Jul 23, 2014

The day in photos around the world.

: Tosta, a Staffordshire bull terrier cross, shakes off water after a swim in the sea during the hot summer day by Brighton pier in southern England July 23, 2014. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)

: Andy Lewis of the USA, also known as “Mr. Slackline” walks on the thin slackline between buildings in central Bangkok July 23, 2014. Lewis walked the distance of 169 meters on a line set between a rooftop and the 55th floor of another building in just over an hour in what organizers said was the world record breaking free solo slacklining evenAndy Lewis of the USA, also known as “Mr. Slackline” walks on the thin slackline between buildings in central Bangkok July 23, 2014. Lewis walked the distance of 169 meters on a line set between a rooftop and the 55th floor of another building in just over an hour in what organizers said was the world record breaking free solo slacklining event. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)t. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)

: A relative of a passenger on board the crashed TransAsia Airways plane cries in Kaohsiung International Airport, southern Taiwan, July 23, 2014. A TransAsia Airways turboprop ATR-72 plane crashed on its second attempt at landing during a thunderstorm on Penghu, an island off Taiwan on Wednesday, killing 47 people and setting buildings on fire, officials said. (Reuters)

: Children look at the body of a beached young humpback whale lying on the shore between Santa Rosa and Pimentel district, west of Chiclayo, July 22, 2014. The cetacean weighs approximately 4 tonnes and stretches around 7 metres. The cause of what that led it to be stranded on the shore is unknown, according to local media. (Heinz Plenge/Reuters)

: Palestinian daughter of Tawfiq al-Aga, who medics said was killed in Israeli shelling, mourns next to her father body during his funeral in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 23, 2014. Israeli forces pounded Gaza on Wednesday, meeting stiff resistance from Hamas Islamists and sending thousands of residents fleeing, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on a visit to Israel ceasefire talks had made some progress. Israel launched its offensive on July 8 to halt missile salvoes by Hamas and its allies, struggling under the weight of an Israeli-Egyptian economic blockade and angered by a crackdown on their supporters in the nearby occupied West Bank. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

: A Palestinian man, in clothes stained with the blood of his father, who medics said was killed by Israeli shelling, mourns at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 23, 2014. Israeli forces pounded the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, sending thousands of residents fleeing, and said it was meeting stiff resistance from Hamas Islamists, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Tel Aviv to push ceasefire talks. Israel launched its offensive on July 8 to halt missile salvoes by Hamas Islamists, who were struggling under the weight of an Israeli-Egyptian economic blockade and angered by a crackdown on their supporters in the nearby occupied West Bank. Some 643 Palestinians, many of them children and civilians, have died in the conflagration, including a seven-year-old hit by a shell in southern Gaza early Wednesday, a medic said. Some 29 Israeli soldiers have been killed, including a tank officer shot by a Palestinian sniper overnight. Two civilians have been slain by rocket fire. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

: A Palestinian medic carries a girl, who medics said was wounded by Israeli shelling, at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 23, 2014. Israeli forces pounded the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, sending thousands of residents fleeing, and said it was meeting stiff resistance from Hamas Islamists, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Tel Aviv to push ceasefire talks. Israel launched its offensive on July 8 to halt missile salvoes by Hamas Islamists, who were struggling under the weight of an Israeli-Egyptian economic blockade and angered by a crackdown on their supporters in the nearby occupied West Bank. Some 643 Palestinians, many of them children and civilians, have died in the conflagration, including a seven-year-old hit by a shell in southern Gaza early Wednesday, a medic said. Some 29 Israeli soldiers have been killed, including a tank officer shot by a Palestinian sniper overnight. Two civilians have been slain by rocket fire. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

: Tugboats drag cruise liner Costa Concordia after leaving Giglio Island July 23, 2014. The rusty hulk of the Costa Concordia cruise liner began its journey to the scrapyard on Wednesday after a two-year salvage operation off the Italian island where it capsized two years ago, killing 32 people. (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)

: People watch the cruise liner Costa Concordia moving anticlockwise during the refloat operation maneuvers at Giglio Island July 23, 2014. Maneuvers began early on Wednesday to remove the rusty hulk of the Costa Concordia cruise liner from the Italian island where it struck rocks and capsized two years ago, killing 32 people. A convoy of 14 vessels, led by the tug boat Blizzard, will start to tow the Concordia later on Wednesday to a port near Genoa in northern Italy where it is due to arrive on Sunday, before being broken up for scrap. (Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)

: A bull stands inside a shop selling clothes at Varanasi, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, June 20, 2014. Picture taken June 20, 2014. (Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

: Hindu devotees travel past holy ghats on the banks of the river Ganges in Varanasi, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, June 16, 2014. The city of Varanasi, on the banks of the River Ganges, is widely considered Hinduism’s holiest city and many Hindus believe that dying there and having their remains scattered in the Ganges allows their soul to escape a cycle of death and rebirth, attaining “moksha” or salvation. “Mukti Bhavan” or “Salvation House”, is a charity-run hostel that caters for people who wish to come to Varanasi to die. Guests can normally stay up to two weeks after which, if they haven’t yet passed away, they are gently asked to leave. Picture taken June 16, 2014. (Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

