• A devotee peeks from banana leaves covering his head as he takes part in a religious ritual known locally as ‘Taong Putik’ (Mud People), during a mass to celebrate the Catholic feast day of Saint John the Baptist in the village of Bibiclat, Nueva Ecija, north of Manila. Erik De Castro / Reuters
    A devotee peeks from banana leaves covering his head as he takes part in a religious ritual known locally as ‘Taong Putik’ (Mud People), during a mass to celebrate the Catholic feast day of Saint John the Baptist in the village of Bibiclat, Nueva Ecija, north of Manila. Erik De Castro / Reuters
  • Workers clean a building’s glass wall bearing a reflection of other buildings at a financial district in Beijing. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
    Workers clean a building’s glass wall bearing a reflection of other buildings at a financial district in Beijing. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
  • Clara Gaymard, the head of GE France, center, General Electric Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt, right, and Alstom Chairman and Chief Executive Patrick Kron, left, answer journalists questions as they stand in front off a steam turbine at the turbines production unit of the Alstom plant in Belfort. Vincent Kessler / Reuters
    Clara Gaymard, the head of GE France, center, General Electric Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt, right, and Alstom Chairman and Chief Executive Patrick Kron, left, answer journalists questions as they stand in front off a steam turbine at the turbines production unit of the Alstom plant in Belfort. Vincent Kessler / Reuters
  • A boy fishes at a jetty, as a ship is seen in the background through haze, at Northport Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur. Local media reported unhealthy levels of air pollution with an air pollutant index (API) of 118 in some parts of the country. Samsul Said / Reuters
    A boy fishes at a jetty, as a ship is seen in the background through haze, at Northport Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur. Local media reported unhealthy levels of air pollution with an air pollutant index (API) of 118 in some parts of the country. Samsul Said / Reuters
  • Workers walk past a Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine. Differences over possible job cuts in South Africa’s platinum mines emerged on Tuesday as mining union AMCU prepared to sign a three-year wage deal with the world’s top producers of the metal to end a crippling five-month strike. Skyler Reid / Reuters
    Workers walk past a Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine. Differences over possible job cuts in South Africa’s platinum mines emerged on Tuesday as mining union AMCU prepared to sign a three-year wage deal with the world’s top producers of the metal to end a crippling five-month strike. Skyler Reid / Reuters
  • A surfer makes his way along the pier before jumping off into Port Phillip Bay as a storm lashes the Melbourne area. Mal Fairclough / AFP
    A surfer makes his way along the pier before jumping off into Port Phillip Bay as a storm lashes the Melbourne area. Mal Fairclough / AFP
  • A Forensic inspector and Lebanese army soldiers work at a site of explosion that occured on Monday night in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut. A suicide bomber blew up his car in Beirut on Monday night near an army checkpoint, killing a security officer and wounding several people watching the soccer World Cup in a nearby cafe. Sharif Karim / Reuters
    A Forensic inspector and Lebanese army soldiers work at a site of explosion that occured on Monday night in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut. A suicide bomber blew up his car in Beirut on Monday night near an army checkpoint, killing a security officer and wounding several people watching the soccer World Cup in a nearby cafe. Sharif Karim / Reuters

Best photography from around the world, June 24


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The National View’s photo editors pick the best of the day from around the world.