Today in Pictures, June 1, 2016

Protest in Kolkata, India, toddler rescued from rubble in Syria, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures

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Jun 01, 2016, 12:08 PM

Indian police arrest activists from the Social Unity Centre of India (SUCI) organisation as they block a road during a protest against a gang rape in Kolkata, on May 31, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Syrian Civil Defence members evacuate a toddler from the rubble of buildings destroyed following Russian air strikes a day earlier in the city of Idlib, on May 31, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Demonstrators chant slogans on the third anniversary of the start of the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul, on May 31, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A protestor wearing a mask empties a bottle of colored paint on the public office of President Gjorge Ivanov during an anti-government protest in Skopje, on May 31, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Police officers carry out an operation just days after a raid in the notorious section of Bogota known as The Bronx, plagued by rampant drug trafficking and prostitution rings, on May 31, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Unidentified Afghan Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) play at a temporary shelter in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 31, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

A man cools off in a fountain in Washington Square Park in New York City, on May 31, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Annie Leibovitz speaks to the media about her exhibition, Women, during a press tour in Hong Kong, on May 31, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Nemo the goldfish during the surgery to remove a large tumour from its back at a veterinary hospital in Bristol, England, on May 13, 2016. PHOTO: AFP/HANDOUT/HIGHCROFT VETERINARY GROUP

Visitors look at the sculptures, Original Sin, by Chinese artist Liu Ruowang on display as part of the NordArt 2016 international art exhibition in Buedelsdorf, Germany, on May 30, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

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