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New York City Firefighters arrive at the scene of a five-story building that partially collapsed after a reported explosion in New York July 11, 2013.
BASE jumpers participate in the Tallinn TV Tower B.A.S.E. Boogie 2013 event July 11, 2013.
South Korean students pay a silent tribute in front of candles and pictures of Ye Mengyuan and Wang Linjia, both victims of the Asiana Airlines flight 214 crash, in central Seoul July 11, 2013.
Students, workers and citizens staged a 24-hour national strike demanding reforms in the public state education system in Santiago.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth visits the Coronation Festival in the garden of Buckingham Palace in central London July 11, 2013.
A family breaks the day's fast with the Iftar meal on the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Paris July 10, 2013. Muslims in France began their observance of this month of abstinence on Wednesday.
A hotel in London introduced royal baby-inspired afternoon tea as the UK awaits the first child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
World’s large families
The United Nations World Population Day is observed on July 11 every year to raise awareness on global population issues since 1989. Huge crowds can be seen all over the world.
A beached humpback whale lies on the shore of Santa Rosa fishing town, 17.6 km (11 miles) west of Chiclayo, July 10, 2013.
More than a hundred Rohingya Muslims gathered to pray and break fast as they welcome the first day of Ramadan in Thailand. The stateless people arrived in Thailand earlier in January this year after fleeing a bloody conflict between the Buddhist and Muslims in Myanmar's western Rakhine State.
Lisa Gant and Alex Pelling have their 53rd wedding in Budapest, Hungary, July 9, 2013.