1. Revellers enjoy the opening day or 'Chupinazo' of the San Fermin Running of the Bulls fiesta on July 6, in Pamplona, Spain. The annual Fiesta de San Fermin, made famous by Ernest Hemmingway’s 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises”, involves the daily running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona to the bull ring.
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2. A gull flips a herring in order to swallow it whole while flying away with a meal robbed from a delivery truck on July 8 in Rockland, Maine. Herring is primarily used for lobster bait with a small percentage of it going to the sardine industry.
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3. United States midfielder Lauren Holiday celebrates with teammates after defeating Japan in the final of the FIFA 2015 Women's World Cup at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver on July 5. United States won 5-2.
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4. Lightning strikes during a thunderstorm on July 7 in Las Vegas. The monsoon storm dropped heavy rain and hail in parts of the valley causing street flooding and power outages.
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5. A trader waits to see when trading will resume on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange following a halt in the action on July 8, because of a computer glitch.
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6. A bull jumps over a group of people in the bull ring at the San Fermin Festival, in Pamplona, Spain, on July 8.
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7. Lotto-Jumbo rider Laurens ten Dam of the Netherlands lies on the ground after a fall during the third stage of the 102nd Tour de France cycling race from Anvers to Huy, Belgium on July 6.
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8. Fireworks explode along the East River as seen from the One World Trade Center Observatory on July 4, in New York City.
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9. Filipino boys play basketball in floodwaters from a swollen creek at a coastal village in Malabon, north of Manila, Philippines. Typhoon Chan-Hom passing over the northeastern waters of the Philippines enhanced the seasonal monsoon, dumping heavy rains over the capital and the northern provinces.
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10. An Indian man walks with a horse past a puddle in the northern hill town of Shimla on July 7.
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11. Britain's Prince George gets up on his tiptoes to peek into the pram of Princess Charlotte flanked by his parents Prince William and Kate the Duchess of Cambridge as they leave after Charlotte's christening at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, England, on July 5.
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12. Pilgrims pose for a picture with a life-size cutout of Pope Francis while waiting for his arrival next to the cable car that connects El Alto with La Paz in Bolivia. Due to the altitude, Pope Francis will spend only a few hours in La Paz during his South American tour.
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13. Pakistan army soldiers hold hands while conducting a search operation after a train fell into a canal and killed 12 soldiers near Gujranwala, Pakistan on July 3. The train carrying hundreds of Pakistan military personnel and their families plunged into the canal when a bridge collapsed in what the army suspects was sabotage.
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14. A pensioner leans against the gate of the National Bank of Greece as he waits to withdraw money, with a maximum of 120 euros, in Athens on July 7. |