Bloodstock Richmond Stakes, wrestlers dancing and the Eastbourne pier | July 31
Today in pictures around the world.
- Fans of Brazilian soccer player and Barcelona forward Neymar wait for his arrival at Tokyo’s Haneda airport July 31, 2014. Neymar flew into Japan on Thursday for a promotional event and news conference as he continues to recover from a back injury sustained during the World Cup. REUTERS/Issei Kato
- Singer G¸nther Groissboeck as Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau performs on stage during a dress rehearsal of Richard Strauss’ opera ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ in Salzburg July 29, 2014. The opera will premiere as part of the annual Salzburg Festival (Salzburger Festspiele) on August 1, 2014. The Salzburg Festival, one of the biggest cultural festivals worldwide, will take place from July 27 to August 31, 2014. More than 270 performances in the genres of opera, drama and concert are scheduled at 16 performance venues in Salzburg during the festival. Picture taken July 29, 2014. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler
- The burnt remains of a section of Eastbourne pier are seen in Eastbourne, southern England July 31, 2014. A Victorian-era seaside pier at Eastbourne on Britain’s south coast was badly damaged when fire broke out in an amusement arcade on Wednesday. Flames could be seen leaping from the roof of the two-storey structure as a large plume of smoke rose above the town. No injuries were reported. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor
- Seven year old Lily Blackburn plays with friends in the sea near the burnt remains of a section of Eastbourne pier, in Eastbourne, southern England July 31, 2014. A Victorian-era seaside pier at Eastbourne on Britain’s south coast was badly damaged when fire broke out in an amusement arcade on Wednesday. Flames could be seen leaping from the roof of the two-storey structure as a large plume of smoke rose above the town. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor
- The field from The Qatar Bloodstock Richmond Stakes races for the finish line at Goodwood racecourse in southern England, July 31, 2014. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
- Garment workers from the Six Plus Industry Co. Ltd factory recover at a hospital after fainting at their workplace in Kandal province July 31, 2014. Around 200 workers from the factory producing clothing for Adidas collapsed at work on Thursday morning, said the Free Trade Union (FTU). Another 150 workers fainted on July 26 at the same factory, according to the union. REUTERS/Samrang Pring
- Wrestlers dance during the traditional Nadam Fair in Xilin Gol League, in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, July 30, 2014. Around 768 people, including children and women wrestlers, participated in the event, according to local media. Picture taken July 30, 2014. REUTERS/Jacky Chen
- A garbage collector walks next to an algae covered beach in Qingdao, Shandong province, July 31, 2014. REUTERS/China Daily
- Children play in a fountain during a hot and sunny summer day in Nice, southeastern France, July 31, 2014. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
- A resident sits with her dogs inside her flooded house after heavy monsoon rains in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad July 31, 2014. July, the second month of the monsoon season, usually gets the maximum rainfall, accounting for about a third of the seasonal downpour. REUTERS/Amit Dave
- The Metropolitan Opera House is pictured at Lincoln Center in New York July 30, 2014. The Opera is in the midst of an ongoing labour dispute that may result in a lockout or a strike in coming days, according to local media. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
- People are seen sitting near to a herd of goats from a window on SNIM train carrying iron ore and mine workers outside Nouadhibou June 25, 2014. Mauritania’s SNIM iron ore mining company aims to produce 13 million tonnes in 2014, around the same level as last year, the majority state-owned firm said. SNIM mines black iron ore in the northern town of Zouerate, a remote desert location which nevertheless attracts people from all over the country looking for work. SNIM employees proudly call their firm the lung of their nation’s economy and the train that ferries the ore to the coast stretches some two kilometres, making it one of the world’s longest. Picture taken June 25, 2014. REUTERS/Joe Penney
- A SNIM worker oversees the transfer of iron ore to train cars at the Guelb mine site in Zouerate June 24, 2014. Mauritania’s SNIM iron ore mining company aims to produce 13 million tonnes in 2014, around the same level as last year, the majority state-owned firm said. SNIM mines black iron ore in the northern town of Zouerate, a remote desert location which nevertheless attracts people from all over the country looking for work. SNIM employees proudly call their firm the lung of their nation’s economy and the train that ferries the ore to the coast stretches some two kilometres, making it one of the world’s longest. Picture taken June 24, 2014. REUTERS/Joe Penney
- A decaying boat is seen docked off the port of Nouadhibou June 25, 2014. Mauritania’s SNIM iron ore mining company aims to produce 13 million tonnes in 2014, around the same level as last year, the majority state-owned firm said. SNIM mines black iron ore in the northern town of Zouerate, a remote desert location which nevertheless attracts people from all over the country looking for work. SNIM employees proudly call their firm the lung of their nation’s economy and the train that ferries the ore to the coast stretches some two kilometres, making it one of the world’s longest. Picture taken June 25, 2014. REUTERS/Joe Penney
- An Israeli soldier adjusts sights on a tank at a staging area outside the central Gaza Strip July 31, 2014. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing international alarm over a rising civilian death toll in Gaza, said on Thursday he would not accept any ceasefire that stopped Israel completing the destruction of militants’ infiltration tunnels. Gaza officials say at least 1,372 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in the battered territory and nearly 7,000 wounded. Fifty-six Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza clashes and more than 400 wounded. Three civilians have been killed by Palestinian shelling in Israel. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
- A Buddhist monk takes part in the funeral of Shamar Rinpoche in a monastery in Kathmandu July 31, 2014. Nepal has allowed a monk prominent in Tibetan Buddhism to be cremated in a monastery in Kathmandu, a minister said on Tuesday, disregarding fears of possible anti-China protests by his followers during the funeral. The government had previously barred the followers of Shamar Rinpoche from bringing his body back to Nepal – where he ran a monastery – for the final rites, a decision that local media had blamed on pressure from China. Rinpoche, also known as the Shamarpa, died of a heart attack in Germany aged 62 on June 11. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
- Yogeshwar Dutt of India (L) grapples with Chamara Perera of Sri Lanka during their men’s freestyle 65kg wrestling semi-final at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 31, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Winning
- Blood stains are seen as an injured boy lies on the ground following what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in Duma in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus, July 30, 2014. Picture taken July 30, 2014. REUTERS/Badra Mamet
- Children play in Aleppo July 30, 2014. Picture taken July 30, 2014. REUTERS/Nour Kelze