Wimbledon, heat wave, ferry to France | July 1
The day in photos from around the world.
- Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza stands at attention during the national anthem at the beginning of the celebrations of the Country 53rd Independence Anniversary at the Prince Rwagasore Stadium in Bujumbura on July 1, 2015. Six people, including a policeman, were killed in gun battles on July 1 in the latest violence in Burundi, as it awaits results from elections boycotted by the opposition and condemned internationally. Elsewhere in the capital, military parades were held to mark the country’s independence day. (MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images)
- A boy, a resident of the large industrial town of Horlivka in the Donetsk region, adjacent to the front line, plays on a horizontal bar on June 30, 2015. (ANDREY BORODULIN/AFP/Getty Images)
- An elderly woman walks in the sea at the French northwestern city of Deauville on July 1, 2015, as a blistering heatwave sweeps through Europe with temperatures pushing 40 degrees Celsius. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP/Getty Images)
- A woman sunbathes on the beach of the French northwestern city of Deauville on July 1, 2015, as a blistering heatwave sweeps through Europe with temperatures pushing 40 degrees Celsius. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP/Getty Images)
- Women carrying parasols to protect themselves from the sun take pictures on July 1, 2015 in Paris. (JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
- Members of the public enjoy the warm weather in central London on July 1, 2015. A blistering heatwave sweeping through Europe on Wednesday brought blackouts to France and fears of heat stroke for Wimbledon tennis fans, but meant a range of interesting ice creams for the continent’s zoo animals. (NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP/Getty Images)
- Lithuania’s Ricardas Berankis leaps for a return against Croatia’s Marin Cilic but misses the ball during their men’s singles second round match on day three of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 1, 2015. (ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)
- Serena Williams reacts after losing a point against Hungary’s Timea Babos during their women’s singles second round match on day three of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 1, 2015. (ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)
- The manager of a national bank branch delivers priority numbers to pensioners, as Greece reopened banks for pensioners who do not use cash cards for ATM, to allow them to withdraw their pension with a limit of 120 euros, in Athens on July 1, 2015. The European Union will decide whether to grant Greece a last-minute bailout package to avoid pushing it further towards an exit from the eurozone. Greece failed on the eve to make a 1.5 billion euro (1.7 billion USD) payment to the International Monetary Fund, becoming the first industrialised country to do so. (ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
- A Nepalese child walks in the rain through a relief camp for survivors of the Nepal earthquake in Kathmandu on July 1, 2015, following twin earthquakes which struck the Himalayan nation in April and May 2015. The World Bank announced in June 2015 that it will provide up to USD 500 million for reconstruction in quake-devastated Nepal. The twin quakes that struck in April and May killed more than 8,800 people, destroyed nearly half a million houses and damaged another 280,000, leaving thousands in need of food, clean water and shelter. (PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images)
- Trucks are parked on both the northbound and southbound carriageways of the M20 motorway near Ashford in Kent in south-east England, on July 1, 2015, waiting to board ferries to France as striking ferry workers blocked the port of Calais for a third consecutive day. Teams of British coastguards were deployed to hand out some 5,000 bottles of water and 750 snack meals to truck drivers stuck for hours in the long tailbacks in sweltering temperatures. (BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)
- A police horse drinks from a water fountain in London’s Green Park on July 1, 2015. The mercury was pushing 40C across much of northern Europe on Wednesday as the UN warned heatwaves were growing more frequent and intense due to climate change, and called on more countries to put warning systems in place to inform people of the dangers. (NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP/Getty Images)
- A boy runs for cover during a heavy burst of fire in the restive Cibitoke neighborhood in Bujumbura during the celebrations of the Country 53rd Independence Anniversary on July 1st, 2015. Six people including a policeman were killed in gun battles on July 1 in the latest violence in Burundi, as it awaits results from elections boycotted by the opposition and condemned internationally. Elsewhere in the capital, military parades were held to mark the country’s independence day. (MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images)
- A group of tourists are reflected in water at the bank of Songhua River in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on July 1, 2015. (WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images)