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July 01, 2013
1 A girl sits in a garlic basket at a street market in Jakarta, Indonesia.
2 Women adorned in Somali flags celebrate the country's Independence Day at Konis stadium in Mogadishu. Today's celebrations mark 53 years since the Southern regions of Somalia gained independence from Italy and joined with the Northern region of Somaliland to create Somalia.
3 Commuters wait to pay their tolls on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in Oakland, California, USA. Negotiations between the two largest unions representing more than 2,300 Bay Area Rapid Transit workers and BART management broke off despite the request of California Gov. Jerry Brown in a last-ditch effort to reach a deal.
4 This image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows NGC 6744, one of the galaxies most similar to our Milky Way in the local universe. The galaxy is situated in the constellation of Pavo at a distance of about 30 million light-years. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)
5 Yamabushi or Japanese Buddhist monks in the mountains hold a ceremony of official opening of Mount Fuji climbing season at Murayama Sengen Shrine in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka prefecture.
6 Visitors climb through the art installation 'In Orbit' by Tomas Saraceno of Argentina at the Kunstsammlung K21 museum in Düsseldorf, Germany, June 30, 2013. The steel wire construction spans the museum's vast glass cupola on three different levels more than 25 meters above the ground. Visitors have access to the artwork and can move freely between the spheres on all three levels.
7 A model presents shoes created by designer Iris van Herpen as part of the Haute Couture Fall Winter 2013/2014 fashion show in Paris, France.
8 A worker unloads a giant grasshopper from a container as it arrives at the Chester Zoo in northern England. The grasshopper will form part of an exhibition featuring 13 giant robotic replicas including scorpions and ladybirds.
9 Australia's rugby player Kane Douglas plays bodysurfs during a warm down session at Coogee Beach in Sydney, Australia.
10 Performers take part in the closing ceremony of the Confederations Cup before the final soccer match between Brazil and Spain at the Estadio Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 30, 2013.
July 02, 2013
1 U.S. President Barack Obama demonstrates "the Soccket Ball," which uses kinetic energy to provide power to charge a cell phone or power a light, during an event at the Ubungo power plant to promote energy innovation in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
2 A protester, opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, holds up an Egyptian flag during a protest demanding that Morsi resign at Tahrir Square in Cairo.
3 People walk through algae-covered seaside in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, July 1, 2013.
4 Laddars pile up as journalists prepare at the entrance to the Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital in London. Media are preparing for royal-mania as Britain's Duchess of Cambridge plans to give birth to the new third-in-line to the throne in mid-July at the Lindo Wing.
5 A villager collects dead fish from the waters of the Hurtado dam in Acatlan de Juarez, Mexico, July 1, 2013. Over 500 tons of dead fish are being collected by villagers after a spill from a cattle feed factory contaminated the waters, according to local media.
6 Umbrellas are displayed in front of the City Hall in Seoul, South Korea. The display symbolizes public officials' slogan to be an umbrella or to protect Seoul citizens.
7 Maltese flamenco dancer Francesca Grima performs in Puerto Flamenco's "Isla" during the Malta Arts Festival in Valletta, Malta, July 1, 2013.
8 A visitor uses a magnifying glass to look at a handmade wood carving in the shape of an ancient Chinese pavilion at a culture industry exhibition in Taiyuan, Shanxi province.
9 A sculpture by French artist Guy Lorgeret, entitled "Retour a Betton" ("Return to Betton"), is seen in Betton, a suburb of the western French city of Rennes. The sculpture represents people on bicycles migrating from one bank to another, claiming their freedom, like their refusal to compete.
10 Colton Moore of the U.S. rides a snowmobile as he performs during the Adrenaline FMX Rush moto freestyle show in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.
11 Belarusian teenagers take part in a rehearsal of the upcoming Independence Day parade in Minsk. Belarus celebrates Independence Day on July 3, an official holiday marking the day in 1944 when the Red Army liberated Minsk from Nazi troops during the World War II.
July 03, 2013
1 Residents injured in an earthquake are treated in the hallway of a crowded hospital in Bener Meriah, Aceh province, Indonesia. Soldiers, police and volunteers fanned out across an earthquake-damaged region of western Indonesia, scouring the debris of fallen homes and landslides for possible victims of a temblor that killed dozens of people and injured hundreds.
2 A Belarussian guard of honor stands as he takes part in a military parade during celebrations marking Independence Day in Minsk.
3 Stylist Gemma Sim, right, adjusts the hair of the wax figure of British singer Adele, as it is revealed at Madame Tussauds in central London.
4 Bangladeshi people, mostly garment workers, ride an overloaded boat during a nationwide strike called by Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, on the outskirts of Dhaka. The strike has been called to demand the release of the party's detained president and to draw attention to other missing leaders, according to news reports.
5 A woman holding a baby hugs another person seated in the section reserved for immediate family of the 19 firefighters killed in a nearby wildfire in Prescott, Arizona, USA, July 2, 2013.
6 U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class William Neason, left, and U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Stephen T. Desmond, both with the Georgian Liaison Team 9, patrol through the ruins of a 200 year-old castle during Operation Northern Lion in Mohammadabad, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Northern Lion was a Georgian-led Operation conducted to deter insurgents, establish a security presence and gather human intelligence in the area. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe)
7 A man covers himself in algae as he plays with his friends at a seaside in Qingdao, Shandong province, China.
8 Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, meets with an Ood during her visit to the set of the BBC One drama series Doctor Who, at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff.
9 Arches National Park, Utah in this photograph taken from 30,000 feet (10,000m).
10 Race leader yellow jersey holder Orica Greenedge team rider Simon Gerrans of Australia cycles past Sisters of the Consolation congregation during the 228.5-km fifth stage of the centenary Tour de France cycling race from Cagnes-Sur-Mer to Marseille, France.
