Through The Lens: Today in Pictures, June 2, 2015

A Thai Buddhist carries a flower and candle as he circles a statue at the Buddha Monthon park to celebrate Buddha Day in Nakon Pathom Province, west of Bangkok, Thailand, June 1, 2015. Thai Buddhists across the country mark the United Nations Day of
A Thai Buddhist carries a flower and candle as he circles a statue at the Buddha Monthon park to celebrate Buddha Day in Nakon Pathom Province, west of Bangkok, Thailand, June 1, 2015. Thai Buddhists across the country mark the United Nations Day of Vesak (Buddha Day) which commemorates the Birth, Enlightenment and Passing Away of the Buddha Gautama. -- PHOTO: EPA

Buddhists around the world celebrate Vesak Day and a passenger ship carrying 458 people capsizes on China's Yangtze River. All this and more in Today In Pictures.

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