• A man takes photos while walking in the flares’ smoke during a demonstration staged by striking workers of the French state-run rail operator SNCF, backed by French unions CGT and Sud-Rail, against reform plans proposed by the French government in Paris. Fred Dufour / AFP
    A man takes photos while walking in the flares’ smoke during a demonstration staged by striking workers of the French state-run rail operator SNCF, backed by French unions CGT and Sud-Rail, against reform plans proposed by the French government in Paris. Fred Dufour / AFP
  • An Iraqi young boy holds a gun from the window of a vehicle carrying volunteers joining Iraqi security forces in the fight against Jihadist militants who have taken over several northern Iraqi cities in the capital Baghdad. Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP
    An Iraqi young boy holds a gun from the window of a vehicle carrying volunteers joining Iraqi security forces in the fight against Jihadist militants who have taken over several northern Iraqi cities in the capital Baghdad. Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP
  • A man is rescued from under the rubble after Syrian regime helicopters allegedly dropped barrel bombs on the Sukkari neighbourhood, an opposition-held district in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, Khaled Khatib / AFP
    A man is rescued from under the rubble after Syrian regime helicopters allegedly dropped barrel bombs on the Sukkari neighbourhood, an opposition-held district in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, Khaled Khatib / AFP
  • A Palestinian woman prays at the entrance of her house in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
    A Palestinian woman prays at the entrance of her house in Gaza City. Mohammed Abed / AFP
  • Swimmers jump into a river to seek relief from the hot weather in Rong’an county, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. China Daily
    Swimmers jump into a river to seek relief from the hot weather in Rong’an county, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. China Daily
  • Rescue personnel tend to a young tornado victim in Pilger, Neb. Mark Farnik / AP
    Rescue personnel tend to a young tornado victim in Pilger, Neb. Mark Farnik / AP
  • Two tornadoes touch down near Pilger. Large tornadoes hit rural areas of northeastern Nebraska on Monday afternoon, with reports of property damage, according to forecasters and the Weather Channel. Dustin Wilcox / AP
    Two tornadoes touch down near Pilger. Large tornadoes hit rural areas of northeastern Nebraska on Monday afternoon, with reports of property damage, according to forecasters and the Weather Channel. Dustin Wilcox / AP
  • A woman takes pictures from a cottage inside Windsor Castle as Britain’s royal family attend the Order of the Garter procession and installation service at Windsor Castle in southern England. Toby Melville / Reuters
    A woman takes pictures from a cottage inside Windsor Castle as Britain’s royal family attend the Order of the Garter procession and installation service at Windsor Castle in southern England. Toby Melville / Reuters

Best photography from around the world, June 17

Rob Gurdebeke

June 17, 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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