• Jacqueline Simoneau of Canada performs during the Women's Solo Technical Artistic Swimming Preliminary at the 2019 Fina World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. EPA
    Jacqueline Simoneau of Canada performs during the Women's Solo Technical Artistic Swimming Preliminary at the 2019 Fina World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. EPA
  • A French soldier on a hoverboard practises his landing on the Champs Elysees avenue during a rehearsal for the Bastille Day parade. AP Photo
    A French soldier on a hoverboard practises his landing on the Champs Elysees avenue during a rehearsal for the Bastille Day parade. AP Photo
  • Boats surrounded by algae in a bay in Qingdao, China's eastern Shandong province. AFP
    Boats surrounded by algae in a bay in Qingdao, China's eastern Shandong province. AFP
  • A villager sits on a stool inside a tyre as he rows himself on a flooded field following heavy rainfall in Longtou village, Hengyang, Hunan province, China. Reuters
    A villager sits on a stool inside a tyre as he rows himself on a flooded field following heavy rainfall in Longtou village, Hengyang, Hunan province, China. Reuters
  • US rapper Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn performs during the Openair Frauenfeld music festival, in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. EPA
    US rapper Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn performs during the Openair Frauenfeld music festival, in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. EPA
  • Several 'mozos', or runners, are chased by bulls of Nunez del Cuvillo ranch during the sixth 'encierro,' or running-with-the-bulls, of the Sanfermines festivities in Pamplona, Spain. EPA
    Several 'mozos', or runners, are chased by bulls of Nunez del Cuvillo ranch during the sixth 'encierro,' or running-with-the-bulls, of the Sanfermines festivities in Pamplona, Spain. EPA
  • A competitor is thrown from his horse while participating in the Bareback Bronc Riding at the Beaver Creek Rodeo Series, in Avon, Colo. AP
    A competitor is thrown from his horse while participating in the Bareback Bronc Riding at the Beaver Creek Rodeo Series, in Avon, Colo. AP
  • Members of the Syrian Civil Defence walk past destroyed buildings following an airstrike by regime forces in the city of Idlib in northwest Syria. AFP
    Members of the Syrian Civil Defence walk past destroyed buildings following an airstrike by regime forces in the city of Idlib in northwest Syria. AFP

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World in focus - best photos for July 12, 2019

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