11 A Russian synchronized swimming team perform at a park in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, July 2, 2013.
July 04, 2013
1 Climbers view the sunrise in early morning on Mount Fuji in Fujiyoshida city, Yamanashi prefecture, Japan.
2 A child plays at a garbage dump near a market in Gauhati, India.
3 Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi hold pictures of him as they react after the army's statement was read out on state TV, at the Raba El-Adwyia mosque square in Cairo, July 3, 2013. Egypt's armed forces overthrew elected Islamist President Morsi and announced a political transition with the support of a wide range of political, religious and youth leaders.
4 Red, white and blue chairs wait to be deployed at the National Archives ahead of the Fourth of July Independence Day observance in Washington, D.C., July 3, 2013.
5 An Su-27 jet of the aerobatics team Russkiye Vityasy (Russian Knights) releases decoys during a performance at the International Maritime Defense show in St.Petersburg, Russia.
6 U.S. players Bob Bryan (R) and Mike Bryan (L) do their trademark chest bump celebration after beating India's Rohan Bopanna and France's Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the men's doubles semi-final match on day ten of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament at the All England Club in Wimbledon, southwest London.
7 A burned home is seen in an unidentified neighborhood west of Highway 89 in Yarnell, Arizona, USA, July 3, 2013. Firefighters tightened their grip on a blaze in Arizona that killed 19 of their comrades days earlier.
8 Models present creations by Jordan-born designer Rad Hourani as part of his Haute Couture Fall Winter 2013/2014 fashion show in Paris, France.
9 Paramilitary policemen jump as they practice during a summer drill in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China.
10 Smoke rises from the Popocatepetl volcano as it spews incandescent volcanic material on the outskirts of Puebla, Mexico.
July 05, 2013
1 A supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi shows his blood-stained hand while holding a placard bearing handprints made with the blood of victims who were shot during a gun battle outside the Cairo headquarters of the Republican Guard.
2 Names of those whose lives were lost are etched in marble at the TWA Flight 800 International Memorial at Smith Point County Park on Fire Island, New York. On July 17, 1996, Flight 800, flying from New York to Paris and Rome, crashed into the ocean 14 miles from the park, killing all 230 passengers and crew.
3 Nepalese farmers walk past rice paddy fields in Changu Naryan village on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Nepal's rice planting season began with the arrival of the monsoon.
4 Members of an honor guard prepare for a welcome ceremony for Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, unseen, outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.
5 People take part in a water fight on Rabin Square in Tel Aviv. Thousands of people took part in the popular annual event.
6 A protester adjusts a giant banner, during a rally demanding the resumption of the inter-Korean dialogue, against the government in front of the Integrated Government Complex in Seoul. The banner reads "Normalization of the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC), resumption of the Mt. Geumgang tours, Guarantee of non-governmental interaction"
7 A boy plays with a soap bubble in a Kiev park on a hot day in the Ukrainian capital.
8 Animal rights protesters stand inside cardboard coffins during a demonstration calling for the abolition of bull runs and bullfights, a day before the start of the famous running of the bulls San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain. The annual week-long fiesta starts July 6, with the first bull run taking place the morning of July 7.
9 A child at the Shrinand Nagar Residency reacts to floodwaters in Ahmedabad, India. Heavy rains lashed many parts of Gujarat state July 4, with the Indian Meteorological Department predicting heavy rains for the next 24 hours.
10 Fans watch as a pack of riders cycles past during the 205.5 km seventh stage of the centenary Tour de France from Montpellier to Albi.
11 A model presents a creation at the Irene Luft show during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Berlin, Germany, July 4, 2013.
12 A Kashmiri boy dives into Nageen Lake on the outskirts of Srinagar, India.
July 07, 2013
1 Men dressed in traditional clothes try to pull their opponents over the table during the Alps Finger Wrestling championships in Mittenwald, southern Germany. Competitors battled for the title in this traditional rural sport where the winner has to pull his opponent over a marked line on the table.
2 Melted siding on a home is seen near the scene of a train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec. A driverless freight train carrying tankers of petroleum products derailed at high speed and exploded into a giant fireball in the middle of the small Canadian town of Lac-Megantic on July 6, destroying dozens of buildings and leaving an unknown number of people feared missing.
3 Pope Francis leads a mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
4 A member of the Free Syrian Army pretends to fall out of a window as he jokes around with a colleague in Deir al-Zor, Syria.
5 An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 plane is seen after it crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport in California, July 6, 2013. Two people were killed and 130 were hospitalized.
6 A man dives into the sea by Brighton's West Pier during the hot, sunny weather in Brighton Southern England.
7 Mye Nyo (R) is comforted by Thidar Win at a Catholic-run hospice for AIDS patients in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, Burma.
8 An unidentified FIA official runs over to the pits as a lost rear tire of Red Bull Formula One driver Mark Webber of Australia bounces through the pit lane during the German F1 Grand Prix at the Nuerburgring circuit, Germany.
9 Amphiprion clarkii swims near sea anemone at Keikyu Aburatsubo Marine Park in Miura, south of Tokyo, Japan.
10 People standing on balconies look at participants as they run in front of Alcurrucen's bulls during the first bull run of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain. The festival is a symbol of Spanish culture that attracts thousands of tourists to watch the bull runs despite heavy condemnation from animal rights groups.
11 Dancers in traditional costumes perform at the Grand Dance Performance during the Latvian Nationwide Song and Dance Celebration in Riga, July 6, 2013. The Song and Dance Celebration is a cultural heritage phenomenon that has taken place in Latvia since 1873 every five years, and in 2003 was included into UNESCO "List of Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage".
