Photographs: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
Rediff.com takes a look at the most dramatic moments from around the globe this week
A young couple, who are anti-government protesters, kisses inside a damaged public bus, used as a barricade at Taksim Square in Istanbul on June 5.
A Turkish protest group demanded on Wednesday that the government abandon plans to redevelop an Istanbul park and that it sack governors and police chiefs the group holds responsible for violence during days of clashes across Turkey.
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Photographs: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters
President Dilma Rousseff's government sought on Tuesday to defuse mounting conflicts with indigenous groups over its decision to stop setting aside farm land for Indians and plans to build more hydroelectric dams in the Amazon. The government flew 144 Munduruku Indians to Brasilia for talks to end a week-long occupation of the controversial Belo Monte dam on the Xingu river, a huge project aimed at feeding Brazil's fast-growing demand for electricity.
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Photographs: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
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Photographs: Thomas Peter/Reuters
Tens of thousands of Germans, Hungarians and Czechs were evacuated from their homes on Wednesday as soldiers raced to pile up sandbags to hold back rising waters in the region's worst floods in a decade.
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Photographs: Aref Hretani/Reuters
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Photographs: Max Rossi/Reuters
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Photographs: Gleb Garanich/Reuters
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Photographs: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters
Chancellor Angela Merkel promised 100 million euros to victims of Germany's worst flood in a decade on Tuesday as she toured areas devastated by the deluge, which has killed 12 people across central Europe.
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Photographs: Michael Regan/Getty Images
A man plays football on Ipanema beach ahead of the FIFA Confederations Cup Brazil 2013 on June 5 in Rio de Janeiro.
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Photographs: Reuters
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Photographs: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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Photographs: Muzaffar Salman/Reuters
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Photographs: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters
Turkish protesters clashed with riot police into the early hours of Monday with some setting fire to offices of the ruling AK Party as the fiercest anti-government demonstrations in years entered their fourth day. Turkey's streets were calm in the morning after a night of noisy protests and violence in major cities.
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Photographs: Umit Bektas/Reuters
Anti-government protesters jump across a rope during a demonstration in Ankara on June 4.
Pockets of protesters clashed with Turkish riot police overnight and a union federation began a two-day strike on Tuesday as anti-government demonstrations.
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Photographs: Gene Blevins/Reuters
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