A dancer performs a piece entitled “Colourful Guizhou” in Guiyang, southwest China’s Guizhou province.
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Belarussian villagers, wearing traditional garb, gather in the village of Sosny to celebrate the pagan holiday of Rusalye, devoted to water nymphs.
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Chinese farmers work in the muddy fields in Mou’ai Village in Fengshan County.
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Gabriel Medina of Brazil completes a second-place run in the men’s final of the Volcom Pro Fiji event in Tavarua, Fiji. Kelly Slater the event.
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Hot-air balloons are inflated ahead of the H1 China Hot Air Balloon Challenge in Haikou, Hainan Province.
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A protester trashes the entrance to a commercial building in downtown Montreal. Police in Montreal arrested dozens before Sunday’s Grand Prix, as students rallying over tuition hikes used the Formula One event to highlight their plight.
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Thousands of students of a Chinese kung fu school line for a demonstration in Zhengzhou, Henan Province.
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A man dressed as the devil hurdles a handful of tots as part of, what else, the baby-jumping festival El Colacho in the Spanish village of Castrillo de Murcia.
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It’s the other way to get “sauced” – pelting each other with tomatoes during the “VI Tomatina Colombiana” festival in Sutamarchan, Colombia.
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A Palestinian girl reads verses from the Koran during a class on how to read Islam’s holy book at a camp in a local mosque in Gaza City.
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Chinese archaeologists measure the the latest unearthing of terra-cotta warriors in excavation Pit One of the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses Museum in Xian.
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Mourners raise their hands in tandem as they carry the coffins of Syrian citizens killed by Syrian troops, in Daraa.
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Trees are engulfed in flames in Colorado’s High Park, northwest of Fort Collins. The fire is estimated to cover 37,000 acres, according to the county sheriff.
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A guest jumps into the water along the Boatel in New York. The Boatel, an artist-run hotel built out of more than a dozen discarded boats at Marina 59 in Far Rockaway, offers a sanctuary from nearby John F. Kennedy International Airport and the buzz of New York City. Since opening last year, the hotel has been booked most weekends in the summer. A one-night stay costs $55 to $100, and profits go to support a small but thriving art community.
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Two Pakistani men sleep on a bed set up along a roadside on the outskirts of Islamabad. Many Pakistanis sleep outdoors to escape the heat trapped in their homes during the summer months.
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Kerri Walsh dives for the ball ahead of teammate Misty May-Treanor, during the finals of the Beach Volleyball World Tour Grand Slam in Moscow against China’s Xue Chen and Zhang Xi.
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Spain’s Rafael Nadal hoists his trophy after defeating Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in their men’s final match in the French Open. with his win, Nadal passed Bjorn Borg as the all-time record-holder for French Open titles.
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