Miguel Schincario, AFP/Getty ImagesTOPSHOT - Activists carrying lit candles and flags participate in a vigil to pay tribute to the victims of the massacre occured at a gay club in Orlando, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 15, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Miguel SchincariolMIGUEL SCHINCARIOL/AFP/Getty Images
Mike Eliason, Santa Barbara County Fire Department via APIn this photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, a firefighter knocks down flames as they approach a ranch near the Las Flores Canyon area west of Goleta, Calif., in the early morning hours of Thursday, June 16, 2016. The wildfire burning in rugged coastal canyons west of Santa Barbara is growing as it feeds on vegetation that hasn't burned in 70 years. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)- Ariana Cubillos, Associated PressIn this June 1, 2016 photo, Maria Arias stands near her kitchen as she puts on earrings while getting ready for school in Caracas, Venezuela. So many students have fainted from hunger at Maria's school that administrators told parents to keep their children home until they could find more food. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
- Ng Han Guan, Associated PressMickey Mouse entertains visitors on the opening day of the Disney Resort in Shanghai, China, Thursday, June 16, 2016. Walt Disney Co. opened its first theme park in mainland China on Thursday at a ceremony that mixed speeches by Communist Party officials, a Chinese children's choir and actors dressed as Sleeping Beauty and other Disney characters. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
- Chris O'Meara, Associated PressSeattle Mariners' Chris Iannetta looks down at Tampa Bay Rays catcher Curt Casali after knocking him down while being tagged out at home plate trying to score from third base on a fly out by Shawn O'Malley during the seventh inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 16, 2016, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
- Charlie Riedel, Associated PressFan hide from the rain during a delay in the first round of the U.S. Open golf championship at Oakmont Country Club on Thursday, June 16, 2016, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
- Darron Cummings, Associated PressA team of rowers carry a rowing boat following a practice session at the Indianapolis Rowing Center at Eagle Creek Park Thursday, June 16, 2016, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
- Sanjay Kanojia, AFP/Getty ImagesTOPSHOT - An Indian worker prepares vermicelli, used to make a traditional sweet dish popular during the muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Allahabad on June 16, 2016. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar during which devotees fast from dawn till dusk. / AFP PHOTO / SANJAY KANOJIASANJAY KANOJIA/AFP/Getty Images
- Daniel Leal-Olivas, AFP/Getty ImagesFloral tributes and candles are placed by a picture of slain Labour MP Jo Cox at a vigil in Parliament square in London on June 16, 2016. Cox died today after a shock daylight street attack, throwing campaigning for the referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union into disarray just a week before the crucial vote. / AFP PHOTO / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVASDANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images
- Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Associated PressPresident Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden visit a memorial to the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting, Thursday, June 16, 2016 in Orlando, Fla. Offering sympathy but no easy answers, Obama came to Orlando to try to console those mourning the deadliest shooting in modern U.S history. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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TOPSHOT - Activists carrying lit candles and flags participate in a vigil to pay tribute to the victims of the massacre occured at a gay club in Orlando, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 15, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Miguel SchincariolMIGUEL SCHINCARIOL/AFP/Getty Images
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By Patrick Traylor | ptraylor@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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A selection of the best images of the day from around the country and across the world on Thursday, June 16, 2016. Jo Cox, a British member of Parliment, died in a shock daylight street attack, throwing campaigning for the referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union into disarray just a week before the crucial vote. A wildfire burning in rugged coastal canyons west of Santa Barbara is growing as it feeds on vegetation that hasn’t burned in 70 years. The first round of the U.S. Open golf championship at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa. was put on hold due to rain.