Daily life in July | Pictures in the news
Sometimes, the best photos don’t come from photo stories, but are just slices of every day life found by photographers or taken on daily assignments.
- A diver performs with fish as part of summer events at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 29, 2015. The aquarium features 40,000 sea creatures from over 600 different species. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
- Tubers float on the Comal River, Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in New Braunfels, Texas. Both the Comal, with was closed briefly Tuesday due to weather, and Guadalupe river, which has been closed to tubers for several weeks, are scheduled to be open for water recreation for the holiday weekend. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
- Gavin Bybee, 6, center, of Naples reacts to making homemade polyvinyl polymer goop with Glen Beitmen, 41, of Bonita Springs, a STEAM Coach & President of Educational Entertainment LLC, left, and his daughter Isabella Beitmen, 8, Saturday, July 18, 2015, aboard Pure Naples’ vessel, Double Sunshine, in Naples, Fla. Mr. Glen Science Guy was aboard for a 90 minute cruise touring Naples Bay infotaining with science, during the last half of the trip, in a presentation called, “The Wonders of Water.” (Corey Perrine /Naples Daily News via AP)
- Bottlenose dolphins swim over visitors in water tank at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium-amusement park complex in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Temperatures in Tokyo’s metropolitan area neared around 96 degree Fahrenheit, or 35 degree Celsius, on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
- Annmarie Harvey balances dice on an ice pop stick in her mouth during a photography session at Herff Jones’ The Yearbook Connection Summer Camp, Wednesday, July 22, 2015, in Gainesville, Fla. Other students in the session were photographing her and trying to capture the moment the dice fell. The three-day camp hosts high school and middle school yearbook staffs from the area and teaches them different aspects of making a yearbook. (Matt Stamey/The Gainesville Sun via AP)
- A youngster leaps off the diving board as the tries to stay cool at the William Peak Park pool in Buena Park, Calif., Wednesday, July 1, 2015. (Michael Goulding/The Orange County Register via AP)
- A man sits at the base of an orca statue in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, July 20, 2015. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP)
- A couple kiss each other as they pose for a friend taking photographs, backdropped by Istanbul’s skyline, Thursday, July 9, 2015. Istanbul is a thoroughly modern place, but it traces its roots back to 660 B.C. Itís the former seat of the opulent Byzantine and Ottoman empires and is divided into European and Asian sides by the Bosphorus Strait, offering a wealth of history and stunning scenery. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
- In this July 14, 2015 photo, Dave Jones walks in front of a Dodge car logo in his garage in New Palestine, Ind. The long time car collector has owned more than 200 cars in his life. (Tom Russo/Daily Reporter via AP)
- People sing and dance to the beat of drums at the break of dawn during a small fair in the Casablanca neighborhood of Havana, Cuba, Thursday, July 16, 2015. Casablanca residents have brought back lost traditions to their 420-year-old neighborhood, including this early morning parade that announces the start of the new day. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
- Bowen Noyes a lifeguard at Sherwood Park Aquatic Center watches children as they use the diving board, Wednesday, July 14, 2015 in Odessa, Texas. (Courtney Sacco/Odessa American via AP)
- The moon sets behind the gilded statue of the angel Moroni atop the Indianapolis Indiana Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Carmel, Ind., Friday, July 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
- A bicyclist passes through the Krog Street Tunnel Wednesday, July 15, 2015, in Atlanta. The tunnel runs under train tracks carrying freight cars and is known for its urban street art. Connecting the eclectic neighborhoods of Cabbagetown and Inman Park, the tunnel also serves as a message board with frequently updated posts about local events and shows. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
- The sun sets behind people hanging from a ride at the State Fair Meadowlands, Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in East Rutherford, N.J. The fair closes on Sunday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
- A child runs through a sprinkler from an open fire hydrant during the Police Athletic League Summer Day Camp, Wednesday, July 8, 2015 in New York. The league has been serving New York City youth since 1914. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
- Umbrellas and beach-goers pack a beach in Shirahama town, Wakayama prefecture, western Japan on the Marine Day national holiday Monday, July 20, 2015. (Kyodo News via AP)
- Youth use their smartphones to surf the Internet, using a password protected wifi network coming from a five star hotel in downtown Havana, Cuba, late Wednesday, July 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)
