An Indian child takes shelter from the rain under a plastic sheet in New Delhi. The monsoon rains have started in the Indian capital following a spell of record hot weather, bringing down temperatures and increasing humidity at the start of a monsoon season which is expected to be “deficient”, according to the met department. Sajjad Hussain / AFP
An Indian child takes shelter from the rain under a plastic sheet in New Delhi. The monsoon rains have started in the Indian capital following a spell of record hot weather, bringing down temperatures and increasing humidity at the start of a monsoon season which is expected to be “deficient”, according to the met department. Sajjad Hussain / AFP
Revellers run with Torrestrella’s fighting bulls along the Calle Estafeta during the second day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty
Revellers run with Torrestrella’s fighting bulls along the Calle Estafeta during the second day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty
An Afghan resident sweeps the courtyard of the Hazrat-e-Ali shrine, or Blue Mosque, during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Mazar-i-Sharif. Farshad Usyan / AFP
An Afghan resident sweeps the courtyard of the Hazrat-e-Ali shrine, or Blue Mosque, during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Mazar-i-Sharif. Farshad Usyan / AFP
An Indian man carries a clay pitcher of water on his head as he crosses parched land on a hot day at the village Bhunerheri, some 12 kms from Patiala. Sultry conditions and high humidity levels prevailed as temperatures hovered in the region of 38 degree Celsius. AFP
An Indian man carries a clay pitcher of water on his head as he crosses parched land on a hot day at the village Bhunerheri, some 12 kms from Patiala. Sultry conditions and high humidity levels prevailed as temperatures hovered in the region of 38 degree Celsius. AFP
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 EnglandPaul Hackett / Reuters
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 EnglandPaul Hackett / Reuters
A worker rappels from the Cristo Redentor statue at the Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro. Alessandro Garofalo / Reuters
A worker rappels from the Cristo Redentor statue at the Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro. Alessandro Garofalo / Reuters
A participant gets a shower after a handball match at the “Wattoluempiade,” or Mud Olympics, in the northern German city of Brunsbuettel. Morris Mac Matzen / Reuters
A participant gets a shower after a handball match at the “Wattoluempiade,” or Mud Olympics, in the northern German city of Brunsbuettel. Morris Mac Matzen / Reuters
Syrians walk amid dust following a reported barrel-bomb attack by Syrian government forces in the Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood in the northern city of Aleppo. Zein Al-Rifai / AFP
Syrians walk amid dust following a reported barrel-bomb attack by Syrian government forces in the Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood in the northern city of Aleppo. Zein Al-Rifai / AFP
A Palestinian holds a knife near the home of slain 16 year-old Palestinian Muhammad Abu Khdair, at the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Shuafat. Clashes erupted between police and protesters in East Jerusalem and in Arab villages in northern Israel, as Palestinians said a slain teenager was burnt alive this week. Atef Safadi / EPA
A Palestinian holds a knife near the home of slain 16 year-old Palestinian Muhammad Abu Khdair, at the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Shuafat. Clashes erupted between police and protesters in East Jerusalem and in Arab villages in northern Israel, as Palestinians said a slain teenager was burnt alive this week. Atef Safadi / EPA
Palestinian Musahartis call on observant Muslims to wake up for their overnight “suhur” meal before the next day’s fast and to perform the dawn prayer in the Muslim quarter during the holy month of Ramadan in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
Palestinian Musahartis call on observant Muslims to wake up for their overnight “suhur” meal before the next day’s fast and to perform the dawn prayer in the Muslim quarter during the holy month of Ramadan in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
A man walks along the bank of the Yellow River to fish as the Sammenxia Dam discharges flood waters downstream, in Pinglu, Shanxi province. China Daily
A man walks along the bank of the Yellow River to fish as the Sammenxia Dam discharges flood waters downstream, in Pinglu, Shanxi province. China Daily

Best photography from around the world July 7

Rob Gurdebeke

July 07, 2014

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

Country-size land deals

US interest in purchasing territory is not as outlandish as it sounds. Here's a look at some big land transactions between nations:

Louisiana Purchase

If Donald Trump is one who aims to broker "a deal of the century", then this was the "deal of the 19th Century". In 1803, the US nearly doubled in size when it bought 2,140,000 square kilometres from France for $15 million.

Florida Purchase Treaty

The US courted Spain for Florida for years. Spain eventually realised its burden in holding on to the territory and in 1819 effectively ceded it to America in a wider border treaty. 

Alaska purchase

America's spending spree continued in 1867 when it acquired 1,518,800 km2 of  Alaskan land from Russia for $7.2m. Critics panned the government for buying "useless land".

The Philippines

At the end of the Spanish-American War, a provision in the 1898 Treaty of Paris saw Spain surrender the Philippines for a payment of $20 million. 

US Virgin Islands

It's not like a US president has never reached a deal with Denmark before. In 1917 the US purchased the Danish West Indies for $25m and renamed them the US Virgin Islands.

Gwadar

The most recent sovereign land purchase was in 1958 when Pakistan bought the southwestern port of Gwadar from Oman for 5.5bn Pakistan rupees. 

From Zero

Artist: Linkin Park

Label: Warner Records

Number of tracks: 11

Rating: 4/5

SERIE A FIXTURES

All times UAE ( 4 GMT)

Saturday
Roma v Udinese (5pm) 
SPAL v Napoli (8pm)
Juventus v Torino (10.45pm)

Sunday
Sampdoria v AC Milan (2.30pm)
Inter Milan v Genoa (5pm)
Crotone v Benevento (5pm)
Verona v Lazio (5pm)
Cagliari v Chievo (5pm)
Sassuolo v Bologna (8pm)
Fiorentina v Atalanta (10.45pm)

Whiile you're here
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Al Wahda 2

Al Menhali 27', Tagliabue 79'

Al Nassr 3

Hamdallah 41', Giuliano 45 1', 62'

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