Royal Ascot hats, World Cup kissing, Maker Faire at the White House| June 18
The day in photos around the world.
- Racegoer Belinda Strudwick poses for photographers on the second day of the Royal Ascot horse racing festival at Ascot, southern England . (Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters)
- A Racegoer attends Day 2 of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on in Ascot, England. (Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images)
- A racegoer checks her phone on the second day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meet, in Berkshire, west of London. Horse racing has been held at the famous Berkshire course since 1711 and tradition is a hallmark of the meeting. Top hats and tails remain compulsory in parts of the course while a daily procession of horse-drawn carriages brings the Queen to the course. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)
- A racegoer attends the second day of the Royal Ascot horse racing festival at Ascot, southern England. (Paul Hackett/Reuters)
- A combination of pictures taken in June 2014 shows supporters from various countries kissing while attending the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. (Getty Images)
- U.S. President Barack Obama looks up at a robotic giraffe while hosting the first-ever White House “Maker Faire” in Washington. Obama met with students, entrepreneurs and everyday citizens who are using new tools and techniques to launch new businesses, learn vital skills in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), and fuel the renaissance in American manufacturing. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
- A man walks with flower decorated High Heels in Berlin during the “Drag Walk Casting” ahead of the Christopher Street Parade. The Christopher Street Day takes place on June 21, 2014. (Daniel Naupold/Getty Images)
- Three coffin-shaped carton boxes set on fire reading “Avignon Festival” (R) and “Marseille Festival” (C) floating on the water in Marseille, southern France. Protestors took part in a demonstration on June 18 called by French artists and entertainment workers, known in France as “intermittents du spectacle”, to protest against the French government’s plan to reform their status. (Bertrand Langlois/Getty Images)
- Indian boys cool off with a swim in the Yamuna river on a hot summer day in Allahabad. Sultry weather conditions gripped north India as most parts of the region experienced another hot and humid day with the mercury maintaining its up trend. (Sanjay Kanojia/Getty Images)
- A model walks the runway at the Sankuanz presented by GQ China show during the London Collections: Men SS15 in London, England. (Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)
- A model walks the runway at the Sankuanz presented by GQ China show during the London Collections: Men SS15 in London, England. (Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)
- South African soldiers from the guard of honour march ahead of the State of the Nation address in parliament in Cape Town, South Africaon. President Jacob Zuma is under pressure to deliver in his second term in office as he gives his State of the Nation address with the new parliament gathering following the April general elections. (Nic Bothma/Getty Images)
- Pakistani civilians, fleeing from a military operation in North Waziristan tribal agency, arrive in Bannu district. Pakistan eased a curfew in a tribal area to allow civilians to flee a major offensive against the Taliban, signalling a likely escalation in the campaign as the US hit the militants with drone strikes. More than 1,000 vehicles arrived June 18 in the town of Bannu, a traditional haven for those fleeing violence in restive North Waziristan. (Hasham Ahmed/Getty Images)
- Georgian actors take a picture of themselves wearing veils before taking part in a joint Georgian-US military counterterrorism exercise called “Agile Spirit 2014” at the Vaziani military base outside Tbilisi. (Vano Shlamov/Getty Images)
- A gallery assistant is reflected as she views the work Composition with Red, Blue and Grey by Piet Mondrian during a photo-call for Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale at Sotheby’s auction house in London. (Neil Hall/Reuters)
- Tibetan participants perform on horses during a traditional equestrian competition in Hongyuan county of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. (China Daily/Reuters)
- People gather at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad’s Sadr City, June 18, 2014. At least 13 people were killed and 30 others wounded in a car bomb explosion in Baghdad’s mainly Shi’ite neighborhood of Sadr City, according to police and hospital officials. (Wissm al-Okili/Reuters)
- A worker collects palm oil fruit inside a palm oil factory in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur. Malaysian palm oil futures rose for a fifth day on Wednesday to a near three-week high, following gains in overseas soyoil markets, with the tropical oil further buoyed by an uptick in biodiesel demand as crude oil prices spiked due to the unrest in Iraq. (Samsul Said/Reuters)
- Somali student walk to attend classes at Bustaale Primary and Secondary school in capital Mogadishu June 18, 2014. (Ismail Taxta/Reuters)
- The guard of honor stand in the shadows as they wait for a graduation ceremony at the National University of Defense of Ukraine in Kiev, June 18, 2014. After a late-night telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday set out proposals for a peace plan for eastern Ukraine involving a unilateral ceasefire by government forces. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)