- Chinese Hui Muslims wait as they prepare to board a flight to Saudi Arabia for a religious visit to Mecca and Medina during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on July 2, 2014 at the Beijing International Airport in Beijing, China. There are more than 29 million members of the Hui Muslim minority in China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
- A baseball field and bleachers sit submerged at Oak Grove Park on the shores of Grapevine Lake, Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in Grapevine, Texas. As the holiday weekend approaches, many lakeside parks in Texas are closed due to the high lake levels caused by record rain amounts. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
- Arnie Powell walks along the beach with his pet dog, Biscuit, as rain clouds approach Hobie Beach, Wednesday, July 22, 2015, in Key Biscayne, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
- Carlos Ramirez, of West Palm Beach, Fla., cools off under a misting fan while visiting Zoo Atlanta, Wednesday, July 15, 2015, in Atlanta. Severe thunderstorms will be possible over the southern half of Georgia and eastern South Carolina as temperatures hover around the ninety degree mark. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
- A couple sit in front of the ancient Acropolis hill, with the ruins of the fifth century BC Parthenon temple, in central Athens, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
- A teenager checks his cell phone as storm clouds pass Friday, July 17, 2015, in Zionsville, Ind. Scattered storms were in the forecast for most of Friday evening. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
- Participants carry a portable shrine, or mikoshi, into the sea during a purification rite at the annual Hamaori Festival in Chigasaki, west of Tokyo early Monday, July 20, 2015. The festival originated from an old times’ story about a shrine that was washed away by flood and later found by fishermen. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
- A gull flips a herring in order to swallow it whole while flying away with a meal robbed from a delivery truck, Wednesday, July 8, 2015, in Rockland, Maine. Herring is primarily used for lobster bait, with a small percentage of it going to the sardine industry. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
- A Jordanian boy looks for customers to sell his balloons, at an ancient Roman theater in Amman, Jordan, Friday, July 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
- A Syrian refugee child eats a tomato while standing on a broken water point at an informal tent settlement near the Syrian border on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan, Sunday, July 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
- Visitors to Coney Island ride the Thunderbolt, Friday, July 3, 2015, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Temperatures will be in the mid 70s and 80s for the 4th of July holiday weekend. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
- Visitors to Times Square react as they see images of themselves on a jumbotron, Thursday, July 30, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
- A kiteboarder jumps near the shore at Lake Hefner, Monday, July 6, 2015, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
- Small waves break as people take photographs at the Cais das Colunas dock by the Tagus riverbank, in Lisbon, Saturday, July 11, 2015. The place is a popular location for locals and tourists to pause, relax or take photographs. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
- The full moon rises over the illuminated Kazan Kremlin with the Qol Sharif mosque illuminated in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, located in Russia’s Volga River area about 700 km (450 miles) east of Moscow, early Wednesday, July, 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin)
- A beachgoer bicycle kicks the ball during a game of “altinho” along the shore of Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, July 13, 2015. Altinho is a popular local game that is played with a soccer ball on the beach. The goal is not to let the ball drop, but passing to other players while keeping it airborne. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
- In this Monday, July 27, 2015 photo, a skater practices in the skate park during Day 3 of the U.S. Open surfing competition at Huntington Beach, Calif. (Kyusung Gong/The Orange County Register via AP)
- In this photo taken on Wednesday, July 29, 2015, Patricia Tipton admires a 10-foot T-Rex in Porterville. Calif. The replica has been a fun attraction for the neighbors and community members. (Chieko HaraThe Porterville Recorder via AP)
- Robert, who is known as “The Bubble Wizard”, entertains kids with bubbles in Old Montreal, Friday, July 24, 2015, in Montreal. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)
- Staff wearing masks during a work day at a property service company specializing in leased office space in Handan in northern China’s Hebei province Tuesday, July 14, 2015. The company holds a monthly relaxation day at the office using various themes such as a “faceless” day when workers wear masks with the idea that they don’t have to fake their facial expression through the day. (Chinatopix Via AP)
