Jun 23, 2014

Players and fans at Wimbledon, fighting a carpet market fire in Benghazi, a popular site for divers in the Adriatic and more in the day in photos around the world.

: A woman fishes along the corniche at the start of the summer season for the Mediterranean city in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. While Lebanon has escaped much of the recent violence sweeping through neighboring countries, recent arrests of Islamist militants have heightened the fears of many residents. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

: A diver swims near the bow of the wreck of the Baron Gautsch ship, near the Adriatic town of Rovinj. The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Baron Gautsch, an Austro-Hungarian steamboat which sank in the northern Croatian Adriatic sea, will be marked on August 13, 2014. The ship, originally used to service passenger lines, had been leased by the Austro-Hungarian Army following the July 1914 outbreak of World War One to transport troops, only to run into a friendly minefield off the Brijuni islands less than a month later. Estimates say between 240 and 390 people perished in the sinking, making it one of the biggest losses of life in World War One. Today the shipwreck lies at a depth of 40 metres off the coast of Rovinj and is said to be the most popular site for divers in the Adriatic. (Antonio Bronic/Reuters photo)

: A horse rears in the crowd during the annual San Juan’s festival in Ciutadella, on the Balearic Island of Menorca, marking the eve of Saint John’s day. (Jaime Reina/Getty Images)

: A veteran pays his respects to U.S. Army PFC Aaron Toppen during a visitation at Parkview Christian Church in Mokena, Illinois. Toppen, 19, was killed alongside four other American soldiers and an Afghan soldier in a friendly fire airstrike while they were engaged in a firefight earlier this month in Afghanistan. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

: An Israeli soldier prepares to load shells into his Merkava tank positioned near the Quneitra checkpoint on the border with Syria in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights after the son of an Israeli defense ministry contractor was killed when a blast hit the car he was traveling in with his father and another contractor. (Menahem Kahana/Getty Images)

: A veteran Cossack salutes in front of Russian flag as pro-Russian militants take the military oath of allegiance to the so-called People’s Republik of Donetsk during the ceremony in the centre of the east. (Alexander Khudoteply/Getty Images)

: Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take part in a training session in the grounds of their camp on in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. A major militant offensive, led by jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant but involving other groups as well, has overrun swathes of five Iraqi provinces since it was launched on June 9. (Karim Sahib/Getty Images)

: Fans remain in good spirits as rain suspends play on Court One during the Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France and Jurgen Melzer of Austria singles match on day one of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Wimbledon. (Steve Bardens/Getty Images)

: Italy’s Fabio Fognini gestures as he reacts to a decision during a game against US player Alex Kuznetsov during their men’s singles first round match on day one of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London. (Andrew Yates/Getty Images)

: Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova serves to Canada’s Aleksandra Wozniak during their women’s singles first round match on day one of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon. (Glyn Kirk/Getty Images)

: Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze at a carpet market in Benghazi. According to local authorities, no casualties were reported in the fire which started in a fireworks shop close to the market. (Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Reuters photo)

: A National Heritage Trust historical re-enactor in Victorian-era Royal Malta Artillery uniform fires one of several cannons during an activity to mark the feast day of Saint John the Baptist, patron saint of the Knights of the Order of Saint John, on the bastions of Valletta. The Order ruled Malta between 1530 and 1798. (Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters photo)

: A woman shields her child from the wind while walking on sand dunes in Nouakchott . (Joe Penney/Reuters photo)

: Dancers wait during a visit by American actor Forest Whitaker (not seen) inside the UN House IDP Camp in Juba, Sudan. (Andreea Campeanu/Reuters photo)

Carpet market fire, Wimbledon play, Diving near boat wreck, and more | June 23

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