Israeli shelling in Gaza City, mourning Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, water fight in Shanghai and Rory McIlroy wins the British Open | July 20
The day in photos around the world.
- Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland poses as he holds the Claret Jug after winning the British Open Championship at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, northern England July 20, 2014. (Toby Melville/Reuters)
- People participate in a water fight at People Square in Shanghai, July 20, 2014. (Aly Song/Reuters)
- David Dinsmore of the US competes during the men’s 10 meter semi-final platform event at the 19th FINA Diving World Cup in Shanghai on July 20, 2014. (Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)
- Participants of the mudflat sledge championships push their sledge through the wadden sea on July 20, 2014 in Upleward, northern Germany. The competition was titled “Dirty sports for a clean job” and was a charity event in favor of a regional association fighting against cancer. (Ingo Wagner/AFP/Getty Images)
- South Africa’s Dale Steyn, who took nine wickets in the first test match, holds a stump and his hat as he celebrates with teammates after winning their first test cricket match against Sri Lanka in Galle July 20, 2014. South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 153 runs on the fifth and final day of the first test to take a one-nil lead in the two-match series on Sunday. (Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)
- A Ukrainian coal miner takes part in a search operation at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, near the village of Rozspyne, Donetsk region, July 20, 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday laid out what he said was overwhelming evidence of Russian complicity in the downing of the Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine as he made the U.S. case against Moscow in the most emphatic and explicit terms yet. (Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters)
- Flowers are laid as tributes to those killed in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, at the base of a large sign for the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne July 20, 2014. At least six people aboard the flight, including Joep Lange, a leading light in the field of AIDS research, were heading to the AIDS 2014 Conference in Melbourne, according to the International AIDS Society (IAS) which organizes the event. The Boeing 777 plane was apparently brought down by a surface-to-air missile on Thursday in an area of eastern Ukraine. (Mark Dadswell/Reuters)
- A part of the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 is seen at its crash site, near the village of Hrabove, Donetsk region, July 20, 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday laid out what he said was overwhelming evidence of Russian complicity in the downing of the Malaysian airliner in eastern Ukraine as he made the U.S. case against Moscow in the most emphatic and explicit terms yet. (Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters)
- Israeli soldiers mourn with the brother of Israeli soldier Bnaya Rubel (kneeling) during Rubel’s funeral in Holon, near Tel Aviv July 20, 2014. Eighteen Israeli soldiers, including Rubel, and two Israeli civilians have been killed since a near two-week-old offensive was launched in response, Israel says, to mounting cross-border rocket attacks by Hamas militants. Gaza’s Health Ministry officials said at least 405 Palestinians, many of them civilians, have been killed and about 2,600 wounded since Israeli air and naval bombardments began on July 8, followed by a ground push on Thursday. (Nir Elias/Reuters)
- Children sit in front of dolls on stretchers as they and other members of the Australian Palestinian community hold a protest against Israel’s military action in Gaza, in Sydney July 20, 2014. Israel said on Sunday it had expanded its ground offensive in Gaza and militants kept up rocket fire into the Jewish state with no sign of a diplomatic breakthrough to end the worst fighting between Israel and Hamas in two years. (David Gray/Reuters)
- Palestinians flee the Shujayeh neighbourhood in a vehicle during heavy Israeli shelling in Gaza City July 20, 2014. Israel said on Sunday it had expanded its ground offensive in Gaza and militants kept up rocket fire into the Jewish state with no sign of a diplomatic breakthrough to end the worst fighting between Israel and Hamas in two years. Gaza residents said land and naval shellings were the heaviest in 13 days of fighting. Explosions rocked the coastal enclave overnight and shells fired by Israeli naval forces lit up the sky. (Finbarr O’Reilly/Reuters)
- An Israeli Apache helicopter fires flares above Israel near the border with northern Gaza July 20, 2014. Israel said on Sunday it had expanded its ground offensive in Gaza and militants kept up rocket fire into the Jewish state with no sign of a diplomatic breakthrough to end the worst fighting between Israel and Hamas in two years. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)
- A Palestinian man holds a child while fleeing the Shujayeh neighborhood during heavy Israeli shelling in Gaza City July 20, 2014. Israel said on Sunday it had expanded its ground offensive in Gaza and militants kept up rocket fire into the Jewish state with no sign of a diplomatic breakthrough to end the worst fighting between Israel and Hamas in two years. Gaza residents said land and naval shellings were the heaviest in 13 days of fighting. Explosions rocked the coastal enclave overnight and shells fired by Israeli naval forces lit up the sky. (Finbarr O’Reilly/Reuters)
- A medic helps a Palestinian in the Shejaia neighborhood, which was heavily shelled by Israel during fighting, in Gaza City July 20, 2014. At least 50 Palestinians were killed on Sunday by Israeli shelling in the Gaza neighborhood, where bodies were strewn in the street and thousands fled for shelter to a hospital packed with wounded, witnesses and health officials said. Militants kept up their rocket fire on Israel, with no sign of a diplomatic breakthrough toward a ceasefire in sight. (Finbarr O’Reilly/Reuters)
- A Muslim man helps his son to perform ablution before offering evening prayers, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan at a mosque in Kolkata July 20, 2014. (Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)
- A Shi’ite Muslim boy sits among men offering afternoon prayers during a religious procession Yaum-e-Ali, marking the death anniversary of Imam Ali Ibn Abu Talib, son-in-law of Prophet Mohammad, in Karachi July 20, 2014. Imam Ali, the son-in-law and cousin of Prophet Mohammad, was wounded in the head during a battle and died after two days in 661 AD in Najaf. (Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)
- People ride on escalators in a shopping mall in Hong Kong on July 20, 2014. Hong Kong’s economy in 2014 is expected to expand at its fastest pace in three years, according to government estimations, with a forecasted growth of between three and four percent, up from 2.9 percent in 2013. (Alex Ogle/AFP/Getty Images)
- Williams Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Brazil crashes with his car in the first corner after the start of the German F1 Grand Prix at the Hockenheim racing circuit, July 20, 2014. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)
- The pack of riders cross a bridge during the 15th stage of the Tour de France cycle race between Tallard and Nimes, July 20, 2014. (Christian Hartmann /Reuters)
- A man lies on a heap of fodder, which was removed from a sugarcane field, on a cart pulled by a bull in Muzaffarnagar in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. With this year’s monsoon rains several weeks late, the world’s second-largest sugar and rice producer is on the verge of widespread drought in the face of a developing Pacific Ocean weather event known as El Nino, which is often associated with drought in South Asia. (Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)