• A 15-day-old night monkey sits in a veterinarian's palm. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
  • MANAGUA - A nurse tends to paper work in the emergency ward in Managua, Nicaragua.
  • General view of the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. The Egyptian military on Monday assumed joint responsibility with the police for security and protecting state institutions until the results of a Dec. 15 constitutional referendum are announced. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
  • Residents cross a river using suspended ropes at Andap, New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, a day after Typhoon Bopha made landfall. Typhoon Bopha, one of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year, barreled across the country's south on Tuesday, killing scores of people while triggering landslides, flooding and cutting off power in two entire provinces. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Images from around the world chosen by the photo desk at the Winnipeg Free Press.

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  • June 22, 2012

    Day in Photos: June 22, 2012

  • Germany's Philipp Lahm, left, celebrates after scoring during the Euro 2012 soccer championship quarterfinal match between Germany and Greece in Gdansk, Poland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

    Germany's Philipp Lahm, left, celebrates after scoring during the Euro 2012 soccer championship quarterfinal match between Germany and Greece in Gdansk, Poland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Photo Store

  • Miami Heat power forward Chris Bosh (1) reacts after Game 5 of the NBA finals basketball seriesagainst the Oklahoma City Thunder, Thursday, in Miami. The Heat won 121-106 to become the 2012 NBA Champions.(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

    Miami Heat power forward Chris Bosh (1) reacts after Game 5 of the NBA finals basketball seriesagainst the Oklahoma City Thunder, Thursday, in Miami. The Heat won 121-106 to become the 2012 NBA Champions.(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Photo Store

  • Egyptian supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for president, Mohammed Morsi gather in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of Egyptians have converged on Tahrir Square in Cairo to protest against the ruling military council's power grab and in support of the Islamist presidential candidate who they believe won the election. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

    Egyptian supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for president, Mohammed Morsi gather in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of Egyptians have converged on Tahrir Square in Cairo to protest against the ruling military council's power grab and in support of the Islamist presidential candidate who they believe won the election. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Photo Store

  • Ashton Eaton runs in the 400m during the decathlon competition at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

    Ashton Eaton runs in the 400m during the decathlon competition at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Photo Store

  • A woman prays at a temple in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

    A woman prays at a temple in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Photo Store

  • The Dvortsovy drawbridge is illuminated as it is raised across the Neva River during White Nights in St. Petersburg, Russia, early Saturday. White Nights, where it never truly gets dark, last for about a month from the middle of June till the middle of July. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

    The Dvortsovy drawbridge is illuminated as it is raised across the Neva River during White Nights in St. Petersburg, Russia, early Saturday. White Nights, where it never truly gets dark, last for about a month from the middle of June till the middle of July. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) Photo Store

  • A Palestinian youth carries stones as he runs away from Israeli troops during clashes during the weekly protest against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Kdumim. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

    A Palestinian youth carries stones as he runs away from Israeli troops during clashes during the weekly protest against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Kdumim. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh) Photo Store

  • An Indian shouts for water as a shanty town is engulfed in flames in New Delhi, India. A fire swept through a slum, destroying hundreds of shanties where residents had collected scrap plastic and rubber for resale. No one was reported injured or killed, fire department chief A.K. Sharma said. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

    An Indian shouts for water as a shanty town is engulfed in flames in New Delhi, India. A fire swept through a slum, destroying hundreds of shanties where residents had collected scrap plastic and rubber for resale. No one was reported injured or killed, fire department chief A.K. Sharma said. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) Photo Store

  • Afghans hide from militants outside of the Spozhmai hotel on Lake Qurgha where security officials say Taliban insurgents killed nearly two dozen people, most of them civilians, in an attack just north of Kabul,. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

    Afghans hide from militants outside of the Spozhmai hotel on Lake Qurgha where security officials say Taliban insurgents killed nearly two dozen people, most of them civilians, in an attack just north of Kabul,. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) Photo Store

  • Saskatchewan Roughriders slotback Weston Dressler is tackled in the first half of CFL pre-season football action against the Calgary Stampeders in Regina. (The Canadian Press  / Liam Richards)

    Saskatchewan Roughriders slotback Weston Dressler is tackled in the first half of CFL pre-season football action against the Calgary Stampeders in Regina. (The Canadian Press / Liam Richards) Photo Store

  • Morgan Rielly, centre, a defenceman, stands with officials from the Toronto Maple Leafs after being chosen fifth overall in the first round of the NHL hockey draft, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

    Morgan Rielly, centre, a defenceman, stands with officials from the Toronto Maple Leafs after being chosen fifth overall in the first round of the NHL hockey draft, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) Photo Store

  • A South Korean army K1A1 tank fires during South Korea-U.S. joint military live-fire drills at Seungjin Fire Training Field in Pocheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

    A South Korean army K1A1 tank fires during South Korea-U.S. joint military live-fire drills at Seungjin Fire Training Field in Pocheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Photo Store

  • Fire burns behind homes north of Poudre Canyon in the Glacier View area near Livermore, Colo. The fire is burning on more than 68,000 acres west of Fort Collins and has destroyed at least 189 homes (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

    Fire burns behind homes north of Poudre Canyon in the Glacier View area near Livermore, Colo. The fire is burning on more than 68,000 acres west of Fort Collins and has destroyed at least 189 homes (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski) Photo Store

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