July 01, 2014
1 Flames are seen after a blast on the top floor of the family home of an alleged abductor in the West Bank City of Hebron. The bodies of three missing Israeli teenagers were found in the occupied West Bank and Israel vowed to punish Hamas, the Palestinian group it accuses of kidnapping and killing them.
2 An Argentina fan cheers prior to a Round of 16 football match between Argentina and Switzerland at Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo, Brazil, during the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
3 Hair artist and master barber Rob Ferrel (L), known as "Rob the Original", cuts the likeness of Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi on the head of customer Vincent Hernandez, at his barbershop in San Antonio, Texas, USA, June 30, 2014.
4 Some members of the newly elected Iraqi parliament point fingers at each other after an argument broke out at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad.
5 A bolt of lightening strikes near the top of the Willis tower in downtown Chicago, Illinois, June 30, 2014.
6 Hindu priests sit in cauldrons of water and rose petals as they perform the "Parjanya Varun Yagam", a special prayer for rain, in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
7 Young American pilot Matt Guthmiller, from Aberdeen, South Dakota, flashes a thumbs-up sign from his single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza A36 plane after landing at the Manila International Airport at suburban Pasay city, Philippilippines. Guthmiller, 17, is attempting to be the youngest pilot to fly solo around the world. He has eight more legs to complete his feat with Darwin, Australia, as his next stop.
8 Residents marched through the streets of downtown Hong Kong to push for greater democracy.
9 A man dries strands of vermicelli at a factory in the northern Indian city of Allahabad.
10 Hugo, a 63-year-old Gaalapagos Tortoise, is enticed out of his enclosure with a carrot by a keeper before his annual weighing at the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby near Sydney, Australia. At 166 kilograms (366 lbs), he weighs one kilogram more than last year. The life expectancy of a Galapagos Tortoise is up to 180 years.
11 Sri Lankan policemen stand next to their new motorcycles at a ceremony in Colombo marking the official distribution of 279 high-powered units to traffic constables across the country.
July 02, 2014
1 This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administraion (NOAA) GOES West satellite image shows Tropical Storm Arthur. Heavy rains are expected to affect the southern U.S. coastline over the next several days as the National Hurricane Center expects Arthur to strengthen into a hurricane.
2 A Palestinian kicks a tire after setting it ablaze during clashes with Israeli police in Shuafat, an Arab suburb of Jerusalem. The discovery of a body in a Jerusalem forest raised suspicions that a missing Palestinian youth had been killed by Israelis avenging the deaths of three abducted Jewish teens.
3 Belgium's Marouane Fellaini kicks the ball near Jermaine Jones of the U.S. during the 2014 World Cup round of 16 game at Fonte Nova arena in Salvador, Brazil, July 1, 2014. Belgium won the match 2-1.
4 Harrison Heiman, center, and Lindsay Heiman, right, react with fellow fans while watching the 2014 World Cup soccer match between the United States and Belgium at a viewing party in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, July 1, 2014.
5 A pile of mild stimulant drug Khat lies beside the wreckage of a Fokker 50 cargo plane after it crashed into a building after takeoff at Kenyatta International Airport, in Nairobi, Kenya.
6 A Madame Tussauds employee prepares the wax figures of Britain's Prince William, left, and his wife Kate, right, the Duchess of Cambridge, in London. The wax figures of the royal couple were given a new look two years after they were introduced into the attraction.
7 Members of the media are unable to see the launch of the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, with the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite onboard due to heavy fog at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. OCO-2 will measure the global distribution of carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earth’s climate.
8 Former First Lady Imelda Marcos kisses the glass coffin of her husband, the late President Ferdinand Marcos, who remains unburied since his death in 1989, during her 85th birthday celebration in Ferdinand Marcos' hometown of Batac, Ilocos Norte province, in northern Philippines.
9 A Kosovo Bosnian woman, Arleta Sahiti is seen after her face was painted during a traditional wedding ceremony of Bosnian women from Zhupa region, at the Ethnological Museum in Pristina.
10 Serbia's Novak Djokovic falls into the net during the men's singles quarter-final match against Croatia's Marin Cilic on day nine of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London.
July 03, 2014
1 Afghan villagers flock around free food donated by other villagers as they prepare to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan in Kabul.
2 A young environmental activist holds a placard calling for a ban of the use of plastic bags, in Manila, Philippines, while rubbish is removed (R) from the bay.
3 Supporters of Egypt's former President Mohamed Morsi run from tear gas during clashes with police in Cairo.
4 Chinese President Xi Jinping greets children waving Chinese and South Korean national flags during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea.
5 A view of a house destroyed in an air strike carried out by Ukrainian armed forces in the village of Stanitsa Luganskaya.
6 A circus worker performs as part of a protest against a law prohibiting the use of animals in circuses, in downtown Mexico City, Mexico, July 2, 2014,.
7 Fishermen push a part of a burnt truck against a water cannon as they clash with riot policemen during a protest against a fisheries law, which they say the government has failed to improve, in Valparaiso city, northwest of Santiago, Chile, July 2, 2014.
8 Lightning strikes One World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, as the sun sets behind the city after a summer storm, July 2, 2014.
9 Life-sized Thomas the Tank Engine (R) and Hiro (L) are surrounded by the media, at Senzu station on Japan's Oigawa railway, in the town of Kawanehon in Shizuoka prefecture, west of Tokyo. Rides on popular British character Thomas the Tank Engine will be offered to the public from July 12 through Oct. 12 between Shinkanaya and Senzu stations.
10 San Diego Padres starting pitcher Tyson Ross is doused by teammates after pitching a 3-0 shutout complete baseball game over the Cincinnati Reds, in San Diego, California, USA, July 2, 2014.
July 04, 2014
1 Katie Bender gets some assistance from Johanna Bender (L) as they dump water from a boot while sitting on a flooded street after Hurricane Arthur passed through in Manteo, N.C.
2 U.S. Vice President Joe Biden greets a young spectator as he marches in an Independence Day parade at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
3 Belarusian sportsmen perform during a parade marking Independence Day in Minsk, Belarus, late July 3, 2014.
4 Technicians work on the renovation of the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, France.
5 Children of a kindergarten admire the giant mouth of a primeval Megalodon shark model at the Natural History Museum in Schleusingen, central Germany.
6 A member of the Chap Olympiad group known as "Auntie Maureen" (L) poses for photographs at the press launch of London's highest lawn in the Shard building, Britain.
7 A young soccer fan shouts from outside the stadium fence asking to enter Brazil's soccer team training session in Fortaleza, Brazil, July 3, 2014.
8 A policeman looks at a car crushed underneath a collapsed bridge in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, July 3, 2014.
9 French actor and director Guillaume Canet looks on before competing in the six bar contest of the "Paris Eiffel Jumping" event at the Champs de Mars in Paris, near the Eiffel tower.
