
French President Emmanuel Macron (centre L) and Armed Forces Chief of Staff Thierry Burkhard wave from a command vehicle during the Bastille Day military parade on Avenue Foch in Paris, with the Arc de Triomphe in the background, on July 14, 2024.(Photo by Ludovic Marin/Pool via AFP Photo)
Diyora Keldiyorova of Uzbekistan and Distria Krasniqi (blue) of Kosovo compete in the women’s -52kg judo gold medal bout at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Champ-de-Mars Arena, July 28, 2024.(Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
French defender Maelle Lakrar (#02) takes a shot during the women’s Group A football match between France and Colombia at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Lyon Stadium, July 25, 2024.(Photo by Olivier Chassignole/AFP Photo)
The skeleton of “Apex,” a 150-million-year-old Stegosaurus, is displayed at Sotheby’s in New York on July 10, 2024. The 11-foot-tall, 20-foot-long fossil is the most complete of its kind ever found and is the highlight of Sotheby’s July 17 Natural History Auction, with an estimated value of $4 to $6 million.(Photo by Sarah Yenesel/EPA/EFE)
Origami houses cover the steps of the State Parliament of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, on July 31, 2024, placed there by demonstrators calling for government action on the social housing shortage.(Photo by James Ross/EPA/EFE)
Festival-goers watch Swiss singer Nemo, the 2024 Eurovision winner, perform at the Lakelive Festival in Biel, Switzerland, on July 31, 2024.(Photo by Peter Klaunzer/EPA/EFE)
Residents remove a boat from a flooded street in the parish of Saint James, Barbados, after Hurricane Beryl passed through on July 1, 2024.(Photo by Chandan Khanna/AFP Photo)
Villagers and their cattle wade through flood waters in Sildubi village, Assam, India, on July 2, 2024. Heavy rains have triggered floods and landslides across India’s northeast, killing more than a dozen people over the previous two weeks.(Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)
A Turkey fan celebrates before the Euro 2024 round of sixteen match between Austria and Turkey in Leipzig, Germany, on July 2, 2024.(Photo by Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo)
A plain-clothed policeman brandishes his pistol while charging at anti-government protesters in downtown Nairobi on July 2, 2024. The demonstrations continued despite the withdrawal of a controversial finance bill that had sparked deadly nationwide protests.(Photo by Tony Karumba/AFP Photo)
Chessboxer Shayan Zarein Dolab (L) competes against Martin Neu at the Chox Con Chessboxing Festival held on the Worstead Estate in Smallburgh, near Norwich, east England on July 6, 2024. The hybrid sporting event, promoted by Chessboxing Nation, requires participants to compete in alternating 3 minute rounds of chess and boxing. The winner is determined by competitor who knocks out or checkmates their opponent first. (Photo by Oli Scarff/AFP Photo)
A Taiwanese soldier participates in the relocated changing of the guard ceremony on Democracy Boulevard in Taipei on July 15, 2024. The government moved the elaborate hourly ceremony away from the statue of Chiang Kai-shek inside the memorial hall to avoid “worshipping authoritarianism.” The performance remains a tourist draw but now takes place outside the iconic building.(Photo by I-Hwa Cheng/AFP Phot)
A Military Police officer patrols a street in the Cidade de Deus (City of God) favela, west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 15, 2024. The Rio de Janeiro state government launched on Monday a vast police operation to “regain order” in ten favelas in the western part of the city, where drug traffickers and parapolice militias are fighting for territory. (Photo by Mauro Pimentel/AFP Photo)
Bujang, a 35-year-old male orangutan, washes his face on a sanctuary island at the Samboja Lestari Orangutan Rehabilitation Center in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, on July 12, 2024. Rescued from a circus in Sumatra, Bujang now lives on a river-bound island sanctuary for non-releasable orangutans run by the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation.(Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)
Orangemen and band members march in the annual Twelfth of July parade in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on July 12, 2024. The day, also known as “Orangemen’s Day,” commemorates the victory of Protestant King William of Orange over Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. The Belfast parade, which draws tens of thousands, is one of 18 such demonstrations held across Northern Ireland.(Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)
“Not My King” anti-monarchy protesters demonstrate as King Charles III and Queen Camilla ride in their carriage to the State Opening of Parliament in London on July 17, 2024. The King’s Speech was set to outline the agenda for the UK’s first Labour government in 14 years.(Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)
Ecuadorian cyclist Richard Carapaz of the EasyPost team climbs the Col du Noyer during the 177.8 km 17th stage of the Tour de France from Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Superdévoluy in the French Alps, July 17, 2024.(Photo by Etienne Garnier/AP Photo)
A Taylor Swift fan poses in a “Swiftie” party zone in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, on July 17, 2024, before the first of the pop icon’s three “Eras Tour” concerts at the Veltins Arena.(Photo by Ina Fassbender/AFP Photo)
Members of a Mongolian honor guard march off following a ceremony for the first session of the newly elected Parliament at Government Palace on Sükhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, July 2, 2024.(Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)
























