• People enjoy a fun fair during the Eid festival in Istanbul, Turkey. EPA
    People enjoy a fun fair during the Eid festival in Istanbul, Turkey. EPA
  • Performers during a 'Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance', or mass games, at the May Day stadium in Pyongyang. AFP
    Performers during a 'Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance', or mass games, at the May Day stadium in Pyongyang. AFP
  • A woman who scavenges for recyclable plastics for a living, collects plastic bottles next to Marabou storks who feed on the garbage, as she puts them in a sack at the Dandora dumpsite, before selling them for recycling in Nairobi, Kenya ahead of World Environment Day. EPA
    A woman who scavenges for recyclable plastics for a living, collects plastic bottles next to Marabou storks who feed on the garbage, as she puts them in a sack at the Dandora dumpsite, before selling them for recycling in Nairobi, Kenya ahead of World Environment Day. EPA
  • Hungarian players jump into the pool at the beginning of the Women's Water Polo World League Super Final first round match between Hungary and Unites states in Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary. EPA
    Hungarian players jump into the pool at the beginning of the Women's Water Polo World League Super Final first round match between Hungary and Unites states in Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary. EPA
  • A US Marines AV-8B Harrier sits on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Boxer in the Pacific Ocean. Reuters
    A US Marines AV-8B Harrier sits on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Boxer in the Pacific Ocean. Reuters
  • People enjoy sunset in a lake on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus. Reuters
    People enjoy sunset in a lake on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus. Reuters
  • Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Howrah, on the outskirts of Kolkata, India. Reuters
    Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Howrah, on the outskirts of Kolkata, India. Reuters
  • Veteran Gene Neeley, who fought in France during World War II, stands among the graves of American soldiers at Normandy American Cemetery following a small ceremony with other American and British World War II veterans near Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Getty
    Veteran Gene Neeley, who fought in France during World War II, stands among the graves of American soldiers at Normandy American Cemetery following a small ceremony with other American and British World War II veterans near Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Getty
  • Muslims walk as they attend Eid Al-Fitr prayer on 'sea of sands' at Parangkusumo beach in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr with their families with feasts to mark the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting. Getty
    Muslims walk as they attend Eid Al-Fitr prayer on 'sea of sands' at Parangkusumo beach in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr with their families with feasts to mark the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting. Getty
  • A Canadian man dressed as WWII Canadian soldier pays tribute to fallen Canadian soldiers as they visit Juno beach where Canadian soldiers landed on D-day. AFP
    A Canadian man dressed as WWII Canadian soldier pays tribute to fallen Canadian soldiers as they visit Juno beach where Canadian soldiers landed on D-day. AFP
  • A Zimbabwean displaced person rests outside the church in Musina's informal migrant camp, in South Africa. Zimbabwe's economy has been on a downturn for years with cash shortages, high unemployment and a scarcity of basic staples like bread and cooking oil. AFP
    A Zimbabwean displaced person rests outside the church in Musina's informal migrant camp, in South Africa. Zimbabwe's economy has been on a downturn for years with cash shortages, high unemployment and a scarcity of basic staples like bread and cooking oil. AFP
  • A member of the audience wrapped in waterproof coat sits under the rain during a break of the men's singles quarter-final match between Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka and Switzerland's Roger Federer on day ten of The Roland Garros 2019 French Open tennis tournament in Paris. AFP
    A member of the audience wrapped in waterproof coat sits under the rain during a break of the men's singles quarter-final match between Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka and Switzerland's Roger Federer on day ten of The Roland Garros 2019 French Open tennis tournament in Paris. AFP

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