Women's 53-kilogram division Wednesday during the second day of the Asian Weighlifting Championships at Yichung Culture and Sports Center on in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.