- Players fire their water guns in a battle maze in Beijing, Saturday, July 4, 2015. Each player in the game aims to soak their opponents with water in the large outdoor maze, which organizers said was inspired by the online and mobile video games that are increasingly popular with China’s youth. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
- Chinese policemen practice controlling drones after a ceremony to mark the establishment of the first police drone squad in Nanjing in eastern China’s Jiangsu province Tuesday July 14, 2015. The initial team of six officers and seven drones will take part in scouting, monitoring and emergency rescue operations. (Chinatopix Via AP)
- Youth cover a pole with oil as they prepare it for a competition over Havana Bay during a small fair in the Casablanca neighborhood of Havana, Cuba, Thursday, July 16, 2015. Casablanca residents have brought back lost traditions to their 420-year-old neighborhood, including this game in which contestants try to walk to the end of a wooden pole without slipping off into the water. A money prize is placed at the end of the pole for the winner. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
- Campers and counselors from the Bardmoor location of the YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg Santos Ferrer, from left, Angel Beccera, counselor Annie Rodriguez, Nathan Carter, counselor Alex Maller, and Cameron Masterson skate in a line at the Astro Skate Family Fun Center in Pinellas Park Wednesday, July 15, 2015. The YMCA’s summer camp program includes weekly field trips for kids of all ages. (Lara Cerri/The Tampa Bay Times via AP)
- Lakeside High School football player Grandon Jones, 14, looks out from behind a beam under the football stadium bleachers at Lakeside High School Thursday afternoon, July 30, 2015, in Evans, Ga. Grandon and teammates were waiting in the shade of the bleachers for a photographer take their team portrait. (Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP)
- Boys enjoy their holidays surfing on a wakeboard on a lake in Duisburg, Germany, Thursday, July 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
- Young visitors from left to right, Akari Kuroiwa, 11, Haruka Gunji, 9, and her brother Takumi Gunji, 4, lie down in the pool at Toshimaen amusement park in Tokyo, Sunday, July 26, 2015. The temperature rose to 36 degree Celsius (97 degree Fahrenheit) in Tokyo’s area. Some 12,000 people visited the amusement park Sunday. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
- Olivia Lucas, of Garrard County, Ky., competes in the Sheep Show at the Livestock Arena, Wednesday, July 22, 2015, during the Mercer County Fair and Horse Show in Harrodsburg, Ky. (Clay Jackson/The Advocate-Messenger via AP)
- Bass drummer Elijah Price, center, works on marching fundamentals while carrying his instrument on the field during Henderson County High School’s band camp at North Middle School in Henderson, Ky. Tuesday morning, July 14, 2015. (Darrin Phegley/The Gleaner via AP)
- Amazon John holds a kinkajou during the Silly Safari at Hogsett Elementary School, Thursday, July 9, 2015, in Danville, Ky., as part of a Summer Reading Program. (Clay Jackson/The Advocate-Messenger via AP)
- Caleb Kernodle, of Perryville, Ky., displays his 4-H-themed belt buckle in the Sheep Show at the Livestock Arena, Wednesday, July 22, 2015, during the Mercer County Fair and Horse Show in Harrodsburg, Ky. (Clay Jackson/The Advocate-Messenger via AP)
- Lynn Heldt poses with his custom-made hat during the annual Manchester Chicken Broil in Manchester, Mich. Thursday, July 16, 2015. (Jessica Christian/The Jackson Citizen Patriot via AP)
- Children play under a parachute Wednesday, July 29, 2015, during the Summer Brain Gain Celebration, a community health fair held at the Boys & Girls Club of Benton Harbor, in Benton Harbor, Mich. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)
- Photographer Lisa Kristine, of San Francisco, Cali., holds one of her photographs in the light to show a customer during the Ann Arbor State Street Art Fair on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 in Ann Arbor, Mich. The fairs are open Wednesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Melanie Maxwell/The Ann Arbor News via AP)
- Bubbles float by the face of Flint School Board President Isaiah Oliver after he fell into a dunk tank to raise money during the 26th Annual African American Festival, held by Christ the King Church on Saturday, July 11, 2015 near the church in Flint. Police Chief James Tolbert and Mayor Dayne Walling were also dunked as a part of the fundraiser. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
- Standing in yellow shirts, Sarah Frantsen, 14, left to right, Finley Alexander, 14, and Amy Kallenberger, all from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Waverly, Iowa, and behind them, in gray, second from left, Joanna O’Gorman, 18, from East Sandwich, Mass., listen to music at the Youth Gathering of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America at Ford Field in Detroit on Wednesday, July 15, 2015. (Robin Buckson/Detroit News via AP)