12 Visitors watch water gushing from the section of the Xiaolangdi Reservoir on the Yellow River during a sand-washing operation in Jiyuan, Henan province, China.
July 08, 2013
1 Firefighters spray water on a double-decker tourism bus which caught fire in front of the Oriental Pearl Tower in the Pudong financial district of Shanghai, China. Passengers were seen walking away from the bus which burst into flames during rush hour at one of the busiest intersections in the city.
2 Police use colored water to disperse Kashmiri government employees during a protest in Srinagar, India. Police detained dozens of government employees during the protest demanding regularization of contractual jobs and a hike in salary.
3 Supporters of Egypt's deposed President Mohamed Morsi sit in front of barbed wire fencing that blocks the access to the headquarters of the Republican Guard in Cairo.
4 People gather along the side of the highway as the procession for the 19 fallen firefighters of the Granite Mountain Hotshots crew makes its way to Prescott in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, July 7, 2013. 19 of the 20-member crew died battling a fast-moving wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona on June 30.
5 A firefighter stands close to the remains of a train wreckage in Lac-Megantic, Canada. A driverless, runaway fuel train that exploded in a deadly ball of flames in the center of a small Quebec town started rumbling down an empty track just minutes after a fire crew had extinguished a blaze in one of its parked locomotives, an eyewitness said.
6 A reflection of St. Basil's Cathedral is seen as a security guard opens a gate near a mirrored pavilion being built on Red Square in Moscow.
7 A woman looks at the Amorphophallus Titanum, also known as the Titan Arum or Corpse flower, because of it's smell, one of the world's largest flowers, at the National Botanic Garden in Meise near Brussels, Belgium. The rare phallus-like flower that springs from the plant only survives about 72 hours.
8 Barn Owl chicks (chouette-effraie) are pictured at the zoo of the French eastern city of Amneville.
July 09, 2013
1 A child walks near members of the Muslim community attending midday prayers at Strasbourg Grand Mosque in Strasbourg, France, on the first day of Ramadan.
2 Civilians gather at the site of an explosion in Beirut's southern suburb neighbourhood of Bir al-Abed. A car bomb rocked the district, stronghold of Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah movement, wounding 15 people, television reports and a military source said.
3 Members of media film a 39,000-year-old female Woolly mammoth, which was found frozen in Siberia, Russia, upon its arrival at an exhibition hall in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan.
4 A Go Train, a commuter train, with passengers waiting to be rescued inside, is stuck in flood waters during a heavy rainstorm in Toronto, Canada, July 8, 2013.
5 A worker installs a poster of Hugh Jackman's new movie "The Wolverine" on a building in Bangkok, Thailand.
6 An Indian Central Reserve Police Force soldier, right, takes a break behind his fellow soldiers during the passing-out parade ceremony of 945 recruits in Bangalore, India.
7 Canadian performer Matias Salmenaho stands still as axes are juggled past him as the third generation Quebecois circus company, Cirque Alfonse mark their UK debut show entitled " Timber!" at Lthe Southbank Centre in London.
8 In this photo released on July 9, 2013, one of the Expedition 36 crew members aboard the International Space Station records a large mass of storm clouds over the Atlantic Ocean near Brazil and the Equator on July 4, 2013. A Russian spacecraft, docked to the orbiting outpost, partially covers a small patch of sunglint on the ocean waters in a break in the clouds.
9 Netherlands' biker Sebastiaan Bowier takes part in a bike speed record attempt event, with his aerodynamic bike Velox3, on the A31 highway between the Dutch cities of Franeker and Dronrijp, the Netherlands. The recumbent bicycle achieved a speed of 78.8 km per hour.
10 Fishing at dawn on Crystal beach, Galveston, Texas, USA (Photo taken by Liem Ly/USA/VOA reader)
July 10, 2013
1 Firemen fight a blaze at the 17th-century Hotel Lambert in Paris, France.
2 A telephone for eavesdropping is seen on display at the 'Top Secret' Spy Museum in Oberhausen, Germany.
3 Hindu devotees stand around a traditional artwork made of colored powder during the annual Rath Yatra festival or chariot procession in Hyderabad, India.
4 Recruits from the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Regiment (JAKLI) of the Indian Army take part in a passing out parade in Srinagar. The 494 recruits, many of them locals, completed a 49-week training program prior to being absorbed as regular members of the regiment.
5 A fountain depicting a water tap is on display on the suburbs of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, July 9, 2013.
6 Vacationers enjoy their visit to the 'Ozeanum' aquarium and museum at the Baltic Sea port of Stralsund, Germany.
7 A pair of binoculars are covered by a hat at tea on the first day of the opening Ashes series cricket match between England and Australia at Trent Bridge cricket ground, Nottingham, England.
8 Maria Dolores Ferrer Agudo, 34, reacts as she waits to be evicted in Madrid, Spain.
9 A view of the grandstand in preparation for the visit of Pope Francis on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
10 A Pakistani Muslim performs ablutions before evening prayer at historical Wazir Khan mosque in Lahore, Pakistan.
July 11, 2013
1 Revelers are trampled by a Torrestrella ranch bull at the bull ring at the end of the fifth running of the bulls, at the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona, northern Spain.
2 Bosnian woman Merima Nukic prays at the grave of her father during a funeral ceremony at the memorial center in Potocari, near Srebrenica, 160 kms east of Sarajevo. People from around Bosnia and abroad arrived in Srebrenica to commemorate the 18th anniversary of the 1995 massacre and rebury recently identified victims exhumed from mass graves.
3 A riot police officer fires tear gas at violent demonstrators after clashes erupted following a march by Brazilian workers in Rio de Janeiro in a day of industrial action called by major unions to press demands for better work conditions.
