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Today in Pictures: May 21

A giant fuel tank rolls through L.A., a late-night laser show, Boy Scouts hoist weapons at NRA meeting and more of Saturday's best photos.

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Graduates toss their caps in the air at the end of a graduation and commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy on May 21, 2016, in West Point, N.Y.

— Mike Groll / AP
Image: Attendees visit the trade booths during the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Louisville, Kentucky

Boy Scouts pose with weapons at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. 

PHOTOS:Gun Fans Admire Weapons at NRA Meeting

— Aaron P. Bernstein / Reuters
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People look on as the ET-94 space shuttle external fuel tank travels through Inglewood to complete its 4,000 nautical mile from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana to the California Science Center in Los Angeles. It will be paired with the space shuttle Endeavour in a vertical launch position at the museum. 

See photos of the space shuttle Endeavour's journey to the museum in 2012

 

— Mark Ralston / AFP - Getty Images
Image: Sunrise over Gaza City

Palestinian fishermen return from the sea during sunrise at the port of Gaza City.
— Mohammed Saber / EPA
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The peloton climbs the Sella pass during the 14th stage, from Farra d'Alpago to Corvara, of the 99th Tour of Italy.
— Luk Benies / AFP - Getty Images
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Sri Lankan flood victims receive food packets in Wellampitiya, on the outskirts of Colombo. Sri Lanka's government on Saturday raised the death toll from landslides and heavy flooding around the island nation to 73, as soldiers continued searching for scores of people missing since deadly landslides struck hill country several days ago.
— Eranga Jayawardena / AP
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A man watches from a distance as youngsters dance during a music and laser show in a forest outside Bucharest, Romania, early on May 21.
— Vadim Ghirda / AP
Image: The 141st Running of the Preakness Stakes

Horses race on turf prior to the 141st running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
— Patrick Smith / Getty Images
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Golu, a ten-year-old boy living on the streets of India's capital New Delhi, lays on cascading water as he plays in a fountain in a decorative shallow pool adorning the gardens surrounding the India Gate monument on a hot Indian summer afternoon in New Delhi on May 20. The Indian Meterological Department issued warnings of \"severe heat wave\" conditions across large parts of India's north and west, including the capital Delhi, where temperatures hit 116 degrees Fahrenheit earlier this week.
— Roberto Schmidt / AFP - Getty Images
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Farmers are transported on the back of a truck as the Turrialba volcano erupts in the background on May 20, 2016, in Cartago, Costa Rica.

The Turrialba volcano started erupting columns of smoke and ash that the wind extended towards the Costa Rican capital, in what according to experts is the strongest eruption in the past six years. 

 

Friday in Pictures:May 20

The Week in Pictures:May 12 - 19

 

— Ezequiel Becerra / AFP - Getty Images
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