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People dive into Dal Lake in Kashmir for some relief from the heat on Thursday. Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, witnessed a sudden rise in temperature over the past few days.

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Israelis participate in the 10th anniversary Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem on Thursday. Opposition to such events is fiercer in Jerusalem, where religious feelings can run high, than in the more laid-back seaside city of Tel Aviv, but police were out in force to keep the peace.

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Children climb trees as they play on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir, on Thursday.

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A security guard watches over The House of Flags installation in London's Parliament Square on Thursday. Panels displaying the flags of all 206 nations participating in the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics have been combined into a jigsaw "house."

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An Indian rag picker searches for reusable items Thursday by floating on a makeshift raft in the polluted Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad.

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Children look Thursday through a gate from outside of a school that was burned down on Wednesday night by suspected Muslim separatists in Pattani province, southern Thailand.


