A look at the best news photos from around the world.
June 19, 2014
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First lady Michelle Obama holds a U.S. flag made by a child during a visit to the U.S. Army Garrison at Vicenza, northern Italy.
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A resident stands on his cabbage field as Mt. Sinabung volcano spews ash, as seen from Pintu Besi village in Karo Regency, Indonesia's North Sumatra province. More than 10,000 people from 12 villages nearby have left their homes and moved to refugee camps.
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Couples kiss during a mass wedding in the coastal city of Larnaca, Cyprus. According to local media around 70 couples from Russia and Israel tied the knot on the Mediterranean island.
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People look at a pile of artwork made out of ivory during a ceremony at Times Square in New York. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service destroyed more than one ton of confiscated illegal ivory in a public show to raise awareness of the elephant poaching and wildlife trafficking crisis.