10 A costumed student of the art of puppetry is pictured during the presentation of the production of "anti-corrosion" in Erfurt, eastern Germany, during the puppet theater festival "Synergura."
11 A veterinarian examines rare cheetah sextuplets in Burgers Zoo in Arnhem, The Netherlands. A cheetah normally gives birth to 2-4 young. The kittens were born on 24 May, but are now seen for the first time by the public.
July 06, 2014
1 A reveler tries to hold on to a wild horse during the "Rapa Das Bestas" traditional event in the Spanish northwestern village of Sabucedo. On the first weekend of the month of July, hundreds of wild horses are rounded up, trimmed and groomed in different villages in the Spanish northwestern region of Galicia.
2 People cheer after hearing the midday "Chupinazo" rocket announcing the start of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain. Tens of thousands of party-goers holding red scarves squeeze into the town hall to kick off 204 hours of music, dancing, drinking, bullfighting and for the brave or unwary, an 825 meter (902 yard) daily sprint in front of six fighting bulls known as the Running of The Bulls.
3 The band plays music after the launch of the 'Chupinazo' rocket, to celebrate the official opening of the 2014 San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona, Spain.
4 Volunteer firefighters extinguish a forest fire in Kareas suburb, east of Athens, Greece.
5 Tariq Khdeir (R) is greeted by his mother after being released from jail in Jerusalem. An Israeli judge released the 15-year-old American of Palestinian descent from jail and placed under house arrest. Khdeir was detained and beaten by Israeli police in East Jerusalem. Khdeir, from Tampa, Florida, is a cousin of Mohammed Abu Khudeir, 16, whose abduction and killing in Jerusalem sparked violent protests and calls from Palestinians for a new uprising against Israel.
6 People look on as water gushes from the Xiaolangdi Reservoir section on the Yellow River, during a sand-washing operation in Jiyuan, Henan province, China, July 5, 2014.
7 Workers carefully unload 21-foot crocodile robot "Longlong" from the roof of a van in Crocodile Park in Pasay city, metro Manila, Philippines, July 5, 2014.
8 Kuwaiti security forces arrive at the scene during a demonstration of supporters of opposition leader and former MP Mussallam al-Barrak to demand his release in Kuwait City. Barrak is held in custody for alleged slander and insults to the supreme judicial council.
9 Members of Colombia’s national soccer team are welcomed home from the World Cup, in Bogota, Colombia.
10 Taiwan's panda cub Yuan Zai enjoys her birthday cake, in celebration of her first birthday at the Taipei Zoo in Taipei.
11 Belarus' Catholics attend the annual celebration of Icon of the Mother of God in Budslav, some 150 km north of Minsk, July 5, 2014.
12 Lotus F1 team driver Pastor Maldonado goes off the track after colliding with Sauber driver Esteban Guitiererrez during the British Grand Prix at the Silverstone Race Circuit, central England.
13 A participant gets a shower after a handball match at the "Wattoluempiade," or Mud Olympics, in the northern German city of Brunsbuettel.
14 Netherlands' goalkeeper Tim Krul saves the last penalty kick during the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between the Netherlands and Costa Rica at Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, Brazil, July 5, 2014.
July 07, 2014
1 Buddhist devotees wait in line to get inside the venue of the Dalai Lama's teachings on the fifth day of Kalachakra near Leh, India.
2 Israeli soldiers ride atop a tank outside the southern Gaza Strip. Israel launched a series of air strikes on Gaza to quell Hamas rocket fire, and the Islamist group's armed wing said seven of its gunmen were killed.
3 Malnourished children receive treatment at the Leer Hospital, South Sudan. Hundreds of thousands of people were cut off from critical, lifesaving medical care after the Leer Hospital, run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), was ransacked and destroyed in the final days of January and early February.
4 About 7,000 musicians play brass instruments during the 45th Landesposaunentag (Trombone Day), in Ulm, southern Germany, July 6, 2014.
5 An estimated 1,000 Tibetan prayer flags flutter in the wind as they form the shape of a giant pagoda at Khadiravana Center, Hua Hin, Thailand's only institution dedicated to the teaching and learning of Tibetan Buddhism and the art and culture of Tibet and the Himalayas, July 6, 2014. (Photo taken by Matthew Richards/VOA reader)
6 Bell (R) catches a ball next to owner Nao Omura as they ride on a wave during the animal surfing portion of the Mabo Royal Kj Cup surfing contest at Tsujido beach in Fujisawa, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, July 6, 2014.
7 Models wear creations by Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons for Dior's Fall-Winter 2014-2015 Haute Couture fashion collection, in Paris, France.
8 A model presents a creation by Bulgarian designers Livia Stoianova and Yassen Samouilov as part of the Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014-2015 fashion show for fashion house On Aura Tout Vu in Paris, France.
9 People fish along the bank of the Yellow River as the Sammenxia Dam discharges flood waters downstream in Pinglu, Shanxi province, China, July 6, 2014.
10 Kristina, a 2 year-old Bulgarian girl wearing a traditional outfit, sits on the grass during a wedding in Pchelina, Bulgaria, July 6, 2014.
11 A reveler gets gored by a bull during the "Bous a la Mar" festival in the eastern Spanish coastal town of Denia.
12 A pack of riders cycles passes the Big Ben clock tower and Houses of Parliament during the third 155 km stage of the Tour de France cycling race from Cambridge to London.
July 08, 2014
1 Local residents talk in front of an Ukrainian armored personnel carrier (APC) in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk.
2 Smoke and flames are seen following what police said was an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Israel bombarded dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip, stepping up what it said might become a long-term offensive against Islamist Hamas.
3 A roadside tree falls due to strong winds of Typhoon Neoguri in Naha, on Japan's southern island of Okinawa, in this photo taken by Kyodo.
4 Electoral workers, escorted by police officers and soldiers, use horses to transport ballot boxes to polling stations in remote areas in Tlogosari, East Java, Indonesia. The world's third-largest democracy prepares to elect a new president on July 9.
5 Passengers travel on an overcrowded train at Loni town in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
6 Participants run in front of Dolores Aguirre Ybarra's bulls during the second bull-run of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain.
7 A child cries next to a "Kiliki" during the San Fermin festival's Comparsa de gigantes y cabezudos (Parade of the giants and the big heads) in Pamplona, Spain.
8 Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah take down a large portrait of President Hamid Karzai before a gathering in Kabul.
9 A car is seen parked on its roof in front of shops with upside down signs in a street of Nantes, western France, as part of the "A journey to Nantes" (Le Voyage a Nantes) art festival.
10 A man leaps through one of a series of 17 sculptures made of copper and steel panels cut out with various sizes of human silhouettes by Cuban-born artist Arles del Rio in New York's Times Square.
