• Performers in historic costumes throw flags as they take part in a procession during the annual medieval festival, the Ommegang, in Brussels' Grand Place. The Ommegang pageant is a re-enactment of celebrations marking the historical entry of Charles the Fifth, his son Don Philip, infant of Spain and Duke of Brabant, and his sisters, Eleanor of Austria, Queen of France and Mary of Hungary into Brussels in 1549. Eric Vidal / Reuters
    Performers in historic costumes throw flags as they take part in a procession during the annual medieval festival, the Ommegang, in Brussels' Grand Place. The Ommegang pageant is a re-enactment of celebrations marking the historical entry of Charles the Fifth, his son Don Philip, infant of Spain and Duke of Brabant, and his sisters, Eleanor of Austria, Queen of France and Mary of Hungary into Brussels in 1549. Eric Vidal / Reuters
  • Worshippers attend the Friday prayers in Ankara. Adem Altan / AFP Photo
    Worshippers attend the Friday prayers in Ankara. Adem Altan / AFP Photo
  • Polo players Andy Burgess (R) riding Tonka Rob Brockett riding Torda (L) and Ben Marshall (C) riding Shriva practice for the beach polo competition being held on the beach at Watergate Bay, near Newquay. Matt Cardy / Getty Images
    Polo players Andy Burgess (R) riding Tonka Rob Brockett riding Torda (L) and Ben Marshall (C) riding Shriva practice for the beach polo competition being held on the beach at Watergate Bay, near Newquay. Matt Cardy / Getty Images
  • Men run for cover during a heavy rain shower in the northern Indian hill town of Shimla. The Indian monsoon strengthened at the start of the key planting month after recording the weakest first month of the June-September rainy season in five years. Reuters
    Men run for cover during a heavy rain shower in the northern Indian hill town of Shimla. The Indian monsoon strengthened at the start of the key planting month after recording the weakest first month of the June-September rainy season in five years. Reuters
  • A man walks past a yellow bicycle prior the start of the 101st edition of the Tour de France 2014 cycling race in Leeds, Britain. The 190km-long first stage of the Tour de France 2014 starts 05 July from Leeds to Harrogate. Kim Ludbrook / EPA
    A man walks past a yellow bicycle prior the start of the 101st edition of the Tour de France 2014 cycling race in Leeds, Britain. The 190km-long first stage of the Tour de France 2014 starts 05 July from Leeds to Harrogate. Kim Ludbrook / EPA
  • Palestinians pray on the first Friday of Ramadan as Israeli policemen stand guard in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Wadi al-Joz. Palestinians infuriated at the kidnap and killing of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khudair they blame on far-right Jews, clashed with Israeli police in Jerusalem on Friday. Israeli police deployed extra forces in Jerusalem and barred men under the age of 50 from al Aqsa mosque complex, the city's most sacred Muslim site, forcing hundreds of men to hold prayers outside the gates of the Old City. Baz Ratner / Reuters
    Palestinians pray on the first Friday of Ramadan as Israeli policemen stand guard in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Wadi al-Joz. Palestinians infuriated at the kidnap and killing of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khudair they blame on far-right Jews, clashed with Israeli police in Jerusalem on Friday. Israeli police deployed extra forces in Jerusalem and barred men under the age of 50 from al Aqsa mosque complex, the city's most sacred Muslim site, forcing hundreds of men to hold prayers outside the gates of the Old City. Baz Ratner / Reuters
  • People carry the body of Muhammad Abu Kdear during his funeral ceremony in Jerusalem, Israel. Muhammad is thought to have been murdered earlier this week in revenge to the killing of the three Israeli teenagers two weeks ago in the West-bank. Ilia Yefimovich / Getty Images
    People carry the body of Muhammad Abu Kdear during his funeral ceremony in Jerusalem, Israel. Muhammad is thought to have been murdered earlier this week in revenge to the killing of the three Israeli teenagers two weeks ago in the West-bank. Ilia Yefimovich / Getty Images
  • Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi uses his mobile phone as he waits for the arrival of European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso before a meeting at Villa Madama in Rome. Remo Casilli / Reuters
    Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi uses his mobile phone as he waits for the arrival of European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso before a meeting at Villa Madama in Rome. Remo Casilli / Reuters
  • A woman walks down a flooded street after Hurricane Arthur blew through in Manteo, North Carolina. The first hurricane of the Atlantic season has hit the North Carolina coast, a wet and windy spoiler of the July Fourth holiday for thousands of Americans as authorities ordered them to evacuate exposed areas. Chris Keane / Reuters
    A woman walks down a flooded street after Hurricane Arthur blew through in Manteo, North Carolina. The first hurricane of the Atlantic season has hit the North Carolina coast, a wet and windy spoiler of the July Fourth holiday for thousands of Americans as authorities ordered them to evacuate exposed areas. Chris Keane / Reuters
  • Germany fans enjoy the atmosphere prior to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Quarter Final match between France and Germany at Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Matthias Hangst / Getty Images
    Germany fans enjoy the atmosphere prior to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Quarter Final match between France and Germany at Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Matthias Hangst / Getty Images

Best photography from around the world, July 4

Mark Asquith

July 04, 2014

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The National View’s photo editors pick the best images of the day from around the world

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