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Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, June 4

Updated: 2011-06-05 15:58

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Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, June 4

A combination of pictures shows Ducati MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi of Italy crashing during the third free practice of the Catalunya MotoGP Grand Prix in Montmelo, near Barcelona, June 4, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, June 4

Members of the Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) military patriotic club get into an AN-2 airplane before a parachute jump at an airdrome outside the Russian southern city of Stavropol June 4, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

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