11 An Indian farmer looks at the sky on the outskirts of Ahmadabad.
12 A jet aircraft takes off as lightning strikes across the sky during a monsoon storm at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 7, 2014.
July 09, 2014
1 A downed tree lies atop a crushed car in Philadelphia. About 228,000 homes and businesses across Pennsylvania, USA, remain without power after severe thunderstorms raced across the state.
2 Indonesian election officials are dressed as horror characters to attract voters in Surabaya city in eastern Java island and deliver a message to the elected leader to clean the "evils" in government.
3 Marine rescue workers from Sea World attempt to help a juvenile humpback whale stranded at Palm Beach on the Gold Coast, in Queensland, Australia.
4 Germany's Thomas Mueller (L) scores the team's first goal next to Brazil's David Luiz (4) as Marcelo (6) and Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar (12) watch during the 2014 World Cup semi-finals at Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, July 8, 2014.
5 A Brazil soccer fan cries as Germany scores against her team at a World Cup semifinal match as she watches the game on a live telecast in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, July 8, 2014.
6 Cars are seen in a sunken open-air parking lot after heavy rainfall hit Chengdu, Sichuan province, China. Four cars fell into the pit and one was left stuck on the edge of a railing as the ground sunk, according to local media.
7 A Bosnian woman cries at a coffin of her relative, one of 173 coffins of newly identified victims from the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in the Potocari Memorial Center, near Srebrenica.
8 A man bathes in the waters of a tube well in the morning at Salamatpur village in the northern Indian state of Punjab.
9 Revelers run on Estafeta Street during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain.
10 Ukrainian fighters fire flares as they fly above headquarters of the Ukrainian forces near north-eastern city of Izyum, July 8 2014.
11 Museum worker Brittany Janaszak cleans a 94-foot-long blue whale model made of fiberglass and polyurethane, at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, New York, July 8, 2014.
12 A model presents a wedding dress creation by Lebanese designer Elie Saab as part of his Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2014-2015 fashion show in Paris, France.
13 People cool off in the summer heat at a water park in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China, July 8, 2014.
July 10, 2014
1 Palestinians standing behind the gate of Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip hold their passports as they try to cross into Egypt. At least 74 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in Israel's Gaza offensive, Palestinian officials said.
2 Lebanese and Palestinian protesters set fire to U.S. and Israeli flags during a demonstration to denounce Israeli air strikes on the Gaza strip, in Lebanon's southern port-city of Sidon.
3 Israeli tanks stand on the edge of a cabbage field outside the central Gaza Strip.
4 Buddhist monks sit on the grass as they pray in front of the Royal Palace during a ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A three-day royal procession to take the remains of late Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk from the cremation site to the Royal Palace began on July 10.
5 Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters help a fellow fighter who was wounded during what the FSA said was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the southern Idlib countryside July 9, 2014.
6 Players partially encased in giant plastic inflatable balls roll over on the ground, their legs in the air, during their bubble soccer match in Beijing, China.
7 A man gestures as he climbs wood stacked for a bonfire on the Shankill Road in West Belfast, Northern Ireland.
8 A Bosnian Muslim man searches for the coffin of his relative, which is one of the 175 coffins of newly identified victims from the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in the Potocari Memorial Center, near Srebrenica.
9 A man clears debris at an area affected by a landslide caused by Typhoon Neoguri in Nagiso town, Nagano prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo.
10 A pack of riders cycles during the 194 km sixth stage of the Tour de France cycling race from Arras to Reims.
11 Swiss artist Dave Pflugi shows the shape of his sculpture named 'The Seeds of Victory' in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
12 Workers repair an electricity power line damaged during shelling near a power station outside the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine.
13 Argentine players react after Maxi Rodriguez scored the winning goal during a penalty shootout after extra time during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between the Netherlands and Argentina at Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo Brazil, July 9, 2014.
14 A model presents a creation of Dice Kayek during the 2014-2015 Haute Couture Fall-Winter collection fashion show in Paris, France.
July 11, 2014
1 A ball of fire is seen following an Israeli air strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Israeli warplanes kept up deadly raids on Gaza but failed to stop Palestinian militants firing rockets across the border, as the U.S. offered to help negotiate a truce.
2 A Bosnian Muslim woman cries near coffins during a memorial ceremony and funeral in Srebrenica. Thousands of people gathered at the Potocari Memorial Center to remember the 175 victims of Europe's worst massacre since World War II.
3 Muslim schoolgirls pose as they pray for 'World Peace' on 'World Population Day' in Jodhpur, India. World Population Day, which was established by the U.N. Development Program in 1989, is observed annually to raise awareness of global population issues.
4 Indonesian demonstrators, some splashed with red paint, stage a huge pro-Palestinian rally in Jakarta condemning Israel's offensive in Gaza.
5 An Iranian woman makes her way between copies of the Quran, Islam's holy book, prepared for a ceremony during Ramadan at the shrine of Saint Mohammad Helal Ibn Ali in the city of Aran and Bidgol, some 140 miles (225 kilometers) south Tehran.
6 The Royal guards carry a cinerary urn, upper right, which contains the ashes of the late former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk at the Royal Palace during a three-day Buddhist ceremony, in Phnom Penh.
7 Argentinian fans play football (soccer) on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, two days before the 2014 FIFA World Cup final between Germany and Argentina.
8 Myanmar (also known as Burma) journalists release imprisoned birds after a prayer session in Yangon in support of four reporters and the chief executive of the Yangon-based "Unity Journal." The journalists were sentenced Thursday to 10 years of hard prison labor for violating national security by writing and publishing stories about a weapons factory.
9 Andrew Talansky of the U.S. crashes as the pack with stage winner Italy's Matteo Trentin, foreground left, sprints towards the finish line during the 7th stage of the Tour de France.
10 Donetsk People's Republic platoon commander Arsen Pavlov, also known as Motorola, and Elena Kolenkina exchange rings during their wedding ceremony in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.
11 Jandilla fighting bulls run after revelers during the Running of the Bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain. Revelers from around the world arrive in Pamplona every year to take part in eight days of festivities.
12 A woman rides a ferry on the harbor in New York City.
13 A Bengal tiger named "Pnoy" licks the glass cage as he takes a bath at Malabon Zoo in Malabon city, north of Manila, Philippines.
14 Competitors clear hurdles during a heat of the men's 110m hurdles during the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland.
15 Malaysian Muslims break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan with the backdrop of a mosque in Shah Alam.
July 13, 2014
1 An Argentina and Germany fan with their faces painted in the national colors cheer before the 2014 FIFA World Cup final football match between Germany and Argentina at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2 A nun holding an Argentine national soccer team jersey with the number of player Lionel Messi, smiles as she waits for Pope Francis' Sunday Angelus prayer in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican.
