• A member of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team after a sunset launch from Mount Azmar in the autonomous Kurdistan region of north-eastern Iraq. AFP
    A member of the Sulaymaniyah paragliding team after a sunset launch from Mount Azmar in the autonomous Kurdistan region of north-eastern Iraq. AFP
  • Burning tyres block roads in the Libyan capital Tripoli during nationwide protests over deteriorating living conditions and political deadlock. AFP
    Burning tyres block roads in the Libyan capital Tripoli during nationwide protests over deteriorating living conditions and political deadlock. AFP
  • A metro train passes Kongens Nytorv station without stopping after three people were killed by a gunman in an adjoining shopping mall in Copenhagen, Denmark. EPA
    A metro train passes Kongens Nytorv station without stopping after three people were killed by a gunman in an adjoining shopping mall in Copenhagen, Denmark. EPA
  • People cheer a performer singing an anti-Russian song during a concert at Closer Art Club, in Kyiv, Ukraine. EPA
    People cheer a performer singing an anti-Russian song during a concert at Closer Art Club, in Kyiv, Ukraine. EPA
  • The sun sets behind the skyline of Frankfurt, Germany. Reuters
    The sun sets behind the skyline of Frankfurt, Germany. Reuters
  • A peace activist dressed as a clown blows bubbles as Israeli forces demolish a Palestinian house in Masafer Yatta, in the occupied West Bank. Reuters
    A peace activist dressed as a clown blows bubbles as Israeli forces demolish a Palestinian house in Masafer Yatta, in the occupied West Bank. Reuters
  • An aerial picture of a busy livestock market in Syria's rebel-held northern town of Dana during preparations for the festival of Eid Al Adha. AFP
    An aerial picture of a busy livestock market in Syria's rebel-held northern town of Dana during preparations for the festival of Eid Al Adha. AFP
  • Desharne Bent-Ashmeil and Amy Rollinson of Great Britain compete in the women's diving 3m synchronised springboard final at the world championships in Budapest, Hungary. AP
    Desharne Bent-Ashmeil and Amy Rollinson of Great Britain compete in the women's diving 3m synchronised springboard final at the world championships in Budapest, Hungary. AP
  • A World Food Programme convoy on the way to Tigray passes the village of Erebti, Ethiopia. AFP
    A World Food Programme convoy on the way to Tigray passes the village of Erebti, Ethiopia. AFP
  • Students of the Ballet Manguinhos School practice dance movements after a photo session at the Manguinhos favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 27, 2022. - About 400 students between six and 29 years old take free dance classes in Ballet Manguinhos --a kind of oasis in a neighbourhood that lives under the sway of drug trafficking and where classes are regularly interrupted by shootings during police operations-- and which is now facing the possibility of closure due to financial difficulties. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)
    Students of the Ballet Manguinhos School practice dance movements after a photo session at the Manguinhos favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 27, 2022. - About 400 students between six and 29 years old take free dance classes in Ballet Manguinhos --a kind of oasis in a neighbourhood that lives under the sway of drug trafficking and where classes are regularly interrupted by shootings during police operations-- and which is now facing the possibility of closure due to financial difficulties. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)

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July 04, 2022

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