June 01, 2014
1 Protesters rally in front of the Press Syndicate in Cairo in support of Al Jazeera journalists Abdullah al-Shami and Mohamed Bader, who were detained by Egyptian authorities.
2 Canada's Milos Raonic celebrates winning the fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament against Spain's Marcel Granollers at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France. Raonic won in three sets 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
3 Protesters carry a huge banner with Chinese words "Exonerate the June 4 Protest" as thousands of people march on a downtown street in Hong Kong to mark the 25th anniversary of China's bloody crackdown on Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.
4 A father (behind the shower curtain) pushes a self-made stroller designed to figure a bathtub during a "stroller parade" contest, as part of the celebrations for the International Children's Day in Stavropol, southeastern Russia.
5 Soldiers hold their shields as they prepare to leave after guarding a shopping district to stop protests against military rule in central Bangkok, Thailand.
6 Models take part in the "Trashion" fashion show on the roof of a building in the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the Brooklyn borough of New York, May 31, 2014. The show featured designers who used recycled items such as coffee filters, tissue paper, grain sacks and window screens.
7 A brightly covered runner smiles during a Color Run in Berlin, Germany.
8 A boy crawls through mud at the inaugural Battlefrog Obstacle Course Race Series held at Georgia International Horse Park, in Conyers, Georgia, May 31, 2014.
9 Guests arrive for the opening ceremony of the 22nd Life Ball in Vienna, Austria, May 31, 2014. Life Ball is Europe's largest annual AIDS charity event and takes place in Vienna's city hall.
10 Wang Yirong of Hebei province rides his motorcycle in a desert during the China Taklimakan Rally and CCR Xinjiang Station, in Shanshan, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, May 31, 2014.
11 Brian Fitzpatrick holds a plastic Angry Bird orb filled with cash that he found in Hermosa Beach, California, May 31, 2014. An anonymous cash donor, who touched off a treasure hunt across San Francisco by hiding envelopes full of bills in unlikely places and providing clues via Twitter under the handle @HiddenCash, has moved operations to Los Angeles, sparking a frenzy with the first money drop.
12 A model gets ready during Korea Aesthetic Seminar and Fair 2014 beauty therapy competition in Seoul, South Korea.
June 02, 2014
1 An employee of ActiveLink Co. established under the sponsorship of Panasonic Corp, demonstrates ARM01, called 'Raku Vest', jointly developed with Kubota Corp., in Tokyo, Japan. The ARM01 is a robotic exoskeleton developed to help farmers and construction workers.
2 A man (R) sits underneath election campaign placards at the Cheonggye Stream in Seoul, South Korea.
3 Members of the Civil Defence rescue children after what activists said was an air strike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo.
4 Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah are seen through a broken window during an election campaign in Qala i Naw, capital of Badghis province.
5 A pro-Russian rebel fires a rocket propelled grenade on the rooftop of an apartment building during clashes with Ukrainian troops on the outskirts of Luhansk, Ukraine.
6 German test pilot Markus Scherdel steers the solar-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft druing its maiden flight at its base in Payerne, Switzerland. The aircraft weighs 2.4 tons with a wingspan of 72 meters (236 ft) and more than 17,000 solar cells.
7 Students sit astride on a bamboo raft as they are ferried across a river on their way to Casili Elementary School for the first day of classes in Rodriguez, Rizal province, east of Manila, Philippines.
8 A sheep, dressed in a jersey in the colors of the Colombian national soccer team, grazes on grass during an exhibition, prior to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, in Nobsa, June 1, 2014. The sheep is named Falcao, after the Colombian player.
9 The Italian Frecce Tricolori aerobatic squad performs over the Vittoriano monument during the Republic Day military parade in Rome.
10 A Palestinian girl reads the Holly Quran in the first of Shaban month in the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestine, June 1, 2014.
11 Colombian sailing ship Gloria arrives at the port of Don Diego, during the Velas Sudamerica (South American Sails) 2014 regatta in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
12 Participants splash water from their dragon boats as part of the celebration to mark the annual Tuen Ng or Dragon Boat Festival at Hong Kong's Aberdeen. The festival is commemorated in memory of Chinese patriotic poet Qu Yuan, who drowned himself on the day in 277 B.C.
13 A participant jumps into the river to catch ducks and geese during a competition to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival on a section of the Yangtze River in Yibin, Sichuan province, China.
14 Participants are covered in paint as they take part in the Color Run in London, June 1, 2014.
15 Spain's Rafael Nadal shakes the sweat off his head after winning his fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament against Serbia's Dusan Lajovic at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France. Nadal won in three sets 6-1, 6-2, 6-1.
16 David Redden, Vice Chairman of Sotheby's auction house, holds the British Guiana One-Cent Black on Magenta stamp in central London. The sole surviving one-cent of the entire 1856 issue was rediscovered by a 12-year-old Scottish boy living in South America in 1873. It is estimated to fetch between $10-20 million, which would mark a new world auction record for a stamp when will be offered in a New York sale on June, 17, 2014.
17 Francois Bouvier (C) of France is held up over the try line by Ireland's Ryan Foley (L), Stephen Gardiner (R) and Garry Ringrose (behind) during the U20 Junior World Championship rugby union match at Albany Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand.
18 A sandstorm engulfing the Iranian capital Tehran
19 Guests and cooks enjoy a "Dinner in the Sky" on a platform hanging in front of Cinquantenaire park in Brussels, Belgium. "Dinner in the Sky" accommodates 22 guests, seated at a table suspended from a crane at a height of 40 meters (131 ft).
June 03, 2014
1 Oxfam's activists wear masks depicting leaders of the countries members of the G7, (L-R) French President Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Barack Obama, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Japanase Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, during a protest called "Energy dependency and wealth inquality" outside the European Council in Brussels, Belgium.
2 Vehicles come to a standstill at a flooded crossroad in Pingba, Guizhou province, China.
3 Boys practice during a heading drill in front of murals of (L-R), Brazil's Ronaldinho, Argentina's Lionel Messi and France's Zinedine Zidane, at a playground in the southern Indian city of Chennai.
4 International circus superstar Bello Nock takes over Times Square in New York City as he spends eight hours on a high wire above New Yorkers in the first of several big stunts he is doing this summer.
5 Sri Lankan residents look out of the window of their home at floodwaters in Matugama, some 64 kms south of Colombo on June 3, 2014 after heavy monsoon rains caused havoc in the western, southern and central regions of the island.
6 Members of Clowns Without Borders entertain Syrian refugee children in Jab Janine, West Bekaa, Lebanon, June 2, 2014. Clowns Without Borders is an international non-profit organization that uses laughter to relieve suffering among children in refugee camps, conflict zones and natural disaster areas.
7 Minnesota Twins' Brian Dozier (2) leaps over Milwaukee Brewers' Carlos Gomez (27) at second base to turn a double play on a ball hit by Khris Davis during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, June 2, 2014.