3 A Kashmiri woman from behind a curtain of a window in Srinagar, India
4 The son of one of the Palestinian members of Tayseer Al-Batsh's family, who hospital officials said were killed in an Israeli air strike, mourns during their funeral in Gaza City.
5 People walk in front of paper lanterns during the annual Mitama Festival at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan. Over 30,000 lanterns light up the precincts of the shrine, where more than 2.4 million war dead are enshrined, during the four-day festival.
6 A combination photo shows Mahindra Moto3 rider Bryan Schouten of the Netherlands fighting with compatriot Kalex KTM Moto3 rider Scott Deroue (R) after they crashed during the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring circuit in the eastern German town of Hohen
7 A young migrant girl waits for a freight train in Ixtepec, Mexico, to depart to the U.S. border, July 12, 2014. The number of unaccompanied minors detained on the U.S. border has more than tripled since 2011.
8 Georgian honor guards carry the coffin of the deceased former President Eduard Shevardnadze, covered by National flag, from the Holy Trinity Cathedral during his funeral service in Tbilisi. The late president,86, has been buried next to his wife in the the Krtsanisi Presidential Residence of Tbilisi.
9 The Supermoon rises over houses in Olvera, in the southern Spanish province of Cadiz, July 12, 2014.
10 An Indian Hindu male devotee dressed as a woman dances during the festival of "Bonalu", a ritual offering to the goddess Kali, at the Sri Ujjaini Mahakali Temple in Secunderabad.
July 14, 2014
1 An Argentine fan stands between policemen as they gather to welcome their team outside the Argentine Football Association (AFA) in Buenos Aires after Argentina lost to Germany in their 2014 World Cup final soccer match.
2 Germany's Mario Goetze celebrates his goal against Argentina with teammates (L-R) Andre Schuerrle ,Thomas Mueller and Benedikt Hoewedes during extra time in their 2014 World Cup final at Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 13, 2014.
3 Kashmiri protesters shout slogans against the Israeli military operation in Gaza strip from inside a police vehicle after they were detained during a protest in Srinagar, India.
4 Soldiers use a crane to lift an aft section of a helicopter retrieved from a pond following its crash in Prey Sar village at the outskirt of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
5 Armored vehicles drive down the Champs-Elysees avenue during the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris, France.
6 Volunteers, who will be hostesses of Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games, smile and wave during training in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, July 13, 2014. The eastern Chinese city will host the 2014 Youth Olympic Games between August 16-28.
7 A school boy runs to get drenched in a large wave during high tide at a sea front in Mumbai.
8 A Thai woman rides a motorbike while transporting Siberian Huskies in a sidecar on the main road that runs through the beach resort town of Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, central Thailand, July 4, 2014. (Photo taken by Matthew Richards/Thailand/
9 Participants swim together with a portrait of late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong in the Hanjiang River, a large branch of the Yangtze River in Xiangyang, in Hubei province, July 13, 2014, to celebrate the upcoming 48th anniversary of Mao swimming in the Yangtze River on July 16, 1966, local media reported.
10 A pro-Russian separatist stands guard near a rally in support of Novorossiya (New Russia) on Lenin Square in the center of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, July 13, 2014.
11 A runner is gored by a Miura fighting bull at the Estafeta corner during the eighth running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain.
12 Cruise liner Costa Concordia is seen during a refloat operation at Giglio harbour at Giglio Island, Italy.
July 15, 2014
1 A view of a multiple rocket launcher during an exercise in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang.
2 A man arranges a box containing signatures of South Koreans petitioning for the enactment of a special law after the mid-April Sewol ferry disaster, at Yeouido Park in Seoul. The petition is demanding the government for an impartial investigation into the disaster, as well as just punishment for those responsible and measures to prevent its recurrence, according to local media.
3 A Filipino Muslim woman, with colors of Palestinian flag painted on her face, cries as she embraces her child during a rally held by the Anak Mindanao (Children of Mindanao) Party List group outside the Israeli embassy in Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines.
4 An Indian fisherman waits and watches to cast his net into the River Daya near Basantapur village, some 20 kilometers from Bhubaneswar.
5 Residents strengthen their homes built on stilts as they brace for incoming Typhoon Rammasun, beside Manila's bay, Philippines.
6 Pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung is stopped by security guards as he throws a plastic hammer towards Hong Kong Chief Secretary Carrie Lam during a meeting on proposing electoral reforms at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong.
7 Fireworks light the sky near the Eiffel Tower in a show called "Guerre et Paix" (War and Peace) as part of events to mark the centenary of the First World War and to end the traditional Bastille Day celebrations in Paris, July 14, 2014.
8 Walkers cross the Waalbrug River during sunrise on the first day of the 98th annual four-day walking event "The Vierdaagse" in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
9 Fans throng a street along the river Spree in central Berlin to cheer Germany's 2014 Brazil World Cup squad as they proceed in an open-top bus through the capital during a parade to mark the team's victory.
10 Street lamps are seen among floodwaters next to partially submerged buildings by an overflowing river at an ancient town as heavy rainfall hits Fenghuang county, Hunan province, China.
11 The British Army's Parachute Regiment display team, the Red Devils, performs during the Farnborough International Air Show, Farnborough, England.
12 A competitor takes part in 100-kilo (200 lbs) stone-lifting event during the annual Heiva Tu’aro Ma’ohi sporting event in the capital of the French Polynesian island of Tahiti. “Heiva,” which comes from the Polynesian words meaning “to assemble” and “community places,” celebrates traditional Polynesian activities, including festivals, music, dancing, singing, and sporting events.
July 16, 2014
1 Honda's latest version of the Asimo humanoid robot shakes hands during a presentation in Zaventem near Brussels, Belgium. Honda introduced an improved version of its Asimo humanoid robot that it says has enhanced intelligence and hand dexterity, and is able to run at a speed of some 9 kilometers per hour (5.6 miles per hour).
2 Jaintia tribesmen carry a sacred tree during Behdienkhlam festival celebration in Jowai, in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya. Behdienkhlam is a traditional festival of the Jaintias celebrated after sowing, seeking a good harvest and to drive away plague and diseases. Young men symbolically drive away evil spirits by beating the roof of every house with bamboo poles.
3 AFP photographer Jaafar Ishtayeh looks at his burning car after it was hit by tear gas canisters fired by Israeli soldiers, during a protest by Palestinians against Israeli air strikes in Gaza strip, at Hawara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus.
4 Fishing boats amid heavy winds and rain brought by Typhoon Rammasun (locally named Glenda) as it hit the town of Imus, Cavite southwest of Manila, Philippines.
5 Two feral monk parakeets fight over a blade of grass after a thunderstorm in Cooper City, Florida, USA, July 15, 2014.
6 Afghanistan's security forces patrol the site of a suicide attack in the Urgun town of Paktika province.
7 A woman looks at a scaled model of Beijing's urban development at an exhibition center in Beijing, China.
8 Young surfers, nicknamed 'grommets' in local surfing parlance, wait for their friends to finish a post-sunset session on the waves off Wanda Beach in Sydney, Australia.
