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The largest full moon of the year called the "super moon" will light up the night sky this weekend.
Youths throw flour at each other during the "Battle with Flour" flash mob on the banks of the Dnipro River in Kiev June 22, 2013. About 100 people participated in the flash mob.
Participants dance as they attend a flash mob near the Eiffel Tower during a celebration for the 85th birthday of Peyo, the creator of the Smurfs, on "Global Smurfs Day" in Paris, June 22, 2013.
Youths throw flour at each other during the "Battle with Flour" flash mob on the banks of the Dnipro River in Kiev June 22, 2013. About 100 people participated in the flash mob.
Participants dance as they attend a flash mob near the Eiffel Tower during a celebration for the 85th birthday of Peyo, the creator of the Smurfs, on "Global Smurfs Day" in Paris, June 22, 2013.
Different kinds of events brought out thousands of participants to celebrate the year's longest day.
US President Barack Obama on Friday nominated former Deputy Attorney General James Comey as the next FBI director.
At least 207 people have been killed while 50,000 others, mostly pilgrims, still stranded in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand which was badly hit by monsoon floods Sunday, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said Friday.
The Philippine government destroyed on Friday at least five tonnes of smuggled elephant tusks
Business chiefs experienced what it is to be homeless as they slept out in the streets on Thursday in major Australian cities to draw attention to homeless people.
A massive roof fire was reported at the Riga Castle, office of the Latvian President.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees called for global attention to refugees to mark World Refugee Day, which is observed on June 20, 2013.