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Young elephant Nelly kicks a football during an event to predict the result of the upcoming Women's World Cup soccer match between Germany and Canada, at the safari-park in Hodenhagen, Lower-Saxony June 24, 2011. The 'elephant oracle' called for a German victory by 1-0. The Women's World Cup will be held in Germany from June 26 to July 17. (Reuters/Fabian Bimmer)
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A male Least Tern delivers a small fish to a female as part of a courtship ritual on the Texas City Dike, in Texas City, Texas The ritual lasted over 30 minutes with the male making repeated dives into the water and returning numerous fish to the female waiting near the Samson-Yarbrough boat ramp on June 14, 2011. (AP Photo/The Galveston County Daily News, Kevin M. Cox)
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German Shorthaired Pointer Emmy makes a new friend at the bottom a garden which backs onto an apple orchard in Kelowna, B.C. The white tailed deer skipped away and repeatedly came back to the fence to look at her. Emmy ran around in circles, barking, and then returned to the fence several times to look at the deer. Lesley-Anne Evans photo
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A reveller reaches up to the sky during the summer solstice at Stonehenge, near Salisbury in England, June 21, 2011. The ancient stone circle of Stonehenge is a World Heritage Site erected between approximately 3000BC and 1600BC and despite years of research the reason behind its construction remains a mystery. The summer solstice in the northern hemisphere occurs annually on June 21 and is the time at which the sun is at its northernmost point in the sky. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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In honour of World Refugee Day on June 20...
A Syrian refugee girl watches from the scratched window of a minibus that ferries her and others to a camp after crossing into Turkey, near the village of Guvecci on the Syrian border, Thursday, June 16, 2011. At least 150 more refugees crossed into Turkey on Thursday afternoon, increasing the number of refugees to more than 9,000. They were quickly ferried to the refugee camp in the town of Yayladagi. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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