World News in Pictures

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Delzie Gamez, 9, barely hangs on during Mutton Bustin' at the matinee performance of the Cinch Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo



Red Dot/Spirit of Qatar driver Jon Zimmerman's hydroplane flips during the American Power Boat Association Gold Cup on the Detroit River in Detroit. Zimmerman escaped injury in the accident



A woman lays in the water at the foot of a mud slope at a campsite at the Hudson Valley Music Festival in Saugerties, New York. The festival's final day was cut short in the early afternoon due to severe thunderstorms

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The demolition of the abandoned Sir John Carling Building in a controlled implosion in Ottawa. The employees in the former Agriculture Canada building were relocated several years ago due to asbestos concerns



The son of one of the Palestinian members of Tayseer Al-Batsh's family, who were killed in an Israeli air strike, mourns during their funeral in Gaza City. The Israeli air strike on the family home of Al-Batsh, Gaza's police chief, killed 18 people on Saturday, Gaza's health ministry said



A reveller takes part in a gay pride parade in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic

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A Hindu 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



Craig Bush, in a Superman mid-change costume, and his daughter Phoebe (Supergirl) from South Wales pose with a person dressed as the character 'Chewbacca' from the Star Wars films at the London Film and Comic Con at Earls Court. The event lets enthusiasts purchase rare items before getting the chance to meet film stars, TV actors, wrestlers and other personalities in the signing and photo zones



(L-R) Nancy Barta, Samantha Langsdale and Fernando Barta pretending to play mock musical instruments and enjoying the Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, at Looe Key Reef near Big Pine Key, Florida. Almost 500 divers and snorkelers listened to a local radio station's four-hour broadcast piped beneath the sea via underwater speakers

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Cruise liner Costa Concordia is seen during a refloat operation at Giglio harbour at Giglio Island, Italy, July 14, 2014



Germany's goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and Argentina's Lionel Messi shake hands after receiving the Golden Glove and Golden Ball awards respectively, after their 2014 World Cup final at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro July 13, 2014

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks to FIFA President Sepp Blatter during the 2014 World Cup final between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro July 13, 2014.



Contestants adjust their traditional attire before going on stage for the "Beauties of South Sudan" beauty contest in Juba July 13, 2014

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Pro-Russian politician Oleg Tsarev attends a rally in support of Novorossiya (New Russia) on Lenin Square in the center of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, July 13, 2014. Russia threatened Ukraine on Sunday with "irreversible consequences" after a Russian man was killed by a shell fired across the border, while Kiev said Ukrainian warplanes struck again at separatist positions in the east of the country, inflicting big losses. Although both sides have reported cross-border shootings in the past, it appears to be the first time Moscow has reported fatalities on its side of the border in the three-month conflict which has killed hundreds of people in Ukraine.



A runner is tossed by a Miura fighting bull at Estafeta corner during the eighth running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, July 14, 2014.



People walk amid the rubble of collapsed buildings at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in the Al-Fardous neighborhood of Aleppo July 14, 2014.



Trevor Knowles of Mt Vernon, Oregon, wrestles a steer to win the steer wrestling event during the final day of the Calgary Stampede rodeo in Calgary, Alberta, July 13, 2014

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A Cambodian rescue team searching for a military helicopter that crashed during a training exercise on the outskirts of the capital, Phnom Penh. Two generals and two pilots were killed, and another person on board was seriously injured.



An Indian driver takes an early-morning nap on his yellow Ambassador taxi in Calcutta. Production of the Ambassador, the first car to be made in India, has been halted because of falling demand.

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A model of a giant dead parrot recumbent on the South Bank in London to promote the live broadcast of the final Monty Python Live stage show on 20 July. Three sculptors spent more than two months creating the homage to the celebrated Norwegian Blue after the Dead Parrot was voted the UK's favourite Monty Python sketch.



Members of the French armed forces marching down the Avenue des Champs-Elysees during the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris.

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Volunteer hostesses practise their meet-and-greet skills at a training session for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games to be held next month in the Chinese city of Nanjing.



