• A boy performs a trick during an event to mark Go Skateboarding Day in Manila. Noel Celis / AFP Photo
    A boy performs a trick during an event to mark Go Skateboarding Day in Manila. Noel Celis / AFP Photo
  • US president Donald Trump and the Republican Representative from Texas Mac Thornberry listens to members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, DC. Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA
    US president Donald Trump and the Republican Representative from Texas Mac Thornberry listens to members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, DC. Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA
  • A dragon boat race at Diejiao water village in Foshan, China. VCG via Getty Images
    A dragon boat race at Diejiao water village in Foshan, China. VCG via Getty Images
  • Indigenous women burn incense, as the truck transporting 172 urns containing the remains of victims of the Guatemalan armed conflict (1960-1996), arrives in San Juan Comalapa, about 35 km west of Guatemala City. Johan Ordonez / AFP Photo
    Indigenous women burn incense, as the truck transporting 172 urns containing the remains of victims of the Guatemalan armed conflict (1960-1996), arrives in San Juan Comalapa, about 35 km west of Guatemala City. Johan Ordonez / AFP Photo
  • Supporters of imprisoned Selahattin Demirtas, presidential candidate of the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP), react during an election campaign rally in Diyarbakir. AFP Photo
    Supporters of imprisoned Selahattin Demirtas, presidential candidate of the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP), react during an election campaign rally in Diyarbakir. AFP Photo
  • A kebab shop worker slices meat as the reflection of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seen on the window of a restaurant in Taksim Square, Istanbul. Bulent Kilic / AFP Photo
    A kebab shop worker slices meat as the reflection of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seen on the window of a restaurant in Taksim Square, Istanbul. Bulent Kilic / AFP Photo
  • Palestinian ollerbladers skate in Gaza City. Mahmud Hams / AFP Photo
    Palestinian ollerbladers skate in Gaza City. Mahmud Hams / AFP Photo
  • A Syrian child from the northern city of Manbij, sits outside mud-brick dwellings at Al Qadi camp for the displaced, about 30 kilometres north of Manbij. Nazeer Al Khatib / AFP Photo
    A Syrian child from the northern city of Manbij, sits outside mud-brick dwellings at Al Qadi camp for the displaced, about 30 kilometres north of Manbij. Nazeer Al Khatib / AFP Photo
  • A worker pulls a cart past a mural by US artist Scarlett Baily, painted in the framework of the project "La Bodega de Arte", at the "Central de Abasto" wholesale market in Mexico City. Pedro Pardo / AFP Photo
    A worker pulls a cart past a mural by US artist Scarlett Baily, painted in the framework of the project "La Bodega de Arte", at the "Central de Abasto" wholesale market in Mexico City. Pedro Pardo / AFP Photo
  • Leonard Hammonds, right, points out that a Turtle Creek Police officer has his had on his weapon during a rally in East Pittsburgh at a protest regarding the shooting death of Antwon Rose by an East Pittsburgh Police officer during a traffic stop the night before. Steve Mellon / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP
    Leonard Hammonds, right, points out that a Turtle Creek Police officer has his had on his weapon during a rally in East Pittsburgh at a protest regarding the shooting death of Antwon Rose by an East Pittsburgh Police officer during a traffic stop the night before. Steve Mellon / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP

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