Hot Shots Photos of the Day: Risque Rihanna, Iran Sandstorm, D-Day Veterans


Rihanna arrives for the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Awards at Lincoln Centre in New York

Rihanna arrives for the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Awards at Lincoln Centre in New YorkReuters/Getty



Prince attends the French Open match between Spain's Rafael Nadal and Serbia's Dusan Lajovic at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris

Prince attends the French Open match between Spain's Rafael Nadal and Serbia's Dusan Lajovic at the Roland Garros stadium in ParisAFP



A cake made by prisoners at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima is displayed as they participate in the opening ceremony of their own version of the 2014 World Cup

A cake made by prisoners at the Castro-Castro prison in Lima is displayed as they participate in the opening ceremony of their own version of the 2014 World CupReuters



A security guard walks in front of the Brazilian congress in Brasilia as it is lit up in the colours of the national flag ahead of the 2014 World Cup

A security guard walks in front of the Brazilian congress in Brasilia as it is lit up in the colours of the national flag ahead of the 2014 World CupReuters



Diners eat suspended in the air above the Parc du Cinquantenaire in Brussels

Diners eat suspended in the air above the Parc du Cinquantenaire in BrusselsAFP



A picture taken with a smartphone shows a sandstorm engulfing the Iranian capital Tehran. A massive sandstorm and high winds killed at least four people in Tehran, plunging the city into darkness, knocking out power supplies, damaging buildings and causing massive disruption

A picture taken with a smartphone shows a sandstorm engulfing the Iranian capital Tehran. A massive sandstorm and high winds killed at least four people in Tehran, plunging the city into darkness, knocking out power supplies, damaging buildings and causing massive disruptionAFP



The Italian Air Force aerobatic unit Frecce Tricolori leaves smoke trails in the colours of the Italian flag over Rome as part of the ceremonies marking Republic Day

The Italian Air Force aerobatic unit Frecce Tricolori leaves smoke trails in the colours of the Italian flag over Rome as part of the ceremonies marking Republic DayAFP



The wreckage of a Gulfstream IV private jet is seen at Hanscom Airfield in Bedford, Massachusetts. The aircraft caught fire and crashed as it tried to take off, killing all seven people aboard including Lewis Katz, co-owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper

The wreckage of a Gulfstream IV private jet is seen at Hanscom Airfield in Bedford, Massachusetts. The aircraft caught fire and crashed as it tried to take off, killing all seven people aboard including Lewis Katz, co-owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaperReuters



Members of the Civil Defence rescue children after what activists said was an air strike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the al-Shaar neighbourhood of Aleppo

Members of the Civil Defence rescue children after what activists said was an air strike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the al-Shaar neighbourhood of AleppoReuters



A Ukrainian army volunteer from the Donbass region smokes a cigarette as he takes part in exercises at the Ukrainian National Guard shooting range near Novo-Petrictsi village, not far from Kiev

A Ukrainian army volunteer from the Donbass region smokes a cigarette as he takes part in exercises at the Ukrainian National Guard shooting range near Novo-Petrictsi village, not far from KievAFP



Semen Semenchenko, the commander of a Ukrainian army volunteer battalion from the Donbass region, speaks at the entrance to the Ukrainian National Guard shooting range

Semen Semenchenko, the commander of a Ukrainian army volunteer battalion from the Donbass region, speaks at the entrance to the Ukrainian National Guard shooting rangeAFP



A pro-Russia insurgent takes part in a firefight from the roof of an apartment building in Luhansk

A pro-Russia insurgent takes part in a firefight from the roof of an apartment building in LuhanskAFP



Indian police in Lucknow use a water cannon to stop demonstrators moving towards the office of the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, during a protest against the rape and hanging of two girls

Indian police in Lucknow use a water cannon to stop demonstrators moving towards the office of the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, during a protest against the rape and hanging of two girls



People wave Republican flags during an anti-royalist demonstration in Oviedo after Spain's King Juan Carlos said he would abdicate

People wave Republican flags during an anti-royalist demonstration in Oviedo after Spain's King Juan Carlos said he would abdicateReuters



Schoolgirls who escaped from Boko Haram arrive at Government House in Maiduguri. Governor Shettima met with 28 schoolgirls who reportedly escaped from Islamist abductors

Schoolgirls who escaped from Boko Haram arrive at Government House in Maiduguri. Governor Shettima met with 28 schoolgirls who reportedly escaped from Islamist abductorsAFP



People carry tombstones and coffins after the remains of six people who had disappeared on 2 June 1982 during the Guatemalan Civil War are returned to the community, at Pambach in the Alta Verapaz region. The skeletons were found during an archaeological investigation at the regional command headquarters of the Guatemalan Army

People carry tombstones and coffins after the remains of six people who had disappeared on 2 June 1982 during the Guatemalan Civil War are returned to the community, at Pambach in the Alta Verapaz region. The skeletons were found during an archaeological investigation at the regional command headquarters of the Guatemalan ArmyReuters



North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits the Pyongyang Orphanage to mark International Children's Day

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits the Pyongyang Orphanage to mark International Children's DayReuters



Chinese Paramilitary security force officers walk past couples near Tiananmen Square in Beijing ahead of the 25th anniversary of the massacre

Chinese Paramilitary security force officers walk past couples near Tiananmen Square in Beijing ahead of the 25th anniversary of the massacreGetty



An elderly Chinese man flexes his muscles as he performs a martial arts routine on the street in Beijing

An elderly Chinese man flexes his muscles as he performs a martial arts routine on the street in BeijingGetty



D-Day veteran Charles Wilson, 90, from Kentucky, poses on Utah beach in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy. He landed on the beach on June 6, 1944 with the US army's 4th infantry division

D-Day veteran Charles Wilson, 90, from Kentucky, poses on Utah beach in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy. He landed on the beach on June 6, 1944 with the US army's 4th infantry divisionAFP



Vera Hay, 92, who was a nurse in a field hospital shortly after D-Day, poses for a photograph in a Rolls Royce used by Field Marshal Montgomery during WW2. The car is parked outside Southwick House in Portsmouth, which in June 1944 was the headquarters of Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D Eisenhower

Vera Hay, 92, who was a nurse in a field hospital shortly after D-Day, poses for a photograph in a Rolls Royce used by Field Marshal Montgomery during WW2. The car is parked outside Southwick House in Portsmouth, which in June 1944 was the headquarters of Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D EisenhowerGetty




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