8 French street artist and photographer JR poses on his creation during the presentation to the press at the Pantheon in Paris. French Government named JR to decorate the Pantheon with portraits. Pantheon is the final resting place for 72 of France's renowned men, and just one woman, as the monument is undergoing a two year renovation.
June 04, 2014
1 Tens of thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil at Victoria Park in Hong Kong to mark the 25th anniversary of the crackdown in China's Tiananmen Square.
2 Cardboard figures of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez with his mouth covered with the word 'Crime' are seen during a gathering in support of him in Caracas, Venezuela.
3 Two ducks cross the Mall in front of members of the guards and household cavalry during pageantry for the State Opening of Parliament in central London.
4 Britain's Prince Charles (C) and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, reach towards a pageboy who fainted as Britain's Queen Elizabeth delivers her speech in the House of Lords, during the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London.
5 A woman looks on the living replica of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh's famously severed ear which is displayed at Culture and media museum ZKM, in Karlsruhe, southwestern Germany.
6 A Palestinian demonstrator runs from tear gas fired by Israeli troops during a protest in solidarity with prisoners on hunger strike, outside the Ofer prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
7 Officers of the Belgian Special Police patrol around the perimeter of the hotel of U.S. President Barack Obama in Brussels. President Obama has arrived in Brussels for a meeting with fellow G7 heads of state focused on the crisis in Ukraine.
8 A makeshift tea shop owner sits with garbage sorters on a pile of trash while using a hand held fan to keep bugs away at a suburban garbage dump north of Rangoon, Burma.
9 Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope assemble a comprehensive picture of the evolving universe – among the most colorful deep space images ever captured by the 24-year-old telescope. Researchers say the image, in new study called the Ultraviolet Coverage of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, provides the missing link in star formation.
10 A car with it's windshield smashed by hail hangs over a creek following a severe thunderstorm in Blair, Nebrasla, USA, June 3, 2014. Severe weather packing large hail and heavy rain rolled into Nebraska and Iowa as potentially dangerous storms targeted a swath of the Midwest.
11 An egret preens itself as it stands on a branch along the River Brahmaputra in Gauhati, India.
June 05, 2014
1 British World War II veteran Frederick Glover looks at soldiers parachuting down during a D-Day commemoration in Ranville, northern France, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy.
2 Twenty-one-year-old female seal Sarasa controls a soccer ball at the Shinagawa Aqua Stadium aquarium in Tokyo, Japan, during an event cheering for Japan's national soccer team's success at the upcoming the 2014 World Cup soccer tournament.
3 A worker uses a rope to move through a pile of empty plastic bottles at a recycling workshop in Mumbai, India.
4 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe plastic statues, designed by Ottmar Hoerl stand in front of the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany.
5 A man processes tannery wastes to make poultry feed at Hazaribagh along the polluted Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
6 The wax statue representing Russian President Valadimir Putin, whose head was damaged by an activist of the Femen feminist group, lies on the floor next to wax statues of Spain's King Juan Carlos (L), U.S. President Barack Obama (2ndL), French President Francois Hollande (C), German Cancellor Angela Merkel (2ndR) and Morocco's King Mohamed VI (R) at the Grevin museum in Paris, France.
7 SoftBank Corp. Chief Executive Masayoshi Son waves with the company's human-like robot named 'Pepper' during a news conference in Urayasu, east of Tokyo, Japan. SoftBank Corp is developing human-like robots which will be used to staff its cellphone stores in a move aimed at expanding the mobile phone and Internet conglomerate's technological reach.
8 German street artist Florian Timm creates giant soap bubbles on Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 4, 2014.
9 Nepalese students hug trees during a mass tree hugging event on the World Environment Day on the outskirts of Katmandu.
10 Félix Lambey of France (C) takes part in a team training session at Dilworth College in Auckland, New Zealand, ahead of their second match in the Junior Rugby World Championship.
June 06, 2014
1 World War II D-Day invasion veterans Herman Zeitchik (L) and Antonio Gimenez (R) are surrounded by other veterans as they attend a ceremony at the National World War II Memorial on the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe, while in Washington, D.C.
2 Sikh activists clash with members of the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee during commemorations for the 30th anniversary of Operation Blue Star at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India. At least two people were wounded after clashes broke out between sword-wielding Sikhs on the anniversary of the notorious army raid on the site.
3 Palestinian militants from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) take part in a graduation cermony in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
4 A World War II veteran reacts as she meets U.S. President Barack Obama during the 70th French-American Commemoration D-Day Ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
5 Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police stand at attention as Saint Peter's statue is seen in the foreground on Saint Peter's Square before an audience led by Pope Francis at the Vatican.
6 California Chrome, winner of the 2014 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, gallops during morning workouts at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The horse will attempt to become the first horse since Affirmed in 1978 to win racing's coveted triple crown when he competes in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.
7 Coal miners leave the Zasyadko mine following their work shift in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. Donetsk is part of the Donbass coal mining region, which has been hit by separatists protests in recent weeks.
8 Racegoers react during the third race of Ladies Day in the Royal Enclosure at the Epsom Derby Festival in Epsom, southern England.
9 Indian soccer fans pose for a picture after getting their hair cut by Indian hair stylist Rabin Das outside his saloon on the outskirts of Kolkata, ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Das charges 500 rupees ($8) for a FIFA World Cup trophy haircut.
10 A stranded seal pup explores a pool at the seal station in Friedrichskook, northern Germany. The pup was found May 28 on the German island Sylt and was named Anja after the lady who found her. She currently weighs 7,6 kg and will be released into the wild once she has reached a weight of 25 kg.
11 A reveler poses for pictures at the Victorian Picnic during the Wave and Goth festival in Leipzig, Germany. The annual festival, known in Germany as Wave-Gotik Treffen (WGT), features over 150 bands and artist in venues all over the city playing Gothic rock and other styles of the dark wave music subculture.
12 A visitor poses for photos with a 3-D installation at a media preview of the Trick Eye Museum at the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore. The museum, which features paintings and optical illusion installations, will open to the public on Sunday.
June 08, 2014
1 A Brazilian football fan plays with a soccer ball on a beach in Rio de Janeiro. The 2014 World Cup starts in Brazil on June 12, 2014.
2 Blue tang and coris gaimard (orange fish) take food from a bait-packed ball in a fishtank designed to resemble a football pitch at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo, Japan, as part of a new attraction which will be displayed until June 29 during the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
3 Paratroopers are dropped near the Normandy village of Sainte Mere Eglise, western France, during commemorations of the 70 anniversary of the D-Day landing.
4 Members of the Samaritan hold up Torah scrolls during a traditional pilgrimage marking the holiday of Shavuot, atop Mount Gerizim near the West Bank city of Nablus. The Samaritans, who trace their roots to the biblical Kingdom of Israel in what is now the northern occupied West Bank, observe religious practices similar to those of Judaism.