4 A Nepalese Muslim offers prayers at a mosque in Katmandu.
5 David Crawford, of Kiowa, Colorado jumps off his horse to capture a steer in the steer wrestling competition at the International Finals Youth Rodeo in Shawnee, Oklahoma, July 10, 2013.
6 A resident uses a bucket of water to put out a fire after the fire engulfed a shanty town in the financial district of Manila.
7 Schoolchildren take part in an earthquake and rescue drill at a government school in Manila.
8 A farmer carries rice seedlings in a paddy field on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.
9 A rare Javan langur eats leaves upon arrival at a quarantine area of Javan Langur Center outside Malang, in eastern Java island to aclimatize in preparation for release into a natural habitat in two months.
10 A diver holds his mask as he attempts to get up on a small boat on the Yangon River in Burma, after retrieving some coal and iron from sunken ships, July 10, 2013.
11 Spectators watch from windows during the women's race of the 40th annual Gastown Grand Prix bicycle race in Vancouver, British Columbia, July 10, 2013.
12 A Taipei city government engineering staffer moves a ticketing booth from the Yanping Riverside Park in Taipei.
July 12, 2013
1 A striking municipal police officer reacts as he leans on a car with a Greek flag during a protest, against new austerity cuts that will affect thousands of public sector workers, in Athens. The government has committed to firing 15,000 people by the end of 2014 and transferring another 12,500 to new positions this year.
2 Frontier soldiers look up at a wave while checking a seawall as Typhoon Soulik approaches in Wenling, Zhejiang province, China. China braced for the impact of Soulik as the toll of dead and missing from torrential rain across a broad swath of the country climbed beyond 200.
3 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, applauds as the members of the ‘Malala Day’ Youth Assembly wish Malala Yousafzai, center, a happy birthday, at U.N. headquarters in New York.
4 Firefighters continue to work in Lac Megantic, Quebec. Police erected an 8-foot (2.5-meter) fence blocking from view what was once a downtown core of restaurants, bars and shops - but which now resembles a blackened war zone after a train pulling 72 cars of crude oil jumped the track and exploded into flames on July 6.
5 A police officer speaks to representatives from a betting company wearing baby masks and posing for the media beside a board detailing odds on different names for the royal baby as they perform a stunt outside St. Mary's Hospital Lindo Wing in London.
6 Indian Muslims break their Ramadan fast in New Delhi. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar during which devotees fast from dawn till dusk.
7 A Somali National Government (SNG) soldier walks past burning debris after a suspected suicide bomber rammed a car laden with explosives into an armored convoy of African Union troops in Mogadishu.
8 A Syrian youth dives into a swimming pool as people enjoy a day out in the northern city of Aleppo. The new head of the Syrian National Coalition Ahmad al-Assi has backed calls for a truce from U.N. chief Ban Ki-Moon during the holy month of Ramadan.
9 Runners make their way through the street with "El Pilar" fighting bulls watched by people from their balconies during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain.
10 Indian schoolchildren play in the rain in Ahmadabad. Monsoon rains usually hit India from June to September.
11 Mark Cavendish of Britain crosses the finish line ahead of Bauke Mollema of The Netherlands, left, Peter Sagan of Slovakia, right, and Jakob Fuglsang of Denmark, far right, to win the 13th stage of the Tour de France, in Saint-Amand-Montrond, western France.
12 Goldfish swim in a tank as part of art exhibition 'Art Aquarium' during a press preview in Tokyo. The exhibition, designed by aquarist Hidetomo Kimura, will begin from July 13 through September 23.
July 14, 2013
1 Pakistani Muslim man prepares Iftar food for Muslim devotees to break their fast during Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Karachi.
2 An Indian telegraph employee processes a telegram on the last day of the 163-year-old service at the central telegraph office in Mumbai. Sunday night, the state-run telecommunications company will send its final telegram, closing down a service that fast became a relic in an age of email, reliable landlines and ubiquitous cellphones.
3 Two men fight with their lances at the traditional fishermen's joust tournament on river Danube in Ulm, southern Germany. The jousting contest with 16 jousting pairs in historic costumes represents historical figures and original characters of the city of Ulm.
4 Monks take part in a mass ordination ceremony for Buddhist Lent at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, July 13, 2013.
5 A pack of riders cycles past an onion field during the 242.5 km fifteenth stage of the centenary Tour de France cycling race from Givors to Mont Ventoux.
6 Soldiers from French Foreign Legion take part in the traditional Bastille Day military parade in Paris.
7 A six-year-old gymnast practices on a horizontal bar at the gymnastics hall of a sports school in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, China.
8 A couple sunbathe near Bournemouth beach in Bournemouth, southern England.
July 15, 2013
1 Surfers ride waves at Shonan beach in Fujisawa city, west of Tokyo, Japan. Heat wave continues through out Japan as temperature sores to 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Tokyo metropolitan area, according to the Meteorological bureau.
2 A farmer carries bundles of rice seedlings to be planted, on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan.
3 Protesters rally in New York's Brooklyn borough, in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin trial, July 14, 2013. Zimmerman, cleared by a Florida jury of six women, still faces public outrage, a possible civil suit and demands for a federal investigation.
4 Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) is seen through the glass of C-Explorer 5 submersible after a dive to see the remains of the naval frigate "Oleg",; which sank in the 19th century, in the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea.
5 A Free Syrian Army fighter moves through a tunnel to take cover from snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Deir al-Zor, July 14, 2013.
6 An unexploded petrol bomb flares in the Woodvale Road area of North Belfast, Northern Ireland during the third night of unrest after an Orange Parade was blocked from marching past the Nationalist Ardoyne area in Belfast.
7 People walk on stairs featuring a five-meter-high reproduction of Vincent van Gogh's signature painting "Sunflowers",; at the entrance to Ocean Terminal in Hong Kong.