A duck and her offspring taking a leisurely waddle past 10 Downing Street, home of the British prime minister, in London.

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Germany's Tony Martin crosses the finish line to win the ninth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 170 kilometers (105.6 miles) with start in Gerardmer and finish in Mulhouse, France, Sunday, July 13, 2014



Police arrest a demonstrator during an Anti-World Cup protest near Maracana stadium where the final World Cup game is taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 13, 2014. For the final match between Argentina and Germany, authorities deployed the largest security detail in Brazil's history.

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A person lays on the ground near evidence markers as officials investigate the scene where a Jersey City Police Department officer was shot and killed while responding to a call at a 24-hour pharmacy, Sunday, July 13, 2014, in Jersey City, N.J. Officer Melvin Santiago was shot in the head while still in his police vehicle as he and his partner responded to an armed robbery call at about 4.a.m., Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop said in a statement. Fulop said officers responding to the robbery call shot and killed the man who shot Santiago. He was not immediately identified.



Honda MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain crosses the finish line to win ahead of compatriot Dani Pedrosa (R) during the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring circuit in the eastern German town of Hohenstein-Ernstthal July 13, 2014

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Palestinians flee their homes to take shelter at the United Nations school in Gaza City, Sunday, July 13, 2014. Israel briefly deployed ground troops inside the Gaza Strip for the first time early Sunday as its military warned northern residents to evacuate their homes, part of a widening campaign against militant rocket fire that's seen more than 160 Palestinians killed. Israel accuses Hamas of using Gaza's civilians as human shields by firing rockets from there. Critics say Israel's heavy bombardment of one of the most densely populated territories in the world is itself the main factor putting civilians at risk

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Will Hood (6' 3") swims up to a giant barrel jellyfish just a few metres off St Michael's Mount in Cornwall. Normally found in deeper waters, underwater photography specialist Charles Hood reported a swarm of the mammoth Rhizostoma octopus spread over an eight-mile square area off the Cornish coast. Thankfully, the super-sized jellyfish's stings are of no significant threat to humans



Thousands of football fans line the streets of Berlin as the victorious German team parade the World Cup through the city

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Harry Potter fans lap up the atmosphere at Universal Studios Japan's new attraction 'The Wizarding World of Harry Potter' as it opens to the public in Osaka



Russian rescue workers transport an injured passager to an ambulance from Park Pobedy metro station after three carriages derailed in Mocow. Initial reports stated ten people have died and more then 90 are injured



The World Cup may be over, but there are still plenty of sporting activities taking place around the globe. The island of Tahiti, for instance, has hosted the annual Heiva Tuaro Maohi sporting event. Competitors from the five islands on the French Polynesian archipeligo take part in races including the 100lbs fruit carrying race...



...the coconut chopping competition



...the 200lbs stone-lifting event

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Pro-democracy politician 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 proposed electoral reforms at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong



Crewmember Tetsuo Hayashi airbrushes the final touches to a 21.6ft (6.6m) replica of Godzilla in Tokyo's Midtown district. The statue has been erected to coincide with the release of the movie of the same name in Japan

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A Palestinian man stands on the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli military strike on Beit Lahya, in the northern Gaza Strip. Hamas have rejected a ceasefire offered by the Israelis, scotching hopes for an end to the week-long bloody conflict



Riders take part in a reenactment of the Skirmish of Pastrengo, during the celebration of the bicentennial of the Carabinieri in Turin, Italy



Fireworks explode around the Eiffel Tower during the annual Bastille Day celebrations in Paris

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This the face of Angela Green, a 34 year old who seems to be very unhappy to be in police custody. On Saturday (12 July), at 12:06 hrs, the management of the Quality Inn in Wickliffe, Ohio, called the police requesting assistance for two guests who refused to leave. Responding officers found that a male and female had rented a room the previous evening and were to have checked out by 11:00 and now would not leave. Ms Green was charged with obstructing official business and eventually released on $354 cash bond



