Solstice yoga, Middle East unrest, Miss Gay Nicaragua and more

People celebrate the summer solstice at the Kokino megalithic observatory, near the city of Kumanovo. The 3,800-year-old observatory was discovered in 2001 in the northwestern town of Kumanovo, north from Skopje, and is ranked as the fourth oldest observatory in the world, according to NASA. (Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters)

Over 8,000 people practice yoga as a salute to the sun at the 12th Annual Solstice in Times Square in New York City. The day-long, free yoga event was sponsored by Athleta and the Times Square Alliance. (Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images)

A woman practices yoga in Times Square as part of a Summer Solstice celebration in New York. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)

Over 8,000 people practice yoga as a salute to the sun at the 12th Annual Solstice in Times Square in New York City. The day-long, free yoga event was sponsored by Athleta and the Times Square Alliance. (Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images)

Iran’s Mehrdad Pouladi (L) fights for the ball with Argentina’s Sergio Aguero during their 2014 World Cup Group F soccer match at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte. (Kai PfaffenbachReuters)

Andean women wearing Brazil-themed jerseys play soccer at a market in Lima. As the vendors at a craft market in the district of La Molina in Lima, the women played soccer during an event to promote their shops. (Mariana Bazo/Reuters)

Lexi Thompson walks past Michelle Wie on the second tee during the third round of the 69th U.S. Women’s Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Course No. 2 in Pinehurst, N.C. (Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Fans watch play from the gallery during the third round of the 69th U.S. Women’s Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Course No. 2 in Pinehurst, N.C. (Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

Stephanie Meadow of Northern Ireland smiles as she walks on the second hole during the third round of the 69th U.S. Women’s Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Course No. 2 in Pinehurst, N.C. (Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

Madison Keys of the United States returns against Angelique Kerber of Germany during their Women’s Finals match on day eight of the Aegon International at Devonshire Park in Eastbourne, England. (Jan Kruger/Getty Images)

Local artists bite photo copies of the white paper “One country, two systems,” released earlier by Beijing on Hong Kong’s control, to symbolize people’s speech has been disregarded and to urge people to vote in an unofficial referendum in Hong Kong. More than 200,000 people voted for full democracy in Hong Kong within the first few hours of an unofficial online referendum in a civil campaign that has sparked warnings from China’s Communist Party leaders. (Tyrone Siu /Reuters)

Relatives and families of members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi react outside a court in Minya, south of Cairo, after the sentences of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and his supporters were announced. An Egyptian court confirmed death sentences against the leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and at least 182 of his supporters, judicial sources at the court told Reuters. The court’s decision came two months after it referred the case against the Brotherhood’s general guide Mohamed Badie and hundreds of others to the state’s highest religious authority, the Mufti, the first step towards imposing a death sentence. (Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)

Afghan demonstrators shouts slogans in support of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul. Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah marched through Kabul as fears grow of unrest erupting over alleged fraud in the election. Abdullah has boycotted the vote count, pitching Afghanistan into a political crisis as NATO combat troops withdraw from a 13-year war against Taliban insurgents. (Shah Marai/AFP-Getty Images)

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in Kabul. A suicide attack in Kabul targeting Masoom Stanekzai, a senior official of the government body responsible for exploring peace talks with the Taliban escaped the blast uninjured, one civilian was killed and three wounded the police said. (Shah Marai/AFP-Getty Images)

Afghan demonstrators shout slogans in support of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul. Protesters gathered in the Afghan capital on Saturday in support of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah’s accusation of vote fraud, and his call for the organisers to stop counting the ballots from the run-off election held a week ago. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters)

Afghan family watch from their home window as demonstrators shouts slogans in support of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul. Protesters gathered in the Afghan capital on Saturday in support of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah’s accusation of vote fraud, and his call for the organisers to stop counting the ballots from the run-off election held a week ago. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters)

An investigator at the site of a bomb attack in Kabul. A suicide bomber in western Kabul targeted top High Peace Council advisor Mohammad Massom Stanikzai on Saturday, police said, killing one civilian and injuring several others. (Omar Sobhani/reuters)

A victim’s body lies on the road as an Afghan policeman walks near the wreckage of Masoom Stanekzai’s car at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul. A suicide attack in Kabul targeting Masoom Stanekzai, a senior official of the government body responsible for exploring peace talks with the Taliban escaped the blast uninjured, one civilian was killed and three wounded the police said. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP-Getty Images)

Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr march during a parade in Najaf. Iraq’s senior Shi’ite religious cleric Moqtada al-Sadr issued a call for unity, saying Shi’ites and Sunnis should rally behind the authorities to prevent the Sunni militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from destroying the country. (Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)