8 Ring-tailed lemurs sit on the grass in their enclosure at the zoo in Dresden, eastern Germany.
9 Sunrise in Ocean City, Maryland, USA (Photo taken by Xuan Tran/VOA reader)
10 A novice Tibetan Buddhist monk plays with a toy gun during a break from a religious sermon by spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, outside the Gyudmed Tantric Monastery in Gurupura, 212 kilometers (132 miles) southwest of Bangalore, India.
11 Actor Hugh Jackman takes photographs with a fan during a red carpet event to promote his new movie "The Wolverine" at the Coex Convention and Exhibition Center in Seoul, South Korea.
12 A fisherman squats on a boat to net fish on his fish farm, which is covered by water hyacinths, at a reservoir in Jinping county, Guizhou province, China, July 14, 2013.
July 16, 2013
1 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits a mushroom farm in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang.
2 Teachers show a giant Quran displayed at Al-Ashriyyah Nurul Iman boarding school in Parung, West Java, Indonesia.
3 A Congolese army soldier, holding a dog, walks through the village of Rusayo, which was the scene of heavy clashes on July 15, about 13km from Goma in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Combat continued between the national army and M23 rebels.
4 An old tank is surrounded by fire following explosions of mortar shells from Syria on the Israeli controlled Golan Heights. Three mortar shells exploded on the Israeli side of the border fence with Syria on the Golan Heights. No casualties or damage were reported from the incident.
5 Radomes stand on the former monitoring base of the U.S. intelligence organization National Security Agency (NSA) in Bad Aibling, near Rosenheim, southern Germany. The restructuring of the American intelligence community after September 11, 2001 caused the closure of the station in Bad Aibling in 2004.
6 A worker dries vermicelli, a specialty eaten during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at a factory in the northern Indian city of Allahabad.
7 Competitors take part in the Badwater Ultramarathon in Death Valley National Park, California, USA, July 15, 2013. The 135-mile (217 km) race, which bills itself as the world's toughest foot race, goes from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney, California, in temperature which can reach 130 degrees Fahrenheit (55 Celsius).
8 An Afghan boy swims in the muddy waters in Kabul, Afghanistan.
9 A durian seller throws a durian back into a basket at his stall in Geylang, Singapore. A group of National University of Singapore researchers have successfully produced wine from the tropical fruit that has a pungent aroma that is mouth-watering to some, revolting to others, using a fermentation process adapted from traditional wine making.
July 17, 2013
1 Children play in a water fountain in central London.
2 Russian Army tanks drive near the Baikal Lake in Russia. Russia launched its biggest military maneuvers since Soviet times, involving 160,000 troops and about 5,000 tanks across Siberia and the far eastern region.
3 Congolese refugees, displaced by fighting between the Congo army and rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) last week, gather around dry water taps at Bukanga transit camp in Bundibugyo town camp, 376km (238 miles) southwest of Kampala, Uganda.
4 A Humpback whale jumps over the surface of the Pacific Ocean at the Uramba Bahia Malaga natural park in Colombia. Humpback whales migrate annually from the Antarctic Peninsula over to the Colombian Pacific Ocean coast, with an approximate distance of 8,500 km, to give birth and nurse their young.
5 A flock of 150 geese is about to cross a street in Duisburg, Germany.
6 A monkey plays in a pond surrounded by carp at a wildlife park in Hefei, Anhui province, China, July 16, 2013.
7 Germany's Maria Kurjo (R) and Julia Stolle perform a dive during practice for the women's synchronised 10m platform event, with a backdrop of the Sagrada Familia cathedral, at the Montjuic municipal pool in Barcelona prior to the World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain.
8 People walk near hundreds of dead stingrays on the shore of the beach in Chachalacas, Mexico.
July 18, 2013
1 A Syrian refugee woman holds her child as they doze off on the sidewalk of a street in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon. The exodus of Syrian refugees accelerated dramatically in recent months, with over 1 million refugees arriving in the first five months of 2013 alone.
2 People hold up signs that read in Spanish "Justice," and photos of the victims of the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center on the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attack in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association killed 85 people in 1994 and remains unsolved.
3 A Bangladeshi dhobi, or laundryman, washes clothes near a garbage dump on the banks of the Buriganga River in Dhaka.
4 German electronic band Kraftwerk performs with a 3D stage set during the 47th Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, July 17, 2013.
5 A member of the Italian team is thrown up in the air during a synchronized swimming training session ahead of the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.
6 A woman works inside a Hong Kong gallery exhibiting paintings of the late kung fu legend Bruce Lee by local artists. Fans are marking his death 40 years ago this weekend with art gallery shows, exhibitions and even street graffiti, though some people are urging Hong Kong's government to do more to honor the former British colony's biggest star.
7 Genetically modified angel fish with a pink illumination are to be used in creating cancer markers during the opening of the Bio Taiwan expo in Taipei, Taiwan. The expo, which runs from July 18-21, showcases companies and institutions involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products.
8 Israeli President Shimon Peres stands back to back with NBA basketball player Amar'e Stoudemire of the New York Knicks at the presidential residency in Jerusalem.
9 A surfer (L) and a diver (R) wearing wetsuits displaying the two styles of Shark Attack Mitigation Systems (SAMS) shark deterrent technology, with the surfer holding a surfboard also showing the new design. The new technology was designed by SAMS in collaboration with the Oceans Institute at the University of Western Australia, with the two design variations either presenting the wearer as potentially dangerous and unpalatable to a shark, or making it very difficult for the shark to see the wearer in the water. (Shark Attack Mitigation Systems handout photo)
July 19, 2013
1 Egyptian army special forces soldiers stand guard near the Republican Guard headquarters, in Cairo. Thousands of protesters are holding rallies across Egypt to demand the reinstatement of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.