Police cadets who have completed their training take part in their 'Passing Out Parade' in the grounds of West Ham United Football Club in London. 144 Metropolitan Police Service recruits took part in the parade in the presence of Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, and the Met Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe. The Metropolitan Police have announced that for the first time in its modern history they will recruit exclusively from Londoners to fill the ranks of new police constables. It was the second time the Passing Out Parade had taken place in a public space away from the Metropolitan Police's Hendon Training School



A frame grab from a video released by Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, allegedly showing the 'Ababil' drone. Hamas boasted that it had launched a drone flight deep into Israel from the Gaza Strip, targeting the defence ministry in the heart of Tel Aviv

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An Israeli soldier prepares to launch an Israeli army's Skylark I unmanned drone aircraft, which is used for monitoring purposes at an army deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip



Smoke rises from a Palestinian house during an Israeli missile strike in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip. Israel bombed 40 more targets in the Gaza Strip while Palestinian militants launched at least 20 rockets across the border, despite a call by UN Secretary-General for a truce



A runner is gored by a Miura fighting bull at Estafeta corner during the eighth running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona



David Barber, the Queen's Swan Marker holds a cygnet during Swan Upping, the annual census of the swan population on the River Thames

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Visitors navigate the Big Maze at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. The attraction which is 60 ft by 60 ft, features 18 ft high walls, dead-ends and confusing turns for tourist to figure their way out of.



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. Many of the 250 children who drowned when the ferry sank would have survived if the crew had issued a simple order to evacuate to emergency decks just outside their cabins, a prosecutor said on July 8. The words on the box read, '10,000,000 citizens' signatures demanding Special Law for April 16 Sewol Ferry Tragedy'



Giant figures dance during the farewell ceremony of the Comparsa de Gigantes y Cabezudos (Troupe of Giants and Bigheads) in the town hall square in Pamplona on the final day of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona

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A Cambodian military helicopter crashed during a training exercise on the outskirts of the Phnom Penh, Cambodia, killing five people on Monday and seriously injuring one, according to the Associated Press.
The chopper went down in the Prey Sar village at the outskirt about 6 miles south of the capital, sinking in a muddy pond surrounded by rural land and rice fields.





In the photo above, soldiers load an aft section of a helicopter retrieved from a pond following its crash in Prey Sar village, Cambodia, on Monday

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Bastille Day, the French National Day, is held annually on July 14 to commemorate the storming of the Bastille fortress in 1789.













Soldiers wearing French WWI uniforms, known as 'Poilus', march in the traditional military parade









Soldiers of the 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (8e RPIMa) march in the parade in Paris

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People standing on the wreckage of a Ukrainian AN-26 military transport plane after it was shot down by a missile in the village of Davydo-Mykilske, near the Russian border, on Monday.

Villagers rushed to the crash site on motorcycles and bikes to see if they could collect parts from the wreckage. Locals said that at least some of the crew were able to parachute from the plane before it hit the ground, but they did not know where they had landed.


Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine's National Defense and Security Council, said two of the crew who survived appeared to have been taken captive.

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People sleep before the final day of the San Fermin bull runs in Pamplona



Revellers participate in the gay pride parade in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

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An Argentine fan stands between policemen as they gather to welcome their team outside the Argentine Football Association (AFA) after Argentina lost to Germany in their 2014 World Cup final soccer match, in Buenos Aires, July 14, 2014



Afghan presidential candidate and former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his residence in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 14, 2014. Ahmadzai said that a U.S.-brokered deal for a full ballot audit pulled the country back from the brink and put government legitimacy back on track

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Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, center, raises her hands with some of the escaped kidnapped school girls of government secondary school Chibok, during a news conference, in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, July 14, 2014. Yousafzai on Monday won a promise from Nigeriaâs leader to meet with the parents of some of the 219 schoolgirls held by Islamic extremists for three months. Malala celebrated her 17th birthday on Monday in Nigeria with promises to work for the release of the girls from the Boko Haram movement.



Italy's Vincenzo Nibali sucks his thumb as he crosses the finish line to win the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 161.5 kilometers (100.4 miles) with start in Mulhouse and finish in La Planche des Belles Filles, France, Monday, July 14, 2014.