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Images of the day

Some striking scenes from around the world.
  • A cormorant master puts on his traditional Kazori-Eboshi (hat) around a bonfire prior to the start of the nights dedicated to the fishing art Ukai in Gifu, Japan

    A cormorant master puts on his traditional Kazori-Eboshi (hat) around a bonfire prior to the start of the nights dedicated to the fishing art Ukai in Gifu, Japan

  • Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov celebrates after winning his Men's Singles quarter-final match against Andy Murray on day nine of Wimbledon

    Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov celebrates after winning his Men's Singles quarter-final match against Andy Murray on day nine of Wimbledon

  • Southern White female rhinos Mojo (R) and Dauo (L) inside a sanctuary at the Ol-pejeta conservancy in Nanyuki, Laikipia county, Kenya

    Southern White female rhinos Mojo (R) and Dauo (L) inside a sanctuary at the Ol-pejeta conservancy in Nanyuki, Laikipia county, Kenya

  • Rayhanatou Barry, originally from Guinea, takes part in an United States naturalisation ceremony ahead of Indepedence Day

    Rayhanatou Barry, originally from Guinea, takes part in an United States naturalisation ceremony ahead of Indepedence Day

  • LGBTQ couples challenge Florida's ban on same-sex marriage at the Miami-Dade courthouse

    LGBTQ couples challenge Florida's ban on same-sex marriage at the Miami-Dade courthouse

  • A mother duck crosses a footpath followed by her ducklings in Offenbach, Germany

    A mother duck crosses a footpath followed by her ducklings in Offenbach, Germany

  • Elian Herrera of the Milwaukee Brewers misplays a ball during a Major League Baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto, Canada

    Elian Herrera of the Milwaukee Brewers misplays a ball during a Major League Baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto, Canada

  • Circus workers perform as they take part in a protest against a law which prohibits the use of animals in their shows at Zocalo Square in Mexico City

    Circus workers perform as they take part in a protest against a law which prohibits the use of animals in their shows at Zocalo Square in Mexico City

  • Red skies as the sun descends on the Lower Manhattan skyline in New York

    Red skies as the sun descends on the Lower Manhattan skyline in New York