2 Migrants glance out of the windows at Lyster Barracks detention center in Malta's Hal Far disused airfield. Malta has seen an influx of irregular migrants in the past month with 769 arriving in July alone.
3 Royal supporter Terry Hutt poses for pictures on a bench where he has been camped out for nine days outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London, where Prince William and his wife Catherine's baby is expected to be born.
4 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, speaks to the media after he was released in a courtroom in Kirov. A Russian court released him from custody less than 24 hours after he was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to five years in prison.
5 A couple sunbath in deck chairs on Brighton Beach, southern England. Britain's first prolonged heatwave in seven years has taken the country by surprise, with rails buckling, shops selling out of electric fans, and scientists estimating the surge in temperature could have caused hundreds of premature deaths.
6 Indian paramilitary and police patrol near a barbed wire fence during a curfew imposed on the Kashmiri summer capital in Srinagar. Indian-administered Kashmir's main city was under curfew after Indian paramilitary forces on Thursday shot dead six people protesting at a raid by troops on an Islamic school.
7 A journalist poses in front of mirrors depicting a scene in "Enter the Dragon" by the late Kung Fu legend Bruce Lee, at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum during the press preview of a five-year exhibition on Lee. Fans are marking his death 40 years ago this weekend with art gallery shows, exhibitions and even street graffiti.
8 View of a sand sculpture depicting Pope Francis at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. More than 1.5 million pilgrims from around the world are expected to flock to Rio for the pope's July 22-28 visit during the World Youth Day, a major Roman Catholic youth fest.
9 Pakistani Muslims offer Friday prayers at mosque during the month of Ramadan in Lahore.
10 Youth cool off in a fountain of the Trocadero Square in front of the Eiffel Tower on a warm summer afternoon in Paris.
11 Sweden's Ake Johansson, left, and a friend climb L'Epine pass on a self-made tandem bicycle during the 19th stage of the Tour de France.
12 A two-day-old unnamed hippopotamus stands beside its 22-year-old mother Helvetia at an enclosure at the zoo in Basel, Switzerland.
July 21, 2013
1 Belgium's King Philippe, right, kisses the hand of Queen Mathilde as they stand on the balcony of the royal palace in Brussels. Philippe has taken the oath before parliament to become the country's seventh king after his father Albert abdicated.
2 An election officer brings a ballot box from polling station at a ballot counting center for the upper house election in Tokyo, Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc won a convincing victory in an upper house election.
3 Kids play in a portable pool outside their home in the Manguinhos slum complex where Pope Francis will visit next week during his trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
4 Lightning strikes above the Mandalay Bay (L) and Luxor (C) casinos on the Las Vegas Strip as a thunderstorm moves through Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 20, 2013.
5 Afghan girls play at a recycling center in Kabul, Afghanistan.
6 Jeinkler Aguirre and Jose Guerra of Cuba compete in the men's 10-meter synchro platform preliminary competition at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.
7 An aerial view of sunbathers crowding on the beach in Scheveningen, the Netherlands, during a warm summer day.
8 Soldiers parade during a military ceremony in Bogota, Colombia, marking the 203rd anniversary of Colombia's independence from Spain, July 20, 2013.
July 22, 2013
1 Egyptian military soldiers demonstrate their skills during a ceremony at a military base east of Cairo. (Photo released by Egyptian Presidency)
2 A buoy that was on the edge of the road sits in the harbor after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake caused the land to fall into the sea at the Port Wellington Container terminal in New Zealand.
3 From the vantage point of the International Space Station, astronauts frequently observe atmospheric and surface phenomena in ways that are impossible to view from the ground. Two such phenomena - gravity waves and sunglint - are illustrated in this photograph of northeastern Lake Superior.
4 Indian devotees travel in and atop of a crowded train as they head to attend the Dada Ji Dham fair which coincides with the Guru Purnima festival at Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh state, India.
5 A man walks past a collapsed house after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake in Minxian county, Dingxi, Gansu province, China. The earthquake killed at least 89 people with hundreds injured.
6 Pigeons cool down in fountains in Antibes, southeastern France.
7 Santas from all over the world parade in the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark, during the annual Santa Claus World Congress. The Santa Claus World Congress takes place in the world's oldest amusement park, Bakken, 10 km north of the capital.
8 Dan McManus and his service dog Shadow glide together outside Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. McManus suffers from anxiety and Shadow's presence and companionship help him to manage the symptoms. The two have been flying together for about nine years with a specially made harness for Shadow.
9 People push a vehicle submerged in flood water after a torrential rain hit the metro area in Seoul, South Korea.
10 Performers participate in the Arirang mass games in Pyongyang, North Korea. This year’s performance was timed to debut for the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, and features new scenes focusing on leader Kim Jong Un’s directives.
July 23, 2013
1 Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, appear with their baby son outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in central London.
2 Women walk on a windy day outside Kabul, Afghanistan.
3 A newly-arrived Jewish immigrant coming from North America with his family kisses the tarmac upon their arrival at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv in Israel.
4 A pair of newborn giant panda twins are seen in an incubator at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Sichuan province, China.
5 The Orinoco river winds through the jungle near Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela, July 22, 2013.
6 A Free Syrian Army fighter holds his weapon as he stands inside a burned shop in Aleppo's Karm al-Jabal district, Syria.
7 In this rare image taken on July 19, 2013, the wide-angle camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured Saturn's rings and our planet Earth and its moon in the same frame. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)
8 Tengger tribe devotees belonging to Indonesia's Hindu minority throw their offering to the active crater of Mount Bromo volcano in East Java province during the annual Kasada ceremony. Hundreds of worshippers from Tengger tribe offer food and livestok as a symbolic sacrifice they throw to the crater for the blessings of safety and prosperity to their family and community.
