• Italian soprano Anna Pirozzi portrayed as Turandot poses for a backstage portrait before a performance of Giacomo Puccini's opera at the Teatro Real opera house in Madrid, Spain, Friday, July 14, 2023. For the past eight years, Madrid’s Teatro Real opera house has held a week of opera broadcasting shows that have been staged in the theater to towns and cities around Spain for free. The aim is to try to spread interest in the art form among the public and rid it off its elitist tag. This July, the highlight was Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece, Turandot. (AP Photo / Bernat Armangue)
    Italian soprano Anna Pirozzi portrayed as Turandot poses for a backstage portrait before a performance of Giacomo Puccini's opera at the Teatro Real opera house in Madrid, Spain, Friday, July 14, 2023. For the past eight years, Madrid’s Teatro Real opera house has held a week of opera broadcasting shows that have been staged in the theater to towns and cities around Spain for free. The aim is to try to spread interest in the art form among the public and rid it off its elitist tag. This July, the highlight was Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece, Turandot. (AP Photo / Bernat Armangue)
  • France's Eugenie Le Sommer (right) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal in their World Cup match against Brazil at Brisbane Stadium. AFP
    France's Eugenie Le Sommer (right) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal in their World Cup match against Brazil at Brisbane Stadium. AFP
  • An attendant checks the table ahead of the 9th China-France High Level Economic and Financial Dialogue in Beijing, China. EPA
    An attendant checks the table ahead of the 9th China-France High Level Economic and Financial Dialogue in Beijing, China. EPA
  • Shiite Muslims attend an Ashura commemoration in Istanbul, Turkey. AFP
    Shiite Muslims attend an Ashura commemoration in Istanbul, Turkey. AFP
  • A woman wades through floodwaters in Calumpit, Bulacan province, after Typhoon Doksuri lashed the Philippines. AFP
    A woman wades through floodwaters in Calumpit, Bulacan province, after Typhoon Doksuri lashed the Philippines. AFP
  • A crow sitting on a TV antenna is silhouetted against the moon in St Petersburg, Russia. AP
    A crow sitting on a TV antenna is silhouetted against the moon in St Petersburg, Russia. AP
  • Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina clash with ruling Awami League supporters and police in Dhaka. EPA
    Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina clash with ruling Awami League supporters and police in Dhaka. EPA
  • A long-exposure photo shows Mount Merapi in Indonesia spewing lava onto its slopes during an eruption. AFP
    A long-exposure photo shows Mount Merapi in Indonesia spewing lava onto its slopes during an eruption. AFP
  • Soldiers use tear gas against demonstrators protesting over a deforestation project during clashes in Ikizkoy, south-western Turkey. AFP
    Soldiers use tear gas against demonstrators protesting over a deforestation project during clashes in Ikizkoy, south-western Turkey. AFP
  • Workers install lighting to an "X" sign on the headquarters of the company formerly known as Twitter, in San Francisco, US. AP
    Workers install lighting to an "X" sign on the headquarters of the company formerly known as Twitter, in San Francisco, US. AP

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July 29, 2023

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