Gaza fighting, photos from space, British Open | July 17
The day in pictures around the world.
- An Emergencies Ministry member works at putting out a fire at the site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash in the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014. The Malaysian airliner MH-17 was brought down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard and sharply raising stakes in a conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels in which Russia and the West back opposing sides. (Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters)
- People stand near part of the wreckage of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane after it crashed near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014. The Malaysian airliner Flight MH-17 was brought down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard and sharply raising stakes in a conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels in which Russia and the West back opposing sides. (Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters)
- A Free Syrian Army fighter runs while holding a weapon in Wadi Al-Dayf in the southern Idlib countryside July 16, 2014. Picture taken July 16, 2014. (Khalil Ashawi/Reuters)
- A demonstrator holds up an Islamic flag that reads, “There is no god but Allah. Mohammed is his prophet”, as he takes part in a protest against Israel’s military action in Gaza, in Istanbul July 17, 2014. Israeli leaders on Thursday played down prospects of a permanent Gaza ceasefire and fighting returned to a familiar pattern of Palestinian rocket salvoes and Israeli bombing after a five-hour humanitarian truce. (Murad Sezer/Reuters)
- Flares fired by the Israeli military are seen above the northern Gaza Strip, after a five-hour humanitarian truce, July 17, 2014. Israeli leaders on Thursday played down prospects of a permanent Gaza ceasefire and fighting returned to a familiar pattern of Palestinian rocket salvoes and Israeli bombing after the five-hour humanitarian truce. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)
- A Palestinian woman reacts inside her damaged house which police said was targeted in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City July 17, 2014. Palestinians rushed to shops and banks on Thursday as a five-hour humanitarian truce agreed by Israel and Hamas came into force, hours after the Israeli military said it had fought off gunmen who infiltrated from Gaza. The break in 10 days of fighting was requested by the United Nations to allow residents of the Gaza strip, ruled by the Hamas group viewed by Israel as terrorists, to gather supplies and repair some of the infrastructure damaged. At least 224 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed, Gaza health officials say. In Israel, one civilian has been killed by fire from Gaza, where the Israeli military says more than 1,300 rockets have been launched into the Jewish state in strikes that have made a race to shelters a routine for hundreds of thousands of people. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)
- Palestinian children fill bottles and containers with water from a public tap in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip July 17, 2014. Palestinians rushed to shops and banks on Thursday during a five-hour humanitarian ceasefire that largely held, and an Israeli official said Egypt had proposed a permanent truce that would start on Friday. Gaza health officials say at least 224 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed in 10 days of warfare between the Islamist Hamas rulers of Gaza and Israel. In Israel, one civilian has been killed by fire from Gaza, where the Israeli military says more than 1,300 rockets have been launched into the Jewish state. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)
- The father of two boys from the Shaibar family, whom medics said were killed along with a girl from the same extended family by an Israeli air strike after the end of a five-hour humanitarian ceasefire, grieves outside the morgue in Gaza City July 17, 2014. Palestinians rushed to shops and banks on Thursday during the five-hour humanitarian ceasefire that largely held, and an Israeli official said Egypt had proposed a permanent truce that would start on Friday. Gaza health officials say at least 224 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed in 10 days of warfare between the Islamist Hamas rulers of Gaza and Israel. In Israel, one civilian has been killed by fire from Gaza, where the Israeli military says more than 1,300 rockets have been launched into the Jewish state. (Finbarr O’Reilly/Reuters)
- An Israeli tank performs a manoeuvre after the end of a five-hour humanitarian truce, near the border with the Gaza Strip July 17, 2014. Israeli leaders on Thursday played down prospects of a permanent Gaza ceasefire and fighting returned to a familiar pattern of Palestinian rocket salvoes and Israeli bombing after the five-hour humanitarian truce. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)
- A boy, who repair tires, drinks water after breaking his fast on his makeshift stall, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Karachi July 17, 2014. (Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)
- The sun reflects off the water in this picture taken by German astronaut Alexander Gerst from the International Space Station and sent on his Twitter feed July 17, 2014. (Alexander Gerst/NASA/Handout via Reuters)
- British singer Michael Kiwanuka performs during the 48th Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux July 17, 2014. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters)
- Dong-Kyu Jang of South Korea putts on the 15th green during the first round of the British Open Championship at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, northern England July 17, 2014. (Toby Melville/Reuters)
- The pack of riders cycles on its way during the 185.5-km 12th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Bourg-en-Bresse and Saint-Etienne July 17, 2014. (Christian Hartmann/Reuters)
- “The Ninth Wave,” an art piece by Chinese artist Cai Guoqiang sails down the Huangpu River as part of the 2014 Power Station Art exhibition in Shanghai July 17, 2014. The artwork features a fishing boat from the artist’s hometown of Fujian depicting 99 fake stuffed animals that have been sickened by the environment. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
- Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff (L) and China’s President Xi Jinping arrive at the Planalto Palace before a meeting on the sidelines of the 6th BRICS summit in Brasilia July 17, 2014. (Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)
- A picture shows a panel of switches inside Christoph Zwiener’s exhibition project “ADN Guard House” in Berlin May 22, 2014. A German artist has turned a tiny surveillance booth used by the communist regime in the former East Germany to monitor citizens into an art exhibit and venue, which will be installed in a museum near Los Angeles dedicated to the Cold War. The one-person guardhouse measuring 2 m by 1 m (2 yards by 1 yard) was originally located in the parking lot of state-run news agency ADN so that authorities could keep a watchful eye on reporters. Artist Christof Zwiener rescued it from demolition. The writings on the switches read: “Heating – ON”, “Light Inside – ON”, “Green” and “Traffic Light”. Picture taken May 22, 2014. (Thomas Peter/Reuters)