5 Rowers arrive in the Gran Canal as they take part in the Vogalonga, or Long Row, in the Venice lagoon, Italy.
6 Spain's Rafael Nadal holds the trophy after winning the final of the French Open tennis tournament against Serbia's Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros stadium, in Paris. Nadal won in four sets (3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4).
7 An aircraft flies overhead as a person rummages for recyclables at a garbage dumpsite in Paranaque city, metro Manila, Philippines.
8 Emergency responders stand near an overturned truck after a road was washed away by floodwaters in Boca del Rio, on the outskirts of Veracruz, Mexico, June 7, 2014.
9 A boy collects bullets and empty cartridges next to abandoned buildings of the Ukrainian border guard regional headquarters damaged in a recent fight with pro-Russian separatists, on the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk.
10 Performers of the group "Sapucaiu no Samba" attend the Festival of Cultures in Berlin, Germany.
11 Castellers de Sabadell form human towers during the demonstration "Human towers for Democracy: Catalans Want to Vote" at Sant Jaume square in Barcelona, Spain.
12 Members of the Spanish-Argentinian troupe "Grupo Puja" perform during the opening of the "Theatrical Syndrome" festival on a quay of the Yenisei River in the Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, June 7, 2014.
13 A Chinese devotee, who has his cheeks pierced with a skewer, sits on a chair before marching around Chinatown during the Guan Ping Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The festival, held in celebration to mark the birthday of Chinese deity Guan Ping, is believed to bring prosperity for local businesses.
14 A woman rests on an inflatable mattress on Lake Ammersee on a hot day in Herrsching, south of Munich, Germany.
June 09, 2014
1 Miss Universe Thailand Weluree Ditsayabut speaks during a news conference at Renaissance Hotel in Bangkok. Ditsayabut renounced her title over remarks she made on social media including one that "red shirt" activists, supporters of ousted prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, should all be executed.
2 Miss North Dakota Audra Mari, left, and Miss Nevada Nia Sanchez await the final decision during the Miss USA pageant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, June 8, 2014. Sanchez would go on to win the Miss USA title.
3 Smoke rises above the Jinnah International Airport where security forces continue to battle militants in Karachi, Pakistan, June 8, 2014. Gunmen disguised as police guards attacked a terminal with machine guns and a rocket launcher during a five-hour siege that killed at least 28 people as explosions echoed into the night, while security forces retaliated and killed all the attackers, officials said.
4 Members of the Brazilian Army, Navy and Air Force attend a presentation of Defense and Security personnel and equipment that will be used during the 2014 World Cup in Brasilia, June 8, 2014.
5 A villager pushes his bicycle on the bank of the Kuakhai River on a hot summer day on the outskirts of eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar.
6 French artist Paulo Grangeon throws one of his papier-mache pandas displayed at the arrival hall of the Hong Kong airport. The installation arrived in the city, launching the month-long "1,600 Pandas World Tour in Hong Kong: Creativity Meets Conservation" organized by a local art organizer, according to the official press release.
7 A diver wearing a South Korean soccer team uniform performs with sardines during an event to promote the upcoming 2014 Brazil World Cup, at the COEX Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea.
8 Madame Tussauds unveils a wax model of pop singer and actress Jennifer Lopez dressed in the outfit she wears in the video for her official World Cup single in central London.
9 Pregnant women practice yoga as they attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest prenatal yoga class, in Changsha, Hunan province, China, June 8, 2014. A total of 505 pregnant women participated in a yoga class together for 37 minutes and 28 seconds, exceeding the current Guinness World Record set in Shenzhen in 2013 with 423 women, local media reported.
10 Camphor burns on the tongue of a devotee as he participates in the Ganga Dhaaraa festival at Marianne River, Blanchisseuse on Trinidad's north coast, June 8, 2014. Pilgrims all over the country and abroad have been gathering for the Hindu festival, also known as the oldest river festival, which commemorates the coming down of goddess Ganga to earth.
11 People take a sunbath in beach chairs at a beach in Travemuende by the Baltic Sea, Germany.
12 A group riding on motorcycles carry smoke torches during the 44th annual Los Angeles Pride parade in West Hollywood, California, USA, June 8, 2014.
June 10, 2014
1 Pakistani youth crowd a water fall in a park to beat the heat in Lahore. Severe heat wave conditions continue over most plains of the Punjab province.
2 Hillary Clinton speaks during a book signing of her new book "Hard Choices" in New York.
3 A family fleeing the violence in the Iraqi city of Mosul waits at a checkpoint in outskirts of Arbil in Kurdistan region. Radical Sunni Muslim insurgents seized control of most of Mosul, the country's second largest city.
4 The sun releases a second X-class flare, peaking at 8:52 a.m. EDT. This is classified as an X1.5 flare. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground.
5 This new Hubble image shows NGC 1566, a beautiful galaxy located approximately 40 million light-years away in the constellation of Dorado (The Dolphinfish).
6 Spanish Princess Letizia and Spanish Crown Prince Felipe smile in the Throne room as they attend a welcome ceremony before a gala dinner for Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto, at the Royal Palace, near Madrid, June 9, 2014.
7 A Kashmiri man fishes from a traditional boat during sunset at the Dal Lake in Srinagar, India.
8 U.S. President Barack Obama hugs UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma as team star Stefanie Dolson (L) falls off the stage in the background during a ceremony honoring the NCAA basketball champion University of Connecticut Huskies men's and women's basketball teams in the East Room of the White House in Washington, June 9, 2014. Dolson was unhurt in the fall.
9 Lightning over Algermissen, Germany. Violent storms killed at least six people in western Germany overnight, felling trees and snarling road and rail traffic, authorities said.
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June 11, 2014
1 Kashmiri farmers work in paddy fields at Bandipora, north of Srinagar, India.
2 Peruvian shamans perform a ritual while holding the official ball for the 2014 World Cup and a poster of Portugal's soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo at the National Stadium in Lima, June 10, 2014.
3 A hot air balloon in the likeness of Brazil’s Christ The Redeemer statute, wearing the colors of Australia's soccer team floats over the Melbourne skyline, June 10, 2014. (photo provided by sportsbet.com.au)
4 A hot air balloon in the likeness of Brazil’s Christ The Redeemer statute, wearing the colors of Australia's soccer team floats through clouds over the Melbourne skyline, June 10, 2014. (photo released by sportsbet.com.au)
5 Traditional London black cabs line up along The Mall as taxi drivers block the street to protest over new technology they say endangers passengers, in London. The strike action by taxi drivers hit many European cities sparked by fears about the growing upheaval in the travel and transport industry, largely due to digital technologies.
6 The Egyptian desert meets the Red Sea on a cloudless afternoon in this photo tweeted by first-time astronaut Reid Wiseman. Wiseman is one of six men living aboard the International Space Station.
