Winnipeg Free Press > FP News Gallery > Day in Photos: June 8, 2012

  • 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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    Day in Photos: June 8, 2012

  • An Egyptian protester waves a national flag over a tree at Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, June 8, 2012. Hundreds gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, to demonstrate against presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq, Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, ahead of a run-off vote.

    An Egyptian protester waves a national flag over a tree at Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, June 8, 2012. Hundreds gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising, to demonstrate against presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq, Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, ahead of a run-off vote.   (Amr Nabil / The Associated Press) Photo Store

  • Czech Republic's fans shout as they arrive at the train station for the Euro 2012 soccer championship Group A match between Russia and Czech Republic in Wroclaw, Poland, Friday, June 8, 2012.

    Czech Republic's fans shout as they arrive at the train station for the Euro 2012 soccer championship Group A match between Russia and Czech Republic in Wroclaw, Poland, Friday, June 8, 2012.   (Petr David Josek / The Associated Press) Photo Store

  • Greece's Dimitris Salpigidis scores past Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny during the Euro 2012 soccer championship Group A match between Poland and Greece in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, June 8, 2012.

    Greece's Dimitris Salpigidis scores past Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny during the Euro 2012 soccer championship Group A match between Poland and Greece in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, June 8, 2012.   (Matt Dunham / The Associated Press) Photo Store

  • An elderly man works in wheat fields near the house where blind activist Chen Guangcheng was under house arrest, at Dongshigu village in Shandong province, China, Friday, June 8, 2012. Cameras and security guards that kept Chen under house arrest have gone, but fear lingered among residents of his village Friday and even his mother advised him not to come home. Residents were still scared of the local officials and of their fellow farmers who enforced the surveillance.

    An elderly man works in wheat fields near the house where blind activist Chen Guangcheng was under house arrest, at Dongshigu village in Shandong province, China, Friday, June 8, 2012. Cameras and security guards that kept Chen under house arrest have gone, but fear lingered among residents of his village Friday and even his mother advised him not to come home. Residents were still scared of the local officials and of their fellow farmers who enforced the surveillance.   (Andy Wong / The Associated Press) Photo Store

  • Indian fishermen throw their fishing net in floodwaters in a paddy field in Pobitora village about 55 kilometres east of Gauhati, India, Friday, June 8, 2012. Incessant rainfall in catchment areas during the last week have led to a rise in the water level of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries, inundating vast tracts of farmlands and villages in several districts of both Upper and Lower Assam, according to news reports.

    Indian fishermen throw their fishing net in floodwaters in a paddy field in Pobitora village about 55 kilometres east of Gauhati, India, Friday, June 8, 2012. Incessant rainfall in catchment areas during the last week have led to a rise in the water level of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries, inundating vast tracts of farmlands and villages in several districts of both Upper and Lower Assam, according to news reports.   (Anupam Nath / The Associated Press) Photo Store

  • A fisher woman sells fish in a market in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, June 8, 2012. Spain could decide this month to ask for a bailout for its troubled banking sector, a step that would make it the fourth country in the 17-member eurozone to seek help since the EU debt crisis broke out.

    A fisher woman sells fish in a market in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, June 8, 2012. Spain could decide this month to ask for a bailout for its troubled banking sector, a step that would make it the fourth country in the 17-member eurozone to seek help since the EU debt crisis broke out.   (Emilio Morenatti / The Associated Press) Photo Store

  • Riot police clear a soccer goal and other debris used as roadblocks by Bahraini anti-government protesters, unseen, to slow the police pursuing them during clashes Friday, June 8, 2012, in Abu Saiba, Bahrain. Riot police in Bahrain fired tear gas and stun grenades Friday as tens of thousands of protesters staged the biggest anti-government demonstrations in weeks in the divided Gulf nation.

    Riot police clear a soccer goal and other debris used as roadblocks by Bahraini anti-government protesters, unseen, to slow the police pursuing them during clashes Friday, June 8, 2012, in Abu Saiba, Bahrain. Riot police in Bahrain fired tear gas and stun grenades Friday as tens of thousands of protesters staged the biggest anti-government demonstrations in weeks in the divided Gulf nation.   (Hasan Jamali / The Associated Press) Photo Store

  • Kaylin Dixie O'Neill, daughter of trainer Doug O'Neill, pets Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I'll Have Another during a news conference at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., on Friday, June 8, 2012. I'll Have Another's bid for a Triple Crown ended with the shocking news that the colt was out of the Belmont Stakes due to a swollen left front tendon. The Belmont Stakes horse race is Saturday.

    Kaylin Dixie O'Neill, daughter of trainer Doug O'Neill, pets Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I'll Have Another during a news conference at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., on Friday, June 8, 2012. I'll Have Another's bid for a Triple Crown ended with the shocking news that the colt was out of the Belmont Stakes due to a swollen left front tendon. The Belmont Stakes horse race is Saturday.   (CP) Photo Store

  • Roger Federer of Switzerland returns in his semi final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday June 8, 2012.

    Roger Federer of Switzerland returns in his semi final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday June 8, 2012.   (Michel Euler / The Associated Press) Photo Store

  • Kona, a six-year-old German Shepherd mix, wipes out while surfing in the Incredible Dog Challenge dog surfing competition Friday, June 8, 2012, in San Diego.

    Kona, a six-year-old German Shepherd mix, wipes out while surfing in the Incredible Dog Challenge dog surfing competition Friday, June 8, 2012, in San Diego.   (Gregory Bull / The Associated Press) Photo Store

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