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Thursday: The day in photos

Military operation in Afghanistan's Helmand province

Iraqis take over security in cities

Fans mourn Michael Jackson

Bernard Madoff gets 150 years

Gay marriage ruling

Raul Castro cheers as he holds up his San Francisco marriage certificate from 2004, stating his marriage to Robert Bergstein, (left of Castro), joining thousands of people in West Hollywood to celebrate the court's decision.