7 An operator of a swinging boat clings on the amusement ride at the annual Jakarta Fair held to celebrate the 487th anniversary of the capital city, in Jakarta, Indonesia.
8 Supporters attend a candlelight vigil after a shooting at Reynolds High School in Troutdale, Oregon, USA, June 10, 2014. A gunman walked into the Oregon high school gym with a rifle and killed a student before he was found dead in a bathroom stall.
9 U.S. actress Angelina Jolie, right, Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, hugs Neema Namadamu of the Democratic Republic of Congo at the 'End Sexual Violence in Conflict' summit in London.
10 A Chinese People's Liberation Army soldier adjusts a hat of a member of a guard of honor as they prepare for a welcome ceremony for visiting Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi held outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
11 A supporter of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah attends the last day of the election campaigns in Kabaul.
12 People visit "The Gateway to Hell," a huge burning gas crater in the heart of Turkmenistan's Karakum desert. The fiery pit was the result of a simple miscalculation by Soviet scientists in 1971 after their boring equipment suddenly drilled through into an underground cavern and a deep sinkhole formed. Fearing that the crater would emit poisonous gases, the scientists took the decision to set it alight, thinking that the gas would burn out quickly and this would cause the flames to go out. But the flames have not gone out in more than 40 years, in a potent symbol of the vast gas reserves of Turkmenistan, which are believed to be the fourth largest in the world.
13 Gaming enthusiasts watch a Nintendo Super Smash Bros. invitational tournament at the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo, known as E3, in Los Angeles, California, June 10, 2014.
June 12, 2014
1 View of a damaged bridge at the Iguacu Falls in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, following the overflowing of the Parana River.
2 Cleaners laid-off by the Finance Ministry are pushed back by riot police in their attempt to protest outside the ministry in Athens, Greece.
3 People gather around wreckage after a car bomb at the Wadi al-Dahab area of Homs in this picture released by Syria's national news agency SANA. The car bomb killed seven people and more than 55 were wounded, state media said.
4 A man swims in algae-covered Han River in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, June 11, 2014.
5 A telephoto view from an approaching coast guard boat shows sea lions covering an entire surface of one of the Palomino Islands, home to a young sea lion, nicknamed Ringo, in the Pacific waters off Peru, near the port of El Callao, June 11, 2014.
6 A Virgin Airlines commercial aircraft is illuminated by the setting sun in front of a full moon after taking off from Sydney Airport, Australia.
7 Marlee Zabriskie, dressed as a character from the game "Portal", attends the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo, known as E3, in Los Angeles, California, June 11, 2014.
8 College students pose for pictures with a 3D painting along a street at a campus in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, June 11, 2014.
9 This combination of 32 photos shows the statue of the Christ the Redeemer lit with colors from national flags of all 32 nations participating in the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 atop Corcovado hill in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the eve of the event, June 11, 2014.
10 Slovenian cyclist Simon Spilak celebrates at the finish line after winning the fifth stage (Sisteron - La Mure) of the 66th Dauphine Criterium cycling race in La Mure, France.
11 Artist Douglas Coupland's "Gumhead" sculpture is seen outside of the Vancouver Art Gallery in downtown Vancouver, Canada. Coupland invites people to stick chewing gum on the resin and polyester sculpture, which depicts his own head.
June 13, 2014
1 Smoke rises from a house deliberately set on fire, days after part of the ground it was resting on collapsed into Lake Whitney, Texas. Building crews set fire to the luxury lake house left dangling about 75 feet (23 meters) on a decaying cliff that has been giving way underneath the structure.
2 Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo, popularly known as "Jokowi," right, talks to farmers as he makes a brief stop during a campaign rally in Banyumas, Central Java. Indonesia will hold its presidential poll on July 9.
3 Iraqi men who volunteered to join the fight against a major offensive by jihadists in northern Iraq stand on army trucks as they leave a recruiting center in the capital Baghdad. Iraqi forces clashed with militants advancing on the city of Baquba, just 60 kilometers (40 miles) north of Baghdad.
4 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, British Foreign Secretary William Hague, center, and actress Angelina Jolie, right, Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, attend their joint news conference at the conclusion of the of the 'End Sexual Violence in Conflict' summit in London.
5 An armadillo called Norman, Germany's World Cup oracle, approaches the soccer ball representing Germany as he makes his prediction for the team's opening World Cup match against Portugal on June 16, at the zoo in the western city of Muenster.
6 Police officers clash with the protesters breaking into the Legislative building during a demonstration in Hong Kong. Hundreds of villagers and students protested against the government on a development plan in the North Eastern New Territories.
7 Mexican football fans cheer for their team during the Group A football match between Mexico and Cameroon at the Dunas Arena in Natal, Brazil, during the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
8 Local citizens gather around a burning military vehicle at a site of a battle between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian fighters in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine.
9 People perform "tai chi" during the launch ceremony of the 12th Handan International Tai Chi Conference in Handan, north China's Hebei province. Over 1,700 from around the world gathered to attend the conference.
10 Afghan men lead donkeys loaded with ballot boxes and other election material to be transported to polling stations which are not accessible by road in Shutul, Panjshir province. The second round presidential election will be held on June 14.
11 Honda MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain takes a curve during the second free practice at the Catalunya Grand Prix in Montmelo, near Barcelona.
12 A woman prays as workers prepare to remove lantern decorations after a period of celebrations of Buddha's birthday at the Chogye Temple in Seoul, South Korea.
13 People watch fireworks explode above the Yenisei River in the town of Divnogorsk near Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. The display was performed to mark Russia Day, the national holiday of the Russian Federation, also the Day of the Town.
14 Kindergarten children practice at a Peking Opera class in Liaocheng, Shandong province, China.
15 A picture shows the Chaine des Puys, a volcanic chain of 80 volcanoes over a distance of 32 km, with the Puy de Dome (top) and the Puy de Pariou (bottom) near Clermont-Ferrand. The World Heritage Committee will decide on June 21, 2014 whether the Chaine des Puys will be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
June 15, 2014
1 People are seen through a shattered window of a bus as they block a street during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh. "Stranded Pakistanis" blocked streets and vandalised cars after ten people were burnt to death and more than 30 injured as their houses were set afire following a clash at Mirpur area in Dhaka.
2 Afghan men show their bandaged hands, after their fingers were cut by members of the Taliban after they voted in the presidential election, in Herat province.
3 A vehicle belonging to Kurdish security forces fires a multiple rocket launcher during clashes with Sunni militant group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on the outskirts of Diyala, Iraq, June 14, 2014.
