• Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki, right, and U.S. secretary of state John Kerry meet in Baghdad. Kerry met Iraq’s prime minister in Baghdad on Monday to push for a more inclusive government, even as Baghdad’s forces abandoned the border with Jordan, leaving the entire Western frontier outside government control. Brendan Smialowski / Reuters
    Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki, right, and U.S. secretary of state John Kerry meet in Baghdad. Kerry met Iraq’s prime minister in Baghdad on Monday to push for a more inclusive government, even as Baghdad’s forces abandoned the border with Jordan, leaving the entire Western frontier outside government control. Brendan Smialowski / Reuters
  • Members of the ‘Donbass’ self-defence battalion attend a ceremony to swear the oath to be officially included into the reserve battalion of the National Guard of Ukraine near Kiev. Valentyn Ogirenko / Reuters
    Members of the ‘Donbass’ self-defence battalion attend a ceremony to swear the oath to be officially included into the reserve battalion of the National Guard of Ukraine near Kiev. Valentyn Ogirenko / Reuters
  • Construction workers stand on a wall at a construction site near Pudong financial district in Shanghai. Activity in China’s factory sector expanded in June for the first time in six months as new orders surged, a preliminary HSBC survey showed on Monday, offering new signs the economy is stabilising thanks to Beijing’s measures to shore up growth. Aly Song / Reuters
    Construction workers stand on a wall at a construction site near Pudong financial district in Shanghai. Activity in China’s factory sector expanded in June for the first time in six months as new orders surged, a preliminary HSBC survey showed on Monday, offering new signs the economy is stabilising thanks to Beijing’s measures to shore up growth. Aly Song / Reuters
  • Internally displaced Pakistanis force their way into a food distribution centre in Bannu. The World Food Programme on June 23 began distributing aid for hundreds of thousands of people who have fled a military operation in Pakistan, as refugees clashed with authorities over delays. A Majeed / AFP
    Internally displaced Pakistanis force their way into a food distribution centre in Bannu. The World Food Programme on June 23 began distributing aid for hundreds of thousands of people who have fled a military operation in Pakistan, as refugees clashed with authorities over delays. A Majeed / AFP
  • A man walks in front of a sculpture of the Brazuca soccer ball, the official match ball of the World Cup 2014, outside a sports shop at Beijing’s Sanlitun area. Jason Lee / Reuters
    A man walks in front of a sculpture of the Brazuca soccer ball, the official match ball of the World Cup 2014, outside a sports shop at Beijing’s Sanlitun area. Jason Lee / Reuters
  • Afghan farmers load a donkey as they harvest wheat on the outskirts of Herat. Agriculture is the main source of livelihood and subsistence for roughly 75 percent of the Afghan population even though it only comprises about 20 percent of the country’s GDP. Aref Karimi / AFP
    Afghan farmers load a donkey as they harvest wheat on the outskirts of Herat. Agriculture is the main source of livelihood and subsistence for roughly 75 percent of the Afghan population even though it only comprises about 20 percent of the country’s GDP. Aref Karimi / AFP
  • An exhausted supporter of Pakistani Muslim cleric Tahirul Qadri, leader of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) waits at Benazir International airport to receive his leader in Islamabad, Pakistan. The government has diverted the flight to Lahore due to security concern. Anjum Naveed / AP Photo
    An exhausted supporter of Pakistani Muslim cleric Tahirul Qadri, leader of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) waits at Benazir International airport to receive his leader in Islamabad, Pakistan. The government has diverted the flight to Lahore due to security concern. Anjum Naveed / AP Photo
  • A security guard stands on a court at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, in London. Stefan Wermuth / Reuters
    A security guard stands on a court at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, in London. Stefan Wermuth / Reuters

Best photography from around the world, June 23

Robert Mickelson

June 23, 2014

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