Basel, Switzerland: The opening of the Basel Tattoo festival, one of the largest and most successful tattoo events, which runs from 13 to 21 JulyPhotograph: Georgios Kefalas/EPAHong Kong: Dancers perform behind a cloth at Ocean Park, a marine park ranked by Forbes as the 33rd most visited tourist attraction in the worldPhotograph: Bobby Yip/ReutersDhaka, Bangladesh: A man processes tannery waste to make poultry feed in HazaribaghPhotograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters
Toronto, Canada: A man jogs through water fountains in front of the city skylinePhotograph: Mark Blinch/ReutersUlan Bator, Mongolia: A horseman carrying a national flag leads child jockeys to the start line of a race during the Naadam festivalPhotograph: Andy Wong/APKathmandu, Nepal: A child plays in Bashantapur Durbar SquarePhotograph: Navesh Chitrakar/ReutersTel Aviv, Israel: A Syrian brown bear eats an ice block of fruits, vegetables and fish at the Ramat Gan safari park. Temperatures in Tel Aviv reached 34C on ThursdayPhotograph: Ariel Schalit/APPamplona, Spain: A wild cow jumps over revellers in the bullring after the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festivalPhotograph: ReutersManila, Philippines: Workers attach LED lights to a lamppost at Rizal Park. The switch from regular bulbs to LEDs on 800 lampposts is part of a project to reduce the park's electricity consumption by 50%Photograph: Aaron Favila/APBoston, Massachusetts: Children set their lanterns afloat on Lake Hibiscus during the Japanese Bon festival at the Forest Hills cemeteryPhotograph: CJ Gunther/EPANew York: Eli the chihuahua (right) waits for the start of a pet wedding. The black-tie event was held to raise funds for the Humane Society of New YorkPhotograph: Tina Fineberg/APGaza City: A visually impaired Palestinian girl reads a Braille version of the Qur'an in classPhotograph: Suhaib Salem/ReutersNew Delhi, India: A woman and child collect water from a government tanker, amid a shortage of running waterPhotograph: Kevin Frayer/APPaktiya province, Afghanistan: A paratrooper from Chosen Company of the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry, crosses an irrigation ditch during a missionPhotograph: Lucas Jackson/ReutersShanghai, China: A bicycle repairman sleeps on a chair as he waits for customersPhotograph: Aly Song/ReutersTokyo, Japan: The Tokyo Skytree soars behind an artworkPhotograph: Itsuo Inouye/AP
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