9 Anna Endsley enters the Guadalupe River via a rope swing in Gruene, Texas, USA, Julay 15, 2014.
10 A woman stands near a model of a Rolls Royce Trent engine at the Farnborough Air Show in Hampshire, southern England.
July 17, 2014
1 An ice cream vendor cycles past a huge fallen tree after an onslaught of Typhoon Rammasun, (locally named Glenda) in Batangas city south of Manila, July 17, 2014.
2 A woman, who said her name was Noraini and that she believed a relative of hers was on Malaysia Airlines flight MH-17, cries as she waits for more information about the crashed plane, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang. The Malaysian Boeing 777 airliner was brought down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 295 people aboard.
3 People inspect the crash site of a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine. Ukraine said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down as it flew over the country, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the plane.
4 In this handout picture released by the Italian navy, migrants sit on a overcrowded boat during a rescue operation off the coast of Sicily. Around 1,000 migrants has been rescued in the last 24 hours by ships engaged in the " Mare Nostrum" operation.
5 AT-3 jet trainer aircrafts perform during an Air Force drill at Chingchuankang Air Force Base in Taichung, central Taiwan.
6 Voodoo pilgrims bathe in a waterfall believed to have purifying powers during the annual celebration in Saut d' Eau, Haiti, July 16, 2014
7 From the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, flying some 225 nautical miles above the Caribbean Sea, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman photographed this north-looking panorama that includes parts of Cuba, the Bahama and Florida, and even runs into several other areas in the southeastern U.S. The long stretch of lights to the left of center frame gives the shape of Miami.
8 Smoke rises after an artillery piece was fired by a Free Syrian Army fighter in the southern part of Maarat Al-Nouman, Idlib, July 16, 2014.
9 A worker cleans rocks stained by an oil spill at Cabron beach, in Spain's Canary Island of Gran Canaria, July 16, 2014. The origin of the oil spill is still unknown.
10 A boy casts his fishing line on the bank of Lake Ohrid in the village of Trpejica, Macedonia, during a stormy evening, July 16, 2014.
11 "The Ninth Wave," an art piece by Chinese artist Cai Guoqiang, docks along the Huangpu River as part of the 2014 Power Station Art exhibition in Shanghai.
12 Britain's Queen Elizabeth meets construction workers as she attends the official opening of the refurbished Reading Station, west of London.
13 Italian artist Gilbert Proesch (R) and British artist George Passmore, known as Gilbert & George, pose with their artwork "Scapegoating" during the launch of their new exhibition "Scapegoating" at the White Cube gallery in Bermondsey, London.
14 A cat plays with a mouse in a courtyard in Medvode, Slovania.
July 18, 2014
1 Candlelight prayers are prepared for victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 at a church outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The jetliner was carrying 298 people when it was shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday.
2 Flowers lie on debris from a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 plane which was downed on Thursday near the village of Rozsypne, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine.
3 Grieving Indonesian Yuriah Tanzil (C), sister of Ninik Yuriani, a passenger of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, is comforted by a relative in the family residence in Jakarta after the plane crashed in Ukraine Thursday.
4 People hold up signs that read "Justice" in Spanish and pictures of the victims of the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center during a commemoration ceremony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Friday marks the 20th anniversary of the unsolved bombing attack that left 85 dead.
5 A woman walks on the beach of Qinglan port, as strong wind breaks her umbrella in Wenchang, south China's Hainan province. China braced for a powerful super typhoon heading for its southern coast after the storm left a trail of destruction and at least 40 dead in the neighboring Philippines.
6 Israeli tanks maneuver outside the northern Gaza Strip. Israel intensified its land offensive in Gaza with artillery, tanks and gunboats on Friday and warned it could "significantly widen" the operation.
7 A Palestinian man holds his daughters, Shada and Lama al-Ejla, who were injured in an Israeli tank attack, as he leaves al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City.
8 A man walks past the graves of soldiers killed in the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus at the Tymvos Macedonitissas military cemetery in Nicosia, as the nation prepares to mark the 40th anniversary of the Athens-backed coup which led to the invasion of the northern third of the east Mediterranean island.
9 The face of former South African President Nelson Mandela is displayed as people paint during his birthday celebrations in Cape Town, South Africa.
10 Indian firefighters (R) huddle together on the edge of a 22-story burning building as they await rescue by Indian Navy and Coast Guard helicopters in a western suburb of Mumbai. Over a dozen firemen were trapped.
11 People buy fruit from a street hawker on a waterlogged road after heavy rain in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, India. Monsoon rains were 15 percent below average in the past week, against 41 percent below average rainfall in the previous week.
12 The Costa Concordia (R) cruise liner is seen at Giglio harbor at Giglio Island, Italy, early Friday. Preparations to tow away the ship continued on Thursday, with engineers connecting the last chains and cables to the sponsons, the large metal boxes attached to the wreck.
13 A man pours muddy water on the head of his girlfriend during the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach in Boryeong, South Korea. The annual mud festival features mud wrestling and mud sliding.
14 Brandt Snedeker of the U.S. walks past a digital sign showing a weather warning on the second day of the British Open Golf championship at the Royal Liverpool golf club, Hoylake, England.
15 A woman relaxes in a deck chair in Victoria Embankment Gardens during a hot day in London. Parts of Great Britain were expected to experience the hottest day of the year so far.
16 The pack of riders cycles on its way during the 197.5km 13th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Saint-Etienne and Chamrousse.
July 20, 2014
1 A Palestinian evacuates a wounded man following what police said was an Israeli air strike on a house in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. At least 50 Palestinians were killed by Israeli shelling in a Gaza neighborhood, where bodies were strewn in the street and thousands fled for shelter to a hospital packed with wounded, witnesses and health officials said.
2 An aerial view of the Costa Concordia cruise liner is seen during the refloat operation at Giglio harbor on Giglio Island in this handout photograph released by Italian Civil Protection.
3 Williams Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Brazil crashes with his car in the first corner after the start of the German F1 Grand Prix at the Hockenheim racing circui.
4 Students paint their faces during a rally calling for Sumatran tiger conservation ahead of the Global Tiger Day in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The Sumatran tiger is the world's most critically endangered tiger subspecies with only fewer than 400 remain in the wild and may become extinct in the next decade due to poaching and habitat loss.
5 Laborers plant saplings in a paddy field on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, July 19, 2014.
6 A pack of riders including race leader Astana team rider Vincenzo Nibali (C) of Italy cycles past Sisteron during the 222-km 15th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Tallard and Nimes.
