Doll factory, crop circles, Commonwealth Games | July 29
The day in photos around the world.
- People walk through crop circles shaped into a cornfield near Raisting, southern Germany, on July 28, 2014. According to media reports, a balloonist had discovered the circle some days ago. Since then, hundreds of people came to the field to watch it, however it is unclear who did create the pattern. (AFP PHOTO/ DPA/Karl-Josef Hildenbrand)
- (Sycerika McMahon of Northern Ireland is seen underwater as she takes the start for the women’s 400m Freestyle heats during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 29, 2014. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth)
- Kemar Bailey-Cole (C) of Jamaica finishes first place ahead of Adam Gemili (R) of England, and Jason Livermore of Jamaica during the men’s 100m final at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 28, 2014. (REUTERS/Andrew Winning)
- Mauritius’ Guillaume Thierry competes in the Men’s Decathlon Pole Vault at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland July 29, 2014. (REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett)
- Canada’s Pierre-Luc Theriault serves the ball to Uganda’s Gilton Chelibe (unseen) during their qualification table tennis match at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on July 29, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/Getty Images/Andrej Isakovic)
- Louis Smith of England performs his routine on the parallel bars during the team apparatus final of the artistic gymnastics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 29, 2014. (REUTERS/Andrew Winning
- Paramilitary policemen raise their fists as they attend an oath-taking rally to ensure the security of the upcoming 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games, in Nanjing, Jiangsu province July 29, 2014. The eastern Chinese city of Nanjing will host the 2014 Youth Olympic Games between August 16 to August 28. (REUTERS/China Daily)
- A Palestinian man throws a flag atop the rubble of the home of Hamas Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh, which Gaza’s interior ministry said was hit by a missile fired by Israeli aircraft before dawn on Tuesday, causing damage but no casualties, in Gaza City July 29, 2014. Israel’s military pounded targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country needed to be prepared for a long conflict in the Palestinian enclave, squashing any hopes of a swift end to 22 days of fighting. Israel launched its Gaza offensive on July 8, saying its aim was to halt rocket attacks by Hamas and its allies. It later ordered a land invasion to find and destroy the warren of Hamas tunnels that crisscrosses the border area. Some 1,087 Gazans, most of them civilians, have died in the 22-day-old conflagration. Israel has lost 48 soldiers and another three civilians have been killed by Palestinian shelling. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly)
- A Palestinian firefighter participates in efforts to put out a fire at Gaza’s main power plant, which witnesses said was hit in Israeli shelling, in the central Gaza Strip July 29, 2014. Israeli tank fire hit the fuel depot of the Gaza Strip’s only power plant on Tuesday, witnesses said, cutting electricity to Gaza City and many other parts of the Palestinian enclave of 1.8 million people.An Israeli military spokeswoman had no immediate comment and said she was checking the report. Israel launched its Gaza offensive on July 8, saying its aim was to halt rocket attacks by Hamas and its allies. (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)
- A Palestinian firefighter reacts as he tries to put out a fire at Gaza’s main power plant, which witnesses said was hit in Israeli shelling, in the central Gaza Strip July 29, 2014. Israeli tank fire hit the fuel depot of the Gaza Strip’s only power plant on Tuesday, witnesses said, cutting electricity to Gaza City and many other parts of the Palestinian enclave of 1.8 million people.An Israeli military spokeswoman had no immediate comment and said she was checking the report. Israel launched its Gaza offensive on July 8, saying its aim was to halt rocket attacks by Hamas and its allies. (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)
- A view of thousands of beachgoers during the peak of the summer vacation season on Atalaia beach in Salinopolis, Para state, July 27, 2014. Salinopolis, with a population of 40,000, receives an estimated 280,000 visitors during the month of July, mostly to enjoy the beaches located just southeast of the Amazon river’s mouth where the river’s fresh water mixes with the Atlantic Ocean’s salt water, tourism officials said. Officials estimate that close to 50,000 vehicles drive onto the city’s two most popular beaches, Atalaia and Farol Velho, with tons of garbage left by visitors. Picture taken July 27, 2014. (REUTERS/Paulo Santos)
- An employee pours water over a doll’s head before brushing its hair inside the toy factory owned by Norberto Garcia in Buenos Aires, July 28, 2014. Garcia was poised to launch a series of new toys this year after grafting hard for the past decade to rebuild his business following Argentina’s 2001-2002 economic crash and debt default. Instead, he’s hunkering down for a possible second default this Thursday, cutting investment plans and scaling back his targets. (REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci)
- An employee sews a doll’s hair to its head inside the toy factory owned by Norberto Garcia in Buenos Aires, July 28, 2014. Garcia was poised to launch a series of new toys this year after grafting hard for the past decade to rebuild his business following Argentina’s 2001-2002 economic crash and debt default. Instead, he’s hunkering down for a possible second default this Thursday, cutting investment plans and scaling back his targets. (REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci)
- A soldier serving in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) frisks a Muslim child before allowing entry to attend Eid al-Fitr prayers to mark end of the fasting month of Ramadan, at a Mosque in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, July 28, 2014. (REUTERS/Ismail Taxta)
- Muslims offer prayers at the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla mosque on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr in New Delhi July 29, 2014. The Eid al-Fitr festival marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. (REUTERS/Ahmad Masood)
- Britain’s Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge plays South African games ‘Three Tins’ during a visit to the Commonwealth Games Village at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland July 29, 2014. (REUTERS/Danny Lawson/Pool)
- An ancient tower is seen balancing on the top of a dirt hill, with its base slightly eroded, along a grassland in Qixian county, Shanxi province July 19, 2014. Local authorities said they were looking into way to protect and remedy the tower after pictures, taken by a relic preservation enthusiast, were posted on the Internet, local media reported. Picture taken July 19, 2014. (REUTERS/Stringer)