4 People in costumes take part in a performance showing the fight between a Saint and the dragon at Ducasse, during the Doudou folkloric festival in Mons, Belgium. The Doudou festival includes two parts, a procession at the shrine of Waltrude and a fight between Saint George and the dragon. The Doudou was recognized in 2005 by UNESCO as one of the masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
5 Australian players celebrate holding the trophy after winning the men's final of the Field Hockey World Cup between Australia and The Netherlands in The Hague, Netherlands. Australia beat the Netherlands with a 6-1 score.
6 Switzerland's Steve von Bergen fights for the ball with Ecuador's Felipe Caicedo (R) during their 2014 World Cup Group E soccer match at the Brasilia national stadium in Brasilia, Brazil.
7 England's goalkeeper Joe Hart rolls inside the goalpost after Italy's Mario Balotelli (not pictured) scored during their 2014 World Cup Group D soccer match at the Amazonia arena in Manaus, Brazil, June 14, 2014.
8 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon adjusts his garland made with coca leaves during a welcome ceremony for delegates of the G77+ China Summit at Tahuichi Aguilera Stadium in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, June 14, 2014.
9 This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a galaxy known as NGC 3081, set against an assortment of glittering galaxies in the distance. Located in the constellation of Hydra (The Sea Serpent), NGC 3081 is located over 86 million light-years from us. It is known as a type II Seyfert galaxy, characterised by its dazzling nucleus.
10 An Egyptian woman walks past a vehicle carrying anti-riot police officers deployed to secure a protest against sexual harassment in Cairo, June 14, 2014.
11 A family member of a passenger aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 comforts another relative as they gather to pray at Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing, China.
12 Cambodian migrant workers carry their belongings as they cross the border at Aranyaprathet in Sa Kaew, Thailand, as the military that seized power in a May 22 coup intensifies lax measures to regulate illegal labor.
13 A woman dressed in costume attends the Supanova Pop Culture Expo in Sydney, Australia. The three-day event in which thousands of fans dress up in "Cosplay", showcases the latest comic books, animation, cartoons, science-fiction, and console gaming.
14 U.S. President Barack Obama yells "Zot! Zot! Zot!" to honor the school mascot, the anteater, as he attends the commencement ceremony for the University of California, Irvine at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, California, June 14, 2014.
15 Japan's fans sing the national anthem before the start of their 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match against Ivory Coast at the Pernambuco arena in Recife, Brazil, June 14, 2014.
June 16, 2014
1 An Indian resident carrying a baby runs from waves on the promenade during a high tide in Mumbai.
2 Displaced people, who have fled violence in Iraq's northern Nineveh province, carry their belongings as they arrive in al-Hamdaniyah, 76 kms west of the Kurdish autonomous region's capital, Arbil.
3 Commuters arrive at the Saint Lazare station in Paris with one of the few trains available. French rail workers are on strike to protest a reorganization of the national rail and train companies.
4 A man observes the remains of destroyed vehicles and buildings in the town of Mpeketoni, Kenya. Dozens of Somali extremists wielding automatic weapons attacked the small Kenyan coastal town for hours, assaulting the police station, setting two hotels on fire, and spraying bullets into the street killing dozens, officials said.
5 A Sri Lankan Muslim woman looks out on the street in Aluthgama, 50 kilometers (31.25 miles) south of Colombo. At least three Muslims were killed after a right-wing Buddhist group with alleged state backing clashed with Muslims in southwestern Sri Lanka, a government minister said.
6 Graduating cadets reach to shake hands with Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou during a ceremony marking the 90th anniversary of military academy in Kaohsiung.
7 Two men with a horse cart try to make their way during a powerful dust storm in Jammu, India.
8 A woman takes pictures from a cottage inside Windsor Castle as Britain's royal family attend the Order of the Garter procession and installation service at Windsor Castle in southern England.
9 A fan holding a child, bottom, catches Colorado Rockies' Troy Tulowitzki's two-run home run against the San Francisco Giants during the third inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, June 15, 2014. The Rockies won 8-7.
10 People celebrate a German goal as they watch the team playing against Portugal in a World Cup soccer match at a public viewing event at the Alte Foersterei stadium in Berlin.
11 A fan of Portugal watches his team play against Germany during the 2014 World Cup Group G soccer match at the Fonte Nova arena in Salvador, Brazil.
June 17, 2014
1 A police officer scuffles with a protester during clashes in Lahore, Pakistan. Police clashed with followers of an anti-Taliban cleric critical of the government in the eastern city, leaving at least seven people killed, officials said.
2 Two tornados approach Pilger, Nebraska, June 16, 2014. The National Weather Service said at least two twisters touched down within roughly a mile of each other in northeast Nebraska.
3 Hindu sadhus - holy men - watches a film on a mobile phone at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
4 Residents leave with some of their belongings following a second night of attacks in the remote village of Kaisari, near Mpeketoni, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) from the Somali border on the coast of Kenya.
5 British fashion designer Nasir Mazhar takes the applause following London Men's spring summer fashion collections 2015, at Victoria House.
6 An internally displaced girl from North Waziristan looks on while taking shelter with her family at a school in Bannu, Pakistan.
7 Dutch king Willem-Alexander (R), artist Vincent Olinet (M) and Jan Teeuwisse (L, director Sculptures at Sea) attend the opening of the sculpture exhibition 'Grandeur - French Sculpture Arts From Laurens Till Now' in The Hague, The Netherlands.
8 Tourists view the Iguazu Falls from an observation platform at the Iguazu National Park near the southern Brazilian city of Foz do Iguacu.
9 Fans cheer at a viewing party in Hermosa Beach, California, June 16, 2014, after the U.S. scored a second goal during the 2014 Brazil World Cup Group G soccer match between Ghana and the U.S.
10 A boy cools himself in the waters of a tube well on a hot summer day at Manawala village on the outskirts of the northern Indian city of Amritsar.
11 A group of racegoers poses for photographers on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing festival at Ascot, southern England.
12 San Diego Padres second baseman Alexi Amarista leaps to get out of the way of sliding Seattle Mariners' James Jones (99) at second base in the fourth inning in a baseball game in Seattle, Washington, USA, June 16, 2014.
June 18, 2014
1 Australia's Tim Cahill, left, watches as Netherlands' Ron Vlaar clears the ball during the group B World Cup soccer match between Australia and the Netherlands at the Estadio Beira-Rio in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2 South Korean soccer fans use their smartphones to watch a live broadcast of the group H World Cup soccer match between Russia and South Korea, as the screen was turned off due to a network error at a public viewing venue in Seoul, South Korea.
3 A fan of the Brazilian national soccer team watches the Mexico vs. Brazil match at the FIFA Fan Fest, during the 2014 soccer World Cup in Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 17, 2014.
4 Spain's King Juan Carlos and his son Crown Prince Felipe (R) hug each other as they attend the signature ceremony of the act of abdication at the Royal Palace in Madrid.