7 A supporter rides a bike suspended in the air along the road during the 222-km 15th stage of the 101st edition of the Tour de France cycling race between Tallard and Nimes, southern France.
8 Participants of the mudflat sled championships push their sled through the Wadden sea in Upleward, northern Germany.
9 Jakub Bures, Jan Kara, Jan Brand and Jan Holan pedal their boat, made with plastic bottles, from the Elbe River in Nymburk, Czech Republic, to Hamburg in Germany to draw attention to an increasing plastic pollution in Europe. Kara, a 22-year-old student and Bures, a 22-year-old car mechanic, built the 10-meter (32.8-feet) long boat from 5000 plastic bottles strapped to a wooden frame.
10 A giant inflatable toad is seen floating on a lake at Yuyuantan Park in Beijing, July 19, 2014. The 22-meter (72.2-feet) tall "golden toad" represents wealth and good fortune in traditional Chinese culture.
11 A flamingo and flamingo chicks are seen in a corral before being tagged at dawn at the Fuente de Piedra natural reserve, near Malaga, southern Spain, July 19, 2014.
July 21, 2014
1 Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (2nd R) and Dutch ambassador to Ukraine Kees Klompenhouwer commemorate victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 outside the Dutch embassy in Kyiv, July 21, 2014.
2 A Bulgarian Roma woman sits in front of her house after it was demolished in a Roma suburb in the city of Stara Zagora. Municipal authorities started demolishing some 55 illegally built shacks and houses in the suburb.
3 Afghan girls attend their graduation ceremony at the Pir Massoudia Islamic madrassa in Kandahar province south of Kabul.
4 Employees work at a production line at the Husi Food factory in Shanghai, China, July 20, 2014. The Shanghai Food and Drug Administration closed Shanghai Husi Food Co Ltd, a local unit of OSI, and seized meat products suspected of being beyond their expiration date, according to a statement from the Shanghai Municipal Food and Drug Administration.
5 Sri Lankan Tamil Hindu devotees smash coconuts on the ground during the Vel Hinduism festival in Colombo.
6 Indian youth Barkat Ali uses a makeshift raft to paddle through the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad.
7 Jeremiah Gerbracht rides his Harley Davidson motorcycle with his dog on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, USA, July 20, 2014. Gerbracht, a retired dog trainer, won a court ruling in 1996, allowing him to ride his motorcycle with a dog on board.
8 An animal activist (C) kneels down as she offers to buy a dog from a vendor (2nd R) to stop it from being eaten ahead of the annual dog meat festival in Yulin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, June 20, 2014.
9 Chicago Cubs' Anthony Rizzo makes a diving catch into the photo well on a foul ball hit by Arizona Diamondbacks' Aaron Hill during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, July 20, 2014.
10 Special forces soldiers march during a military parade celebrating Colombia's 204 anniversary of independence from Spain, in Bogota, July 20, 2014.
11 Hindu devotees bathe in the Bagmati River on their way to the Pashupatinath Temple to offer prayers to Lord Shiva, Hindu god of destruction during Shravan festivities in Sundarijal, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Sri Lanka.
July 22, 2014
1 The pack of riders cycles on its way during the 237.5km 16th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Carcassonne and Bagneres-de-Luchon, France.
2 A pro-Russian separatist shows members of the media a black box belonging to Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 before its handing it over to Malaysian representatives in Donetsk, Ukraine.
3 Police officers secure a refrigerated train loaded with bodies of the passengers of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 as it arrives in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
4 A worker rests on vermicelli inside a factory in the northern Indian city of Allahabad.
5 Palestinians take cover as Israeli jets carry out air strikes nearby in Gaza City.
6 Mourners pray during a funeral in Beit Lahiya for seven members of the Kelani family who were killed overnight by an Israeli strike in Gaza, northern Gaza Strip.
7 A girl struggles with winds from approaching Typhoon Matmo along the eastern coast of Keelung, northeastern Taiwan.
8 Workers tie down a 6.5-meter (21-foot) high scarecrow at an organic farm in the town of Shanhsing in Ilan county, as Typhoon Matmo approaches eastern Taiwan.
9 South Africa's Julene van Rooyen takes part in rhythmic gymnastics training in preparation for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
July 23, 2014
1 Palestinian relatives of Tawfiq al-Aga, who medics said was killed in Israeli shelling, mourn during his funeral in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
2 Israeli soldiers fly their flag as they ride an armored personnel carrier in the Gaza Strip, near Israel's border.
3 Palestinian men rest as dozens of displaced families from the northern Beit Hanun district of the Gaza Strip take refuge at a U.N. girl's preparatory school in Jabalia.
4 The G292.0+1.8 supernova remnants are shown in this handout image. In commemoration of the 15th anniversary of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, newly processed images of supernova remnants dramatically illustrate Chandra's unique ability to explore high-energy processes in the cosmos.
5 Julien Mertine of France (L) competes against Jianfei Ma of China during the men's team foil final at the 2014 World Fencing Championships in Kazan, Russia, July 22, 2014.
6 Ahead of a production by French theater company Royal de Luxe, a giant puppet grandmother is seen lying in a bed in St. Georges Hall in Liverpool, northwest England.
7 Dutch cargo plane crew members wait as Ukrainian honor guards load a coffin with the body of a Malaysian Airlines plane passenger on to a plane at the Kharkiv airport, Ukraine.
8 U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (C) and the Partnership for a Healthier America show a giant "Drink Up" logo, as part of the "Drink Up" campaign aimed at encouraging people to drink more water, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, July 22, 2014.
9 A circus dog performs in costume during a free public show to protest Mexico City's ban on circus animals - other than horses and dogs - in Mexico City's main square, Zocalo, July 22, 2014.
10 U.S. slackliner, Andy Lewis, balances as he walks on a highline between buildings in Bangkok, Thailand.
11 A Tokyo DisneySea cast member (L) sprays a bucketful of water towards guests during a special summer attraction called "Minnie's Tropical Splash" at Tokyo DisneySea in Urayasu.
12 On a very hot day, a polar bear sits by a cold barrel in the Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark.
13 The sandstone cellar walls are painted with images of mermaids, dwarfs and Alpine landscapes. The painter was a local citizen Maxmillian Appeltauer (1904-1972), who devoted his free time to the art, in the village Satov, Czech Republic.
July 24, 2014
1 A convoy of hearses carry the remains of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 plane crash from an airbase in Eindhoven to Hilversum, The Netherlands, drives through Waardenburg after a Dutch Air Force C-130 Hercules plane and an Australian Royal Air Force C17 transporting the remains arrived from Kharkiv, Ukraine.
2 A Palestinian man cries after bringing a child, wounded in an Israeli strike on a compound housing a U.N. school in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, to the emergency room of the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya.
