Russian street art, Hong Kong’s bodybuilders and observing Ramadan | June 30
The day in photos around the world.
- An Afghan boy reads the Koran in a madrasa, or religious school, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Kabul June 30, 2014. (Mohammad Ismail/Reuters)
- A Muslim man prays inside a mosque during the holy month of Ramadan in Old Dhaka June 30, 2014. (Andrew Biraj/Reuters)
- Indian Muslims break their fast at a market on the first day of Ramadan in Allahabad on June 30, 2014. Muslims around the world are preparing to observe the holy month of Ramadan — a month of fasting and spiritual purity during which they refrain from eating, drinking or sex from dawn until dusk. (Sanjay Kanoja/AFP/Getty Images)
- A Muslim boy cuts a banana into pieces before the Iftar (breaking of fast) meal on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan in India, at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi June 30, 2014. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)
- A protester dressed as a copy of the Bible joins groups demonstrating outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington June 30, 2014. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that business owners can object on religious grounds to a provision of U.S. President Barack Obama’s healthcare law that requires closely held companies to provide health insurance that covers birth control. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
- Bodybuilders flex muscles for judges on stage during the Hong Kong Bodybuilding Championship on June 29, 2014 at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. (Victor Fraile/Getty Images)
- This picture taken on June 28, 2014 shows a butterfly on a tourist’s face in the “butterfly valley” in Shenyang, northeast China’s Liaoning province. The butterfly valley, with a collection of some 400 butterflies from more than 20 species, opened to the public on June 28, local media reported. (AFP/Getty Images)
- A fisherman casts his line from the rocks at Seal Beach, California, as the sun prepares to set on June 28, 2014. Summer in California this year is expected to be the hottest and driest on record as nearly one-third of the state experiences “exceptional” drought levels, the highest percentage ever recorded by the Drought Monitor, whch began monitoring in 2000, according to reports last week from the National Climatic Data Center. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)
- A painter works on a graffiti at the museum of street art “Casus Pacis” during the Manifesta 10 European Biennial of Contemporary Art in St. Petersburg, June 30, 2014. This year will mark the 20th anniversary of Manifesta, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art, which was initiated in response to the new social, cultural and political reality that emerged in the aftermath of the Cold War, according to its organisers. (Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters)
- A visitor looks at a graffiti at the museum of street art “Casus Pacis” during the Manifesta 10 European Biennial of Contemporary Art in St. Petersburg, June 30, 2014. This year will mark the 20th anniversary of Manifesta, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art, which was initiated in response to the new social, cultural and political reality that emerged in the aftermath of the Cold War, according to its organisers. (Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters)
- Small forest fires are pictured between pine trees at night at Sierra de Tejeda nature park, on a burnt mountain from El Collado mountain pass, near the town of Competa, near Malaga, southern Spain early June 30, 2014. A wildfire forced the evacuation of 600 people from their homes, most of the evacuated were resident tourists, as two houses were razed, according to local media. Picture taken using long exposure. (Jon Nazca/Reuters)
- Members of the June 2014 graduating class of the New York City Police Academy raise hands during their graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden in New York June 30, 2014. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
- Members of the June 2014 graduating class of the New York City Police Academy embrace during their graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden in New York June 30, 2014. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)