• An Uruguay fan covered in blue cheers prior to his team's Copa America Group C soccer match against Ecuador at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. AP
    An Uruguay fan covered in blue cheers prior to his team's Copa America Group C soccer match against Ecuador at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. AP
  • An India fan in face paint during his team's match against Pakistan in the Cricket World Cup. Reuters
    An India fan in face paint during his team's match against Pakistan in the Cricket World Cup. Reuters
  • Marc Marquez of Spain and Repsol Honda Team rides to win the MotoGP Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. Getty
    Marc Marquez of Spain and Repsol Honda Team rides to win the MotoGP Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. Getty
  • The frigate Rossiya floats on the Neva River past Dvortsovy bridge during a rehearsal for the festivities marking school graduation in St Petersburg, Russia. EPA
    The frigate Rossiya floats on the Neva River past Dvortsovy bridge during a rehearsal for the festivities marking school graduation in St Petersburg, Russia. EPA
  • A tourist walks past canvas paintings displayed at the Maasai Market in Nairobi. APF
    A tourist walks past canvas paintings displayed at the Maasai Market in Nairobi. APF
  • The sun sets behind the Robert F Kennedy Bridge in New York City, US. AFP
    The sun sets behind the Robert F Kennedy Bridge in New York City, US. AFP
  • International karate champion Syeda Falak shows self-defence techniques to students at the Telangana Minorities Residential Girls School in Hyderabad, India. AFP
    International karate champion Syeda Falak shows self-defence techniques to students at the Telangana Minorities Residential Girls School in Hyderabad, India. AFP
  • The Indian parliament building is pictured on the opening day of the parliament session in New Delhi. Reuters
    The Indian parliament building is pictured on the opening day of the parliament session in New Delhi. Reuters
  • Footwear is seen as Buddhist monks, nuns, and members of the ultra-nationalist group Ma Ba Tha attend the group's annual meeting in Yangon, Myanmar. AFP
    Footwear is seen as Buddhist monks, nuns, and members of the ultra-nationalist group Ma Ba Tha attend the group's annual meeting in Yangon, Myanmar. AFP
  • Supporters of the White team cheer before the semi-final match against the Blue team at the Calcio Storico Fiorentino, a traditional 16th-century Renaissance ball game, at Piazza Santa Croce in Florence, Italy. AFP
    Supporters of the White team cheer before the semi-final match against the Blue team at the Calcio Storico Fiorentino, a traditional 16th-century Renaissance ball game, at Piazza Santa Croce in Florence, Italy. AFP
  • A protester looks at messages left by demonstrators outside the government headquarters after a rally against a controversial extradition law proposal in Hong Kong. AFP
    A protester looks at messages left by demonstrators outside the government headquarters after a rally against a controversial extradition law proposal in Hong Kong. AFP
  • A fisherman stands on a bank of the Taedong river and a bloom of algae in Pyongyang. AFP
    A fisherman stands on a bank of the Taedong river and a bloom of algae in Pyongyang. AFP
  • Indian women from the aboriginal Kol community collect drinking water at a well in Nawargawa village in Madhya Pradesh state. AFP
    Indian women from the aboriginal Kol community collect drinking water at a well in Nawargawa village in Madhya Pradesh state. AFP
  • Plastic waste fills the seabad of a coastal fishing village in Lhokseumawe, Aceh province, Indonesia. AFP
    Plastic waste fills the seabad of a coastal fishing village in Lhokseumawe, Aceh province, Indonesia. AFP
  • A man takes a selfie on a cliff at sunset near the village of Predushchelnoe, Crimea. Reuters
    A man takes a selfie on a cliff at sunset near the village of Predushchelnoe, Crimea. Reuters
  • Sailors stand on the masts of Mexico's naval training ship ARM Cuauhtemoc as the ship sails down the Seine River during the Big Parade from Rouen to the sea as part of the 7th Armada at La Bouille, France. Reuters
    Sailors stand on the masts of Mexico's naval training ship ARM Cuauhtemoc as the ship sails down the Seine River during the Big Parade from Rouen to the sea as part of the 7th Armada at La Bouille, France. Reuters

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World in focus - best photos for June 17, 2019

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