Friday: The day in photos

Miniature Union Jacks decorate the section of the Normandy coast code-named Gold Beach, where British forces came ashore during the D-Day landing of June 6, 1944, and the the 65th anniversary of the invasion is being observed this weekend.  (Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images)

An American veteran wears his medals during a D-Day commemoration ceremony at the German Military Cemetery in La Cambe, France.  (Joel Saget / AFP/Getty Images)

A family settles in for the night at a displaced persons camp called Chota Lahore in northwest Pakistan. More than 25,000 people have been driven from their homes in the region by fighting between government troops and Taliban militants.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Workers erect a stage in Moscow’s Red Square in preparation for celebrations of Russia Day on June 12. Russia’s first president, Boris Yeltsin, established the holiday after the breakup of the Soviet Union to mark the 1990 declaration of sovereignty by Russia’s Soviet-era parliament.  (Mikhail Metzel / Associated Press)

Ferrari team driver Felipe Massa of Brazil speeds around the Istanbul Park course during practice fur Sunday’s Turkish Formula One Grand Prix.  (Fred Dufour / AFP/Getty Images)

Over 25,000 IDPs are living in a camp called Chota Lahore, outside of the town of Swabi, where they line up several times a day for food.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

A lion bounds after a fox at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany, after the fox got into the lions’ enclosure by mistake. It managed to escape unhurt.  (Martin Meissner / Associated Press)

John Lopez tries to block the rain with a towel while waiting for a crosswalk light to change at Temple and Judge John Aiso streets in downtown Los Angeles. The sudden storm caught many by surprise.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Corey Pavin tees off at the 12th hole as clouds start to roll across the skies during the second round of the Celtic Manor Wales Open in Newport, Wales.  (Richard Heathcote / Getty Images)