July 05 Photo Brief: Continued unrest in Egypt, a Tour de France pile up and children pray for Nelson Mandela
Protests in Egypt continue as pro Mohamed Mursi rally in the streets of Cairo, riders hit a bump in the road during the seventy stage of the Tour de France as they pile up during a fall, children release balloons following prayers for Nelson Mandela outside the hospital where he is being treated and more in today’s daily brief.
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- A surfer takes advantage of a wave at Fistral Beach in Newquay, England. The build up to the busiest part of the year for the Cornish resort is coinciding with what the Met Office is promising to be a sustained period of fine settled weather for most of the UK. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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- Kids release balloons after a prayer for former South African President Nelson Mandela outside the Medi Clinic Heart Hospital where Mandela is hospitalized in Pretoria. (Stephane de Sakutin/Getty Images)
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- A child at the Shrinand Nagar Residency reacts to floodwaters in Ahmedabad, India. Heavy rains lashed many parts of Gujarat state with the Indian Meteorological Department predicting heavy rains for the next 24 hours. (Sam Panthaky/Getty Images)
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- Chinese honor guards prepare for the arrival of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Sharif is on a visit to China from July 3 to 8. (Wang Zhawo/Getty Images)
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- A Sri Lankan mahout (elephant trainer) hoses down an elephant at Gangarama temple in Colombo. The Sri Lankan elephant is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as the population has declined by at least 50% over the last three generations. (Ishara S. Kodikara/Getty images)
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- A boy plays with a soap bubble in one of Kiev parks on a hot day in the Ukrainian capital. (Sergei Supinsky/Getty Images)
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- An animal rights protester stands inside a cardboard coffin during a demonstration calling for the abolition of bull runs and bullfights, a day before the start of the famous running of the bulls San Fermin festival, in Pamplona (Susana Vera/Reuters photo)
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- Nepalese farmers walk past rice paddy fields in Changu Naryan village on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Nepal’s rice planting season began with the arrival of the monsoon. Over 80 percent of Nepal’s 27 million population depends upon agriculture and paddy is the major crop in the Himalayan nation. (Prakash Mathema/Getty Images)
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- An Indian cricket fan has his face painted with national colors as he watches the fourth match of the Tri-Nation series between India and West Indies at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain. (Jewel Samad/Getty Images)
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- View of the heavy sea in Antofagasta, Chile. Waves of up to seven meters of height were registered in the Chilean coast Thursday. (Jorge Jara/Getty Images)
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- Riders fall during the 205.5 km seventh stage of the centenary Tour de France cycling race from Montpellier to Albi. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters photo)
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- Injured protesters, who support former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, lie on the ground during clashes outside the Republican Guard building in Cairo. Islamist allies of ousted president Mursi called on people to protest on Friday to express outrage at his overthrow by the army and to reject a planned interim government backed by their liberal opponents. (Asmaa Waguih/Reuters photo)
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- A protester, who supports former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, chants slogans during a rally near Cairo University after Friday prayers in Cairo. Islamist allies of ousted president Mursi called on people to protest on Friday to express outrage at his overthrow by the army. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters photo)
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- Dancers perform in “Dance Dialogue” by the Young Actors and Dancers Association (YADA) Dance Company and the College of Dance at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta. (Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters photo)
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- Students clash with riot police during a demonstration against the government in Lima. Peruvian police fired tear gas at hundreds of students and civil servants in Lima as they marched towards Congress to protest reforms that would impose tougher standards on universities and bureaucrats. (Enrique Castro-Mendivil/Reuters photo)
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- Horses gallop as they are rounded up during the Rapa das Bestas traditional event in the Spanish northwestern village of Sabucedo. On the first weekend of the month of July, hundreds of wild horses are rounded up, trimmed and groomed in different villages in the Spanish northwestern region of Galicia. (Miguel Vidal/Reuters photo)
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