3 Light streaks and smoke trails are seen as rockets are launched from Gaza towards Israel, July 23, 2014.
4 Migrant workers sleep under a mosquito net beneath an overpass in Mumbai, India.
5 Race leader Astana team rider Vincenzo Nibali of Italy pushes away a spectator as he cycles to win the 145.5km 18th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Pau and Hautacam.
6 In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis meets Meriam Ibrahim, from Sudan, with her daughter Maya in her arms, in his Santa Marta residence, at the Vatican. The Sudanese woman, who was sentenced to death in Sudan for refusing to recant her Christian faith, has arrived in Italy along with her family, including the infant born in prison.
7 A visitor takes a nap on a couch at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, in Tokyo, Japan.
8 A man stands in his backyard and looks at the wreckage of a TransAsia Airways turboprop plane that crashed on Taiwan's offshore island Penghu.
9 Buses are stranded in a flooded street in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China. Typhoon Matm headed into China after hitting Taiwan and it was downgraded from typhoon to tropical storm.
10 A worker installing the bronze statue of Pope John Paul II at St. Mary's Cathedral in Hangburg, Germany gestures.
11 People watch the cruise liner Costa Concordia moving anticlockwise during the refloat operation maneuvers at Giglio Island, italy, July 23, 2014. A convoy of 14 vessels, led by the tug boat Blizzard, towed the Concordia to a port near Genoa in northern Italy where it is going to be broken up for scrap.
12 Candidates of the Miss Las Pinas Water Lily beauty pageant pose with their gowns made from dried water lilies during a media presentation in Las Pinas city, south of Manila, Philippines.
13 A couple look at stone sculptures at the Remic Rapids in the Ottawa River during sunset at Ottawa, Canada, July 23, 2014.
14 German pianist Stefan Aaron plays an orange piano on a "flying carpet" platform suspended from a helicopter, over the Munich airport, July 23, 2014.
15 Chris Keyes is seen outside the convention center during preview night at the 2014 Comic-Con International Convention held in San Diego, California, USA, July 23, 2014.
July 25, 2014
1 Men watch the runway on the morning of the final MH17 flight arriving at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Malaysia Airlines retired flight number MH17 after its Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur flight was shot down over the Ukraine.
2 Palestinian children, some flashing the V-sign, play with the photographer at a United Nations school where hundreds of families have sought refuge after fleeing their homes following heavy Israeli forces' strikes, in Jebaliya refugee camp, Gaza Strip.
3 Relatives of Lebanese passenger Mohamed Akhdar, 23, who was aboard the Air Algerie plane that crashed over Mali on Thursday, mourn at the family's home in the village of Zrairiyeh in south Lebanon.
4 Syrian civil defense workers rescue a man from under the rubble after a Syrian government helicopter allegedly dropped a barrel bomb on the Sakhour eastern neighborhood, in the northern city of Aleppo.
5 Sailors of the Russian Black Sea Fleet march as they prepare for Navy Day celebrations in the Crimean city of Sevastopol. Russia announced Wednesday that it had begun expanding and modernizing its Black Sea fleet based in Crimea with new ships and submarines.
6 A relative carries a portrait of a passenger who died in a TransAsia Airways plane crash Wednesday, at a funeral home on Taiwan's offshore island of Penghu.
7 An Iranian man and woman sit under a mural bearing the holy Kaaba of Mecca and Dome of the Rock of Jerusalem at Palestine square as they wait for the weekly friday prayers during a demonstration in Tehran to mark Quds (Jerusalem) Day.
8 A giant dog is steered through the center of Liverpool, England as she and two other giants, a girl, left, and a grandmother parade for three days telling the story of the city's involvement in World War I.
9 A Muslim woman prays after the last Friday prayers of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi, India.
10 Tourists cover their bodies with black mud before taking a mud bath at a swimming resort in Suining, Sichuan province, China. The temperature in Suining reached 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) on Friday.
11 Pedestrians look at tropical fish displayed in a fish tank in the window of Sony's showroom in Tokyo's shopping district Ginza. Some 1,000 fish, brought in from the waters around Japan's southern island of Okinawa, will be displayed in the tank through Aug. 31.
12 A herd of goats graze at the almost dried out Maria Cristina reservoir near Castellon. Spain's southeast is suffering the worst drought after the driest winter in 150 years.
13 Laura Halford of Wales jumps during her hoop routine as she competes in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around final event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
14 Tourists crowd Palma de Mallorca's Arenal beach on the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca. Spain was host to 28 million foreign tourists in the first half of 2014, a 7.3 percent increase over the same period in 2013, according to figures from the Spanish Institute for Tourist Studies.
July 27, 2014
1 Devotees with their mouths pierced with tridents participate in a ritual to worship the Hindu goddess Durga during Aadi festival celebrations in the southern Indian city of Chennai.
2 Dailin Duras Cabigayan, 27, smiles as she cradles her newly born baby girl, Chonalyn, as government health officials present her with a cake and clothing as the 100 millionth baby born into the Philippines' population during a short ceremony inside the Jose Fabella hospital in Manila.
3 Tug boats tow the Costa Concordia ship as they arrive outside Genoa's port, in northern Italy, where the ship will be broken up for scrap.
4 A civil defense member is stuck under debris at a site hit by what activists said were two barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the Al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo.
5 A Taiwanese man burns "ghost money" during the first day of Ghost Month in Taipei. The seventh lunar month marks the traditional Chinese Ghost Month where the gates of the underworld are opened and spirits of the deceased are set free to roam the world of the living.
6 A North Korean student choir sings as part of the celebrations for the anniversary of the Korean War armistice agreement, in Pyongyang.
7 Firefighters protect an evacuated home while the fast-moving wildfire called "Sand Fire" burns behind, near Plymouth, California, USA, July 26, 2014.
8 Wooden sailing boats take part in an exhibition regatta on Lake Leman near La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland, July 26, 2014.
9 A young Alphorn blower carries his Alphorn before performing an ensemble piece on the last day of the International Alphorn Festival on Lac de Tracouet near the village of Nendaz, Switzerland.
10 Spanish rider Dani Torres performs a jump during the Burn Freestyle Malaga motocross show at the Malagueta bullring in Malaga, southern Spain.
11 Participants take part in "The Sumo Run" in Battersea Park, London.
12 People walk around inside a partially inflated hot air balloon at the 32nd annual OuickChek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning in Readington, New Jersey, USA.
13 Marie-Julie Malboeuf of Canada lifts during the women's 58kg weightlifting competition at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 26, 2014.
14 People look on from an overcrowded passenger boat navigating through the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
15 Issa Abdulla Hemed Mohamed of Kenya swims in the men's 100m Butterfly heats during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
July 28, 2014
1 Muslim men, bowing toward Mecca, offer Eid al-Fitr prayers that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan as police guard them at the main mosque in Moscow, Russia.
