The day in photos

ATTENTION EDITORS - REUTERS PICTURE HIGHLIGHT TRANSMITTED BY 1100 GMT ON JULY 23, 2014 GAZ17 A Palestinian man, in clothes stained with the blood of his father, who medics said was killed by Israeli shelling, mourns at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa REUTERS NEWS PICTURES HAS NOW MADE IT EASIER TO FIND THE BEST PHOTOS FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT STORIES AND TOP STANDALONES EACH DAY. Search for "TPX" in the IPTC Supplemental Category field or "IMAGES OF THE DAY" in the Caption field and you will find a selection of 80-100 of our daily Top Pictures. REUTERS NEWS PICTURES. TEMPLATE OUT

A man wearing clothes covered in blood mourns his father, killed by Israeli fire, in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip. Reuters

A bull stands inside a shop selling clothes at Varanasi, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, June 20, 2014. Picture taken June 20, 2014. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SOCIETY ANIMALS)

A bull hangs out inside a clothing store in Varanasi, India. Reuters

German pianist Stefan Aaron plays an orange piano on a "flying carpet" platform suspended from a helicopter, over the Munich airport July 23, 2014. The concert is the fourth station of the "Orange Piano Tour", which brings the artist to places around the world. REUTERS/Lukas Barth (GERMANY - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Stefan Aaron plays an orange piano on a “flying carpet” platform suspended from a helicopter, over Munich, Germany. Reuters

ATTENTION EDITORS - REUTERS PICTURE HIGHLIGHT TRANSMITTED BY 1740GMT ON JULY 23, 2014 SRE235 A Grimaldi lines ship sails in front of the cruise liner Costa Concordia during the refloat operation maneuvers at Giglio Island. REUTERS/ Alessandro Bianchi REUTERS NEWS PICTURES HAS NOW MADE IT EASIER TO FIND THE BEST PHOTOS FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT STORIES AND TOP STANDALONES EACH DAY. Search for "TPX" in the IPTC Supplemental Category field or "IMAGES OF THE DAY" in the Caption field and you will find a selection of 80-100 of our daily Top Pictures. REUTERS NEWS PICTURES. TEMPLATE OUT

A Grimaldi lines ship sails in front of the cruise liner Costa Concordia during the refloat operation maneuvers at Giglio Island, Italy. Reuters

Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv. Reuters

Light streaks and smoke trails are seen as rockets are launched from Gaza towards Israel July 23, 2014. Gaza fighting raged on Wednesday, displacing thousands more Palestinians in the battered territory as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said efforts to secure a truce between Israel and Hamas had made some progress. Israel launched its offensive on July 8 to halt rocket salvoes by Hamas and its allies, which have struggled under an Israeli-Egyptian economic blockade on Gaza and angered by a crackdown on their supporters in the nearby occupied West Bank. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (GAZA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Rockets are launched from Gaza towards Israel. Reuters

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - JULY 23: Trees are blown down on the street in Hsinyi district as Typhoon Mamot passes the city on July 23, 2014 in Taipei, Taiwan. Typhoon Mamto landed in east Taiwan early today bringing with it heavy downpours and winds. (Photo by Ashley Pon/Getty Images)

Trees are blown down on the street in Hsinyi district as Typhoon Mamot passes Taipei, Taiwan. Getty

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - JULY 23: Joko Widodo, the new President-Elect of Indonesia, speaks to his supporters on July 23, 2014 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Widodo, known by his nickname Jokowi to most Indonesians, won 53% of the votes in a close and hotly contested election by Indonesia's election commission on Tuesday. (Photo by Ed Wray/Getty Images)

Indonesian President-Elect Joko Widodo speaks to supports in Jakarta. Getty

EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS - JULY 23: Dutch military personnel carry a coffin containing an unidentified body from the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 23, 2014 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Today the people of the Netherlands are holding a national day of mourning. Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it crashed in eastern Ukraine killing all 298 passengers. The aircraft was allegedly shot down by a missile and investigations continue to find the perpetrators of the attack. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Dutch military personnel carry a coffin with an unidentified body from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Getty

OAKLAND, CA - JULY 23: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a during a round table event to launch the "Talking is Teaching: Talk Read Sing" campaign at the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute on July 23, 2014 in Oakland, California. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launched the "Talking is Teaching; Talk Read Sing" campaign in partnership withToo Small to Fail and the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Foundation that encourages parents and caregivers to close the word gap by talking, singing and reading to children every day from the birth. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a during a round table in Oakland, Calif. Getty

Security personnel run past a C-130 aircraft on static display at the front gate of Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville, Ark., Wednesday, July 23, 2014. The base has been on lockdown since late morning Wednesday. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Security personnel run past a C-130 aircraft at the front gate of Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville, Ark. AP

A International Red Cross employee runs for cover after an Israeli strike during a two-hour temporary ceasefire in Gaza City’s Shijaiyah neighborhood. AP

Tosta, a Staffordshire bull terrier cross, shakes off water after a swim in the sea during the hot summer day by Brighton pier in southern England July 23, 2014. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TRAVEL TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A pooch shakes off water after a swim on a hot day in Brighton, England. Reuters

Rescue workers survey the wreckage of TransAsia Airways flight GE222 which crashed while attempting to land in stormy weather on the Taiwanese island of Penghu, late Wednesday, July 23, 2014. A transport minister said dozens of people were trapped and feared dead. (AP Photo/Wong Yao-wen)

Rescue workers survey the wreckage of TransAsia Airways Flight GE222 in Penghu, Taiwan. AP

John Zemblidge, right, of Phoenix, leads a group of about a dozen death penalty opponents in prayer as they protest the possible execution of Joseph Rudolph Wood at the state prison in Florence, Ariz. on Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Arizona's highest court on Wednesday temporarily halted the execution of the condemned inmate so it could consider a last-minute appeal. The Arizona Supreme Court said it would consider whether he received inadequate legal representation at his sentencing. The appeal also challenges the secrecy of the lethal injection process and the drugs that are used. (AP Photo)

Death penalty opponents protest outside the state prison in Florence, Ariz. AP

Vice President Joe Biden speaks on voting rights at the NAACP annual convention Wednesday, July 23, 2014, in Las Vegas. Biden called on members of the NAACP to spread the… AP