Best pictures from around the world

Agencies Published June 2, 2014
This handout picture received from Britain's Ministry of Defence on May 30, 2014 shows a Lynx Mk8 helicopter firing all 60 of its flares over a the type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon. The picture won the best single news image prize at the Royal Navy's photographic awards. – Photo by AFP
This handout picture received from Britain's Ministry of Defence on May 30, 2014 shows a Lynx Mk8 helicopter firing all 60 of its flares over a the type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon. The picture won the best single news image prize at the Royal Navy's photographic awards. – Photo by AFP
The new experimental aircraft "Solar Impulse 2" takes off, piloted by German test pilot Markus Scherdel, for its first flight at the airbase in Payerne, Switzerland, on June 2, 2014. The aircraft, which was unveiled April 9, 2014 weighs 2.4 tons with a wingspan of 72 meters and more than 17,000 solar cells. The attempt to fly around the world in stages using only solar energy will be made in 2015. – Photo by AFP
The new experimental aircraft "Solar Impulse 2" takes off, piloted by German test pilot Markus Scherdel, for its first flight at the airbase in Payerne, Switzerland, on June 2, 2014. The aircraft, which was unveiled April 9, 2014 weighs 2.4 tons with a wingspan of 72 meters and more than 17,000 solar cells. The attempt to fly around the world in stages using only solar energy will be made in 2015. – Photo by AFP
A Bahraini boy catches a ball as he plays football in the village of Barbar, west of the capital Manama, on May 31, 2014. – Photo by AFP
A Bahraini boy catches a ball as he plays football in the village of Barbar, west of the capital Manama, on May 31, 2014. – Photo by AFP
Afghan refugee boys, play a traditional fighting game, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, June 1, 2014. – Photo by AP
Afghan refugee boys, play a traditional fighting game, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, June 1, 2014. – Photo by AP
A man protects a woman as they face a police officer dispersing protesters who gathered on the central Istoklal avenue near Taksim square in Istanbul, on May 31, 2014. – Photo by AFP
A man protects a woman as they face a police officer dispersing protesters who gathered on the central Istoklal avenue near Taksim square in Istanbul, on May 31, 2014. – Photo by AFP
Competitors paddle the boats during the annual Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong on June 2, 2014. Dragon boat racing dates back over 2,000 years and has now developed into a serious sport on the calendar of many countries around the world. – Photo by AFP
Competitors paddle the boats during the annual Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong on June 2, 2014. Dragon boat racing dates back over 2,000 years and has now developed into a serious sport on the calendar of many countries around the world. – Photo by AFP
France's forward Loic Remy jumps for the ball during a friendly football match between France and Paraguay on June 1, 2014, at the Allianz Riviera Stadium in Nice, southern France, ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup football tournament. – Photo by AFP
France's forward Loic Remy jumps for the ball during a friendly football match between France and Paraguay on June 1, 2014, at the Allianz Riviera Stadium in Nice, southern France, ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup football tournament. – Photo by AFP
Visitors look at a video installation, comprising of 106 TV sets, by American artist Susan Hiller in the Abattoirs Museum in Toulouse, southern France, as part of Toulouse's International Art Festival, on June 1, 2014. – Photo by AFP
Visitors look at a video installation, comprising of 106 TV sets, by American artist Susan Hiller in the Abattoirs Museum in Toulouse, southern France, as part of Toulouse's International Art Festival, on June 1, 2014. – Photo by AFP
Russia's Maria Sharapova returns the ball to Australia's Samantha Stosur during their French tennis Open round of sixteen match at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris on June 1, 2014. – Photo by AFP
Russia's Maria Sharapova returns the ball to Australia's Samantha Stosur during their French tennis Open round of sixteen match at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris on June 1, 2014. – Photo by AFP
Participants dance at the end of the Colour Run around Wembley Stadium in London on June 1, 2014. – Photo by AFP
Participants dance at the end of the Colour Run around Wembley Stadium in London on June 1, 2014. – Photo by AFP
An Afghan labourer holds a shovel over his shoulders as he works at a chalk factory on the outskirts of Mazar-i-sharif on May 31, 2014. – Photo by AFP
An Afghan labourer holds a shovel over his shoulders as he works at a chalk factory on the outskirts of Mazar-i-sharif on May 31, 2014. – Photo by AFP
Children carry portraits of Ukrainian heroes, fighters for the freedom of Ukraine since Kievan Rus times (from the 9th to the 13th centuries) to the present day, to commemorate them during annual Heroes Day in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on June 1, 2014. – Photo by AFP
Children carry portraits of Ukrainian heroes, fighters for the freedom of Ukraine since Kievan Rus times (from the 9th to the 13th centuries) to the present day, to commemorate them during annual Heroes Day in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on June 1, 2014. – Photo by AFP
An elderly woman wearing a sun visor walks in a market in Seoul on May 30, 2014. Sun visors are a familiar sight during the summer months in South Korea, which places a high importance on UV protection and skin care. – Photo by AFP
An elderly woman wearing a sun visor walks in a market in Seoul on May 30, 2014. Sun visors are a familiar sight during the summer months in South Korea, which places a high importance on UV protection and skin care. – Photo by AFP
German Marten Forkert on For Friendship competes on June 1, 2014 at German Spring and Dressage Derby in Hamburg. – Photo by AFP
German Marten Forkert on For Friendship competes on June 1, 2014 at German Spring and Dressage Derby in Hamburg. – Photo by AFP

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Allah Warayo
Jun 03, 2014 12:30am
Very Attractive collection of pics.
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Faraz
Jun 03, 2014 07:21pm
Nice pictures. Could you please stop the auto-slideshow system, I barely see a picture then it scrolls away.
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Aysha
Jun 06, 2014 07:10pm
@Faraz Just hover the mouse over the picture, auto scroll will stop.
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Altaf Hussain
Jun 07, 2014 11:09am
@Aysha It doesn't. Dawn needs to improve its website to something like BBC.
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