• A man controls a kite over Moinhos beach during the 12th Alcochete International Kite Festival, in Alcochete, Portugal. Mario Cruz / EPA
    A man controls a kite over Moinhos beach during the 12th Alcochete International Kite Festival, in Alcochete, Portugal. Mario Cruz / EPA
  • A Malaysian religious student holds the Quran at school during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Hulu Langat, near Kuala Lumpur. Mohd Rasfan / AFP
    A Malaysian religious student holds the Quran at school during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Hulu Langat, near Kuala Lumpur. Mohd Rasfan / AFP
  • An Indian Muslim offers prayers inside a mosque during the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan in Mumbai, India. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
    An Indian Muslim offers prayers inside a mosque during the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan in Mumbai, India. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
  • Iraqi women hold pots as they queue to receive food during the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, at an encampment for displaced Iraqis who fled from Mosul and other towns, in the Khazer area outside Irbil, north Iraq. Hussein Malla / AP
    Iraqi women hold pots as they queue to receive food during the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, at an encampment for displaced Iraqis who fled from Mosul and other towns, in the Khazer area outside Irbil, north Iraq. Hussein Malla / AP
  • Displaced Iraqi boys run behind a lorry distributing meals for a communal meal for Muslims to break their fast on the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, at a camp for displaced Iraqis who fled from Mosul and other towns, in the Khazer area outside Irbil, northern Iraq. Hussein Malla / AP
    Displaced Iraqi boys run behind a lorry distributing meals for a communal meal for Muslims to break their fast on the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, at a camp for displaced Iraqis who fled from Mosul and other towns, in the Khazer area outside Irbil, northern Iraq. Hussein Malla / AP
  • A fisherman casts his line from the rocks at Seal Beach, California, as the sun prepares to set. Frederic J. Brown / AFP
    A fisherman casts his line from the rocks at Seal Beach, California, as the sun prepares to set. Frederic J. Brown / AFP
  • A Palestinian boy reads the Quran, Islam’s holy book, in the Al-Omari mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Gaza City. Mohammed Saber/ EPA
    A Palestinian boy reads the Quran, Islam’s holy book, in the Al-Omari mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Gaza City. Mohammed Saber/ EPA
  • Israeli policemen and immigration officers arrest an African asylum seeker after spending the last two days protesting in an outdoor camp near the Nitzana border crossing with Egypt in the Negev Desert. Oren Ziv / AFP
    Israeli policemen and immigration officers arrest an African asylum seeker after spending the last two days protesting in an outdoor camp near the Nitzana border crossing with Egypt in the Negev Desert. Oren Ziv / AFP
  • Klaas-Jan Huntelaar of the Netherlands celebrates scoring the 2-1 during the Fifa World Cup 2014 round of 16 match between the Netherlands and Mexico at the Estadio Castelao in Fortaleza, Brazil. Vassil Donev / EPA
    Klaas-Jan Huntelaar of the Netherlands celebrates scoring the 2-1 during the Fifa World Cup 2014 round of 16 match between the Netherlands and Mexico at the Estadio Castelao in Fortaleza, Brazil. Vassil Donev / EPA

Rob Gurdebeke

June 30, 2014

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