5 Portraits of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi are exhibited at an art gallery in Yangon. A group of Myanmar artists showcase an exhibition of 69 portraits of Aung San Suu Kyi, depicting her life and different moods of the Nobel laureate to mark her 69th birthday, which falls on June 19.
6 A worker collects palm oil fruit in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
7 Riders wearing ethnic group costume compete in a traditional horseback riding event in Hongyuan county of Aba town, or Ngawa town, southwest China's Sichuan province, June 17, 2014.
8 A gallery assistant is reflected as she views the work 'Composition with Red, Blue and Grey' by Piet Mondrian during a photo-call for Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale at Sotheby's auction house in London.
9 Georgian actors take a group selfie wearing veils before taking part in a joint Georgian-U.S. military counterterrorism exercise called "Agile Spirit 2014" at the Vaziani military base outside Tbilisi.
10 A man visits an exhibition at the China National Art Museum in Beijing.
June 19, 2014
1 Spain's Queen Letizia holds the hands of her husband King Felipe VI during the swearing-in ceremony at the Spanish Parliament. Felipe is being formally proclaimed monarch after 76-year-old King Juan Carlos abdicated to enable younger royal blood to rally a country beset by economic problems, including an unemployment rate of 25 percent.
2 A Christie's employee poses with Albert Giacometti's "Le Main" at Christie's auction house in London. The piece is estimated to achieve 15 million pounds ($25 million) when it comes to auction as part of the Christie's Impressionist and Modern art evening sale on June 14.
3 Pakistani shopkeeper Talib Hussain displays a giant sized money garland to customers in Bannu, June 18, 2014. These traditional garlands are made of local currency notes and are gifted to grooms by their friends and relatives in marriages. The garlands usually are worth between rupees 5,000-10,000 (US$60-100).
4 A vendor walks down the stairs as fans watch the 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match between Ivory Coast and Colombia at the Brasilia national stadium in Brazil.
5 Men watch the 2014 World Cup Group B soccer match between the Netherlands and Australia on a laptop, at a camel market in Daba near Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, June 18, 2014.
6 People watch the "Flying Carpet", an artwork created by French artist Moussa Sarr, as it takes off from the Saint Jean fort in Marseille, southern France. It's part of "L'artiste dans la cite" ('The Artist in the City') events organized by the MUCEM, "Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et la Méditerranée."
7 A U.S. soldier walks past burning trucks at the scene of a suicide attack at the Afghan-Pakistan border crossing in Torkham, Nangarhar province.
8 U.S. President Barack Obama speaks with eco-friendly urban furniture designer Sandra Richter while hosting the first-ever White House "Maker Faire" in Washington, D.C., June 18, 2014. The solar-powered bench allows people to charge their phones while resting.
9 The latest installment in the blockbuster series of "Transformers" films is making its world premier not in the usual entertainment hubs of Los Angeles and New York but in the wealthy Chinese metropolis of Hong Kong.
10 A pangolin carries its baby at a Bali zoo, Indonesia.
11 Tibetans on horseback throw praying papers as they gather for a traditional praying festival called "Wei Sang", in Hongyuan county of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, June 18, 2014.
12 A giant statue of U.S. actress Marilyn Monroe is seen at the dump site of a garbage-collecting company in Guigang, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, June 18, 2014. The eight-meter-tall stainless steel statue, which weighs about eight tons, was made by several Chinese artists for over two years, based on the famous scene from her movie "The Seven Year Itch".
13 A fisherman casts his fishing net into the waters of a lake at Panangad, on the outskirts of the southern Indian city of Kochi.
14 Constance Peach, center, poses with friends for photographers on the third day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting, which is traditionally known as Ladies Day, at Ascot, England.
15 Opponents of same-sex marriage and supporters of traditional marriage between one man and one woman rally outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Diaa Bekheet/VOA)
June 20, 2014
1 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Special Envoy, Angelina Jolie (R), meets ethnic Karenni refugee Baw Meh, age 75, and her family from Myanmar, also known as Burma, at the Ban Mai Nai Soi refugee camp near the border with Thailand.
2 Female octopus Regina passes by the Ghanaian national flag during an oracle event at Sea Life Aquarium in Berlin, on the eve of the Germany vs Ghana match at the FIFA World Championship 2014 in Brazil.
3 Costa Rica's forward Bryan Ruiz celebrates after scoring his team's first goal during a Group D match between Italy and Costa Rica at the Pernambuco Arena in Recife during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
4 A boy poses for a photo in front of a large figure of England football player Wayne Rooney at the entrance of a mall in Beijing, China.
5 Chelsea Pensioners react on the fourth day of the Ascot horse racing festival at Ascot in southern England.
6 Policemen drag away a protester during a demonstration of artists and entertainment workers, known as "intermittents du spectacle", near the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs (DRAC) in Lille, northern France, to protest against the government's plans to reform their status.
7 A man carries a girl on his back as he wades through a flooded street after heavy rainfalls hit Changsha, Hunan province, China.
8 A bedside lamp is reflected in a window in a room of a Reuters photographer during a rainy day in Manaus, Brazil, June 19, 2014.
9 Protesters demonstrate in Sao Paulo, Brazil on June 19, 2014 to mark the first demontsrations against the rise of public bus and subway fare a year ago.
10 Graduates jump as they pose for photographs in front of the Tiananmen Gate and the giant portrait of late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong, on the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, June 19, 2014.
11 A tiger looks at a trainer during an open training for media at Fuentes Boys Circus in Mexico City, Mexico, June 19, 2014.
June 22, 2014
1 A spectator holds up a message for Russia before the start of the 2014 World Cup Group H soccer match against Belgium at Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2 Belgian fans wave during their 2014 World Cup Group H soccer match against Russia at Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro June 22, 2014.
3 An Israeli soldier is seen during clashes with Palestinian stone throwers in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
4 A Hindu devotee performs a stunt with his motorcycle during a rehearsal for the annual Rath Yatra, or chariot procession, in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. The annual religious procession commemorates a journey by Hindu god Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra, in specially made chariots.
5 A blue-and-yellow Macaw parrot sits in his enclosure in the zoo in Gotha, Germany.
6 Military history enthusiasts dressed as Germany Nazi troops take part in the staged battle "Summer 1941" near the village of Ivanovskoye, some 60 km outside Moscow, Russia, during the "War of Motors 2014" Festival marking the 73rd anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.
7 A car travels along the scenic avenue of beech trees at Dark Hedges situated 50 miles North from Belfast in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
8 Thousands of New Yorkers are marking the first day of summer by practicing yoga in Times Square, during the 12th annual Solstice in Times Square, sponsored by the Times Square Alliance and Athleta, Gap Inc.'s exercise-wear brand, June 21, 2014.
9 The sun rises as thousands of revelers gathered at the ancient stone circle Stonehenge, near Salisbury, England, to celebrate the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, June 21, 2014.
