• A man tries to overcome a horse as they participate in the traditional Rapa Das Festas festival in Sabucedo village, Pontevedra region, Spain, 08 July 2023 (issued 09 July 2023). Annually wild horses are captured in the hills and then carried to a farmyard to brand them and to cut their horsehair in a feast. Several thousand people attended the feast to observe young people overcoming horses without using ropes or sticks. EPA / BRAIS LORENZO
    A man tries to overcome a horse as they participate in the traditional Rapa Das Festas festival in Sabucedo village, Pontevedra region, Spain, 08 July 2023 (issued 09 July 2023). Annually wild horses are captured in the hills and then carried to a farmyard to brand them and to cut their horsehair in a feast. Several thousand people attended the feast to observe young people overcoming horses without using ropes or sticks. EPA / BRAIS LORENZO
  • Patriot long-range air defence systems of the German armed forces sit beside a playground at Vilnius Airport ahead of the Nato summit in the Lithuanian capital. EPA
    Patriot long-range air defence systems of the German armed forces sit beside a playground at Vilnius Airport ahead of the Nato summit in the Lithuanian capital. EPA
  • People take a dip in Wehrheim near Frankfurt. AP
    People take a dip in Wehrheim near Frankfurt. AP
  • A man steers his motorbike through a flooded street after heavy rain in New Delhi. Reuters
    A man steers his motorbike through a flooded street after heavy rain in New Delhi. Reuters
  • A warm summer day on the shores of Lake Geneva beside the Alps in Vevey, Switzerland. EPA
    A warm summer day on the shores of Lake Geneva beside the Alps in Vevey, Switzerland. EPA
  • The third day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, Spain. AP
    The third day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, Spain. AP
  • Noa Lasry and Nitai Hason of Israel practise for the Paris 2024 Sailing Test Event at Marseille Marina, France. Getty
    Noa Lasry and Nitai Hason of Israel practise for the Paris 2024 Sailing Test Event at Marseille Marina, France. Getty
  • Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sitting in a plane with commanders of defenders of the Azovstal steel plant as they return to Ukraine from Istanbul. AFP
    Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sitting in a plane with commanders of defenders of the Azovstal steel plant as they return to Ukraine from Istanbul. AFP
  • The Hebrew word for 'democracy' is daubed on a road during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in Tel Aviv. Reuters
    The Hebrew word for 'democracy' is daubed on a road during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in Tel Aviv. Reuters
  • An animal enthusiast holds puppies at a pet adoption drive in Chennai, India. EPA
    An animal enthusiast holds puppies at a pet adoption drive in Chennai, India. EPA
  • A man in a mascot costume cools down in the shade at the World Rowing Cup at Rotsee lake in Lucerne, Switzerland. EPA
    A man in a mascot costume cools down in the shade at the World Rowing Cup at Rotsee lake in Lucerne, Switzerland. EPA

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Today's best photos: from horses in Spain to rowing in Switzerland

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July 09, 2023

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