9 A leopard yawns inside its enclosure at the Madrid Zoo, Spain.
10 A woman holding a baby searches for her name on a list of eligible voters at an election center in Bamako, Mali.
11 Professor Xie Yong works on an art installation of a beaver, which is made out of plastic and around 300,000 needles, in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China. The needles, according to Xie, represent the pain felt by animals when their fur is taken off to produce clothing.
12 Pope Francis greets the crowd of faithful from his popemobile in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 22, 2013.
July 24, 2013
1 Residents return to their still smoldering homes after a fire broke out at a slum area in Pasay, south of Manila, Philippines. Pasay City Fire Marshall Major Douglas Guiyab said about 250 houses were gutted in the area and the cause of the fire is still being determined.
2 Protesters carry a banner calling for Detroit's debt to be canceled as people enter the federal courthouse for day one of Detroit's municipal bankruptcy hearings in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
3 An Afghan sweeper carries his broom as he walks past the main mosque during the month of Ramadan in Herat, Afghanistan.
4 Ireland's Catherine O'Neill throws the club during the Women's Club Throw F31/32/51 during the IPC Athletics World Championships at the Rhone Stadium in Venissieux, near Lyon, France.
5 Members of the clergy listen to Pope Francis, center right, as he gives Mass inside Aparecida Basilica in Aparecida, Brazil.
6 Motorcycles and a truck travel on a road near a cliff of a landslide site after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit Minxian county, Gansu province, China, July 23, 2013.
7 A soldiers of the FARDC government forces mans a machine gun on the front line in Kanyaruchinya, 15km from Goma, as rebels claimed they had killed more than 400 army troops since fighting resumed 10 days ago in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east.
8 A baboon sits in the shade in its enclosure in the Berlin zoo, Germany.
9 Pico de Orizaba, or Citlaltepetl mountain, rises above the morning mist as seen from a Mexican Navy aircraft on a volcano monitoring mission in Mexico, July 23, 2013.
10 A clown juggles during a parade to inaugurate the 5th Annual Clowns' Convention in Guatemala City, Guatemala, July 23, 2013.
July 25, 2013
1 Indian schoolchildren use a plastic sheet to keep dry as they ride a cycle-rickshaw during a light drizzle in New Delhi.
2 An elderly woman uses crutches to walk near the North Railway station in Bucharest, Romania.
3 Victims receive help after a train crashed near Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain, July 24, 2013. At least 80 people died and scores more were injured.
4 Catholic pilgrims stand in the sea as they await the arrival of Pope Francis on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
5 Cows lie in grass in front of Hafelekar mountain on a hot summer day in Innsbruck, Austria.
6 Greece's Evangelia Platanioti and Despoina Solomou perform in the synchronised swimming duet free final during the World Swimming Championships at the Sant Jordi arena in Barcelona, Spain.
7 A pair of parrot hatchlings embrace in Dimapur, July 24, 2013, after being caught in a forest by a local hunter and offered for sale in the north-eastern Indian state of Nagaland. Despite a ban since 1990-91 on trade in all India bird species, hundreds of parrots are collected and traded annually in India.
8 The super yacht Palladium sails near the beach in Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France.
9 Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush pictured with Patrick, the son of a member of his security detail who is suffering from leukemia. Bush and his security team shaved their heads in support of Patrick, whose last name has been withheld. (Photo credit: Office of George HW Bush)
July 26, 2013
1 North Korean war veterans of the Korean War watch fireworks during the "Arirang" mass games song-and-dance ensemble on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang.
2 A man looks at the train engine at the site of a crash that killed at least 80 people Wednesday in Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain.
3 People search for their names on lists that indicate where to vote, in Timbuktu. Mali will hold a presidential election on Sunday.
4 A man prepares balloons for supporters of the Cambodian People Party during an election rally on the last day of campaigning in central Phnom Penh. Cambodia will hold general elections on July 28.
5 Pope Francis greets people from his popemobile in the Gloria neighborhood on his way to the archbishops's palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
6 Tourists cool off in the Goddess of Rome fountain, in Rome. A heat wave with temperatures as high 35 degrees Celsius, 95 Fahrenheit, is crossing Italy from north to south.
7 A member of the female punk band "Pussy Riot", Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, is escorted before a court hearing to appeal for parole at the Supreme Court of Mordovia in Saransk, Russia.
8 A Palestinian worshiper prays in front of the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, during the holy month of Ramadan.
9 Hot air balloons are inflated during the 31st annual QuickChek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning, in Readington Township. Superstorm Sandy will be on the minds of participants at the event this weekend, which runs from Friday to Sunday and features 100 balloons. A 115-foot-tall flying lighthouse will pay respects to restore the shore efforts.
10 Paramilitary policemen jump as they practice during a summer drill in Bozhou, Anhui province, China.
11 Two girls walk past beach huts in the North Bay in Scarborough, northern England. The Grade 11 listed structures on the North Bay were introduced in 1911 and are still used today.
12 Street artists have a snack as they rest on a bench in the center of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
July 29, 2013
1 Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) supporters chant the partys slogan as MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai addresses thousands of party supporters at his last campaign rally before elections set for July 31, in Harare.
2 People comfort each other outside a gym facility of an elementary school turned into a morgue, in Monteforte Irpino, southern Italy. An Italian tour bus crashed through a wall of a highway bridge and plunged some 30 meters (100 feet) into a wooded ravine, killing at least 38 people Sunday night.
3 Kashmiri government employees are sprayed with a purple-dye water cannon by riot police during a demonstration in Srinagar, India.
4 People walk along the beachfront as they leave Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro at the end of the final mass of the visit of Pope Francis to Brazil, July 28, 2013.