10 Strong waves hit the coast of Saint-Gilles de la Réunion on the French Indian Ocean island of La Réunion.
11 Vocalist Christian Zucconi of the Grouplove band greets fans during a performance at the Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Delaware, USA, June 21, 2014. The four-day festival is set at the 105-acre grounds on the Dover International Speedway where many well known bands will perform.
June 23, 2014
1 Afghan farmers load a donkey as they harvest wheat on the outskirts of Herat.
2 Female North Korean soldiers walk along the banks of the Yalu River near the town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong.
3 Actresses Angelina Jolie, right, and Elle Fanning wave during the premiere of "Maleficent" in Tokyo, Japan.
4 A young Chilean fan looks out onto the pitch before the group B World Cup soccer match between the Netherlands and Chile at the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
5 Ed Pollard, from left, Tina Termsomket and John Courte react after Portugal scored against USA during the first half while watching a televised group G World Cup soccer match in in Newport Beach, California, June 22, 2014.
6 A traffic sign and the tips of street lamps are seen in floodwaters as a riverside street is submerged by an overflowing river after heavy rainfalls hit Lanxi, Zhejiang province, China, June 22, 2014.
7 Visitors wearing umbrella hats sit and queue to enter the grounds on the first day at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London.
8 A man dressed in a red and yellow costume representing the devil, known as El Colacho, jumps over babies placed on a mattress during traditional Corpus Christi celebrations in Castrillo de Murcia, near Burgos, northern Spain.
9 The Missile Defense Agency conducts a flight test, known as a ground-based interceptor-06b, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, June 22, 2014. (Credit: Missile Defense Agency photo)
10 A resident feeds a cherry to an orphaned squirrel in New Delhi, India. The squirrel was rescued from a tree which fell during a recent thunderstorm in the city.
June 24, 2014
1 A female-announcer robot called Otonaroid speaks during a press event at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation Miraikan in Tokyo, Japan. The latest creations from Japanese android expert Hiroshi Ishiguro are the Otonaroid, a female robot called Kodomoroid, and Telenoid, a hairless mannequin head with pointed arms that serves as a cuddly companion.
2 Uruguay's Diego Godin, second right, heads the ball to score his side's first goal during the group D World Cup soccer match between Italy and Uruguay at the Arena das Dunas in Natal, Brazil.
3 Lebanese civil defense firefighters put out a fire at the site of a car bomb attack in the mainly Shi'ite populated Shayyah neighborhood of a Beirut southern suburb.
4 Members of an Iraqi volunteer force put on their new boots in the Shi'ite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad.
5 Devotees covered in mud and wearing costumes made from banana leaves attend mass as they take part in a religious festival in honor of St. John the Baptist, also known locally as the "mud people" festival in Aliaga, Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, Philippines.
6 Serena Williams of the U.S. slips during her women's singles tennis match against Anna Tatishvili of the U.S. at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, in London.
7 A rider rears up on his horse while surrounded by a cheering crowd during the traditional Fiesta of San Joan (Saint John) in downtown Ciutadella, on the Spanish Balearic Island of Menorca, June 23, 2014. The riders of the horses are representatives of ancient Ciutadella society - nobility, clergy, craftsmen and farmers.
8 A surfer jumps off the pier into Port Phillip Bay to take advantage of the waves as a storm lashes the Melbourne area, Australia.
9 Castellers Colla Joves Xiquets de Valls start to form a human tower called "castells" during the Sant Joan festival at Plaza del Blat square in Valls, south of Barcelona, Spain.
10 This image captured by Expedition 40 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman from the International Space Station shows Earth and the stars. Among the "stellar" scene is part of the constellation Orion, near the center of the frame.
11 A local youth takes a selfie in front of Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to St. George's indoor market on in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
12 Members of a Malaysian hazardous disaster emergency response team wearing protective suits take part in a trasportation emergency response drill 'Ex-Eagle' on a highway near Bentong, outside Kuala Lumpur.
13 Workers put final touches on decorations made of flowers at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China
June 25, 2014
1 Some of the thousands of platinum mineworkers report for work at Lonmin, Anglo American Platinum, mine in Marikana, South Africa, following the resolution of the five-month strike.
2 A pro-democracy activist scuffles with police officers while China's top official in charge of relations with Taiwan Zhang Zhijun (not pictured), arrives at the Taoyuan International Airport, northern Taiwan.
3 A festival goer erects tipis at Worthy Farm in Somerset during the first day of the Glastonbury Festival, Britain.
4 A protester throws a molotov cocktail at Bolivarian National Police during a protest against the government of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, June 24, 2014.
5 Cable cars decorated to look like soccer balls are seen over La Paz city, Bolivia.
6 Fans of Nigeria hold up signs referring to the Boko Haram kidnapping during their 2014 World Cup Group F soccer match against Argentina at Beira Rio stadium in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
7 Italy's Giorgio Chiellini shows his shoulder, claiming he was bitten by Uruguay's Luis Suarez, during their 2014 World Cup Group D soccer match at Dunas arena in Natal, Brazil, June 24, 2014.
8 A South Korean girl listens to her grandfather as they stand before a photo exhibition of the Korean War at the National Cemetery in Seoul as the country marks the 64th anniversary of the start of the Korean War.
9 A woman tries out a swing in front of a screen featuring New York scene during the new Air France Exhibition called "Air France, France is in the Air" in New York.
10 A Pakistani health worker administers the polio vaccine to a child during a vaccination campaign in Bannu.
11 A child collects eggs from a van carrying chickens at a wholesale market in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
12 New vehicles park at a Chinese automobile factory in Shenyang, Liaoning province.
June 26, 2014
1 Alex Dubin, 17, center top, reacts with other U.S. fans while watching the 2014 World Cup soccer match between the United States and Germany at a public viewing party in San Francisco.
2 U.S. fans are seen before the 2014 World Cup Group G soccer match between the U.S. and Germany at Pernambuco arena in Recife, Brazil.
3 A Muslim boy reacts as he takes part in a special prayer for better rainfall, in Mumbai, India.
4 People attend a mass rally against "U.S. Imperialists" at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
5 Destruction is seen following a reported barrel-bomb attack by Syrian government forces in the northern city of Aleppo.
6 Israeli soldiers take part in a search operation in the West Bank village of Awarta as part of the operation to locate the three teenagers the army believes were abducted by Islamist movement Hamas on June 12.
7 A child stands beside a plastic cow provided by a mobile telecoms company enabling free wifi for festival goers as revelers gather ahead of this weekend's Glastonbury Festival of Music and Performing Arts on Worthy Farm near Pilton in Somerset, south west England.
8 Players battle for the ball during a match at the swamp soccer China tournament in Beijing.
9 People watch as a pile of seized narcotics is set ablaze during a ceremony commemorating International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Tehran, Iran.
10 A man walks by a mural made of rice plants at a paddy field in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China.
