Dignitaries attend official ceremonies, protesters clash with police and emergency services deal with disasters — the world is a lively place. See a collection of photographs depicting this week's most notable events.
© AFP 2023 / Ozan KoseA woman wearing a costume walks away from Turkish riot police during the Gay Pride parade in the Istiklal street near the Taksim square in Istanbul. June 28, 2015.
A woman wearing a costume walks away from Turkish riot police during the Gay Pride parade in the Istiklal street near the Taksim square in Istanbul. June 28, 2015.
© AFP 2023 / Sakis MitrolidisProtestors march during a demonstration for the "No" campaign on July 1, 2015 in Thessaloniki. Nearly one in two Greeks intend to vote 'No' in a weekend referendum on the terms of the country's bailout, but capital control groups are boosting the 'Yes' camp, a poll showed today. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has called on Greeks to vote 'No' in the referendum, which will ask voters whether they want to accept the latest deal from Athens' creditors - a deal he has branded as "humiliating."
Protestors march during a demonstration for the "No" campaign on July 1, 2015 in Thessaloniki. Nearly one in two Greeks intend to vote 'No' in a weekend referendum on the terms of the country's bailout, but capital control groups are boosting the 'Yes' camp, a poll showed today. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has called on Greeks to vote 'No' in the referendum, which will ask voters whether they want to accept the latest deal from Athens' creditors - a deal he has branded as "humiliating."
© AFP 2023 / Kharisma TariganIndonesian search and rescue teams work at the site of an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules aircraft crash in Medan. June 30, 2015.
Indonesian search and rescue teams work at the site of an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules aircraft crash in Medan. June 30, 2015.
© AFP 2023 / Josh EdelsonSweepee Rambo, a Chinese Crested dog, is presented to judges during the World's Ugliest Dog Competition in Petaluma, California. June 26, 2015.
Sweepee Rambo, a Chinese Crested dog, is presented to judges during the World's Ugliest Dog Competition in Petaluma, California. June 26, 2015.
© REUTERS / Lucy NicholsonBenny Wasserman, 81, (C) stands amongst other 'Albert Einsteins' as they gather to break a Guinness world record for the largest Einstein gathering, to raise money for School on Wheels and homeless children's education, in Los Angeles, California. June 27, 2015.
Benny Wasserman, 81, (C) stands amongst other 'Albert Einsteins' as they gather to break a Guinness world record for the largest Einstein gathering, to raise money for School on Wheels and homeless children's education, in Los Angeles, California. June 27, 2015.
© AFP 2023 / Franck FifeUSA midfielder Tobin Heath (L) and goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris (R) celebrate winning their semi-final football match against Germany during the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal. June 30, 2015.
USA midfielder Tobin Heath (L) and goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris (R) celebrate winning their semi-final football match against Germany during the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal. June 30, 2015.
© AFP 2023 / Hector GuerreroA view of Zacatecas City, Mexico, where later in the day Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will be visiting. June 30, 2015.
A view of Zacatecas City, Mexico, where later in the day Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will be visiting. June 30, 2015.
© REUTERS / Alkis KonstantinidisA pensioner (C) feels the squeeze of Greece's crisis, as she waits outside a National Bank branch to receive part of her pension in Athens, Greece. July 1, 2015.
A pensioner (C) feels the squeeze of Greece's crisis, as she waits outside a National Bank branch to receive part of her pension in Athens, Greece. July 1, 2015.
© AP Photo / Andres KudackiChildren play soccer as they cool down in a fountain beside Manzanares river in Madrid, Spain. June 29, 2015.
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© AP Photo / Andres Kudacki
Children play soccer as they cool down in a fountain beside Manzanares river in Madrid, Spain. June 29, 2015.
© AP Photo / Don SeabrookA Douglas County firefighter sprays down the back of a home in Wenatchee, Washington, trying to protect it from burning embers flying off of a neighboring house on fire.
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© AP Photo / Don Seabrook
A Douglas County firefighter sprays down the back of a home in Wenatchee, Washington, trying to protect it from burning embers flying off of a neighboring house on fire.
© AFP 2023 / Saul LoebUS President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visit with Girl Scouts who are camping overnight on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC. June 30, 2015.
US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visit with Girl Scouts who are camping overnight on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC. June 30, 2015.
© REUTERS / Kemal Aslan Riot police use a water cannon to disperse LGBT rights activist before a Gay Pride Parade in central Istanbul, Turkey. June 28, 2015.
Riot police use a water cannon to disperse LGBT rights activist before a Gay Pride Parade in central Istanbul, Turkey. June 28, 2015.
© REUTERS / Ivan Alvarado Peru fans await the start of the team's Copa America 2015 semi-final soccer match against Chile at the National Stadium in Santiago, Chile. June 29, 2015.
Peru fans await the start of the team's Copa America 2015 semi-final soccer match against Chile at the National Stadium in Santiago, Chile. June 29, 2015.