: Fans wave and yell at NBA basketball player LeBron James (L) of the Cleveland Cavaliers during a promotional event in Hong Kong July 23, 2014. (Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

: U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents take undocumented immigrants into custody on July 22, 2014 near Falfurrias, Texas. Thousands of immigrants, many of them minors, have crossed illegally into the United States this year, causing a humanitarian crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border. Texas Governor Rick Perry announced that he will send 1,000 National Guard troops to help stem the flow. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

: A Sri Lankan activist, who wrapped himself with fire crackers, holds a lighter as he walks in Colombo on July 23, 2014 to symbolically demonstrate against people burned during Anti-Tamil riots on the island thirty-one years ago. Official accounts placed the death toll at 400 while human rights activists put the toll at thousands. (Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images)

: German pianist Stefan Aaron hovers about the Munich airport Franz-Josef-Strauss, southern Germany, on July 23, 2014. Stefan Aaron is seated in front of his piano on an aluminum structure that is reminiscent of a flying carpet and attached to a helicopter. The appearance is the fourth stop on his “Orange Piano Tour” that will take him and his orange piano at exceptional locations around the world for the musician. On the 4206 meter high Alphubel in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, Stefan Aaron has played on the Great Wall and the Pulpit Rock in Norway, a natural rock platform 604 meters above the Lysefjord near Stavanger. (Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images)

: FloweRs lay on the tarmac as a ground Hercules transport aircraft of the Royal Dutch Airforce, carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, prepares to take off from Kharkiv airport on July 23, 2014. The first plane carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 23 left eastern Ukraine for the Netherlands. The Dutch military aircraft took off from the airport in the government-controlled city of Kharkiv bound for Eindhoven after the first group of victims’ remains were loaded onto the plane in wooden coffins. (Sergey Bobok/AFP/Getty Images)

: An Israel soldier launches an Israeli army’s Skylark I unmanned drone aircraft, which is used for monitoring purposes, at an army deployment area near Israel’s border with the besieged Palestinian territory on July 23, 2014, as the conflict entered its third week with neither side showing any sign of willingness to pull back. Israel’s military pursued a relentless campaign of shelling and air strikes while the Palestinian militants hit back with rocket fire and fierce attacks on troops operating on the ground. Around 650 Palestinians and 29 Israeli soldiers have been killed in the Gaza fighting which began on July 8. (Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)

: An Israeli Merkava tank rolls near Israel’s border with the besieged Palestinian territory on July 23, 2014, as the conflict entered its third week with neither side showing any sign of willingness to pull back. Israel’s military pursued a relentless campaign of shelling and air strikes while the Palestinian militants hit back with rocket fire and fierce attacks on troops operating on the ground. Around 650 Palestinians and 29 Israeli soldiers have been killed in the Gaza fighting which began on July 8. (Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)

: Israeli soldiers evacuate their wounded comrades at an army deployment area near Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip on July 23, 2014, as the conflict entered its third week with neither side showing any sign of willingness to pull back. Israel’s military pursued a relentless campaign of shelling and air strikes while the Palestinian militants hit back with rocket fire and fierce attacks on troops operating on the ground, killing 27 soldiers since the ground assault on Gaza began late on July 17. (Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)

: A young girl plays in a fountain to keep cool on a hot summers day in Shanghai on July 23, 2014. (Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)

: Ukrainian soldiers carry a coffin with the remains of a victim of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash to a military plane during a ceremony at the airport of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 23, 2014. The first plane carrying bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 left eastern Ukraine for the Netherlands on July 23 following a sombre ceremony. The Dutch military aircraft took off from the airport in the government-controlled city of Kharkiv bound for Eindhoven after the first group of victims’ remains were loaded onto the plane in wooden coffins. (Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images)

: Palestinian girls walk amidst debris following an Israeli military strike in Gaza city, on July 23, 2014. Israel’s deadly Gaza offensive entered its 16th day, with airlines blocking flights to Israel after a Gaza rocket struck near airport runways. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expected to continue talks in Israel and US Secretary of State John Kerry due to arrive. (Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images)

: Deputies of the All-Ukrainian Union “Svoboda” party attack the head of the Communist parliamentary faction Petro Symonenko (R) as they attempt to remove him from the hall during a Ukrainian parliament sitting in Kiev on July 23, 2014. Symonenko said in an interview with Russian media that the authorities in Ukraine had killed many thousands of Ukrainians in eastern Ukraine, where they are fighting pro-Russian rebels, and is profiting from the sale of their organs. (Anatoli Stepanov/AFP/Getty Images)

: Israeli soldiers stand on a Merkava tank stationed at an army deployment along the Israeli Gaza border, on July 22, 2014. A senior Palestinian official said talks were ongoing with Hamas for a truce to end its war in Gaza with Israel, adding both sides have refused a humanitarian ceasefire. (Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)Israeli soldiers stand on a Merkava tank stationed at an army deployment along the Israeli Gaza border, on July 22, 2014. A senior Palestinian official said talks were ongoing with Hamas for a truce to end its war in Gaza with Israel, adding both sides have refused a humanitarian ceasefire. (Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)

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