2 An Egyptian child plays as Muslims pray Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at Al-Azhar mosque, the highest Islamic Sunni institution, in Cairo.
3 An Israeli soldier rides atop an armored personnel carrier past dried sunflowers after crossing back into Israel from Gaza.
4 Palestinian mourners cry at Gaza City's al-Shifa hospital after an explosion killed at least seven children in a public playground in the beachfront Shati refugee camp. Palestinian medical sources blamed the killings on air strikes launched by the Israeli military, which in turn said Hamas had misfired its own rockets at the camp and at the Shifa hospital.
5 Yeoman Sergeant Bob Loughlin walks among the art installation "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" marking the anniversary of the World War I at the Tower of London.
6 Police take up positions behind anti-riot shields as protesters try to remove a police barricade while Philippine President Benigno Aquino delivers his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) during the joint session of the 16th Congress at the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon city, Metro Manila.
7 The anthropomorphic robot named hitchBOT sits on the shoulder of Highway 102 to begin its 6,000 kilometer cross country journey outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 27, 2014. The hitch- hiking robot is part of a social experiment to see if drivers will pick up and drop off the robot in one piece to an art gallery in Victoria, British Columbia.
8 Children play in a fountain to cool down on a hot summer day in front of the General Lee Soon-shin statue in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, South Korea.
9 India's Jai Deep competes in the final of the men's discus throw F42/44 athletics event at Hampden Park during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
10 Competitors take part in the "Sailing on Anything" floating championship in Augustow, Poland, July 27, 2014.
11 A giant inflatable figure in the shape of a pink river dolphin floats offshore of the Ponta Negra beach along the Amazon river in Manaus, Brazil, July 27, 2014.
12 People look on as participants ride goats and sheep during a race to celebrate a local festival in Fengshan town, Guizhou province, China.
July 29, 2014
1 Afghan policemen search people near the house of Hashmat Karzai, the cousin of President Hamid Karzai, at the site of a suicide attack in Kandahar. President Karzai's powerful cousin Hashmat, a close ally of presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani, was killed in a suicide bomb attack, officials said.
2 A Palestinian firefighter reacts as he tries to put out a fire at Gaza's main power plant, which witnesses said was hit in Israeli shelling, in the central Gaza Strip, cutting electricity to Gaza City and many other parts of the Palestinian enclave of 1.8 million people.
3 Canada's Josh Cassidy looks at the scoreboard after competing in Round 1 of the Men's Para-Sport 1500m T54 at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
4 Sushil Kumar of India, below, wrestles with Melvin Bibo of Nigeria during a FS 74kg semifinal bout at the Scottish Exhibition Conference Centre during the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland.
5 Britain's Prince Harry plays with a ball during a visit to the Commonwealth Games Village at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
6 An employee pours water over a doll's head before brushing its hair inside the toy factory owned by Norberto Garcia in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 28, 2014.
7 On July 26, 2014, from 10:57 a.m. to 11:42 a.m. EDT, the moon crosses between NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the sun, a phenomenon called a lunar transit. A lunar transit happens approximately twice a year, causing a partial solar eclipse that can only be seen from SDO. Images of the eclipse show a crisp lunar horizon, because the moon has no atmosphere that would distort light.
8 Muslims offer prayers at the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla mosque on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr in New Delhi, India.
9 A diver performs with sardines as a part of summer vacation events at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea.
July 30, 2014
1 A statue of Buddha and storm debris are covered with mud outside a flooded house after heavy rains hit the town of Ittre, Belgium.
2 Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) chairs a government meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow.
3 A Palestinian girl who lost five family members in what medics said was Israeli shelling during Israel's ground offensive, weeps outside a hospital in Beit Lahita in the northern Gaza Strip.
4 Palestinians flee their houses following what witnesses said was an Israeli air strike on a nearby house in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
5 A fallen minaret, (bottom r), is seen as Palestinians inspect the damage to the Al-Sousi mosque that was destroyed in an Israel strike at Shati refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
6 An algae-covered river is seen in Shanghai, China.
7 Workers cross the Millenium Bridge with the City of London in the background, Britain.
8 A South Korean student displays a message during a rally against the Israeli military operations in Gaza and the West Bank near the Israeli Embassy in Seoul, South Korea.
9 A man poses on the stairs outside UCLA's Pauley Pavilion sporting arena as water flows down from a broken 30 inch water main onto Sunset Boulevard in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, California, July 29, 2014.
10 Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Mark Melancon delivers a pitch against the San Francisco Giants during the ninth inning at AT&T Park. The Pirates defeated the Giants 3-1, July 29, 2014.
11 Bubba Watson hits from the sand to the 17th green during practice for the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament in Akron, Ohio.
12 Dressed as Charlie Chaplin, Guatemalan Uriel Cifuentes strikes a pose while marching in the Parade of Clowns as part of the sixth annual Latin American Clown Congress in Guatemala City, July 29, 2014.
13 A farmer carries paddy for transplantation on the outskirts of Gauhati, India.
July 31, 2014
1 Members of the House of Representatives begin to head for the door on Capitol Hill in Washington as Congress leaves for a five-week summer recess.
2 Codepink activists, dressed to symbolize those wounded and killed in Gaza, rally outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC.
3 Children play on a carnival ride during Eid al-Fitr Holiday in Kabul, Afghanistan.
4 Indian villagers watch rescue operations at the site of a massive landslide in Malin village in Pune district of western Maharashtra state.
5 A couple sit on the promeade and look at the burnt remains of a section of Eastbourne pier, southern England.
6 A close up of newspaper front pages focusing on the Ebola outbreak, including a newspaper (l) reading 'Burn all bodies' in the city of Monrovia, Liberia.
7 Noa (kneeling), the girlfriend of Israeli soldier Guy Algranati, mourns during his funeral in Tel Aviv. Algranati was killed on Wednesday by a booby trap detonated as he and 2 other soldiers uncovered a tunnel shaft.
8 A Palestinian, who fled his family's house following the Israeli offensive, sleeps as he takes refuge inside a classroom at a United Nations-run school in Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip.
9 Ifeoma Nwoye of Nigeria is carried away by her coach after she lost her women's freestyle 55kg wrestling semi-final to Brittanee Laverdure of Canada at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
10 Australia's Olivia Vivian performs at the women's All-Around Artistic Gymnastics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 30, 2014. (Picture taken with multiple exposure function)
11 A burger set is on display at a McDonald's restaurant in Hong Kong. Many consumers in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong say they plan to scale back their visits to McDonald's, at least for now, but noted that the low prices make it hard to give up.
12 A woman is placing freshly-bought apples in her bag at a market in Warsaw, Poland. Russia said it was banning most fruit and vegetable imports from Poland. Many believe that the ban was imposed as retaliation for Poland’s support for the EU sanctions against Russia over the armed conflict in Ukraine.
