Kenyan Westgate Mall reopens, hot runners in Columbia and fires in California | July 18
The day in photos from around the world.
- France’s players celebrate their victory over Poland at the end of a Volleyball World League semifinal match at the Maracanazinho gymnasium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, July 18, 2015. France won 3-2. (Leo Correa/Associated Press)
- A hand crew prepares to battle The Pine Fire which caused a group of deaf and hearing-impaired children amongst 300 people to evacuated from campgrounds in the San Gabriel Mountains, Calif., near Mountain High Resort late Friday, July 17, 2015. The evacuated campgrounds were the Lion’s Camp, Verdugo Campground, AFY Campground and Christian Summer Camp, the Sheriff’s department said. About 200 firefighters were on scene. A county fire dispatcher said the fire started on the Los Angeles side of the county line. (Kevin Warn/Associated Press)
- A new fire, being dubbed the Pine Fire, is seen in the distance as a landscape of embers burns in the wake of the North Fire, which caused people to abandon their vehicles and flee as flames jumped the 215 freeway in the early morning hours of July 18, 2015 near Victorville, California. The fire has burned across 3,500 acres and a private drone was reported to have raised serious safety concerns for aircraft pilots fighting the fire. (David McNew/Getty Images)
- The scorched remains of a truck are towed at the North Fire, which caused people to abandon their vehicles and flee as flames jumped the 215 freeway on July 17, 2015 near Victorville, California. The fire has burned across 3,500 acres and a private drone was reported to have raised serious safety concerns for aircraft pilots fighting the fire. (David McNew/Getty Images)
- Burned terrain is seen on the reopened southbound side of Interstate 15, the main connector between Southern California and Las Vegas in the Cajon Pass, Calif., on Saturday, July 18, 2015. The fire swept across Interstate 15 on Friday, destroying the vehicles before burning three homes and 44 more vehicles in the community of Baldy Mesa. It has blackened 5.5 square miles. (Matt Hartman/Associated Press)
- An inmate hand crew fights the North Fire, which caused people to abandon their vehicles and flee as flames jumped the 215 freeway in the early morning hours of July 18, 2015 near Victorville, California. The fire has burned across 3,500 acres and a private drone was reported to have raised serious safety concerns for aircraft pilots fighting the fire. (David McNew/Getty Images)
- Shoppers look out through glass elevators in the reopened Westgate Shopping Mall, nearly two years after a terrorist attack there left at least 67 people dead, in the capital Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, July 18, 2015. Hundreds of shoppers thronged through the reopened mall Saturday, following two years of repairs after security forces battled four gunmen from Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militant group there in September 2013. (Ben Curtis/Associated Press)
- Shoppers return to the reopened Westgate Shopping Mall, nearly two years after a terrorist attack there left at least 67 people dead, in the capital Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, July 18, 2015. Hundreds of shoppers thronged through the reopened mall Saturday, following two years of repairs after security forces battled four gunmen from Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militant group there in September 2013. (Ben Curtis/Associated Press)
- Employees of a private security company with a sniffer dog inspect cars outside the Westgate shopping mall after it reopened on July 18, 2015 in Nairobi. Kenya’s Westgate shopping mall reopened for business on July 18, almost two years after Somali Islamists stormed in and massacred 67 shoppers and staff in four days of carnage. (Simon Maina/AFP-Getty Images)
- Customers are pictured in the Westgate shopping mall after it reopened on July 18, 2015 in Nairobi. Kenya’s Westgate shopping mall reopened for business on July 18, almost two years after Somali Islamists stormed in and massacred 67 shoppers and staff in four days of carnage. (Simon Maina/AFP-Getty Images)
- Two Kenyan children look out from an upper level in the reopened Westgate Shopping Mall, nearly two years after a terrorist attack there left at least 67 people dead, in the capital Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, July 18, 2015. Hundreds of shoppers thronged through the reopened mall Saturday, following two years of repairs after security forces battled four gunmen from Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militant group there in September 2013. (Ben Curtis/Associated Press)
- A young Kenyan girl and her brother play on the floor while other shoppers walk around the reopened Westgate Shopping Mall, nearly two years after a terrorist attack there left at least 67 people dead, in the capital Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, July 18, 2015. Hundreds of shoppers thronged through the reopened mall Saturday, following two years of repairs after security forces battled four gunmen from Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militant group there in September 2013. (Ben Curtis/Associated Press)
- Ted Odhiambo, who said he used to work in one of the mall’s shops, poses while his friend takes a photograph of him in the reopened Westgate Shopping Mall, nearly two years after a terrorist attack there left at least 67 people dead, in the capital Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, July 18, 2015. Hundreds of shoppers thronged through the reopened mall Saturday, following two years of repairs after security forces battled four gunmen from Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militant group there in September 2013. (/Ben Curtis/Associated Press)
