Seizing a bank in Ukraine, bicycles in Beijing, World Cup continues| June 16
The best pictures from around the world in today’s daily brief.
- An image uploaded on June 14, 2014 on the jihadist website Welayat Salahuddin allegedly shows militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) executing dozens of captured Iraqi security forces members at an unknown location in the Salaheddin province. A major offensive spearheaded by ISIL but also involving supporters of executed dictator Saddam Hussein has overrun all of one province and chunks of three others since it was launched on June 9. (AFP PHOTO / HO / WELAYAT SALAHUDDIN)
- Pro-Russian rebels stand guard outside a local branch of the National Bank of Ukraine after seizing the building in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on June 16, 2014. Pro-Russian rebels on June 16 seized the Ukrainian government’s central bank building in the eastern separatist stronghold city of Donetsk in a bid to win control over its assets, an AFP correspondent said. (DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images)
- Iran defender Khosro Heidari and midfielder Ehsan Hajsafi (left) kick the ball away from the goal during the Group F football match between Iran and Nigeria at the Baixada Arena in Curitiba during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 16, 2014. (LUIS ACOSTA/AFP/Getty Images)
- Portugal fans pose prior to the Group G football match between Germany and Portugal at the Fonte Nova Arena in Salvador during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 16, 2014. (ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
- A local resident sits on a chair near the Fonte Nova Arena in Salvador on June 15, 2014 on the eve of the Group G football match between Germany and Portugal during the 2014 FIFA Football World Cup in Brazil. (PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images)
- Young men ride on a what horse drawn cart on the beach of Aracaju on June 15, 2014. (ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
- A Brazilian policeman drives a motorbike past fans outside the Fonte Nova Arena in Salvador, where the Portuguese national team are training, as they wait to see Portugal’s forward and captain Cristiano Ronaldo on June 15, 2014 on the eve of the Group G football match between Germany and Portugal in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. (PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images)
- A man stands in front of a mural painting near the Fonte Nova Arena in Salvador on June 15, 2014 on the eve of the Group G football match between Germany and Portugal during the 2014 FIFA Football World Cup in Brazil. (PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images)
- A man holds a banner against politicians during a protest against the FIFA World Cup, in Rio de Janeiro nearby Maracana stadium on June 15, 2014. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff urged her compatriots Sunday to separate soccer and politics and support their World Cup hopefuls regardless of political grievances. (TASSO MARCELO/AFP/Getty Images)
- Taiwan air force AT-3 jets fly in formation to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Taiwan Military Academy, known as Whampoa military academy, in southern Kaohsiung on June 16, 2014. More then 1,200 military students are graduated from the Taiwan Military Academy as Ma presided over a ceremony to mark the 90th anniversary of the Whampoa military academy. (SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)
- This picture taken on June 14, 2014 shows a man rising a public bicycle through a bicycle-sharing station in Beijing. Beijing is acutely aware of an increasing number of angry protests over environmental concerns in the country, where three decades of rapid and unfettered industrial expansion have taken a heavy toll. Premier Li Keqiang announced in March that Beijing was “declaring war” against pollution. (AFP/Getty Images)
- Argentina’s forward and captain Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring his team’s second goal during the Group F football match between Argentina and Bosnia Hercegovina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio De Janeiro during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 15, 2014. (JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images)