• An Indonesian Muslim man plays with fire sticks during a parade as Muslims celebrate Eid Al-Fitr in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Getty Images
    An Indonesian Muslim man plays with fire sticks during a parade as Muslims celebrate Eid Al-Fitr in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Getty Images
  • A balloon vendor sells light balloons while people watch fireworks over the sky of Dubai Festival City (DFC) on the second day of Eid Al-Fitr in UAE. EPA
    A balloon vendor sells light balloons while people watch fireworks over the sky of Dubai Festival City (DFC) on the second day of Eid Al-Fitr in UAE. EPA
  • Firefighting trucks drive to a point of fire at a forest near Juterbog, Brandenburg, Germany. EPA
    Firefighting trucks drive to a point of fire at a forest near Juterbog, Brandenburg, Germany. EPA
  • South Korean Lee Jin-yeo prays in front of the gravestone of Lee Kwan-joon, a male cousin of her father, who died during the Korean War, on Memorial Day at the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea. AP
    South Korean Lee Jin-yeo prays in front of the gravestone of Lee Kwan-joon, a male cousin of her father, who died during the Korean War, on Memorial Day at the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea. AP
  • Texas Rangers' Delino DeShields receives an ice water shower from Elvis Andrus after hitting a game-winning RBI single in the 12th inning of the team's baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles. AP
    Texas Rangers' Delino DeShields receives an ice water shower from Elvis Andrus after hitting a game-winning RBI single in the 12th inning of the team's baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles. AP
  • A picture taken from a drone shows the cleaning of gulfweed (sargassum) accumulated on the beaches of Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. EPA
    A picture taken from a drone shows the cleaning of gulfweed (sargassum) accumulated on the beaches of Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. EPA
  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the 60th Anniversary of the Hessian Circle in Frankfurt Main, Germany. EPA
    German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the 60th Anniversary of the Hessian Circle in Frankfurt Main, Germany. EPA
  • WWII US native American Indian veteran Charles Shay takes part with others in a ceremony on Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, western France. AFP
    WWII US native American Indian veteran Charles Shay takes part with others in a ceremony on Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, western France. AFP
  • US WWII veteran Tom Rice takes part in a parachute drop over Carentan, Normandy, north-western France. AFP
    US WWII veteran Tom Rice takes part in a parachute drop over Carentan, Normandy, north-western France. AFP
  • Pipe Major Trevor Macey-Lillie of the Scots Royal artillery stands on a Mulberry harbour as he plays a replica set of Millin-Montgomery pipes on the morning of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Arromanches Les Bains, France. Getty Images
    Pipe Major Trevor Macey-Lillie of the Scots Royal artillery stands on a Mulberry harbour as he plays a replica set of Millin-Montgomery pipes on the morning of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Arromanches Les Bains, France. Getty Images
  • A war veteran is seen before a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Reuters
    A war veteran is seen before a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Reuters
  • People enjoy a ride in an amusement park as they celebrate the second day of Eid al-Fitr in Istanbul, Turkey. Reuters
    People enjoy a ride in an amusement park as they celebrate the second day of Eid al-Fitr in Istanbul, Turkey. Reuters
  • A spectator with an umbrella walks away after all matches of the French Open tennis tournament were cancelled due to rain at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. AP
    A spectator with an umbrella walks away after all matches of the French Open tennis tournament were cancelled due to rain at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. AP
  • A Sikh man shouts pro-Khalistan slogans after a scuffle broke out between radical Sikhs and security officers, after a memorial for hundreds of people who were killed during Operation Blue Star in 1984, at the Akaal Takhat, the highest temporal seat for the Sikhs, within the Golden Temple premises, in Amritsar, India. EPA
    A Sikh man shouts pro-Khalistan slogans after a scuffle broke out between radical Sikhs and security officers, after a memorial for hundreds of people who were killed during Operation Blue Star in 1984, at the Akaal Takhat, the highest temporal seat for the Sikhs, within the Golden Temple premises, in Amritsar, India. EPA
  • The record judges check a sand castle at the Sand Sculpture Festival in Binz on the island of Ruegen, northern Germany. The sculpture is 17.66 meters high and consists of 11,000 tons of sand. The artwork received the 'Greatest Sandcastle in the World' award from Guinness World Records. EPA
    The record judges check a sand castle at the Sand Sculpture Festival in Binz on the island of Ruegen, northern Germany. The sculpture is 17.66 meters high and consists of 11,000 tons of sand. The artwork received the 'Greatest Sandcastle in the World' award from Guinness World Records. EPA
  • The silhouette of a WWII enthusiast sitting, as the sun rises, on a period motorcycle on the beach of Asnelles, in Normandy, during the D-Day commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy. AFP
    The silhouette of a WWII enthusiast sitting, as the sun rises, on a period motorcycle on the beach of Asnelles, in Normandy, during the D-Day commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy. AFP
  • WWII enthusiasts walk near DUKW (colloquially known as Duck), a six-wheel-drive amphibious modification of the 2 1/2-ton CCKW trucks used by the US military, on the beach of Asnelles, in Normandy. APF
    WWII enthusiasts walk near DUKW (colloquially known as Duck), a six-wheel-drive amphibious modification of the 2 1/2-ton CCKW trucks used by the US military, on the beach of Asnelles, in Normandy. APF
  • This picture taken shows an English flag and crosses planted in the sand of the beach in Arromanches, during the D-Day commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy. AFP
    This picture taken shows an English flag and crosses planted in the sand of the beach in Arromanches, during the D-Day commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy. AFP

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