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From the Guardian’s Photo Blog:
Also in Mexico City, it’s Batman and…Batman: Santiago Gomez, dressed in a Batman costume, poses for a photograph with a Batman street performer. Gomez’s parents Rosio and Pepe brought him to the city from Toluca as a gift for his sixth birthday, which is tomorrow. Photograph: Ivan Pierre Aguirre/AP
I mean, come on. This is just awesome, right?
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A woman enjoys a water fountain in London’s South Bank as the UK finally enjoys warm June weather. Photograph: Ben Stanstall/AFP/Getty Images
Ah, the British celebratory impulse when it comes to not freezing weather.
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Morning all. I think we can expect plenty more of these kind of pictures today. Overnight from Istanbul, a protestor clashes with Turkish riot police on the way to Taksim Square as part of ongoing protests against the ruling party. Photograph: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images
It feels wrong to say that such scenes look spectacular, but look at this image as an image. It really is impressive, and almost beautiful.
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Firefighters battle hotspots of a fire near Lancaster, California. Nearly 1,000 firefighters, bulldozers, helicopters and water tanker aircraft are working to contain the fire which has grown to nearly 20,000 acres. Photograph: Stuart Palley/EPA
One of those times where the image is so beautiful that you almost forget what’s actually happening in it, and that it’s a bad thing.
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The Queen watches a display of gun carriages during a visit to the King’s Troop at Woolwich Barracks in south-east London. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters
If every a photo deserved a Day Today style caption, it’s this one. I honestly looked at it and immediately thought of Chris Morris seriously intoning “Queen scared of horses, Palace admits.”
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Karen Vacco, assistant mammal curator at the Pittsburgh zoo and aquarium, holds a seven-week-old baby gorilla. The baby gorilla is receiving personal treatment after keepers and staff noticed Moka, the baby’s mother, could not produce an adequate supply of milk for the baby. Photograph: Anna Bentley/AP
Seriously, if that picture doesn’t melt your heart just a little, I feel as if you should go see a doctor.
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Eastern Screech owlets in a tree in Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia, US. Photograph: Graham McGeorge/Barcroft Media
I know how those owls feel, all “Really? You’re out there with a camera? Really?”
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Members of a Swat team receive training in Jingning, China. Not sure how often they’ll have to jump through flaming hoops but better to be prepared! Photograph: Zuma/Rex Features
I just love the literalness of this image: “I’m not saying that we’re going to have you jumping through hoops, but, well, we’re totally going to have you jumping through hoops. For real. That’s not a metaphor.”
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Fans wait for the rain to stop at Headinley during the Second Investec Test cricket match at Headingley, Leeds. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA
I feel like this should be the first part of a dance routine in an old Hollywood musical or something. The camera slowly pulls toward the umbrella, just as it gets pushed back and bam there’s Gene Kelly…
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Lightning flashes in the sky in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China. Heavy rainfall since Saturday has killed two people in the south China province. Photograph: China Stringer Network/Reuters
It’s a small thing, but I always loved the way that the rest of the sky gets illuminated by lightning. Look at the shades of purple surrounding the lightning; it’s beautiful.