• Lightning strikes from dark clouds during a storm near Salgotarjan, Hungary. EPA / Peter Komka
    Lightning strikes from dark clouds during a storm near Salgotarjan, Hungary. EPA / Peter Komka
  • Austrian foreign and OCSE chairperson-in-office minister Sebastian Kurz is seen on a TV screen as he addresses the participants of the Informal Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) foreign ministers' meeting in Mauerbach, Austria. EPA/Christian Bruna
    Austrian foreign and OCSE chairperson-in-office minister Sebastian Kurz is seen on a TV screen as he addresses the participants of the Informal Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) foreign ministers' meeting in Mauerbach, Austria. EPA/Christian Bruna
  • Officials destroy houses in the eviction area of the Bukit Duri neighbourhood, on the Ciliwung river banks in Jakarta, Indonesia. Authorities ordered residents to vacate their settlements, which have built on the riverbanks, and relocate to new flats, as the government attempts to clear the flood-prone areas where more than a thousand homes were demolished two years ago. AFP Photo / Bay Ismoyo
    Officials destroy houses in the eviction area of the Bukit Duri neighbourhood, on the Ciliwung river banks in Jakarta, Indonesia. Authorities ordered residents to vacate their settlements, which have built on the riverbanks, and relocate to new flats, as the government attempts to clear the flood-prone areas where more than a thousand homes were demolished two years ago. AFP Photo / Bay Ismoyo
  • A woman walks among graves in Memorial Center Potocari, near Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Reuters / Dado Ruvic
    A woman walks among graves in Memorial Center Potocari, near Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Reuters / Dado Ruvic
  • A schoolboy holds a candle as he prays inside a school in Ahmedabad, India, to pay tribute to Hindu pilgrims who were killed in a gun battle that erupted in Kashmir today. Reuters / Amit Dave
    A schoolboy holds a candle as he prays inside a school in Ahmedabad, India, to pay tribute to Hindu pilgrims who were killed in a gun battle that erupted in Kashmir today. Reuters / Amit Dave
  • Spanish bullfighter David Fandila 'El Fandi' faces his second bull of the evening during the fourth bullfight of the Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain. The festival, locally known as Sanfermines, is held annually from 06 to 14 July in commemoration of the city's patron saint. EPA / Javier Lizon
    Spanish bullfighter David Fandila 'El Fandi' faces his second bull of the evening during the fourth bullfight of the Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain. The festival, locally known as Sanfermines, is held annually from 06 to 14 July in commemoration of the city's patron saint. EPA / Javier Lizon
  • An Indian security force personnel is seen through the broken windshield of a vehicle in Boateng village in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, at the site of a gun battle between Indian police and militants, where seven Hindu pilgrims were killed. Reuters / Danish Ismail
    An Indian security force personnel is seen through the broken windshield of a vehicle in Boateng village in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, at the site of a gun battle between Indian police and militants, where seven Hindu pilgrims were killed. Reuters / Danish Ismail
  • A member of the security forces fires tear gas during clashes at a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela. Reuters / Carlos Garcia Rawlins
    A member of the security forces fires tear gas during clashes at a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela. Reuters / Carlos Garcia Rawlins
  • Sun flowers in a field in Bad Homburg, Germany, as dark clouds pass by. AP Photo / Michael Probst
    Sun flowers in a field in Bad Homburg, Germany, as dark clouds pass by. AP Photo / Michael Probst

Best of the day: The world in pictures


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Take a look at our collection of the best photographs taken today from around the world, as selected by our visual team.

From the bull running in Spain, to day seven at Wimbledon, to an Indonesian tribe trekking up the side of an active volcano to drop live offerings in the crater - and plenty more.