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Friday June 9, Our World In Pictures

June 9, 2017 Shlomo Sprung
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IRAN City Holds Ceremony for Attack Victims: In this Friday photo, Iranians attend the funeral of victims of an Islamic State militant attack on Wednesday in Tehran. Iranian leaders accused the U.S. and Saudi Arabia of supporting the Islamic State-claimed dual attacks that killed 17 people this week, as thousands of Iranians attended a funeral ceremony for the victims.

VENEZUELA Demonstrations Continue to Claim Lives: A woman sits under an image of protester Neomar Lander near the site where he died, during a vigil in his honor in Caracas on Thursday. Lander, 17, is one of the latest victims of Venezuela’s unrest. He died during anti-government protests on Wednesday.

TEXAS At the Rodeo: Merritt Barnes, 5, rides a sheep in the Mutton Busting event held before the start of the XTreme Bulls night at the Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo on Wednesday in Gladewater.

THAILAND Residents Receive Free Haircuts: People sit on plastic seats in a pop-up barber salon set on a railway platform to receive free haircuts from trainee barbers in Bangkok Friday.

YEMEN Airstrike Destroys Homes: A man holds debris from the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa on Friday. Three siblings and their grandmother were killed after Saudi-led coalition forces dropped munitions on three houses in the Yemeni capital, the children’s father said.

INDIA — Praying During Ramadan: Indian Muslims offer prayers on the second Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Jama Masjid in New Delhi on Friday. Islam’s holiest month is a period of intense prayer, self-discipline, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts.

KASHMIR — Police and Protestors Clash: A Kashmiri protester throws an exploded tear gas shell back at Indian police men during a protest in Srinagar on Friday. Parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir remained under curfew Friday, while general strikes were being staged in other areas after Kashmiri separatists called for strike to protest the Tuesday killing of a civilian by government forces during a search operation to flush out Kashmiri rebels in the southern town.

FRANCE Players Compete: Japan’s Shingo Kunieda plays a shot against Britain’s Alfie Hewett during their men’s wheelchair semifinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris on Friday.

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