- A Kenyan police officer patrols at the entrance of the Westgate shopping mall, after it reopened on July 18, 2015 in Nairobi. Kenya’s Westgate shopping mall reopened for business on July 18, almost two years after Somali Islamists stormed in and massacred 67 shoppers and staff in four days of carnage. (Simon Maina/AFP-Getty Images)
- The pack passes through a tunnel in Tarn river canyon during the fourteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 178.5 kilometers (110.9 miles) with start in Rodez and finish in Mende, France, Saturday, July 18, 2015. (Laurent Cipriani/Associated Press)
- People walk on a windswept beach near the course as high winds suspend play during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship at the Old Course, St. Andrews, Scotland, Saturday, July 18, 2015. (Jon Super/Associated Press)
- Benjamin Steffen of Switzerland, left, and Enrico Garozzo of Italy, in action during the bronze medal match at men’s team epee competition at the fencing World championships in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, July 18, 2015. Ukraine won the gold, Korea took the silver and Switzerland got the bronze. (Ivan Sekretarev/Associated Press)
- Argentina’s tennis player Carlos Berlocq celebrates his team’s victory over Serbia at the end of a Davis Cup doubles quarter finals tennis match in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, July 18, 2015. (Daniel Jayo/Associated Press)
- Jemima Montag of Australia in action during the Girls 5000 Meters Race Walk Final on day four of the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on July 18, 2015 at the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium in Cali, Colombia. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images for IAAF)
- Ayalnesh Dejene of Ethiopia in action during the Girls 5000 Meters Race Walk Final on day four of the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on July 18, 2015 at the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium in Cali, Colombia. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images for IAAF)
- Zhenxia Ma of China, Olga Eliseeva of Russia and Ayalnesh Dejene of Ethiopia in action during the Girls 5000 Meters Race Walk Final on day four of the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on July 18, 2015 at the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium in Cali, Colombia. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images for IAAF)
- David Hurtado of Ecuador in action during the Boys 10,000 Metres Race Walk Final on day four of the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on July 18, 2015 at the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium in Cali, Colombia. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images for IAAF)
- Giacomo Brandi of Italy in action during the Boys 10,000 Metres Race Walk Final on day four of the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on July 18, 2015 at the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium in Cali, Colombia. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images for IAAF)
- Eduard Zabuzhenko of the Ukraine in action during the Boys 10,000 Metres Race Walk Final on day four of the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on July 18, 2015 at the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium in Cali, Colombia. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images for IAAF)
- Ariel Cayllante of Bolivia in action during the Boys 10,000 Metres Race Walk Final on day four of the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on July 18, 2015 at the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium in Cali, Colombia. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images for IAAF)
- A woman cries as she prays at Baitul Mukarram, the National Mosque, on Eid Al-Fitr July 18, 2015 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid Al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
- Pam Jorden (L) and Barbara Woods hug during a memorial service at the Chattanooga Church to honor the four Marines and one Navy sailor killed during a shooting on July 18, 2015 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. According to reports, Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, opened fire on the military recruiting station at the strip mall on July 16th and then drove more than seven miles away to an operational support center operated by the U.S. Navy and killed four United States Marines and a Navy sailor. The gunman was likely killed in a exchange of gunfire with the police. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
- Indian Muslims pray at the Vasi Ullah mosque in Allahabad, India, Saturday, July 18, 2015. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, during which Muslims all over the world fast from sunrise to sunset. (Rajesh Kumar Singh/Associated Press)
- People take part in a color battle organized by the Artonik company during a street theater festival in Mulhouse on July 18, 2015. ( Sebastian Bozon/AFP-Getty Images)
- Children wrestle in a mud pool during the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach in Boryeong, South Korea, Saturday, July 18, 2015. The 18th annual mud festival features mud wrestling and mud sliding. (Ahn Young-joon/Associated Press)
- Tourists play in zorb balls on the Vltava river as temperatures reached 34 degrees Celsius on July 18, 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic. (Michal Cizek/AFP-Getty Images)
- Kansas City Royals’ Lorenzo Cain, right, celebrates with teammate Eric Hosmer after hitting a solo home run during the 13th inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Saturday, July 18, 2015, in Chicago. The Royals won 7-6. (Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press)