Ankara, Turkey
A butterfly lands on lavender in a garden before the harvesting season
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Hyderabad, India
A man prepares to play the role of Pothuraju, a mythical character, during the Bonalu festival
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Yangzhou, China
An aerial view shows tourists taking a boat ride through an aquatic forest at Luyang Lake wetland park
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Issoire, France
A family of Tour de France fans poses for a portrait in their tricolour Citroen 2CV during the tenth stage of the cycling race
Photograph: Daniel Cole/AP
Van, Turkey
Abdulvahap Semo attempts to break the Guinness World Records’ ‘bee wearing’ record of 63kg of the insects, which was set in China
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Selby, UK
Members of the Official Monster Raving Loony party attend the count at a byelection, in which Labour managed to overturn a 20,000 Tory majority
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La Sabana, Venezuela
Environmentalists watch a Cardón sea turtle hatchling head towards the ocean after being released by conservationists
Photograph: Ariana Cubillos/AP
Melbourne, Australia
A fan wears earrings in the shape of Africa during a Fifa Women’s World Cup match between Nigeria and Canada
Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters
Zhongwei, Ningxia
A resort in the Tengger Desert in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region of north-west China
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North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Members of anti-animal cruelty group Humane Society International retrieve a dog from a slaughter house in Tomohon. The authorities have announced the end of the ‘brutally cruel’ dog and cat meat trade at a notorious animal market
Photograph: Muhammad Taufan/AP
Brasília, Brazil
An actor dressed as the aeronaut and inventor Alberto Santos Dumont sits on top of a replica of the pioneering 14-bis biplane during a military ceremony at air base in the Brazilian capital
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Frankfurt, Germany
Icelandic stallions run in their paddock at a stud farm in Wehrheim
Photograph: Michael Probst/AP
Adré, Chad
An aerial view of makeshift shelters of Sudanese refugees, who fled the conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region
Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters
Bogotá, Colombia
Former soldiers wounded in combat take part in a military parade during celebrations for Independence Day
Photograph: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images
Metro Manila, Philippines
Teenagers wearing traditional costumes made from dried water hyacinth stalks perform during the Water Lily festival in Las Pinas city. The festival aims to promote the water hyacinth-based livelihood enterprises for residents in flood-prone communities
Photograph: Francis R Malasig/EPA
Rome, Italy
Tourists rest in the shade near the statue of the river god of the Nile in the Piazza del Campidoglio
Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP
New York, US
A martial artist performs during a ‘dragon eye dotting’ ceremony of Hong Kong dragon boat festival in Central Park
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