© AFP 2023 / Marvin RecinosMen fish next to a crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in Barra de Santiago, 110 km southwest of San Salvador, El Salvador. June 23, 2015.
Men fish next to a crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in Barra de Santiago, 110 km southwest of San Salvador, El Salvador. June 23, 2015.
© REUTERS / Rupak De ChowdhuriA woman walks through an alley as used pairs of jeans are hung to dry before they are sold in a second-hand clothes market in Kolkata, India.
A woman walks through an alley as used pairs of jeans are hung to dry before they are sold in a second-hand clothes market in Kolkata, India.
© REUTERS / Gene BlevinsMass lightning bolts light up night skies by the Daggett airport early Wednesday, north of Barstow, California.
Mass lightning bolts light up night skies by the Daggett airport early Wednesday, north of Barstow, California.
© REUTERS / Kim Kyung-HoonA boy wearing a lotus leaf on his head holds onto another leaf on a hot summer day in Beijing, China.
A boy wearing a lotus leaf on his head holds onto another leaf on a hot summer day in Beijing, China.
© REUTERS / David Gray Bernard Foley (R) from the New South Wales Waratahs is tackled by Waisake Haholo from New Zealand's Highlanders during their Super Rugby semi-final match at the Sydney Football Stadium, Australia. June 27, 2015.
Bernard Foley (R) from the New South Wales Waratahs is tackled by Waisake Haholo from New Zealand's Highlanders during their Super Rugby semi-final match at the Sydney Football Stadium, Australia. June 27, 2015.
© AFP 2023 / Andrey Borodulin A boy, resident of the large industrial town of Gorlovka in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, plays on a horizontal bar. June 30, 2015.
A boy, resident of the large industrial town of Gorlovka in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, plays on a horizontal bar. June 30, 2015.
© AFP 2023 / Fabrice CoffriniA couple of Japanese tourists take a picture on a plastic Swiss cow with the Matterhorn mountain in the background, in Riffelalp above Zermatt. June 30, 2015.
A couple of Japanese tourists take a picture on a plastic Swiss cow with the Matterhorn mountain in the background, in Riffelalp above Zermatt. June 30, 2015.
© Sputnik / Alexey FilippovA fire performer at the closing ceremony of the European Games 2015 in Baku.
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© Sputnik / Alexey Filippov
A fire performer at the closing ceremony of the European Games 2015 in Baku.
© Sputnik / Sergey GuneevRussia's President Vladimir Putin at a memorial service for Yevgeny Primakov. June 29, 2015.
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© Sputnik / Sergey Guneev
Russia's President Vladimir Putin at a memorial service for Yevgeny Primakov. June 29, 2015.
© AP Photo / Ricardo ArduengoA street performer in a Mickey Mouse costume rests on a bench in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, the day a 11.5% sales tax went into effect, the highest of any US state. July 1, 2015.
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© AP Photo / Ricardo Arduengo
A street performer in a Mickey Mouse costume rests on a bench in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, the day a 11.5% sales tax went into effect, the highest of any US state. July 1, 2015.
© AFP 2023 / Marco Longari Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza gets out of a car as he arrives for celebrations of the country's 53rd Independence Anniversary at Prince Rwagasore Stadium in Bujumbura. July 1, 2015.
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza gets out of a car as he arrives for celebrations of the country's 53rd Independence Anniversary at Prince Rwagasore Stadium in Bujumbura. July 1, 2015.
© AP Photo / Aijaz RahiKaveri, eight-year-old hippopotamus (R) plays with her yet to be named three-day-old baby hippo inside their enclosure at the Bannerghatta National Park, 16 miles south of Bangalore, India. July 1, 2015.
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Kaveri, eight-year-old hippopotamus (R) plays with her yet to be named three-day-old baby hippo inside their enclosure at the Bannerghatta National Park, 16 miles south of Bangalore, India. July 1, 2015.
© REUTERS / Regis DuvignauA woman sunbathes on a beach along the Bassin d'Arcachon Sea during a warm and sunny day in Arcachon near Bordeaux, southwestern France, July 1, 2015. A widespread, long-lasting heat wave will spread across much of France, U.K., Belgium, the Netherlands and western Germany with forecast highs on Wednesday reaching 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit).
A woman sunbathes on a beach along the Bassin d'Arcachon Sea during a warm and sunny day in Arcachon near Bordeaux, southwestern France, July 1, 2015. A widespread, long-lasting heat wave will spread across much of France, U.K., Belgium, the Netherlands and western Germany with forecast highs on Wednesday reaching 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit).
© AP Photo / Rodrigo AbdA student is assisted by teachers after she fell ill while marching in a parade celebrating Saint Peter's day in Lima, Peru. June 29, 2015.
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A student is assisted by teachers after she fell ill while marching in a parade celebrating Saint Peter's day in Lima, Peru. June 29, 2015.