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The Day in Photos
May 17, 2017
May 17, 2017
A look at the best news photos from around the world, including Greece general strike, new view of Crab Nebula and Spain bullfight.
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This composite image of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant, was assembled by combining data from five telescopes spanning nearly the entire breadth of the electromagnetic spectrum: the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, the Spitzer Space Telescope, the Hubble Space Telescope, the XMM-Newton Observatory, and the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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A protester attacks with a hammer to a riot police officer during clashes at a nationwide general strike in Athens, Greece. Workers walked off the job for an anti-austerity general strike that was disrupting public and private sector services across the country.
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Flagbearers of a Chinese honor guard stand in formation before a welcome ceremony for Argentina's President Mauricio Macri at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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People their their caps into the air upon the completion of the United States Coast Guard Academy Commencement Ceremony in New London, Connecticut.
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