Israeli soldiers take part in searches for three Israeli teenagers believed to have been abducted by Palestinians near the West Bank city of Hebron. Israel sent more troops to the occupied West Bank on Saturday to search for three missing teenagers it says were abducted by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Hamas, which refuses to recognize Israel’s existence, has neither claimed nor denied responsibility for the disappearance of the youths, who went missing near an Israeli settlement on June 13. (Baz Ratner/reuters)

A relative of Palestinian member of Hamas’ armed wing Ibraheem al-Arqan holds a weapon as others mourn during his funeral in Gaza City. Hamas’ armed wing in Gaza said at least six members of its group, one of them al-Arqan, were killed in the collapse of a tunnel the group had dug close to the border with Israel to infiltrate the Jewish state. (Mohammed Salem /Reuters)

Internally Displaced Pakistan women from the North Waziristan tribal region sit with their sick children at the Women and Children Hospital in Bannu. Pakistani helicopter gunships pounded militant targets in the country’s northwest, killing up to 30 rebels as the number of civilians fleeing an expected ground offensive passed 200,000. (A Majeed/AFP-Getty Images)

A displaced Pakistani girl from the North Waziristan tribal region gives a drink to a baby at the Women and Children Hospital in Bannu. Pakistani helicopter gunships pounded militant targets in the country’s northwest, killing up to 30 rebels as the number of civilians fleeing an expected ground offensive passed 200,000. (A Majeed/AFP-Getty Images)

A woman, dressed in World War II costume, runs near the village of Rakovichi, southeast of Minsk. Belarus will mark the 70th anniversary of the country’s liberation from the German forces on July 3. (Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)

A woman reacts as she is sprayed with colour powder during a five-kilometre colour run event in Beijing, China. (China Daily/via Reuters)

Tyler Joseph of Twenty One Pilots performs during day 3 of the Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Del. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Firefly Music Festival)

Front row during the Hellfest Music Festival in Clisson, western France. (Stephane Mahe/Reuters)

Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei returns a shot to Japan’s Kenichi Tago during their men’s singles semi-final match at the Indonesia Open badminton championship in Jakarta. (Beawiharta/Reuters)

Ratchanok Intanon (white) of Thailand plays against Wang Shixian (yellow) of China at the Indonesia Open badminton championship women singles semi-final match in Jakarta. Intanon won 19-21, 21-16, 21-13. (Adek Berry/AFP-Getty Images)

Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon reacts after falling during her women’s singles semi-final match with China’s Wang Shixian at the Indonesia Open badminton championship in Jakarta (Beawiharta/Reuters)

Jan O Jorgensen of Denmark reacts after beating Chen Long of China at the Indonesia Open badminton championship men singles semi final match in Jakarta. Jan won 21-19, 21-18. (Adek Berry/AFP-Getty Images)

South Korea’s Lee Yong-dae (R) and Yoo Yeon-seong react after their men’s doubles semi-final match against China’s Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan at the Indonesia Open badminton championship. (Beawiharta/Reuters)

England’s Sam Robson celebrates scoring his maidan century (100 runs) on the second day of the second Test match between England and Sri Lanka at Headingley cricket ground in Leeds, northern England. (Paul Ellis/AFP-Getty Images)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives field guidance to the remodeling of the May Day Stadium in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang (KCNA/via Reuters)

Models present creations by Afdlin Shauki during the Islamic Fashion Festival at Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week . The KL Fashion week will be held from June 18 to June 22. (Samsul Said/reuters)

A participant on stage for the “Miss Gay Nicaragua 2014” competition in Managua. (Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)

A contestant gets ready backstage before the start of the “Miss Gay Nicaragua 2014” competition in Managua. (Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)

A contestant puts on makeup backstage before the start of the “Miss Gay Nicaragua 2014” competition in Managua. (Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)

Dancers get ready to take part in the “Miss Gay Nicaragua 2014” pageant in Managua. (Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)

A participant wears a costume while taking part in the “Miss Gay Nicaragua 2014” pageant in Managu. (Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)

Miss Gay Nicaragua 2013 Dallas Hernandez, also known as Elizabeth Ros, on the catwalk during the “Miss Gay Nicaragua 2014” pageant in Managua. (Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)

Contestants on stage during the “Miss Gay Nicaragua 2014” competition in Managua. (Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)

A contestant dressed backstage before the start of the “Miss Gay Nicaragua 2014” competition in Managua. (Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)

Jairo Davila, also known as America Gisel, embraces her mother after being crowned “Miss Gay Nicaragua 2014” during the pageant in Managua. (Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters)

People watch a laser and fireworks show over the Neva River and the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg. The show marks the annual school leavers day. (Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters)

Armed pro-Russian separatists of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic pledge an oath during a ceremony in the city of Donetsk. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday ordered a seven-day ceasefire in the fight against pro-Russian separatists, but also warned them they could face death if they did not use the time to put down their guns. (Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters)

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