5 An Indian Hindu devotee dressed as the Hindu Goddess MahaKali performs in the street during the Bonalu festival at the Sri Ujjaini Mahakali Temple in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, India.
6 Tourists on the beach look at the sea after local authorities forbid swimming during a water safety test following a heavy storm in Nice, France.
7 U.S. Marine Corps veteran Mac McQuown, center, of Ocala, Florida, walks up Dexter Avenue to the historic Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. McQuown, 50, is gearing up to walk across the country to benefit homeless veterans and military families.
8 People dance around Major Square during the La Revoltosa dance in honor of their Saint Ana Patron, in Tudela, northern Spain.
9 Participants get ready to apply facial masks in Taipei, July 28, 2013. Some 1,213 people reportedly broke the Guinness World Record by applying facial masks for 10 minutes at the same time.
10 A person slides down a huge water pipe at a public swimming pool on a hot sunny day in Vienna. Temperatures in Austria's capital reached nearly 36 degrees Celsius (97 Fahrenheit) Monday.
11 France's Yannick Agnel and France's Fabien Gilot celebrate after winning the final of the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay swimming event in the FINA World Championships at Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, July 28, 2013.
12 In this aerial photo taken from a remote-controlled helicopter the Savior of Spilled Blood Cathedral is bathed in light, with the Griboyedov canal at right, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
July 30, 2013
1 Workers remove crude oil during a clean up operation on the beach of Prao Bay on Samet Island in Rayong province, eastern Thailand. About 50,000 liters (13,200 gallons) of crude oil that leaked from a pipeline operated by PTT Global Chemical Plc, has reached the popular tourist island in the country's eastern sea despite continuous attempts to clean it up.
2 (L-R) Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Israel's Justice Minister Tzipi Livni shake hands at a news conference at the end of talks at the State Department in Washington. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators held their first peace talks in nearly three years in a U.S.-brokered effort that Kerry hopes will end their conflict despite deep divisions.
3 Sailboats compete in the 32th edition of the Copa del Rey regatta in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
4 A woman carrying her baby and wrapped with a shawl walks through a sandstorm in Timbuktu, Mali, July 29, 2013.
5 The Saturn moons Mimas and Pandora appear together in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Pandora's small size means that it lacks sufficient gravity to pull itself into a round shape like its larger sibling, Mimas. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)
6 North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un laughs during a photo session in Pyongyang with war veteran delegates who took part in the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the truce of the Korean War. (Photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency)
7 Aisikaier Wubulikasimu, 40-year-old Uighur acrobat, walks on a 18m long (59 ft), 50 mm wide (2 inch) tightrope strung between two hot air balloons, in Shilin county, Yunnan province, China. Wubulikasimu has previous broken two Guinness World Records for the fastest tightrope walk over 100m in 2009 and the steepest tightrope walk in 2011.
8 Bangladeshi children cool off at Mohammadpur Geneva camp, one of the largest refugee camps in Dhaka City.
9 A tortoise makes its way through mud in Kfar Kila village near the Lebanese-Israeli border, in south Lebanon July 29, 2013.
10 A surfer rides a wave on the river Eisbach in the English Garden in downtown Munich, southern Germany.
July 31, 2013
1 A flood victim holds an item above water as she attempts to reach higher ground on the outskirts of Patna, India.
2 Zimbabweans wait to cast their votes in presidential and parliamentary elections in Harare.
3 Afghan children play on a swing near a cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan. Civilian casualties in the Afghan war rose 23 percent in the first half of this year due to Taliban attacks and increased fighting between insurgents and government forces, the U. N. said.
4 Syria refugees try to enter a truck which will transport them back to their homeland at the Al-Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, July 30, 2013.
5 Black oily sludge is seen on sand as cleaning operations continue at Ao Prao Beach on Koh Samet, Rayong, Thailand. An oil spill that has blackened beaches at the holiday island of Koh Samet was having an extreme impact on tourism and could spread to the coast of the mainland and affect the fishing industry, officials and an environmental group said.
6 Pope Francis is greeted by a faithful as he arrives at the Chiesa Del Gesu' in Rome, Italy.
7 A gold mine worker uses a detector in Al-Ibedia locality at River Nile State, Sudan.
8 The hamadryas baboons behave strangely at the Emmen Zoo in Emmen, in the Netherlands. They don't usually eat and sit close together in trees and a small corner of their island. A few years back the same group of baboons showed a similar behavior of mass apathy.
9 A Hindu sadhu - holy man - smears colored paste onto his body at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
10 A 70-foot long ocean racing yacht named 'Great Britain' is pictured in Trafalgar Square in central London. The yacht will take part in the ninth edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race 2013-14 which leaves London on September 1, 2013, where competitors are expected to travel 40,000 miles.
11 A steel worker stands near a pile of guns to be melted at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's 20th annual Gun Melt at the Gerdau Steel Mill in Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA, July 30, 2013. According to press releases from the sheriff's office, 5,495 weapons confiscated from criminals in Los Angeles County and collected through a gun buyback program are being melted and reformed as steel rebar at the mill.
12 A diver performs with sardines as part of summer vacation events at an Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea.
13 Czech Republic's Michal Navratil performs an exhibition dive dressed as Superman at the end of the men's 27m high diving final during the World Swimming Championships at Moll de la Fusta in Barcelona, Spain.
14 Vice-Admiral Pierre Warnauts, head of protocol of the Household of His Majesty the King, adjusts the hat of Queen Mathilde of Belgium after a mass commemorating the 20th anniversary of King Baudouin's death at Saint Gudule cathedral in Brussels.
15 A passenger ferry navigates past the Sydney Opera House, as a rainbow is seen in the sky, on a sunny winter afternoon in central Sydney, Australia.
