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Visitors walk through a light show named "Halo Park" at Chaoyang Park in Beijing. Fred Dufour / AFP -
Soldiers stand under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris ahead of VE Day commemorations. Lionel Bonaventure / AFP -
Worshippers in traditional costumes parade at a temple dedicated to the Chinese Goddess of the Sea Tin Hau in Hong Kong, China. Jerome Favre / EPA -
Norwegian Cruise Line's newest ship - Norwegian Bliss - in New York for a preview event. Charles Sykes / AP Photo -
A police officer and school children take part in an anti-terrorism drill at a primary school in Huaibei, Anhui province, China. Reuters -
A burning bus during a protest in Managua, Nicaragua. Jorge Torres / EPA -
Actor Amber Heard arrives at the Met Gala to celebrate the opening of “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” in New York. Carlo Allegri / Reuters -
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano continues to spew lava over Hookupu Street in Pahoa. Jamm Aquino / AP Photo
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