11 A woman poses for a photograph in front of a 3D painting at Hong Kong 3D Museum.
12 A model wears a creation for Rick Owens men's spring-summer 2015 fashion collection, presented in Paris, France.
1 An officer of Malaysia's Islamic authority uses a telescope to perform "rukyah", the sighting of the new moon of Ramadan, in Putrajaya outside Kuala Lumpur. Muslims scan the sky at dusk in the beginning of the lunar calendar's ninth month in search of the new moon to proclaim the start of Ramadan, Islam's holiest month.
2 An Iraqi Christian woman fleeing violence in the village of Qaraqush and Bartala kisses the head of a statue representing a Christian saint at a community center in the Kurdish city of Arbil in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.
3 Students from an all-girls Catholic school, St. Scholastica's College, wear masks depicting kidnapped African school girls, in Manila, the Philippines. More than 1,000 girls took part in the protest aimed at voicing outrage over the kidnapping of more than 200 girls from a northeast Nigerian school in April by Boko Haram militants.
4 People gather in Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) to celebrate the signing of a free-trade agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, in central Kyiv.
5 From left, Slovakian FMr Miroslav Lajcak, State Secretary of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto and Austrian FM Sebatian Kurz bow their heads at a monument, a remaining part of the former barbed wire fence, as they mark the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the dismantling of the Iron Curtain between Hungary and Austria at Sopronkohida, 208 kms west of Budapest.
6 A woman and her dog ride in a rickshaw through floodwaters in Gauhati, India. Several people have been killed due to electrocution and landslides triggered by incessant rains in India’s northeastern state of Assam.
7 Chinese honor guards prepare for the arrival of Myanmar (also known as Burma) President U Thein Sein and Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. A string is set up to ensure members of the guard stand in a straight line.
8 A displaced Pakistani mother and daughter wait to get relief supplies at a distribution center in Bannu, Pakistan. Thousands of Pakistani tribal people fled their villages in North Waziristan following a massive crack down operation against militants launched by the Pakistan army.
9 Fans of the Japanese national football (soccer) team try to take pictures of players as they return from Brazil to their home country at Narita International Airport near Tokyo.
10 Girls sit near mannequins displaying hijabs for sale at Tanah Abang market, ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Jakarta, Indonesia.
11 Spectators sit under umbrellas in No. 2 Court as it starts to rain on day five of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London.
12 U.S. artist Tracy Lee Stum (L) and her assistants work on the "Singing Dragon" interactive 3-D street painting as they take part in the 4th Krasnoyarsk International Music Festival of the Asian-Pacific region in central Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia.
13 A festival-goer cheers in front of the Other Stage at Worthy Farm in Somerset, Great Britain, during the Glastonbury Festival.
14 An employee of Bonham's auction house examines an untitled stainless steel sculpture by Anish Kapoor during a press preview in London ahead of the Post-War and Contemporary Art Sale on July 2. The sculpture's value is estimated to be between $765,000-$1,105,000 USD.
June 29, 2014
1 A boy watches helpers distribute food as he waits to break fast with devotees on the first day of Ramadan at a mosque in Singapore.
2 Muslims attend an evening mass prayer session called "tarawih" to mark the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 28, 2014.
3 Young visitors peer through scopes of guns beside People's Liberation Army (PLA) Hong Kong garrison soldiers during an open day at Shek Kong airbase in Hong Kong.
4 An Iraqi Kurd helps block a road during a demonstration against the fuel crisis in Irbil.
5 Indian rescue workers look for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed multi-storeyed building in Porur town, situated on the outskirts of Chennai. At least nine people were killed and dozens feared trapped after an 11-storey residential block crumbled, officials said.
6 A young man carries his instrument during the oldest folklore festival of Europe in Straznice, south Moravia, 80 km southeast from Brno, Czech Republic.
7 A photographer takes pictures of Lhasa Apso dogs in a basket, during a Dog and Cat Expo in Manila, Philippines.
8 A Mexican supporter cheers for his team ahead of the Round of 16 football match between Netherlands and Mexico at Castelao Stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil, during the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
9 Mexico's Paul Aguilar falls into the photographers pit during the 2014 World Cup round of 16 game between Mexico and the Netherlands at Castelao arena in Fortaleza, Brazil.
10 A fan of the Netherlands holding a mock World Cup trophy cheers before the start of the 2014 World Cup round of 16 game between Netherlands and Mexico at Castelao arena in Fortaleza, Brazil.
11 Sailing boats leave Stockholm harbor for the start of the annual AF Offshore Race.
12 Participants perform stunts in front of St. Isaac's Cathedral during a festival of youth street culture in St.Petersburg, Russia, June 28, 2014.
13 Members of the English National Ballet perform on the Pyramid stage at Worthy Farm in Somerset, during the Glastonbury Festival, Britain.
14 Visitors take photographs of sand sculptures on the beach at the Northsea town of Ostend, Belgium.
15 Canadian hooper Rebecca Halls performs with illuminated hula hoops at the Hula Hoop Festival Hoopurbia 2014 in Berlin, Germany.
June 30, 2014
1 Members of the class of the New York City Police Academy raise hands during their graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden in New York.
2 Members of the class of the New York City Police Academy embrace during their graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden in New York.
3 Rescuers holds babies as the Italian military ship "Chimera" - with around 350 would-be immigrants onboard - arrives in the port of Pozzallo, Sicily, one day after a rescue operation off the coast of Sicily.
4 A woman cries near her burning house after shelling by government forces in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine.
5 Children play in the water covered with algae at a beach in Qingdao, east China's Shandong province.
6 This picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspecting a tactical rocket firing drill by the Korean People's Army Strategic Force at an undisclosed location.
7 Indian policemen use batons to disperse youth-wing workers of country's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during a protest outside the state assembly in the northern city of Lucknow. Hundreds of workers protested against the state government over what they say is deteriorating law-and-order situation in the Uttar Pradesh state, local media reported.
8 South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius sits in the dock at the High Court in Pretoria after spending 30 days under psychiatric observation to determine if he should be held criminally responsible for the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
9 In this handout photo made available by Red Bull, David Colturi of the USA dives from the 28-meter platform at the Serpent's Lair during the third stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at Inis Mor, Aran Islands, Ireland, June 29, 2014
10 A Malaysian religious student reads the Koran at a school during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Hulu Langat, near Kuala Lumpur.
11 An Israeli surfer walks on the beach in the coastal city of Netanya, north of Tel Aviv, as the sun sets over the Mediterranean Sea.
12 Russian sailors look through porthole as they arrive aboard the Smolniy in Saint-Nazaire, western France.
13 A model gets her face painted during Mulafest 2014 Festival of Urban Trends, at Ifema in Madrid, Spain, June 29, 2014.
14 A Nepalese woman carries paddy saplings before replanting them at a rice field in Chunnikhel, Katmandu.