- Kids play under colorful umbrellas suspended over a pedestrian street in Jerusalem, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
- Graffiti under a bridge in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Graffiti artists have been trying to engage youth in a debate about the country’s latest wave of political turmoil of the greater Middle East. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
- A maintenance worker trims grass around a bronze Rockman sculpture by Tom Otterness, Wednesday, July 8, 2015, outside the Federal courthouse in Minneapolis. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)
- In this Sunday, July 19, 2015 photo, Armoni Anderson plays in the water at Eastside Park in Paterson, N.J. Anderson came to the park with her grandmother. (Mitsu Yasukawa/The Record of Bergen County via AP)
- Paulina Bojorquez-Rubio, playing for the Lil Indians, heads towards third base during a T-ball game at Ron T. Galla Park, Wednesday, July 22, 2015, in Las Cruces, N.M. (Jett Loe/The Las Cruces Sun-News via AP)
- A girl collects her belongings from the debris of her house bulldozed by the government, in slums of Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, July 31, 2015. Authorities demolished illegal mud houses of Afghan refugees and Pakistani tribal people who fled their villages due to ongoing crackdown operations against militants. Scores of people were injured during clashes between police and residents. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
- Evan McGilvery, 13, of Johnstown, Pa., rides his bike with his friends, one of which portraying “Ted 2” as the youngsters head to check out a fire scene in Johnstown, Pa., Friday, July 3, 2015. (Todd Berkey/The Tribune-Democrat via AP)
- Baseerah Watson, of West Philadelphia, cools off near a water fountain at Seger Park in Philadelphia on Wednesday, July 29, 2015. (Yong Kim/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
- Emma Hatcher, middle, stands near her cousin Eric Fox, right, as Spider-Man window washer Luke Daven entertains the group at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Monday, July 20, 2015, in Knoxville, Tenn. Spider-Man and fellow super heroes Thor, Captain American and Catwoman washed windows for Sky Clean Inc., of Asheville, N.C. (Michael Patrick/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)
- Jennifer Young, dressed as Uncle Sam, smiles from the back of her golf cart as she holds her hat in place Thursday, July 2, 2015, during the annual Independence Day Golf Cart Parade at Meadow Lake Senior Living Community in Tyler, Texas. Residents, staff and guests circled the complex in decorated golf carts, boats and by bicycle to celebrate the upcoming holiday. (Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP)
- Denise Shiflet, and her dog Willow, watch the baseball game between the Bridgewater Reds and the Broadway Bruins at Bridgewater, Va., Ray Heatwole Field on Tuesday, July 28, 2015. (Daniel Lin/Daily News-Record via AP)
- Darren Rabinowitz, right, a flying trapeze instructor for Aerial Trapeze, grasps a swinger during Floyd Fest on Thursday, July 23, 2015, in Floyd, Va. The five-day festival has nine stages and is hosting nearly 75 bands. (John Roark/The Roanoke Times via AP)
- James Madison University senior, and adventure program trip manager with the school’s recreation department, Cam Barnhardt, right, 22, of Roanoke, Va., provides a top belay for incoming freshman Austin Fairchild, 18, of Westampton, N.J., as he rappels the ìSnowblower,î a 60-foot route at Hidden Rocks, a sandstone cliff, in the George Washington National Forest near Hone Quarry Campground Wednesday afternoon July 15, 2015. (Nikki Fox/Daily News-Record via AP)
- Ilana Cohen, 9, of Alexandria, Va., jumps into a sea of plastic balls at “The Beach”, an interactive architectural installation inside the National Building Museum in Washington, Friday, July 17, 2015. The Beach, which spans the length of the museum’s Great Hall, was created in partnership with Snarkitecture, and covers 10,000 square feet and includes an ìoceanî of nearly one million recyclable translucent plastic balls. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
- Colorful strands of yarn float above people as they wait in line Friday, July 17, 2015, to enter the first day of the Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival in Eau Claire, Wis. More than 40 bands will play in the two-day music festival curated by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, an Eau Claire native. (Marisa Wojcik/Eau Claire Leader-Telegram via AP)
- Oliver Schmitz, 7, of Spooner, Wis., hangs onto a sheep, during the Muttin Bustin competition, at the Heart Of The North Rodeo, in Spooner Wis., on Saturday July 11, 2015. (Paul M. Walsh /The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram via AP)
- Festival-goers take turns having their photo taken next to the EAUX CLAIRES sign Friday, July 17, 2015, along the Chippewa River on the grounds of the Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival in Eau Claire, Wis. (AP Photo/Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Marisa Wojcik)