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Protestors Rally Against LGBT Hate Crimes After Gay Man Is Murdered In NYC

John Mirch, left, and Michael Camacho, right, participate in a Rally Against Hate, organized by members of New York’s Lesbian-Gay-Transgender-Bisexual community, on May 20, 2013 in New York City. The rally was organized in response to a recent spate of hate crimes, most notably the murder of Mark Carson, a gay man who was shot in New York’s West Village neighborhood in the early hours of May 18. By Andrew Burton/Getty Images.

[Re-posted from earlier today]

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Sophia Phillips receives a flag from Brig. General James Parquarette as her mother and widow Christine Phillips watches as members of the US Army honor guard perform a full military honors burial service for US Army Staff Sergeant Francis G. Phillips IV at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia on May 20, 2013. By Jim Watson/AFP/Getty.

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Kumi Yamashita‘s “Constellation – Mana no.2″ is comprised of only three elements: a wooden panel painted white, more than 7,000 tiny galvanized nails and a single, unbroken black sewing thread.  Rodrigo at designboom observes, “The highly intricate multidimensional textures of the compositions bring out a realistic and almost organic quality to the faces.” A close-up of Yamashita’s piece after the jump:

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(Images courtesy of Kumi Yamashita Studio)

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WGT 2013 Wave And Gothic Festival In Leipzig

No, not Michele Bachmann. A woman in vampire make-up attends the traditional park picnic on the first day of the annual Wave-Gotik Treffen, or Wave and Goth Festival, on May 17, 2013 in Leipzig, Germany. The four-day festival, in which elaborate fashion is a must, brings together over 20,000 Wave, Goth and steam punk enthusiasts from all over the world for concerts, readings, films, a Middle Ages market and workshops. By Marco Prosch/Getty Images.

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Obama And Turkish PM Erdogan Meet At The White House

U.S. President Barack Obama looks to see if it stopped raining as a U.S. Marine holds an umbrella for him, during a news conference with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey in the Rose Garden on May 16, 2013. President Obama also answered questions on the IRS Justice Department investigation. By Mark Wilson/Getty Images.